Bob Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: April 25, 1943 in Aurora, IL us

School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)

Debut: September 19, 1969 (Age 26-147d, 12,937th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1977 (Age 34-041d)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Robert Dale Johnson

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1971 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

3.48

183

692.1

507

WHIP

1.319

Summary of 82 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 27 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	45
KCR	18
CLE	12
ATL	7

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	39

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	39

Outs
0	31
1	27
2	24

21 Opps
CIN	7
PHI	7
SFG	6
SDP	6
BOS	6
MON	6
MIN	5
CHC	5
ATL	5
NYY	4
LAD	4
CHW	4
STL	3
TEX/WSA	3
DET	3
OAK	2
CLE	2
NYM	1
PIT	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

71 Batters
Lee May	3
Bernie Carbo	3
Willie Montañez	3
Dusty Baker	2
Nate Colbert	2
Jorge Orta	2
Graig Nettles	2
Johnny Bench	2
Earl Williams	1
Bill Freehan	1
Ralph Garr	1
Tommy Harper	1
Fernando González	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Jerry Morales	1
Rick Renick	1
Jim Hickman	1
Don Money	1
Joe Hague	1
Rod Carew	1
Reggie Smith	1
Tony Conigliaro	1
Charlie Hough	1
Juan Beníquez	1
Mike Lum	1
Roy White	1
Rick Monday	1
Willie Davis	1
Thurman Munson	1
Dalton Jones	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Dan Driessen	1
Bill Robinson	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Ollie Brown	1
Ron Blomberg	1
Danny Cater	1
Willie McCovey	1
Wayne Garrett	1
Mike Epstein	1
Frank Howard	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Al Gallagher	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Carlos May	1
Lee Lacy	1
Norm Cash	1
Gene Tenace	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Hal Breeden	1
Ken Henderson	1
Bob Bailey	1
Leron Lee	1
Don Kessinger	1
Mike Jorgensen	1
Tim McCarver	1
Frank Fernández	1
Dave Kingman	1
Boots Day	1
Ted Uhlaender	1
Paul Ratliff	1
Dick Allen	1
Roger Freed	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
Mike Andrews	1
Sal Bando	1
Denny Doyle	1
Jim Spencer	1
Rico Petrocelli	1
John Bateman	1
Jim Kaat	1

20 Parks
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	20
ClevelandStd (CLE)	10
Munic. Stad (KAN)	8
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Parc Jarry (MON)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	23
8	5
89	2
78	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	53
1--	14
12-	6
123	4
1-3	3
--3	1
-2-	1

128 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	53
1 on	16
2 on	9
3 on	4
Any on	29

Inning
1	10
2	8
3	7
4	11
5	7
6	15
7	7
8	7
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	33
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	6
+2	7
+1	8
Tied	19
-1	12
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	12

Ahead	32
Tied	19
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	16
RF	13
C	11
3B	11
CF	9
LF	7
2B	6
P	3
PH	2
DH	2
SS	2

OrderPos
3rd	14
4th	14
5th	12
6th	12
2nd	10
1st	8
7th	5
8th	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	42

