Jerry Johnson
[edit] Biography
Born on December 3, 1943 in Miami, Florida, Jerry Johnson (Jerry Michael Johnson) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 10 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on July 17, 1968 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.24 ERA in 80.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jerry Johnson's best season was 1971, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 12 games, notched 18 saves and struck out 85 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1968
| PHI
| N
| 16
| 11
| 4
| 4
| 3.24
| 40
| 33
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 82
| 5
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 21
| 6
| 13
| 4.28
| 82
| 76
| 70
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 147.1
| 151
| 18
| 57
| 11
| 2
| 3
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3.18
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11.1
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| SF
| N
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 4.27
| 44
| 39
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 65.1
| 67
| 5
| 38
| 2
| 4
| 1
|
| 1970
| TOT
| N
| 40
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 4.11
| 49
| 43
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 76.2
| 73
| 6
| 41
| 2
| 4
| 1
|
| 1971
| SF
| N
| 67
| 0
| 12
| 9
| 2.97
| 85
| 42
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 109
| 93
| 9
| 48
| 9
| 6
| 1
|
| 1972
| SF
| N
| 48
| 0
| 8
| 6
| 4.42
| 57
| 40
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 73.1
| 73
| 4
| 40
| 10
| 5
| 0
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 6.18
| 45
| 48
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 59.2
| 70
| 7
| 39
| 8
| 8
| 0
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4.80
| 32
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 47
| 2
| 24
| 7
| 2
| 0
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 21
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 5.17
| 18
| 37
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 60
| 3
| 31
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 5.31
| 27
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 39
| 0
| 26
| 6
| 4
| 0
|
| 1977
| TOR
| A
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4.60
| 54
| 50
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 86
| 91
| 9
| 54
| 4
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 283
| 38
| 41
| 41
| 4.09
| 390
| 324
| 284
| 6
| 2
| 31
| 625
| 618
| 47
| 296
| 50
| 26
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 82
| 1
| 7
| 10
| 5.25
| 99
| 98
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 145.2
| 161
| 16
| 93
| 12
| 11
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 365
| 39
| 48
| 51
| 4.31
| 489
| 422
| 369
| 6
| 2
| 41
| 770.2
| 779
| 63
| 389
| 62
| 37
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1968
| PHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 11
| 80.2
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 21
| 147.1
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 6
| 1
| .966
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 11.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| SF
| N
| P
| 33
| 1
| 65.1
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .917
|
| 1970
| TOT
| N
| P
| 40
| 1
| 76.2
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| 1971
| SF
| N
| P
| 67
| 0
| 109
| 6
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| .955
|
| 1972
| SF
| N
| P
| 48
| 0
| 73.1
| 5
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .895
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 1
| 59.2
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .933
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 45
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .818
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| P
| 21
| 4
| 54
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .917
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| P
| 24
| 1
| 39
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .875
|
| 1977
| TOR
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 86
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 365
| 39
| 770.2
| 44
| 111
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 16
| 43
| 24
| 1
| .934
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1968
| PHI
| N
| 16
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .080
| .148
| .120
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1969
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 43
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .209
| .244
| .233
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| SF
| N
| 33
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .067
| .067
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| TOT
| N
| 40
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .063
| .118
| .063
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| SF
| N
| 67
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .154
| .143
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| SF
| N
| 48
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 21
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| TOR
| A
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 283
| 122
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .123
| .156
| .156
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 365
| 122
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .123
| .156
| .156
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets (1963).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from New York Mets in the minor league draft (November 28, 1967).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Dick Allen and Cookie Rojas to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Curt Flood (October 7, 1969); Curt Flood refused to report to Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Bob Browning (August 30, 1970) to complete trade. Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Frank Linzy (May 19, 1970).
- Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from San Francisco Giants (March 6, 1973).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Houston Astros in exchange for Cecil Upshaw (November 3, 1973).
- Released by Houston Astros (October 22, 1974).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (February 20, 1975).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dave Roberts (February 16, 1977).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (March 22, 1978).
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