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Johnny
Lewis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 204
 
Born: August 10, 1939 in Usa, AL, GREENVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1968   
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
1964 24 SEM AL     5 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 5
1965 25 SEM AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 8 8 4 5 5
1966 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5
1967 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 4 5 5
1968 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 9 8 4 5 5
1969 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 6 5
1970 30 SEM AL $ 1,142,857   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 6 5
1971 31 STL NL $ 3,357,143   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5
1972 32 STL NL $ 3,357,143   7 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9 4 6 5
1973 33 STL NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5
1974 34 OAK AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5
1975 35 STL NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 10 9 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,357,143   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 10 9 4 6 5
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
1964 24 AA   137 500 98 133 19 2 29 84 12 11 92 119 .266 .380 .486 .866 93.7  
1965 25 AAA   83 306 67 85 10 2 20 42 10 3 56 63 .278 .390 .520 .909 63.2  
    AA   26 94 29 34 6 1 8 21 1 3 22 26 .362 .483 .702 1.185 27.3  
1966 26 SEM AL 53 69 14 12 0 0 1 8 0 0 12 10 .174 .293 .217 .510 6.2 0.4
    AAA   48 173 35 59 7 3 9 43 10 4 31 42 .341 .441 .572 1.013 41.2  
1967 27 SEM AL 67 143 19 36 4 0 3 19 1 0 11 38 .252 .303 .343 .646 15.3 1.9
1968 28 SEM AL 83 227 30 61 8 2 7 41 0 2 40 47 .269 .384 .414 .798 36.7 8.8
1969 29 SEM AL 114 386 52 84 12 4 8 44 1 1 48 87 .218 .304 .332 .636 38.7 5.0
1970 30 SEM AL 113 348 74 97 13 1 16 58 3 3 75 60 .279 .407 .460 .867 67.9 16.3
1971 31 STL NL 139 461 73 109 12 2 11 38 8 6 81 93 .236 .350 .343 .693 57.7 7.5
1972 32 STL NL 130 473 74 120 18 6 11 51 9 6 50 87 .254 .325 .387 .712 59.6 9.6
1973 33 STL NL 90 198 31 53 8 0 3 23 2 1 27 48 .268 .352 .354 .706 26.3 4.4
1974 34 KCR AL 67 239 31 53 4 0 6 26 7 7 34 54 .222 .323 .314 .636 27.5 2.0
  OAK AL 48 110 15 27 4 0 0 9 3 3 23 23 .245 .378 .282 .660 14.1 1.9
  TOT   115 349 46 80 8 0 6 35 10 10 57 77 .229 .341 .304 .644 41.7 3.9
    AAA   25 90 11 28 3 0 9 24 0 2 11 12 .311 .386 .644 1.031 20.3  
1975 35 STL NL 156 552 78 127 17 3 13 50 33 19 87 131 .230 .332 .342 .674 70.9 11.1
10 Years Sim 1060 3206 491 779 100 18 79 367 67 48 488 678 .243 .343 .359 .702 421.0 69.0
3 Years AAA 156 569 113 172 20 5 38 109 20 9 98 117 .302 .406 .555 .961 124.7  
2 Years AA 163 594 127 167 25 3 37 105 13 14 114 145 .281 .400 .520 .920 121.0  
5 Years Minors 319 1163 240 339 45 8 75 214 33 23 212 262 .291 .403 .537 .940 245.8  
162 Game Average 489 75 119 15 2 12 56 10 7 74 103 .243 .343 .359 .702 64.3  
Career Highs 156 552 78 127 18 6 16 58 33 19 87 131 .279 .407 .460 .867 70.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2701 415 681 83 15 61 312 52 37 416 545 .252 .352 .362 .714 369.2
vs LH   505 76 98 17 3 18 55 15 11 72 133 .194 .292 .347 .639 55.9
Home 525 1531 250 376 37 10 42 189 40 22 249 318 .246 .351 .365 .716 215.0
Away 535 1675 241 403 63 8 37 178 27 26 239 360 .241 .335 .354 .689 210.1
RISP   779 0 182 27 4 23 278 0 0 136 171 .234 .342 .367 .709 109.6
Pinch Hitting   169 35 45 6 0 2 41 2 0 28 26 .266 .365 .337 .702 23.7
Close/Late   417 68 111 14 1 13 56 0 0 54 84 .266 .354 .398 .753 60.3
Mar/Apr 152 487 62 120 7 1 15 54 11 12 53 110 .246 .322 .357 .679 57.1
May 170 542 84 139 22 4 17 78 18 4 79 114 .256 .350 .406 .756 82.6
June 173 518 76 109 17 4 9 49 11 4 82 116 .210 .320 .311 .630 58.2
July 165 489 88 135 22 4 12 71 9 8 76 82 .276 .373 .411 .784 76.7
August 200 595 98 150 19 5 15 62 8 5 93 122 .252 .354 .376 .730 84.7
Sep/Oct 200 575 83 126 13 0 11 53 10 15 105 134 .219 .338 .299 .637 65.8
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
1966 26 SEM AL CF 6 6 53.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.1
    1B 3 3 17.0 16 3 0 4 1.000 10.06   0.0
    LF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 27 SEM AL RF 18 18 151.0 44 0 1 0 .978 2.62   1.0
    CF 19 17 132.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    LF 3 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1968 28 SEM AL CF 61 61 511.3 131 2 0 2 1.000 2.34   2.7
