Bob
Johnson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 4, 1936 in Usa, NE, OMAHA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1961 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1962 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1963 27 WAS NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1964 28 WAS NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1965 29 WAS NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 8
1966 30 WAS NL $ 360,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1967 31 WAS NL $ 360,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1968 32 NYG NL $ 500,500   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1969 33 NYG NL $ 500,500   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 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
1960 24 STL NL 63 102 6 19 3 0 1 6 0 1 8 10 .186 .252 .245 .497 4.8 0.0
1961 25 STL NL 74 165 18 54 12 1 3 23 2 0 7 21 .327 .356 .467 .823 24.5 5.4
1962 26 WAS NL 145 533 62 143 18 2 10 48 0 0 25 66 .268 .300 .366 .666 54.0 9.5
1963 27 WAS NL 144 591 80 181 23 3 9 70 6 3 37 73 .306 .348 .401 .749 79.8 18.9
1964 28 WAS NL 155 579 51 142 15 2 7 53 5 2 28 55 .245 .281 .314 .595 48.4 5.1
1965 29 WAS NL 89 164 11 33 5 0 2 13 1 0 7 19 .201 .231 .268 .500 9.7 0.0
1966 30 WAS NL 141 435 44 121 24 3 8 43 3 2 23 55 .278 .312 .402 .715 49.5 10.0
1967 31 WAS NL 99 239 19 61 13 0 2 15 2 1 11 25 .255 .290 .335 .624 20.3 2.0
1968 32 NYG NL 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 0.6 0.1
1969 33 AAA   74 225 25 73 14 1 7 36 5 3 24 20 .324 .390 .489 .878 40.2  
9 Years Sim 922 2819 292 757 114 11 42 272 19 9 146 326 .269 .305 .361 .666 291.6 50.9
1 Years AAA 74 225 25 73 14 1 7 36 5 3 24 20 .324 .389 .489 .878 40.2  
162 Game Average 495 51 133 20 1 7 47 3 1 25 57 .269 .305 .361 .666 51.2  
Career Highs 155 591 80 181 24 3 10 70 6 3 37 73 .327 .356 .467 .823 79.8  
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   1560 170 411 57 7 26 163 6 3 81 182 .263 .300 .359 .659 163.6
vs LH   1259 122 346 57 4 16 109 13 6 65 144 .275 .311 .365 .676 137.6
Home 462 1379 141 372 54 5 24 136 9 6 76 160 .270 .308 .368 .676 152.0
Away 460 1440 151 385 60 6 18 136 10 3 70 166 .267 .302 .355 .656 149.2
RISP   538 0 143 17 4 9 207 0 0 39 51 .266 .310 .362 .673 61.2
Pinch Hitting   101 6 33 4 1 0 8 1 1 6 8 .327 .361 .386 .747 13.3
Close/Late   349 35 102 17 2 3 34 0 0 25 39 .292 .339 .378 .717 43.4
Mar/Apr 140 436 34 105 16 2 4 33 4 1 24 56 .241 .281 .314 .595 37.6
May 156 493 52 124 15 1 7 57 3 0 20 56 .252 .281 .329 .610 44.3
June 148 458 48 129 21 1 8 43 3 3 21 52 .282 .312 .384 .696 52.3
July 159 489 56 135 19 3 8 52 3 1 26 55 .276 .313 .376 .689 55.9
August 165 507 50 141 24 3 7 44 3 4 30 55 .278 .317 .379 .696 58.3
Sep/Oct 154 436 52 123 19 1 8 43 3 0 25 52 .282 .324 .385 .709 52.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1960 24 STL NL 2B 13 9 81.0 17 32 1 5 .980 5.44   0.2
    3B 10 6 55.3 2 9 2 0 .846 1.79   0.1
    SS 4 3 31.0 8 9 0 4 1.000 4.94   0.1
    1B 2 2 17.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 11.65   0.0
1961 25 STL NL 2B 31 20 192.3 35 74 6 11 .948 5.10   0.3
    3B 15 7 61.7 6 18 1 1 .960 3.50   0.3
    SS 10 6 55.0 10 18 1 5 .966 4.58   0.1
    1B 6 6 47.0 49 2 2 4 .962 9.77   0.1
1962 26 WAS NL SS 84 83 725.7 106 266 16 48 .959 4.61   4.2
    2B 50 50 440.7 100 175 3 41 .989 5.62   2.2
    3B 5 0 11.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1963 27 WAS NL SS 130 127 1119.0 174 408 15 86 .975 4.68   5.6
    2B 13 13 99.7 15 40 1 9 .982 4.97   0.4
    1B 4 0 14.0 15 1 0 3 1.000 10.29   0.0
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1964 28 WAS NL 2B 90 88 755.0 161 343 9 65 .982 6.01   3.5
    SS 58 56 504.0 77 195 8 43 .971 4.86   1.6
    1B 2 0 3.7 7 0 0 1 1.000 17.21   0.0
1965 29 WAS NL 2B 38 23 209.7 36 93 1 22 .992 5.54   0.9
    1B 24 15 139.0 166 19 1 13 .995 11.98   0.2
    SS 5 3 28.3 4 13 1 2 .944 5.40   0.1
    3B 10 0 18.3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.98   0.0
1966 30 WAS NL SS 94 93 762.3 124 324 24 53 .949 5.29   2.9
    2B 41 35 293.3 82 138 4 26 .982 6.75   0.8
    3B 5 3 30.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1967 31 WAS NL 2B 49 46 388.7 93 170 8 39 .970 6.09   1.6
    SS 34 19 170.0 37 72 4 16 .965 5.77   0.8
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 32 NYG NL 2B 5 2 21.7 6 7 0 3 1.000 5.40   0.1
    SS 3 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1969 33 NYG NL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  SS 422 390 3397.3 540 1306 69 257 .964 4.89   15.6
  2B 331 286 2483.0 545 1074 33 221 .980 5.87   10.0
  1B 43 23 229.7 272 23 3 23 .990 11.56   0.4
  3B 50 16 187.3 12 41 4 1 .930 2.55   0.6
  RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   847 715 6300.3 1371 2444 109 502 .972 5.45   26.5
Career Highs   150 144 1262.7 245 538 28 109 1.000 18.00    
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.
Batting Average
1963-3-.306
At-Bats
1963-3-591
Hits
1963-2-181
Singles
1963-1-146
1964-6-118
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1960
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/5/1960, off George Brunet (MON)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/1/1963 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
4/2/1965: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $360,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/22/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $500,500 per year
Injured on 8/13/1968 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season