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Howard Johnson
Howard Michael Johnson (HoJo)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.
School St. Petersburg JC

MLB Debut April 14, 1982
Final Game October 1, 1995
Born November 29, 1960 in Clearwater, FL (age 63)

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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 21 DEA AL   53  157   26   47   9   0   4   24  10   3   23   35  .299  .388  .433  .821   108    68   0   2   1   1   6  
 1983 22 DEA AL   13   38    9   11   0   0   2    8   0   0    5    3  .289  .386  .447  .834   114    17   0   0   0   1   1  
         NYN NL    9   11    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182  .250  .273  .523    74     3   0   0   1   0   0  
         TOT      22   49    9   13   1   0   2    9   0   0    6    6  .265  .357  .408  .765          20   0   0   1   1   1 
 1984 23 NYN NL  109  295   38   70  12   0  12   41   8   0   40   41  .237  .331  .400  .731   105   118   2   1   1   2   8  
 1985 24 NYN NL  112  366   44   93  23   3  13   59   6   0   25   86  .254  .300  .440  .740   110   161   1   2   3   0   7  
 1986 25 NYN NL   83  210   27   59  11   0  10   33   5   2   24   55  .281  .356  .476  .832   121   100   0   1   2   1   3  
 1987 26 NYN NL  156  567   97  138  17   3  32   96  15  11   90  117  .243  .352  .453  .806   114   257   0   5   4   8  19  MVP-15
 1988 27 NYN NL  133  447   71  116  18   2  27   91  19   2   59   83  .260  .342  .490  .832   124   219   0   6   2   0   8  
 1989 28 NYN NL  156  603   96  147  46   5  33   84  22  10   75  131  .244  .326  .501  .826   123   302   0   4   9   0   8  MVP-6
 1990 29 NYN NL  142  530   83  114  22   3  24   74  26   2   51   86  .215  .283  .404  .686    98   214   0   3   2   0  11  
 1991 30 NYN NL  158  575   96  140  41   4  36   96  26  10   81  143  .243  .332  .517  .849   122   297   0   9   6   0   5  MVP-6
 1992 31 NYN NL  118  341   38   70  11   0   6   24  14   3   39   74  .205  .285  .290  .575    85    99   0   3   0   0   9  
 1993 32 NYN NL  100  124   20   34   7   2   3   23   3   1   23   21  .274  .385  .435  .821   110    54   0   1   0   0   2  
 1994 33 BAA AL   89  302   53   48   8   1  19   37   8   0   55  118  .159  .288  .381  .669    83   115   0   1   0   0   5  
         OAA AL    5   16    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    6  .125  .125  .312  .438    57     5   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      94  318   55   50   8   1  20   38   8   0   55  124  .157  .281  .377  .658         120   0   1   0   0   5 
 1995 34 SEA AL   65  193   44   56  10   1  15   44   1   0   32   45  .290  .400  .585  .985   129   113   0   1   0   4   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1501 4775  744 1147 236  24 237  736 163  44  623 1047  .240  .328  .449  .776        2142   3  39  31  17  94
 Per 600 PA           525   82  126  26   3  26   81  18   5   68  115                                 236   0   4   3   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN     1276 4069  610  983 209  22 196  622 144  41  508  840  .242  .325  .448  .773        1824   3  35  30  11  80
   With BAA       89  302   53   48   8   1  19   37   8   0   55  118  .159  .288  .381  .669         115   0   1   0   0   5
   With DEA       66  195   35   58   9   0   6   32  10   3   28   38  .297  .388  .436  .824          85   0   2   1   2   7
   With SEA       65  193   44   56  10   1  15   44   1   0   32   45  .290  .400  .585  .985         113   0   1   0   4   2
   With OAA        5   16    2    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    6  .125  .125  .312  .438           5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1531 4940  760 1229 247  22 228  760 231  77  692 1053  .249  .340  .446  .786        2204   9  57 105  17  61
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1982 21 DEA AL  22   27   6.1  10   3   0  .300   3    8    2  .250    0    0  .000  3B   4e37       12   
 1983 22 DEA AL  26    6   6.5   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             188   
         NYN NL  17    0   2.2   7   1   0  .143   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -123   
         TOT                     9   1   0  .111   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000
 1984 23 NYN NL   8   41   4.7  22   6   1  .273  12   44   23  .523    0    0  .000  3B   4e22       13   
 1985 24 NYN NL  10   48   4.6  13   4   0  .308  13   49   32  .653    0    0  .000  3B   3e25       47   
 1986 25 NYN NL   8   36   6.3  26   8   1  .308   9   18    7  .389    0    0  .000  3B   4e47       45   
 1987 26 NYN NL  36   89   5.2   1   1   1 1.000  29   94   47  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e27      -62   
 1988 27 NYN NL  27   79   6.2  12   3   1  .250  15   66   31  .470    0    0  .000  3B   4e19       67   
 1989 28 NYN NL  31   99   5.6   3   1   0  .333  26   89   50  .562    0    0  .000  3B   3e31     -102   
 1990 29 NYN NL  34   62   3.9   4   2   0  .500  28  110   65  .591    0    0  .000  UT             -66   
 1991 30 NYN NL  33  103   6.1   4   0   0  .000  22   81   39  .481    0    0  .000  3B   4e29      -29   
 1992 31 NYN NL  37   29   2.8  28   8   2  .286   4   32   12  .375    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e7   -91   
 1993 32 NYN NL   6   22   6.5  70  18   2  .257   3    9    3  .333    0    0  .000  3B   4e28       88   