    RF 6 0 18.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 29 SEM AL CF 106 101 905.7 237 2 0 1 1.000 2.38   2.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1970 30 SEM AL CF 70 65 595.3 139 1 0 0 1.000 2.12   2.4
    LF 11 7 67.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    1B 6 6 43.0 54 2 0 1 1.000 11.72   0.1
    RF 5 5 37.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.95    
    2B 2 2 18.0 8 9 0 5 1.000 8.50   0.2
    SS 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1971 31 STL NL CF 123 115 1047.3 262 4 1 1 .996 2.29   3.7
    LF 10 0 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
1972 32 STL NL CF 118 110 986.0 223 6 0 1 1.000 2.09   3.0
    RF 3 3 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    LF 6 0 12.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73    
1973 33 STL NL 1B 18 13 124.3 155 13 1 13 .994 12.16   0.3
    RF 14 13 112.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.7
    CF 14 12 112.0 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.57    
    LF 20 6 73.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.47    
1974 34 KCR AL CF 59 51 531.9 131 1 1 1 .992 2.23   0.6
    LF 3 0 15.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
    1B 3 0 8.1 11 1 0 0 1.000 13.33   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  OAK AL CF 42 36 257.4 64 1 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.6
    LF 3 0 7.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.54   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 101 87 789.3 195 2 1 1 .995 2.25   1.2
      LF 6 0 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
      1B 5 0 12.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 12.75   0.0
      RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1975 35 STL NL CF 152 147 1316.7 336 5 1 1 .997 2.33   2.4
    LF 2 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    1B 1 0 4.7 7 1 0 1 1.000 15.45   0.0
  CF 770 721 6448.9 1590 23 3 8 .998 2.25   17.6
  RF 48 39 352.0 83 0 3 0 .965 2.12   1.7
  LF 67 13 231.0 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.56   0.0
  1B 35 22 203.0 250 20 1 19 .996 11.97   0.4
  2B 2 2 18.0 8 9 0 5 1.000 8.50   0.2
  SS 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  3B 2 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
Career Totals   925 797 7262.6 1971 55 7 32 .997 2.51   19.9
Career Highs   155 147 1329.7 344 14 1 14 1.000 4.97    
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
1968 28 SEM AL 9 21 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 .143 .182 .286 .468
1970 30 SEM AL 6 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 .250 .286 .400 .686
1971 31 STL NL 11 29 7 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 .276 .389 .276 .665
1972 32 STL NL 2 9 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .333 .400 .444 .844
Career Post-Season Batting 28 79 14 19 1 0 2 10 3 0 9 14 .241 .315 .329 .644
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.
Games
1975-7-156
 Triples
1972-5-6
 Stolen Bases
1975-8-33
 Caught Stealing
1975-1-19
 Walks
1971-7-81
1975-9-87
 Strikeouts
1975-5-131
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Gary Ward (943)
  5. Leroy Stanton (940)
  6. Jerry Morales (940)
  7. Mickey Stanley (939)
  8. Larry Elliot (938)
  9. Billy Moran (936)
  10. Jim Hickman (936)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1964
Injured on 8/2/1965 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 4/4/1966 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/5/1966, off Bob Duliba (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1966, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,142,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/21/1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to St. Louis on 2/7/1971 (Going to STL: CF Johnny Lewis. Going to SEM: P Jack Cullen)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 9/21/1972
10/13/1972: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 2/1/1974 (Going to KCR: C Bill Freehan, CF Johnny Lewis, 1B Ron Fairly. Going to STL: 3B Celerino Sanchez)
Traded from Kansas City to Oakland on 7/31/1974 (Going to KCR: P Nino Espinosa, P Tom Carroll, P Sandy Koufax. Going to OAK: P Phil Niekro, CF Johnny Lewis, C Bill Freehan)
Traded from Oakland to St. Louis on 2/1/1975 (Going to STL: CF Johnny Lewis. Going to OAK: P Mel Stottlemyre, LF Lee May)
 
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