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Johnny Callison
John Wesley Callison

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut September 9, 1958
Final Game August 17, 1973
Born March 12, 1939 in Qualls, OK
Died October 13, 2006 (age 67)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 19 PIN NL   76   70    7   20   2   3   1    9   1   4    6   22  .286  .351  .443  .794   109    31   0   0   0   1   0  
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 21 CIN NL  104  321   67   95  13   3  21   61   0   0   46   81  .296  .383  .551  .935   128   177   0   1   0   0   4  
 1961 22 CIN NL  141  498   78  121  18  10  15   52   9   5   74   87  .243  .342  .410  .752   104   204   4   0   2   1   8  
 1962 23 WAA AL  162  647  103  201  37   8  21   80   4   2   54  114  .311  .370  .490  .859   117   317   0   1   5   7   8  MVP-11
 1963 24 WAA AL  162  648   97  172  38  15  34   94   4   1   54  115  .265  .325  .528  .853   122   342   0   4   5   5  15  MVP-2
 1964 25 WAA AL  162  659  118  197  33  17  48  121   3   1   49   97  .299  .354  .619  .973   136   408   4   0  12   7  13  MVP-1
 1965 26 WAA AL  162  610  108  157  22  22  40  115   1   0   87  124  .257  .354  .562  .917   131   343   0   8  23   9   8  MVP-1
 1966 27 WAA AL  162  658   87  184  41   5  17   85   0   0   49   90  .280  .330  .435  .764   111   286   0   8   2   4  10  MVP-12
 1967 28 WAA AL  162  619   62  143  25   5  17   75   4   1   47   86  .231  .284  .370  .654    96   229   3   5   0   1  11  
 1968 29 NYN NL  136  449   60  111  13   5  12   57   5   0   46   82  .247  .318  .379  .697   110   170   1   7   3   4   9  
 1969 30 NYN NL  149  470   76  121  24   2  18   75   2   2   30   75  .257  .305  .432  .737   108   203   0   4   1   4   8  
 1970 31 MLA AL  143  479   65  103  23   1  21   57   2   0   54   74  .215  .293  .399  .692    97   191   0   5   6   1   9  
 1971 32 MLA AL   98  292   32   62  10   1  11   24   0   0   30   61  .212  .291  .366  .657    92   107   1   2   0   3   1  
 1972 33 ATN NL  104  303   41   85  18   0  16   51   5   2   24   28  .281  .333  .498  .832   119   151   1   0   1   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1923 6723 1001 1772 317  97 292  956  40  18  650 1136  .264  .331  .470  .801        3159  14  45  60  47 108
 Per 600 PA           539   80  142  25   8  23   77   3   1   52   91                                 253   1   4   5   4   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With WAA      972 3841  575 1054 196  72 177  570  16   5  340  626  .274  .337  .501  .838        1925   7  26  47  33  65
   With NYN      285  919  136  232  37   7  30  132   7   2   76  157  .252  .312  .406  .718         373   1  11   4   8  17
   With CIN      245  819  145  216  31  13  36  113   9   5  120  168  .264  .358  .465  .823         381   4   1   2   1  12
   With MLA      241  771   97  165  33   2  32   81   2   0   84  135  .214  .292  .387  .679         298   1   7   6   4  10
   With ATN      104  303   41   85  18   0  16   51   5   2   24   28  .281  .333  .498  .832         151   1   0   1   0   4
   With PIN       76   70    7   20   2   3   1    9   1   4    6   22  .286  .351  .443  .794          31   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1886 6652  926 1757 321  89 226  840  74  51  650 1064  .264  .331  .441  .773        2934  51  43  73  41  98
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 19 PIN NL   7    9   5.0  39  11   1  .282   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e8   -27   
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 21 CIN NL   5   70   8.2  13   4   1  .308   4   30   11  .367    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e4   147   
 1961 22 CIN NL  23   72   5.0   5   1   0  .200  17   56   34  .607    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e12  -29   
 1962 23 WAA AL  31  118   7.0   0   0   0  .000   7   44   24  .545    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e8     6   
 1963 24 WAA AL  34  108   5.9   0   0   0  .000   1   51   50  .980    0    0  .000  OF   1(-4)e2    12   
 1964 25 WAA AL  35  140   7.9   0   0   0  .000   4   73   69  .945    0    0  .000  OF   1(-4)e4   164   
 1965 26 WAA AL  32  125   7.2   0   0   0  .000   3   61   59  .967    0    0  .000  OF   1(-4)e6    80   