 1994 33 BAA AL  25   36   3.8   0   0   0  .000   6   42   12  .286    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7   -60   
         OAA AL  25    0   1.2   0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7  -291   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000   6   45   15  .333    0    0  .000
 1995 34 SEA AL  24   48   9.3   0   0   0  .000  25   69   30  .435    0    0  .000  UT             300   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          734   5.2 202  55   8  .272 195  714  356  .499    0    0  .000                 -13   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 27.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1982 21 DEA AL  3B    17    15    16    3    1   .912    11    96.0   2.91
                 RF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     5    36.0   1.50
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1983 22 DEA AL  3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
         NYN NL  3B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   3.00
 1984 23 NYN NL  3B    73    64   102    7   10   .960    72   574.2   2.60
                 SS    25    21    47    5    5   .932    10   113.0   5.42
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1985 24 NYN NL  3B    98    79   187   12   18   .957    91   834.0   2.87
                 SS     5     2     1    1    1   .750     0     6.1   4.26
 1986 25 NYN NL  3B    43    34    49    4    5   .954    41   343.0   2.18
                 SS    16    23    25    5    3   .906     9    83.1   5.18
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     9.0   0.00
 1987 26 NYN NL  3B   140    69   207   24   18   .920   132  1202.1   2.07
                 SS    34    42    52    5    6   .949    21   171.0   4.95
 1988 27 NYN NL  3B   119    81   167   13    9   .950   110   977.0   2.28
                 SS    15    16    20    2    4   .947     6    61.2   5.25
 1989 28 NYN NL  3B   147   116   209   25   26   .929   139  1268.1   2.31
                 SS    25    30    32    1    5   .984    13   119.1   4.68
 1990 29 NYN NL  3B    82    61   144   20   11   .911    65   611.1   3.02
                 SS    76   127   164    8   32   .973    70   592.1   4.42
                 2B     1     1     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
 1991 30 NYN NL  3B   150   110   286   20   23   .952   148  1317.2   2.70
                 RF     4     7     0    1    0   .875     4    38.0   1.66
                 SS     7     4     6    1    0   .909     0    15.2   5.74
 1992 31 NYN NL  CF    34    56     4    1    0   .984    31   268.2   2.01
                 RF    28    50     2    2    0   .963    28   230.2   2.03
                 LF    30    35     2    1    0   .974    19   197.0   1.69
 1993 32 NYN NL  3B    20    14    26    3    1   .930    13   131.0   2.75
 1994 33 BAA AL  LF    87   171     3    6    0   .967    87   772.1   2.03
         OAA AL  1B     4    36     3    0    0  1.000     4    31.0  11.32
                 LF     1     3     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.1   5.40
 1995 34 SEA AL  SS    32    40    80   14   13   .896    29   245.1   4.40
                 2B    24    42    59    8   17   .927    19   183.0   4.97
                 1B     4    38     4    2    2   .955     4    36.0  10.50
                 3B     3     3     7    1    1   .909     2    19.0   4.74
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     2.0   4.50
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   894   647  1401  132  123   .939   825  7382.1   2.50
                 SS   235   305   427   42   69   .946   158  1408.0   4.68
                 LF   121   210     7    7    0   .969   108   990.0   1.97
                 RF    37    63     2    3    0   .956    37   304.2   1.92
                 CF    37    58     4    1    0   .984    32   273.2   2.04
                 2B    25    43    61    8   17   .929    20   191.0   4.90
                 1B     8    74     7    2    2   .976     8    67.0  10.88
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1984 NLCS  NYN SDN   L    3   5  2  1  0  0  1   1  1  1  .200  .333  .800  0
 1986 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  15  0  3  0  0  0   2  0  5  .200  .200  .200  0
 1987 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  14  0  3  0  0  0   1  1  4  .214  .267  .214  0
 1988 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  11  2  3  0  0  2   4  1  2  .273  .308  .818  0
 1990 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    3  10  1  3  0  0  1   3  1  0  .300  .364  .600  0
 1995 ALDS  SEA NYA   W    2   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .500  .667  .500  0
      ALCS  SEA CHA   W    5  12  1  1  0  0  1   2  2  3  .083  .214  .333  0
      WS    SEA FLN   L    3   7  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1982  DEA   93-69   Dennis Van Langen
 1983  DEA   90-72   Dennis Van Langen
 1983  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1984  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1985  NYN   96-66   Jon Fellows
 1986  NYN  108-54   Jon Fellows
 1987  NYN   99-63   Jon Fellows
 1988  NYN  104-58   Jon Fellows
 1989  NYN   86-76   Jon Fellows
 1990  NYN   99-63   Jon Fellows
 1991  NYN   86-76   Jon Fellows
 1992  NYN   56-106  Jon Fellows
 1993  NYN   76-86   Jon Fellows
 1994  BAA   84-78   Charlie Steinhice
 1994  OAA   72-90   Drew Kennedy
 1995  SEA  101-61   Jeff Tripodi

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