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Russ Johnson

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Full Name: William Russell Johnson Primary Position: 3B,2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185 First Game: April 8, 1997
Birthdate: February 22, 1973 Final Game: July 15, 2005
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Russ Johnson (William Russell Johnson) was born on February 22, 1973 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 8, 1997 for the Houston Astros. In 1999, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 5 home runs and 23 RBI. Johnson played for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and New York Yankees over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Russ Johnson's best season was 2001, when he hit for a .294 average.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1997 HOU N 21 60 7 18 2 9 .300 .364 .417 1 0 6 14 0 1 1 0 2
1998 HOU N 8 13 2 3 0 0 .231 .333 .308 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1
1999 HOU N 83 156 24 44 5 23 .282 .358 .442 10 0 20 31 0 4 2 0 3
2000 TB A 74 185 28 47 2 17 .254 .344 .330 8 0 25 30 1 3 4 0 4
2000 HOU N 26 45 4 8 0 3 .178 .213 .178 0 0 2 10 0 1 1 0 3
2000 Total 100 230 32 55 2 20 .239 .320 .300 8 0 27 40 1 4 5 0 7
2001 TB A 85 248 32 73 4 33 .294 .380 .435 19 2 34 57 1 4 2 0 2
2002 TB A 45 111 15 24 1 12 .216 .320 .288 5 0 16 22 1 2 5 1 2
2005 NY A 22 18 5 4 0 0 .222 .300 .333 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
Total NL 138 274 37 73 7 35 .266 .336 .387 12 0 29 60 1 6 5 0 9
Total AL 226 562 80 148 7 62 .263 .354 .368 34 2 76 113 4 9 11 1 8
Total 364 836 117 221 14 97 .264 .348 .374 46 2 105 173 5 15 16 1 17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1997 HOU N 2B 3 2 19 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 HOU N 3B 14 11 107.2 4 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1998 HOU N 3B 5 1 17 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 HOU N 2B 1 1 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 HOU N 3B 36 23 220.2 16 52 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1999 HOU N 2B 15 7 67.1 16 32 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1999 HOU N SS 2 1 10 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .833
2000 TB A 3B 49 25 269.2 14 74 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .967
2000 TB A 2B 18 15 130.1 27 55 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .976
2000 TB A SS 11 3 36 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 HOU N SS 5 4 38.1 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 HOU N 3B 4 2 14.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 HOU N 2B 3 1 19 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
2000 Total SS 16 7 74.1 9 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 Total 2B 21 16 149.1 32 57 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 .967
2000 Total 3B 53 27 284.1 15 78 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .969
2001 TB A 3B 36 28 254.2 21 50 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 .922
2001 TB A DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 TB A 2B 33 31 265 60 83 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 TB A SS 6 2 23 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
2002 TB A SS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 TB A 3B 27 27 239 23 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .984
2002 TB A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 TB A DH 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NY A OF 3 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2005 NY A 1B 7 2 29 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2005 NY A RF 3 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2005 NY A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NY A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NY A 3B 8 0 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 7 2 29 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total SS 26 10 109.1 13 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .955
Total 2B 75 57 510.2 119 176 5 37 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total OF 3 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 179 117 1141.1 81 249 15 27 0 0 0 0 0 .957
Total RF 3 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (30th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed August 30, 1994).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Marc Valdes (May 27, 2000).
  • Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Josh Pressley to New York Mets (December 16, 2002) completing trade in which New York Mets traded Rey Ordonez to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for 2 players to be named later (December 15, 2002).
  • Released by New York Mets (November 13, 2003).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (February 19, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2004).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (November 17, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2005).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (November 15, 2005).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).

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