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Bob Johnson	Nickname: Indian   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 185   Born: November 26, 1905 in Usa, OK, PRYOR

Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie	1933
Gold Glove	1939
All-Star Selections	1937    1939    1941

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
1933	27	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7
1934	28	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	7	7	7
1935	29	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8
1936	30	NYA	AL	$ 3,250,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8
1937	31	NYA	AL	$ 4,028,571				7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7
1938	32	NYA	AL	$ 6,500,000				6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7
1939	33	NYA	AL	$ 6,500,000				5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7
1940	34	DET	AL	$ 6,500,000				5	5	5	7	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6
1941	35	DET	AL	$ 6,500,000				5	5	5	6	6	6	8	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6
1942	36	DET	AL					5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
1943	37	TAM	AL					5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
OOTP6 Min Ratings								5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,500,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8

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
1933	27	NYA	AL	147	541	92	150	31	4	24	91	5	5	91	63	.277	.381	.482	.863	92.1	14.9
1934	28	NYA	AL	144	528	92	149	33	5	18	90	4	2	92	56	.282	.384	.466	.850	90.5	15.3
1935	29	NYA	AL	156	584	106	152	42	7	18	102	2	3	83	71	.260	.351	.449	.799	85.1	12.6
1936	30	NYA	AL	154	581	121	170	37	8	24	114	2	3	88	73	.293	.384	.508	.892	104.6	21.3
1937	31	NYA	AL	156	573	109	172	28	7	25	107	6	1	99	64	.300	.399	.504	.903	111.2	24.4
1938	32	NYA	AL	106	382	69	101	27	1	16	66	4	0	63	56	.264	.367	.466	.833	61.2	11.5
1939	33	NYA	AL	156	578	121	171	36	5	31	117	4	1	95	87	.296	.393	.536	.929	113.2	25.0
1940	34	NYA	AL	63	219	27	52	11	2	7	32	1	2	28	42	.237	.324	.402	.726	28.8	4.4
		DET	AL	45	156	21	35	8	1	4	21	1	1	17	27	.224	.297	.365	.663	17.6	1.6
		TOT		108	375	48	87	19	3	11	53	2	3	45	69	.232	.313	.387	.700	46.5	6.0
1941	35	DET	AL	133	471	71	116	25	1	16	82	2	4	52	73	.246	.320	.406	.726	60.0	7.4
1942	36	DET	AL	99	194	32	48	8	1	4	26	2	1	25	34	.247	.333	.361	.694	23.0	2.3
1943	37	TAM	AL	29	28	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	9	.250	.371	.393	.764	4.8	0.5
		AAA		51	191	36	49	10	1	13	44	3	3	22	41	.257	.333	.524	.857	32.9
11 Years Sim				1388	4835	866	1323	287	42	188	851	33	23	739	655	.274	.368	.467	.835	792.2	141.2
1 Years AAA				51	191	36	49	10	1	13	44	3	3	22	41	.257	.333	.524	.857	32.9
162 Game Average					564	101	154	33	4	21	99	3	2	86	76	.274	.368	.467	.835	92.5
Career Highs				156	584	121	172	42	8	31	117	6	5	99	87	.300	.399	.536	.929	113.2

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		3365	593	919	201	31	119	585	25	11	513	456	.273	.367	.457	.824	572.9
vs LH		1470	273	404	86	11	69	266	8	12	226	199	.275	.370	.489	.859	263.8
Home	689	2320	429	650	144	27	87	407	18	10	350	295	.280	.373	.478	.851	411.8
Away	699	2515	437	673	143	15	101	444	15	13	389	360	.268	.363	.457	.820	425.0
RISP		1343	0	386	91	9	51	603	0	0	276	193	.287	.399	.483	.882	267.8
Pinch Hitting		138	26	31	4	0	1	13	1	0	31	30	.225	.363	.275	.638	17.8
Close/Late		537	101	150	28	7	23	95	0	0	111	78	.279	.401	.486	.887	107.1
Mar/Apr	218	790	139	223	53	4	25	141	6	5	120	107	.282	.375	.454	.829	134.7
May	246	881	186	262	55	12	49	183	4	1	136	123	.297	.388	.554	.941	182.9
June	273	924	154	246	46	4	30	162	3	5	127	121	.266	.352	.422	.774	140.5
July	237	849	156	224	51	11	31	138	8	5	122	122	.264	.355	.459	.815	139.6
August	208	700	121	187	44	8	28	119	5	0	113	83	.267	.370	.473	.842	123.9
Sep/Oct	205	691	110	181	38	3	25	108	7	7	121	99	.262	.369	.434	.803	115.2