 1966 27 WAA AL  33   95   5.3   0   0   0  .000   4   53   42  .792    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e3     8   
 1967 28 WAA AL  32   65   3.6   0   0   0  .000   9   55   42  .764    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e8   -83   
 1968 29 NYN NL  23   56   4.3   8   0   0  .000   0   40   34  .850    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e0   -37   
 1969 30 NYN NL  16   61   4.6  21   5   1  .238   3   46   41  .891    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e4   -35   
 1970 31 MLA AL  22   57   4.0  12   4   2  .333   9   30   24  .800    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e9   -96   
 1971 32 MLA AL  35   33   3.9   5   1   0  .200   3   34   29  .853    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e6    17   
 1972 33 ATN NL   6   50   6.0  23  10   1  .435   2   34   25  .735    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e2   140   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons         1068   5.6 126  36   6  .286  66  610  487  .798    0    0  .000                  18   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 28.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 85.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 19 PIN NL  LF    26    21     1    0    1  1.000     0    49.0   4.04
                 RF    10     6     0    0    0  1.000     1    27.1   1.98
                 CF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    14.2   1.84
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 21 CIN NL  CF    70   118     9    4    1   .969    66   574.0   1.99
                 RF    25    19     0    0    0  1.000    10   112.0   1.53
                 LF     7     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.1   1.93
 1961 22 CIN NL  LF   136   264    11   17    4   .942   130  1153.2   2.15
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1962 23 WAA AL  LF   161   267    12    7    1   .976   161  1437.1   1.75
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   1.29
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1963 24 WAA AL  RF   162   286    11    1    1   .997   162  1461.0   1.83  GG
 1964 25 WAA AL  RF   162   331     7    4    3   .988   162  1449.1   2.10  GG
 1965 26 WAA AL  RF   162   291    13    3    4   .990   162  1461.2   1.87  GG
 1966 27 WAA AL  RF   145   239     9    4    3   .984   145  1306.1   1.71
                 CF    16    33     1    0    0  1.000    15   133.1   2.30
                 LF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    21.0   1.71
 1967 28 WAA AL  RF   162   254    10    9    0   .967   162  1460.2   1.63
 1968 29 NYN NL  RF   127   188     5    0    3  1.000   117  1083.1   1.60
 1969 30 NYN NL  RF   135   154     4    3    1   .981   110  1049.0   1.36
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1970 31 MLA AL  RF   119   226    11    9    3   .963   108  1009.0   2.11
                 CF    14    22     0    0    0  1.000     9    88.0   2.25
 1971 32 MLA AL  RF    90   175     6    3    0   .984    82   751.2   2.17
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1972 33 ATN NL  RF    85   144     9    2    0   .987    76   677.2   2.03
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF  1386  2314    85   38   18   .984  1297 11853.0   1.82
                 LF   335   560    24   24    6   .961   293  2675.1   1.96
                 CF   106   177    10    4    1   .979    93   820.0   2.05
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    4  11  4  6  3  0  2   2  0  1  .545  .545 1.364  0
      WS    NYN BAA   L    6  12  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  .167  .231  .167  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1958  PIN   79-75   Dennis Van Langen
 1960  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp
 1961  CIN   81-73   Larry Cupp
 1962  WAA   78-84   Larry Cupp
 1963  WAA   73-89   Larry Cupp
 1964  WAA   68-94   Larry Cupp
 1965  WAA   81-81   Steve Bivens
 1966  WAA   59-103  Steve Bivens
 1967  WAA   70-92   Steve Bivens
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  MLA   66-96   Frank Pennylegion
 1971  MLA   51-111  Frank Pennylegion
 1972  ATN   75-87   Rich McCoy, Tom Austad

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