John Henry Johnson
[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
| 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
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| P
| 33
| 30
| 186
| 8
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 10
| 0
| .857
|
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| TEX
| A
| P
| 17
| 12
| 82.1
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| P
| 14
| 13
| 84.2
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| P
| 31
| 25
| 167
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| TEX
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 38.2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 23.2
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 1
| 53.1
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .875
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| P
| 30
| 3
| 63.2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| MIL
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 44
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .833
|
| 1987
| MIL
| A
| P
| 10
| 2
| 26.1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 214
| 61
| 602.2
| 18
| 67
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 26
| 0
| .934
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TEX
| A
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| TEX
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| MIL
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| MIL
| A
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 215
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[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).
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