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-05-02	Graig Nettles	CLE	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 8	1	1--	2	5	5	49%	74%		Home Run; T. Ford Scores/unER
2	2	2	1	1970-05-08	Dalton Jones	DET		KCR	behind 1-8	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	2%	4%		Home Run
3	3	3	2	1970-05-08	Bill Freehan	DET		KCR	behind 2-8	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	2%	3%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1970-05-20	Rod Carew	MIN	@	KCR	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	4	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	1970-05-20	Paul Ratliff	MIN	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 6	1	1--	2	8	2	26%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Holt Scores
6	6	6	3	1970-05-20	Leo Cárdenas	MIN	@	KCR	behind 3-4	t 7	2	1-3	3	7	6	51%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Reese Scores; J. Holt Scores
7	7	7	1	1970-06-13	Roy White	NYY	@	KCR	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1970-06-16	Mike Andrews	BOS	@	KCR	tied 2-2	t 9	1	123	4	1	4	27%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Scott Scores; B. Conigliaro Scores; D. Schofield Scores
9	9	9	1	1970-06-30	Rick Renick	MIN		KCR	behind 2-5	b 6	1	123	4	9	PH	44%	73%		Home Run; J. Holt Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores; G. Mitterwald Scores
10	10	10	1	1970-07-03 (2)	Tommy Harper	MIL		KCR	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	11%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	1970-07-25	Ted Uhlaender	CLE		KCR	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	8	19%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1970-07-30	Norm Cash	DET		KCR	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	23%	69%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Brown Scores
13	13	13	1	1970-08-12 (2)	Reggie Smith	BOS		KCR	behind 0-3	b 6	0	1--	2	2	8	19%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Schofield Scores
14	14	14	1	1970-08-17	Frank Howard	WSA		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	2	3	7	14%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Stroud Scores
15	15	15	2	1970-08-17	Mike Epstein	WSA		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	---	1	4	3	8%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	1970-08-23	Tony Conigliaro	BOS	@	KCR	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1-3	3	4	9	27%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores/unER; B. Conigliaro Scores; T. Conigliaro Scores
17	17	17	1	1970-09-12	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2	6	9	54%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Davis Scores
18	18	18	1	1970-10-01	Jim Kaat	MIN		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	9	1	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thompson Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1971-04-12	Don Money	PHI		PIT	behind 0-2	b 3	0	12-	3	2	5	26%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Wise Scores; L. Bowa Scores/unER
20	20	2	1	1971-04-30	Ollie Brown	SDP	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	5	9	28%	82%		Home Run; D. Mason Scores; N. Colbert Scores
21	21	3	1	1971-05-23	Bob Bailey	MON		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	12-	3	4	5	9%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gosger Scores; R. Staub Scores
22	22	4	1	1971-05-29	Jim Hickman	CHC	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1971-06-18	John Bateman	MON	@	PIT	tied 2-2	t 7	2	123	4	5	2	41%	95%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores; C. Mashore Scores; B. Bailey Scores
24	24	6	1	1971-06-27 (1)	Roger Freed	PHI		PIT	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	9	25%	58%		Home Run (Deep CF)
25	25	7	1	1971-07-03	Don Kessinger	CHC		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	6	10%	77%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
26	26	8	1	1971-07-07	Bernie Carbo	CIN	@	PIT	behind 0-5	t 2	1	---	1	6	7	4%	12%		Home Run
27	27	9	2	1971-07-07	Lee May	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-5	t 6	2	---	1	3	3	4%	8%		Home Run
28	28	10	3	1971-07-07	Lee May	CIN	@	PIT	behind 2-9	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run
29	29	11	1	1971-07-16	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	21%	50%		Home Run
30	30	12	1	1971-07-21	Al Gallagher	SFG	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	8	5	11%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	13	1	1971-07-25 (1)	Leron Lee	SDP		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	7	14%	67%		Home Run
32	32	14	1	1971-07-31	Ken Henderson	SFG		PIT	behind 0-3	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	9%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	15	1	1971-08-14	Joe Hague	STL	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	12-	3	6	9	16%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Torre Scores; T. Simmons Scores
34	34	16	1	1971-08-19	Lee May	CIN		PIT	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	1	3	3	1%	1%		Home Run
35	35	17	1	1971-08-24	Mike Lum	ATL		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	9	26%	80%		Home Run; H. Aaron Scores; D. Evans Scores
36	36	18	1	1971-09-14	Frank Fernández	CHC		PIT	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	19	2	1971-09-14	Fergie Jenkins	CHC		PIT	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2	9	1	26%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Fernández Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1972-04-25	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	2	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
