Howard Johnson

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: November 29, 1960 in Clearwater, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clearwater HS (Clearwater, FL) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from St. Petersburg College (St. Petersburg, FL).

High School: Clearwater HS (Clearwater, FL)

School: St. Petersburg College (St. Petersburg, FL)

Debut: April 14, 1982 (Age 21-136d, 14,576th in major league history)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 34-306d)
vs. HOU 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Howard Michael Johnson

Nicknames: HoJo

Twitter: @20Hojo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

4940

1229

228

.249

760

RBI

760

231

OBP

.340

SLG

.446

OPS

.786

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	NYM		STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
2	2	Apr 5	NYM		STL	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B SS
3	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
4	4	Apr 8	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
6	7 (1)	Apr 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
7	9 (1)	Apr 15	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	11 (1)	Apr 17	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	12	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,1-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
10	13	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	14	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	15	Apr 21	NYM		CHC	L,4-8	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
13	16	Apr 22	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 3B
14	17	Apr 23	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	19 (1)	Apr 26	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
16	20	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-3	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS 3B
17	21	Apr 29	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	22	Apr 30	NYM	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	24	May 2	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	25	May 3	NYM		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	26	May 4	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	36	10.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B SS
23	27	May 6	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS 3B
24	28	May 7	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	29	May 8	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
26	30	May 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
27	31	May 10	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	32	May 12	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	33	May 13	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
30	34	May 14	NYM		SDP	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
31	35	May 15	NYM		LAD	L,1-3	GS	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS 3B
32	36	May 17	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
33	37	May 18	NYM		LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
34	38	May 19	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	39	May 20	NYM		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	40	May 21	NYM		SFG	L,6-10	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	41	May 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	42	May 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	43	May 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	44	May 26	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	45	May 27	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	46	May 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	47	May 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
44	48	May 30	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
45	49	May 31	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50	Jun 2	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	51	Jun 3	NYM		PIT	W,9-3	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	53 (1)	Jun 5	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-15	GS	37	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
49	54	Jun 6	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	55	Jun 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
51	56	Jun 8	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	57	Jun 9	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	43	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS 3B
53	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	43	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS 3B
54	59	Jun 11	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	60	Jun 13	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	61	Jun 14	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 3B
57	62	Jun 15	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	63	Jun 16	NYM	@	PHI	W,15-11	GS	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
59	64	Jun 17	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	65	Jun 18	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	66	Jun 19	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	67	Jun 20	NYM		MON	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	68	Jun 21	NYM		MON	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	69	Jun 23	NYM		PHI	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	70	Jun 24	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
66	71	Jun 25	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	72	Jun 26	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	73	Jun 27	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	60	13.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
69	74	Jun 28	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	75	Jun 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
72	77	Jul 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS 3B
73	78	Jul 3	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS 3B
74	79	Jul 4	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-10	GS	29	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	80	Jul 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	81	Jul 6	NYM		CIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
77	82	Jul 7	NYM		CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	83	Jul 8	NYM		CIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	84	Jul 9	NYM		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
80	85	Jul 13	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS 3B
81	86	Jul 14	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	87	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS 3B
83	88	Jul 16	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B SS
84	90 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	91	Jul 18	NYM		HOU	W,9-0	GS	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS 3B
86	92	Jul 19	NYM		HOU	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	93	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	94	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	95	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
90	96	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
91	97	Jul 25	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
92	98	Jul 26	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
93	99	Jul 27	NYM		PIT	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	100	Jul 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
95	101	Jul 29	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	102	Jul 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	103	Jul 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	104	Aug 1	NYM	@	STL	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	105	Aug 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B SS
100	106	Aug 3	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	107	Aug 4	NYM		MON	W,11-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
102	108	Aug 5	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	109	Aug 6	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	59	14.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
104	110	Aug 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	111	Aug 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-0	GS	22	6.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
106	113 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	114	Aug 10 (2)	NYM		STL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	115	Aug 11	NYM		STL	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
109	118 (2)	Aug 15	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	119	Aug 16	NYM		SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	120	Aug 17	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
112	121	Aug 18	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	122	Aug 19	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	123	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	124	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
116	125	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	1	3B
117	126	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
118	127	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	10.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	128	Aug 26	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
120	129	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
121	130	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
122	131	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	LAD	W,9-3	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
125	134	Sep 2	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	135	Sep 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	136	Sep 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
128	137	Sep 5	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
129	138	Sep 6	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
130	139	Sep 7	NYM		STL	W,13-1	GS	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
131	140	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
132	141	Sep 9	NYM		PIT	L,5-8	CG	54	12.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
133	142	Sep 10	NYM		PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
134	143	Sep 11	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	144	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	145	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	146	Sep 15	NYM	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
138	147	Sep 16	NYM	@	MON	L,1-10	GS	30	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
139	148	Sep 17	NYM	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
140	149	Sep 18	NYM	@	CHC	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
141	150	Sep 19	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
142	151	Sep 20	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
143	152	Sep 21	NYM	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	153	Sep 22	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
145	154	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	3B
146	155	Sep 24	NYM		MON	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
147	156	Sep 25	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
148	157	Sep 26	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
149	158	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
150	159	Sep 29 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
151	160	Sep 29 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-0	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
152	161	Sep 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	44	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
153	162	Oct 1	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							174gm		1320.1	97	217	24	338	22