John Henry Johnson

Full Name: John Henry Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 10, 1978
Birthdate: August 21, 1956	Final Game: June 29, 1987
Birthplace: Houston, Texas	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Rate this Player

1.85

(13 votes)

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on August 21, 1956 in Houston, Texas, John Henry Johnson (John Henry Johnson) played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 8 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 10, 1978 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 186 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Henry Johnson's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.39 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 91 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1978	OAK	A	33	30	11	10	3.39	91	81	70	7	2	0	186	164	18	82	6	5	0
1979	TEX	A	17	12	2	6	4.92	46	50	45	1	0	0	82.1	79	12	36	3	3	1
1979	OAK	A	14	13	2	8	4.36	50	45	41	1	0	0	84.2	89	13	36	0	1	1
1979	TOT	A	31	25	4	14	4.63	96	95	86	2	0	0	167	168	25	72	3	4	2
1980	TEX	A	33	0	2	2	2.33	44	12	10	0	0	4	38.2	27	2	15	4	2	1
1981	TEX	A	24	0	3	1	2.66	8	7	7	0	0	2	23.2	19	2	6	1	1	1
1983	BOS	A	34	1	3	2	3.71	51	28	22	0	0	1	53.1	58	3	20	4	1	1
1984	BOS	A	30	3	1	2	3.53	57	26	25	0	0	1	63.2	64	7	27	1	4	0
1986	MIL	A	19	0	2	1	2.66	42	15	13	0	0	1	44	43	2	10	1	5	0
1987	MIL	A	10	2	0	1	9.57	18	30	28	0	0	0	26.1	42	1	18	1	1	0
Total			214	61	26	33	3.90	407	294	261	9	2	9	602.2	585	60	250	21	23	5

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1978	OAK	A	P	33	30	186	8	16	4	0	1	5	10	.857
1978	OAK	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TEX	A	P	17	12	82.1	1	11	0	1	0	6	4	1.000
1979	OAK	A	P	14	13	84.2	4	7	0	2	0	4	3	1.000
1979	TOT	A	P	31	25	167	5	18	0	3	0	10	7	1.000
1980	TEX	A	P	33	0	38.2	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
1981	TEX	A	P	24	0	23.2	1	7	0	1	1	0	1	1.000
1983	BOS	A	P	34	1	53.1	2	5	1	0	0	2	2	.875
1984	BOS	A	P	30	3	63.2	0	8	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
1986	MIL	A	P	19	0	44	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	.833
1987	MIL	A	P	10	2	26.1	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	1.000
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	214	61	602.2	18	67	6	5	4	22	26	.934

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG
1978	OAK	A	34	.000	.000	.000
1979	TEX	A	17	.000	.000	.000
1979	OAK	A	14	.000	.000	.000
1979	TOT	A	31	.000	.000	.000
1980	TEX	A	33	.000	.000	.000
1981	TEX	A	24	.000	.000	.000
1983	BOS	A	34	.000	.000	.000
1984	BOS	A	30	.000	.000	.000
1986	MIL	A	19	.000	.000	.000
1987	MIL	A	10	.000	.000	.000
Total			215	.000	.000	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Gary Alexander, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, Phil Huffman, $300000 and a player to be named later to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Vida Blue (March 15, 1978); Oakland Athletics received Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dave Chalk, Mike Heath and cash (June 15, 1979).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mike Smithson (April 9, 1982).
Released by Boston Red Sox (April 1, 1985).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 11, 1985).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 26, 1985).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (August 26, 1985).

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Video Gallery

Add Videos

[edit] Picture Gallery

Add Pictures

[edit] See Also

[edit] Categories

Retrieved from "http://armchairgm.wikia.com/John_Henry_Johnson"

This page was last modified 02:07, 18 October 2007. Content is available under the GFDL.