Joel Johnston
[edit] Biography
Born on March 8, 1967 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Joel Johnston (Joel Raymond Johnston) played for the Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 5 year career. Johnston broke into the bigs on September 5, 1991 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.38 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched in 1993, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .40
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3.38
| 31
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 53.1
| 38
| 7
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29.70
| 5
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1995
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11.25
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4.92
| 36
| 32
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 56.2
| 52
| 7
| 23
| 5
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3.10
| 25
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 14
| 3
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 59
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 4.31
| 61
| 42
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 85.2
| 66
| 10
| 37
| 8
| 3
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1991
| KC
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 22.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 53.1
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
|
| 1995
| BOS
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 59
| 0
| 85.2
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .867
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 37
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 59
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 3, 1988).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals with Dennis Moeller to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jose Lind (November 19, 1992).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 25, 1994).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (June 1, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 16, 1994).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (July 22, 1995).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (July 26, 1995).
- Released by Colorado Rockies (September 12, 1995).
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