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
1933	27	NYA	AL	LF	144	135	1213.0	298	10	16	3	.951	2.29	0	0	.000	0	3.1
				C	2	2	17.0	6	1	1	0	.875	3.71	0	0	.000	3	0.0
1934	28	NYA	AL	LF	141	135	1207.0	283	14	14	1	.955	2.21	0	0	.000	0	2.0
1935	29	NYA	AL	LF	152	145	1293.7	328	7	18	2	.949	2.33	0	0	.000	0	2.3
				2B	1	1	10.0	5	5	0	3	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1936	30	NYA	AL	LF	152	147	1314.3	315	9	14	4	.959	2.22	0	0	.000	0	2.8
1937	31	NYA	AL	LF	155	143	1300.7	303	5	20	1	.939	2.13	0	0	.000	0	2.3
1938	32	NYA	AL	LF	103	97	861.7	207	5	9	1	.959	2.21	0	0	.000	0	2.6
1939	33	NYA	AL	LF	156	144	1321.7	312	7	17	4	.949	2.17	0	0	.000	0	3.0
1940	34	NYA	AL	LF	48	46	409.4	88	2	2	1	.978	1.98	0	0	.000	0	1.1
				1B	5	5	44.1	62	6	2	5	.971	13.88	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				CF	2	2	23.5	6	0	1	0	.857	2.30	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	2	2	15.9	2	0	1	0	.667	1.13	0	0	.000	0	0.0
		DET	AL	LF	34	33	286.6	61	2	1	0	.984	1.98	0	0	.000	0	1.0
				1B	4	4	30.9	44	5	1	4	.980	14.27	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				CF	2	2	16.5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.73	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	1	1	11.1	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.62	0	0	.000	0	0.0
		TOT		LF	82	79	696.0	149	4	3	1	.981	1.98					2.1
				1B	9	9	75.0	106	11	3	9	.975	14.04					0.2
				CF	4	4	40.0	11	0	1	0	.917	2.48					0.0
				RF	3	3	27.0	4	0	1	0	.800	1.33					0.0
1941	35	DET	AL	LF	113	112	973.7	159	6	12	1	.932	1.53	0	0	.000	0	1.4
				RF	4	4	36.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.25	0	0	.000	0
1942	36	DET	AL	LF	30	30	255.7	50	1	1	1	.981	1.80	0	0	.000	0	1.0
				RF	4	4	40.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.48	0	0	.000	0
				CF	3	3	27.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.67	0	0	.000	0
1943	37	TAM	AL	RF	2	2	17.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.18	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				LF	2	2	17.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.12	0	0	.000	0
				LF	1230	1169	10454.3	2408	68	124	19	.952	2.13	0	0	.000	0	22.5
				RF	13	13	120.0	30	0	1	0	.968	2.25	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				1B	9	9	75.0	106	11	3	9	.975	14.04	0	0	.000	0	0.2
				CF	7	7	67.0	16	0	1	0	.941	2.15	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				C	2	2	17.0	6	1	1	0	.875	3.71	0	0	.000	3	0.0
				2B	1	1	10.0	5	5	0	3	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.1
Career Totals					1262	1201	10743.3	2571	85	130	31	.953	2.23	0	0	.000	3	22.9
Career Highs					156	147	1321.7	333	15	20	10	1.000	3.06	0	0	.000	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
1937	31	NYA	AL	7	27	3	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	.407	.529	.444	.974
1939	33	NYA	AL	6	23	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	8	.130	.259	.391	.651
1941	35	DET	AL	10	34	8	10	1	0	1	8	1	1	8	5	.294	.429	.412	.840
Career Post-Season Batting				23	84	14	24	2	0	3	12	2	1	19	13	.286	.417	.417	.834

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

On-Base Pct 1937-7-.399 1939-7-.393 Slugging Pct 1936-9-.508 1939-3-.536 OPS 1936-10-.892 1937-9-.903 1939-3-.929 XR 1936-7-104.6 1937-4-111.2 1939-3-113.2 Games 1935-7-156 1937-6-156 1939-6-156 Runs 1935-8-106 1936-4-121 1937-4-109 1939-2-121 Total Bases 1937-7-289 1939-5-310 Doubles 1935-6-42 Homeruns 1933-5-24 1934-7-18 1935-8-18 1936-4-24 1937-4-25 1939-1-31 RBIs 1935-8-102 1936-5-114 1937-7-107 1939-3-117 Stolen Bases 1934-9-4 Caught Stealing 1933-7-5 1936-10-3 Walks 1933-4-91 1934-5-92 1935-5-83 1936-5-88 1937-1-99 1939-2-95 Strikeouts 1935-9-71 1939-7-87

Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 77    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1933

Had first career hit on 4/9/1933, off Red Shea (DET)

Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1933, off Red Shea (DET)

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1933, hitting .402 with 7 HR, 25 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/17/1933

Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 4 runs on 9/19/1933

Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1933, hitting .423 with 6 HR, 14 RBI

Won Bronze Rookie in 1933, hitting .277 with 24 HR, 91 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 9/1/1934

Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1935, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 9 RBI

2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration

7/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game

Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/28/1938

Injured on 8/2/1938 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 5/4/1939

Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1939, hitting .636 with 2 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1939, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 11 RBI

Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1939

Injured on 4/7/1940 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks

Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1940 (Going to NYA: CF Lynn King. Going to DET: LF Bob Johnson)

Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/7/1940

6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 7 years

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1941, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game

Released by Detroit on 10/3/1942

Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1943 to a minor league deal

Released by Tampa Bay on 7/31/1943

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