39	39	2	1	1972-04-30	Orlando Cepeda	ATL	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	3	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	3	2	1972-04-30	Ralph Garr	ATL	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	9	12%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	4	1	1972-05-05	Johnny Bench	CIN		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1	4	2	7%	92%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	5	1	1972-05-27	Willie Montañez	PHI	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	3	8	18%	68%		Home Run
43	43	6	1	1972-06-02	Dave Kingman	SFG		PIT	tied 1-1	b 1	2	---	1	4	5	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	7	2	1972-06-02	Bobby Bonds	SFG		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	1	1	9	7%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	8	1	1972-06-07 (1)	Jerry Morales	SDP		PIT	behind 4-12	b 9	0	---	1	8	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	9	1	1972-06-17	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	1	4	3	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	10	1	1972-07-18	Earl Williams	ATL	@	PIT	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	2	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	11	1	1972-08-02	Bernie Carbo	STL		PIT	ahead 6-5	b 4	2	1-3	3	6	9	22%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Torre Scores/unER; T. Simmons Scores/unER; B. Carbo Scores/Team unER
49	49	12	1	1972-08-06 (2)	Tim McCarver	MON		PIT	behind 1-7	b 6	1	---	1	5	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	13	1	1972-08-15	Willie Davis	LAD		PIT	tied 6-6	b 6	1	1--	2	3	8	28%	85%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Buckner Scores
51	51	14	1	1972-09-08 (1)	Mike Jorgensen	MON		PIT	behind 0-7	b 6	2	---	1	1	8	1%	1%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1973-05-22	Willie Montañez	PHI		PIT	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	1--	2	3	3	2%	100%		Home Run; L. Bowa Scores
53	53	2	1	1973-06-19 (1)	Rick Monday	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	3	1	1973-06-25 (1)	Boots Day	MON		PIT	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	7%	20%		Home Run
55	55	4	1	1973-07-01 (1)	Hal Breeden	MON	@	PIT	behind 1-6	t 8	1	---	1	3	3	1%	2%		Home Run
56	56	5	1	1973-07-15	Willie McCovey	SFG		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	6	1	1973-08-04 (1)	Bill Robinson	PHI		PIT	ahead 5-3	b 6	0	1--	2	5	9	8%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Luzinski Scores
58	58	7	1	1973-08-11	Dusty Baker	ATL	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	1	5	8	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	8	1	1973-08-17	Gary Thomasson	SFG	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	1--	2	4	3	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fuentes Scores
60	60	9	1	1973-09-03 (2)	Bernie Carbo	STL	@	PIT	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	1	7	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	10	1	1973-09-07	Denny Doyle	PHI		PIT	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	27%	87%		Home Run
62	62	11	1	1973-09-09	Willie Montañez	PHI		PIT	tied 7-7	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
63	63	12	1	1973-09-21	Wayne Garrett	NYM		PIT	ahead 6-2	b 6	1	---	1	1	5	2%	98%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1974-04-08	Graig Nettles	NYY		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	2	1	1974-04-14 (1)	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	2	11%	57%		Home Run (LF Line)
66	66	3	2	1974-04-14 (1)	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	DH	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	4	1	1974-05-05 (2)	Sal Bando	OAK		CLE	behind 1-5	b 5	2	1--	2	3	5	13%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Haney Scores
68	68	5	1	1974-06-05	Jim Spencer	TEX	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	6	1	1974-06-18	Dick Allen	CHW	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	7	2	1974-06-18	Jorge Orta	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	4	11%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	8	3	1974-06-18	Jorge Orta	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	4	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	9	4	1974-06-18	Carlos May	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	1	4	7	6%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	10	1	1974-06-23	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		CLE	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	---	1	6	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	11	1	1974-06-29	Juan Beníquez	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	---	1	2	8	2%	97%		Home Run
75	75	12	2	1974-06-29	Danny Cater	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 7-1	t 6	2	1--	2	3	3	2%	99%		Home Run; M. Guerrero Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1977-04-08	Joe Ferguson	HOU		ATL	tied 2-2	b 11	0	---	1	6	2	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
77	77	2	1	1977-04-18	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	123	4	6	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Almon Scores; J. Turner Scores; G. Hendrick Scores
78	78	3	1	1977-04-24	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 12-6	t 8	2	1--	2	7	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Garvey Scores/Team unER; D. Baker Scores/Team unER
79	79	4	2	1977-04-24	Lee Lacy	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 14-6	t 9	1	---	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	5	3	1977-04-24	Charlie Hough	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 15-6	t 9	2	---	1	3	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	6	1	1977-04-26	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 6-1	t 9	0	12-	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores; J. Morgan Scores
82	82	7	1	1977-05-02	Fernando González	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 9-1	t 9	1	1--	2	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Stennett Scores