#74 Don Johnson, Closer, 29 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Don Johnson
11/12/1926 29 USA,OR,PORTLAND 6"3 200
Closer R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,500,000 1957 8 Year(s), 25 Days (1401 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 25 Days (1401 total Days) 9 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 8 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 57 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/2 | @DET | W 5-3 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | SV | | | | |
8/9 | CHA | W 6-5 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SV | | | | |
8/23 | @DET | W 4-3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
8/27 | WS1 | W 5-4 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | W | | | | |
8/29 | @CHA | W 5-3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SV | | | | |
9/9 | BAL | W 4-1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
9/15 | KC | W 3-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
9/17 | KC | W 4-1 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
9/19 | CHA | L 4-5 | | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/20 | CHA | L 2-4 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 35 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 3.38 | 37.1 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 37 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 3.38 | 39.0 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 25 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 27 | 6 | 77.8 | 35 | 27 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 3.43 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 61 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .300 | .328 | .628 |
vs. RHB | 75 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .337 | .400 | .737 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4.94 | 23.2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 |
Road | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.66 | 13.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
May | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.61 | 10.1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
June | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
July | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
August | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 8.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.40 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1947 | 78 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6.08 | 250.0 | 337 | 169 | 169 | 33 | 106 | 143 | 7 | 2 | 1.77 | .000 | NYA |
1950 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.79 | 50.1 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .253 | NYA,AL |
1951 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2.28 | 43.1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | .225 | NYY |
1952 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.53 | 87.1 | 93 | 48 | 44 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .279 | NYY |
1953 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2.93 | 76.2 | 62 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .241 | NYY |
1954 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2.69 | 77.0 | 55 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | .223 | NYY,AL |
1955 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3.51 | 33.1 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | .304 | NYY |
1956 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 3.38 | 37.1 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .309 | NYY |
Total | 429 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 4.24 | 655.1 | 697 | 317 | 309 | 67 | 268 | 334 | 7 | 2 | 1.47 | .578 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1950 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1947 | 15 | 250 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 0 | .060 | .088 | .068 | .156 | NYA |
1950 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYA,AL |
1951 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | NYY |
1952 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | NYY |
1953 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY |
1954 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY,AL |
1955 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY |
1956 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | NYY |
Total | 366 | 275 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .091 | .087 | .179 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 35 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 37.1 | 1.21 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Awards Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1950... 6/17/1953: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1955... Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1956, off Jim Brosnan (KC)...
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