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Lamar Johnson
Lamar (Sr.) Johnson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 225 lb.

MLB Debut May 18, 1974
Final Game October 2, 1982
Born September 2, 1950 in Bessemer, AL (age 74)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 24 CHA AL    6   17    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .235  .278  .353  .631    86     6   0   0   0   0   0  
 1976 25 CHA AL   86  219   20   48   3   1   4   19   1   1   27   41  .219  .309  .297  .606    87    65   0   1   0   2  10  
 1977 26 CHA AL   69  194   33   57   5   1  10   39   0   0   15   26  .294  .344  .485  .829   110    94   0   0   0   0  10  
 1978 27 CHA AL  135  489   51  127  15   1   7   49   5   3   30   58  .260  .311  .337  .649    89   165   1   1   5   7  11  
 1979 28 CHA AL  105  367   49  113  22   2  14   60   4   0   20   37  .308  .344  .493  .838   112   181   1   1   1   1  22  
 1980 29 MON NL   89  180   30   53  12   1   8   27   0   0   12   24  .294  .337  .506  .842   120    91   1   1   1   0   5  
 1981 30 MON NL   59  122    4   31   7   0   0    8   0   0    2   15  .254  .266  .311  .578    83    38   1   0   0   0   4  
 1982 31 MLA AL   10   24    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .208  .259  .250  .509    70     6   0   1   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      559 1612  192  438  67   6  43  204  10   4  109  206  .272  .321  .401  .722         646   4   5   7  10  63
 Per 600 PA           556   66  151  23   2  15   70   3   1   38   71                                 223   1   2   2   3  22
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      401 1286  155  349  47   5  35  168  10   4   93  163  .271  .325  .397  .722         511   2   3   6  10  53
   With MON      148  302   34   84  19   1   8   35   0   0   14   39  .278  .309  .427  .736         129   2   1   1   0   9
   With MLA       10   24    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .208  .259  .250  .509           6   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      792 2631  294  755 122  12  64  381  22  19  211  307  .287  .338  .415  .754        1093   6  28  13   7 102
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1975 24 CHA AL  72    1   3.6   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH               5   
 1976 25 CHA AL  71   19   2.9  29   5   0  .172   5   13    6  .462    0    0  .000  1B   4e27     -199   
 1977 26 CHA AL  76   29   5.3  13   3   0  .231   5   14    5  .357    0    0  .000  1B   4e16      -18   
 1978 27 CHA AL  15   50   3.6  13   2   0  .154   3   18    9  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e13      -56   
 1979 28 CHA AL  52   54   5.3  13   4   0  .308  11   19    7  .368    0    0  .000  1B   4e22       26   
 1980 29 MON NL  63   29   5.9  39  11   0  .282   1   14   10  .714    0    0  .000  1B   4e16      103   
 1981 30 MON NL  40    9   2.5  31   5   0  .161   1    7    4  .571    0    0  .000  1B   4e16      -71   
 1982 31 MLA AL  50    1   2.0   4   1   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH            -175   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          194   4.2 143  31   0  .217  26   85   41  .482    0    0  .000                 -37   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1976 25 CHA AL  1B    52   436    31    5   50   .989    50   434.0   9.68
                 LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
 1977 26 CHA AL  1B    56   413    35    5   50   .989    43   396.2  10.16
 1978 27 CHA AL  1B    59   448    38    3   39   .994    53   475.1   9.20
 1979 28 CHA AL  1B    58   416    39   11   39   .976    56   447.0   9.16
 1980 29 MON NL  1B    67   423    38    1   49   .998    35   388.0  10.69
 1981 30 MON NL  1B    36   239    16    1   20   .996    25   219.1  10.46
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1982 31 MLA AL  1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   329  2375   197   26  247   .990   262  2361.1   9.80
                 LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1979 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1980 NLCS  MON LAN   L    3   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .143  .250  .143  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1976  CHA   60-102  Ben Lea
 1977  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1978  CHA   78-84   Ben Lea
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  MON  118-44   Steve Bivens
 1981  MON  103-59   Steve Bivens
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons

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