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Cliff
Johnson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: July 22, 1947 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 24 CLE AL     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6
1973 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6
1974 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 8 8 6 5 5
1975 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 5 5
1976 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 5 5
1977 29 KCR AL $ 591,429   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 9 9 6 5 5
1978 30 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1979 31 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1980 32 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1981 33 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4
1982 34 BOS AL     2 2 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 7 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 9 9 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 24 AAA   83 310 43 78 12 0 18 45 1 0 50 61 .252 .356 .465 .820 53.5  
    AA   53 188 28 63 11 0 16 38 1 3 36 26 .335 .442 .649 1.091 48.4  
1973 25 KCR AL 135 482 64 121 30 3 19 72 0 0 55 80 .251 .330 .444 .774 69.3 9.1
1974 26 KCR AL 114 400 56 100 23 2 14 52 1 0 45 71 .250 .329 .423 .751 54.5 7.9
    AAA   2 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .400 .625 .400 1.025 1.7  
1975 27 KCR AL 140 502 69 114 23 1 17 80 0 0 66 118 .227 .318 .378 .696 63.3 7.6
1976 28 KCR AL 60 183 27 39 9 0 8 31 1 1 21 52 .213 .301 .393 .694 21.5 2.6
1977 29 KCR AL 85 269 29 55 13 0 7 35 0 0 44 57 .204 .319 .331 .650 31.6 3.2
1978 30 KCR AL 129 428 60 97 24 2 15 67 0 0 62 76 .227 .327 .397 .725 58.1 9.1
1979 31 KCR AL 102 331 43 64 13 1 10 30 0 0 57 67 .193 .310 .329 .639 40.0 4.6
1980 32 KCR AL 32 88 8 22 3 0 2 7 0 0 10 18 .250 .327 .352 .679 9.8 1.3
1981 33 KCR AL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -0.1 0.0
1982 34 AAA   49 76 10 21 5 1 4 17 0 0 12 19 .276 .375 .526 .901 14.7  
    A   25 78 10 21 9 0 5 13 0 0 24 19 .269 .441 .577 1.018 19.9  
9 Years Sim 801 2688 356 612 138 9 92 375 2 1 362 540 .228 .321 .388 .710 348.0 45.4
3 Years AAA 134 391 54 101 17 1 22 63 1 0 65 80 .258 .366 .476 .842 69.9  
1 Years AA 53 188 28 63 11 0 16 38 1 3 36 26 .335 .449 .649 1.098 48.4  
1 Years A 25 78 10 21 9 0 5 13 0 0 24 19 .269 .441 .577 1.018 19.9  
5 Years Minors 212 657 92 185 37 1 43 114 2 3 125 125 .282 .400 .537 .937 138.2  
162 Game Average 543 72 123 27 1 18 75 0 0 73 109 .228 .321 .388 .710 70.4  
Career Highs 140 502 69 121 30 3 19 80 1 1 66 118 .251 .330 .444 .774 69.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1737 229 380 82 7 64 224 0 1 216 353 .219 .307 .385 .691 214.8
vs LH   951 127 232 56 2 28 151 2 0 146 187 .244 .347 .395 .743 136.7
Home 391 1280 166 285 72 7 36 167 0 1 174 269 .223 .318 .374 .692 159.3
Away 410 1408 190 327 66 2 56 208 2 0 188 271 .232 .324 .401 .725 192.2
RISP   693 0 152 40 2 18 269 0 0 105 135 .219 .317 .361 .678 86.6
Pinch Hitting   38 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .132 .233 .237 .469 1.9
Close/Late   343 43 72 14 1 10 37 0 0 44 60 .210 .301 .344 .645 38.0
Mar/Apr 128 443 64 98 19 2 16 62 1 0 61 89 .221 .315 .381 .697 57.1
May 143 499 70 132 26 4 18 80 1 0 57 82 .265 .345 .441 .786 75.1
June 146 474 62 93 15 1 22 63 0 1 73 91 .196 .305 .371 .676 58.9
July 137 455 66 114 31 1 12 65 0 0 62 91 .251 .343 .402 .746 64.0
August 129 422 49 91 30 0 12 59 0 0 62 93 .216 .315 .372 .688 52.7
Sep/Oct 118 395 45 84 17 1 12 46 0 0 47 94 .213 .298 .352 .650 43.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 25 KCR AL C 127 122 1089.0 679 69 11 1 .986 6.18 121 46 .380 2 5.2
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 26 KCR AL C 104 104 909.7 499 56 13 1 .977 5.49 134 35 .261 0 2.6
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 27 KCR AL C 138 136 1233.0 746 57 8 0 .990 5.86 133 36 .271 3 5.4
1976 28 KCR AL C 53 52 446.0 283 23 3 2 .990 6.17 30 11 .367 0 0.8
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 29 KCR AL C 67 60 564.7 366 14 4 0 .990 6.06 50 11 .220 0 2.1
    1B 12 9 86.0 96 9 4 14 .963 10.99 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 30 KCR AL C 128 124 1130.0 634 63 13 0 .982 5.55 119 39 .328 2 2.9
1979 31 KCR AL C 68 67 609.3 334 25 7 1 .981 5.30 59 15 .254 2 2.3
    LF 11 9 79.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.91 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 7 6 56.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 4 39.7 54 2 0 3 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
1980 32 KCR AL C 27 22 208.3 137 10 3 0 .980 6.35 20 6 .300 0 1.5
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 33 KCR AL C 3 1 14.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 715 688 6204.0 3686 318 62 5 .985 5.81 666 199 .299 9 22.8
  1B 24 13 139.7 165 13 4 18 .978 11.47 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 19 10 105.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.11 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 8 7 65.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 4 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   771 722 6552.6 3882 331 67 23 .984 5.79 666 199 .299 9 23.4
Career Highs   138 136 1233.0 746 69 13 14 1.000 6.59 134 46 .380 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 27 KCR AL 7 29 4 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 6 .276 .323 .552 .874
1976 28 KCR AL 7 22 6 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .318 .400 .591 .991
1977 29 KCR AL 17 59 6 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 7 22 .136 .227 .169 .397
1978 30 KCR AL 7 29 7 10 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .345 .406 .621 1.027
Career Post-Season Batting 38 139 23 33 12 0 4 15 0 1 14 39 .237 .312 .410 .722
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1972
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1973, off Dick Baney (BSN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1973, hitting .333 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Injured on 4/23/1975 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/7/1977 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
11/2/1977: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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