Cliff Johnson
[edit] Biography
Cliff Johnson (Clifford Johnson) was born on July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1972 for the Houston Astros. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .228 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI. Johnson played for the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Cliff Johnson's best season was 1983, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 76 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1972
| HOU
| N
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .500
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 20
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 6
| .300
| .364
| .700
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| 83
| 171
| 26
| 39
| 10
| 29
| .228
| .357
| .439
| 4
| 1
| 33
| 45
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1975
| HOU
| N
| 122
| 340
| 52
| 94
| 20
| 65
| .276
| .370
| .506
| 16
| 1
| 46
| 64
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 7
|
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| 108
| 318
| 36
| 72
| 10
| 49
| .226
| .359
| .399
| 21
| 2
| 62
| 59
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1977
| NY
| A
| 56
| 142
| 24
| 42
| 12
| 31
| .296
| .405
| .606
| 8
| 0
| 20
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 51
| 144
| 22
| 43
| 10
| 23
| .299
| .409
| .563
| 8
| 0
| 23
| 30
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1977
| Total
|
| 107
| 286
| 46
| 85
| 22
| 54
| .297
| .407
| .584
| 16
| 0
| 43
| 53
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| 76
| 174
| 20
| 32
| 6
| 19
| .184
| .307
| .351
| 9
| 1
| 30
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| 1979
| NY
| A
| 28
| 64
| 11
| 17
| 2
| 6
| .266
| .360
| .453
| 6
| 0
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 72
| 240
| 37
| 65
| 18
| 61
| .271
| .343
| .538
| 10
| 0
| 24
| 39
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 6
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| 100
| 304
| 48
| 82
| 20
| 67
| .270
| .347
| .520
| 16
| 0
| 34
| 46
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 6
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 54
| 174
| 25
| 40
| 6
| 28
| .230
| .320
| .362
| 3
| 1
| 25
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 68
| 196
| 28
| 46
| 10
| 34
| .235
| .335
| .429
| 8
| 0
| 29
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1980
| Total
|
| 122
| 370
| 53
| 86
| 16
| 62
| .232
| .328
| .397
| 11
| 1
| 54
| 65
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 12
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 84
| 273
| 40
| 71
| 17
| 59
| .260
| .329
| .476
| 8
| 0
| 28
| 60
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 3
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 73
| 214
| 19
| 51
| 7
| 31
| .238
| .324
| .383
| 10
| 0
| 26
| 41
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 142
| 407
| 59
| 108
| 22
| 76
| .265
| .373
| .489
| 23
| 1
| 67
| 69
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 10
|
| 1984
| TOR
| A
| 127
| 359
| 51
| 109
| 16
| 61
| .304
| .390
| .507
| 23
| 1
| 50
| 62
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| 24
| 73
| 4
| 20
| 1
| 10
| .274
| .349
| .315
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 82
| 296
| 31
| 76
| 12
| 56
| .257
| .330
| .443
| 17
| 1
| 31
| 44
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1985
| TOT
| A
| 106
| 369
| 35
| 96
| 13
| 66
| .260
| .334
| .417
| 17
| 1
| 40
| 59
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| 107
| 336
| 48
| 84
| 15
| 55
| .250
| .355
| .426
| 12
| 1
| 52
| 57
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 444
| 1193
| 170
| 301
| 62
| 206
| .252
| .365
| .464
| 59
| 4
| 196
| 240
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 19
| 26
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 925
| 2752
| 369
| 715
| 134
| 493
| .260
| .351
| .457
| 129
| 6
| 372
| 479
| 32
| 3
| 8
| 34
| 60
|
| Total
|
|
| 1369
| 3945
| 539
| 1016
| 196
| 699
| .258
| .355
| .459
| 188
| 10
| 568
| 719
| 50
| 4
| 9
| 53
| 86
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1972
| HOU
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 5
| 5
| 43
| 47
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 21
| 16
| 146.2
| 147
| 9
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1974
| HOU
| N
| C
| 28
| 22
| 210.2
| 123
| 9
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 23
| 6
| 1
| .978
|
| 1975
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 46
| 43
| 395.1
| 407
| 21
| 4
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1975
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| HOU
| N
| C
| 41
| 37
| 333.2
| 195
| 16
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 39
| 14
| 1
| .963
|
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 20
| 20
| 148
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 20
| 20
| 148
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| C
| 66
| 64
| 545.1
| 312
| 34
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 12
| 76
| 22
| 1
| .977
|
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 16
| 8
| 86.1
| 117
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 11
| 11
| 78
| 89
| 8
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1977
| NY
| A
| DH
| 25
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1977
| NY
| A
| C
| 15
| 10
| 99
| 56
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 34
| 32
| 257
| 49
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| RF
| 4
| 2
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 33
| 30
| 242
| 48
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 10
| 6
| 69
| 64
| 7
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| Total
|
| 1B
| 21
| 17
| 147
| 153
| 15
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| C
| 22
| 13
| 151
| 67
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 5
| 1
| .975
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| DH
| 39
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| NY
| A
| C
| 4
| 3
| 24
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| NY
| A
| DH
| 21
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 63
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| C
| 5
| 3
| 26
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| DH
| 84
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 45
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 3
| 3
| 14.1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 46
| 44
| 395.2
| 468
| 16
| 4
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 3
| 14.1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 1B
| 9
| 5
| 50
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| DH
| 68
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| DH
| 48
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 1B
| 11
| 7
| 76
| 66
| 8
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 130
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 6
| 47
| 47
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 111
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 3
| 20
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 21
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 82
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| TOT
| A
| DH
| 103
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 95
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 188
| 158
| 1442
| 1549
| 79
| 12
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 57
| 54
| 412.1
| 91
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 179
| 149
| 1370.2
| 770
| 76
| 21
| 11
| 0
| 27
| 152
| 53
| 4
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 58
| 56
| 427.1
| 92
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 748
| 635
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 4
| 2
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966 - signed August 22, 1966).
- Traded by Houston Astros to New York Yankees in exchange for Randy Niemann, Mike Fischlin and a player to be named later (June 15, 1977); Houston Astros received Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Don Hood (June 15, 1979).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (June 23, 1980); Cleveland Indians received Karl Pagel (June 30, 1980).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Keith Drumright to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Michael King (December 11, 1980).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Al Woods (November 5, 1982).
- Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 5, 1984).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 28, 1985); Texas Rangers received Matt Williams and Jeff Mays (August 29, 1985) and Greg Ferlenda (November 14, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
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