Lou Johnson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: September 22, 1934 in Lexington, KY us

Died: October 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA

School: Kentucky State University (Frankfort, KY)

Debut: April 17, 1960 (Age 25-208d, 11,704th in major league history)
vs. SFG 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 6, 1969 (Age 34-349d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Louis Brown Johnson

Nicknames: Sweet Lou or Slick

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1965 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

2049

529

.258

244

RBI

232

OBP

.311

SLG

.390

OPS

.701

OPS+

103

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 48 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 19 go ahead

4 Tms
LAD	40
CLE	5
MLN	2
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHP	31
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	23

Outs
2	18
1	15
0	15

13 Opps
SFG	7
ATL/MLN	7
CIN	6
NYM	5
PHI	4
STL	4
CHC	4
HOU	4
MIN	2
PIT	2
BOS	1
NYY	1
BAL	1

41 Pitchers
Dick Kelley	2
Jim O'Toole	2
Juan Marichal	2
Bob Shaw	2
Denny Lemaster	2
Jim Bunning	2
Dave Boswell	2
Larry Jaster	1
Hank Fischer	1
Bob Friend	1
Ray Culp	1
Bob Veale	1
Ron Piché	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Clay Carroll	1
Lew Burdette	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Joey Jay	1
Don Nottebart	1
Larry Jackson	1
Chris Short	1
Ken Johnson	1
Sammy Ellis	1
Billy Pierce	1
Jack Hamilton	1
Bob Garibaldi	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Tracy Stallard	1
Bobby Bolin	1
John O'Donoghue	1
Cal Koonce	1
Larry Dierker	1
Jim Maloney	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Bob Gibson	1
Bob Bruce	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Turk Farrell	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Rich Nye	1

15 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	21
3Com Park (SFO)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	37
8	3
78	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	11
12-	4
--3	3
-2-	2
1-3	2

76 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	26
1 on	16
2 on	6
Any on	22

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

1-3	19
4-6	17
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	18
-1	5
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	16
Tied	18
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	37
RF	8
PH	2
CF	1

OrderPos
3rd	14
6th	14
5th	13
2nd	3
7th	2
1st	1
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1962-08-20	MLN		SFG	Billy Pierce	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	2	7	0.106	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1962-08-29	MLN	@	SFG	Bob Garibaldi	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	1--	2	2	7	0.039	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. McMillan Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1965-05-13	LAD		HOU	Bob Bruce	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.127	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1965-05-29	LAD		MLN	Hank Fischer	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	7	0.123	35%		Home Run
5	5	3	2	1965-05-29	LAD		MLN	Clay Carroll	tied 2-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	6	7	0.225	98%		Home Run; R. Fairly Scores; J. Roseboro Scores
6	6	4	1	1965-06-06 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	Dick Kelley	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--	2	3	8	0.149	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores
7	7	5	1	1965-06-07	LAD	@	PHI	Lew Burdette	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	7	0.180	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
8	8	6	1	1965-07-05	LAD	@	CIN	Jim Maloney	ahead 3-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	7	0.115	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	7	1	1965-07-17	LAD		CHC	Cal Koonce	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	2	6	7	0.274	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
10	10	8	1	1965-07-31	LAD	@	STL	Bob Gibson	behind 0-2	t 6	0	1--	2	5	7	0.233	50%		Home Run; R. Fairly Scores
11	11	9	1	1965-08-02	LAD	@	STL	Tracy Stallard	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.107	50%		Home Run
12	12	10	1	1965-08-19	LAD	@	SFG	Gaylord Perry	tied 5-5	t 15	1	1--	2	5	7	0.424	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
13	13	11	1	1965-09-12	LAD		HOU	Larry Dierker	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.114	80%		Home Run
14	14	12	1	1965-09-28	LAD		CIN	Joey Jay	tied 1-1	b 12	1	---	1	4	7	0.432	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1966-04-17	LAD		CHC	Larry Jackson	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	12-	3	5	7	0.190	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores; J. Lefebvre Scores
16	16	2	1	1966-04-29	LAD		CIN	Jim O'Toole	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	2	3	9	0.141	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Wills Scores
17	17	3	1	1966-05-05	LAD	@	SFG	Bobby Bolin	behind 3-7	t 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.062	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1966-05-07	LAD	@	CIN	Sammy Ellis	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	7	0.250	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores; R. Fairly Scores
19	19	5	1	1966-06-12	LAD	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	behind 1-3	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0.052	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1966-06-25 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	Ken Johnson	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.117	35%		Home Run (LF-CF)
21	21	7	1	1966-07-14	LAD	@	NYM	Bob Shaw	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	7	0.268	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Parker Scores; R. Fairly Scores
22	22	8	1	1966-08-02	LAD	@	PIT	Woodie Fryman	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.108	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	9	1	1966-08-07	LAD	@	HOU	Turk Farrell	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	7	0.182	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Roseboro Scores
24	24	10	1	1966-08-15	LAD		CIN	Jim O'Toole	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1--	2	3	9	0.208	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores
25	25	11	1	1966-08-29	LAD	@	NYM	Bob Shaw	behind 1-4	t 7	2	--3	2	7	7	0.143	22%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Fairly Scores
26	26	12	1	1966-09-13	LAD		NYM	Bob Friend	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	6	7	0.153	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	13	2	1966-09-13	LAD		NYM	Jack Hamilton	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	12-	3	6	7	0.114	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores; J. Lefebvre Scores
28	28	14	1	1966-09-16	LAD		PIT	Bob Veale	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1-3	3	3	9	0.292	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Koufax Scores; D. Schofield Scores
29	29	15	1	1966-09-19	LAD		PHI	Jim Bunning	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	6	7	0.124	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	16	2	1966-09-19	LAD		PHI	Jim Bunning	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	17	1	1966-09-26	LAD	@	STL	Ron Piché	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---	1	6	7	0.062	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1967-04-24	LAD		STL	Larry Jaster	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.126	67%		Home Run (LF-CF)
33	33	2	1	1967-06-07	LAD	@	ATL	Dick Kelley	behind 4-13	t 9	2	---	1	1	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	3	1	1967-07-08	LAD	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	7	0.202	71%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Fairly Scores
35	35	4	1	1967-07-15	LAD		CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	--3	2	6	7	0.122	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lefebvre Scores
36	36	5	1	1967-07-30	LAD		PHI	Chris Short	tied 0-0	b 8	1	---	1	6	7	0.327	88%		Home Run (Deep CF)
37	37	6	1	1967-08-11	LAD	@	CIN	Don Nottebart	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	1--	2	6	7	0.070	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lefebvre Scores
38	38	7	1	1967-08-18	LAD		ATL	Denny Lemaster	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.123	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	8	2	1967-08-18	LAD		ATL	Denny Lemaster	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	7	0.159	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	9	1	1967-09-04 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	Rich Nye	behind 0-1	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.371	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	10	1	1967-09-09	LAD		HOU	Mike Cuellar	behind 1-5	b 8	0	1--	2	3	7	0.073	12%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores
42	42	11	1	1967-09-12	LAD		SFG	Ray Sadecki	behind 0-4	b 9	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Parker Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1968-05-05 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	Jerry Koosman	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	2	9	0.054	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	1968-06-29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	Ray Culp	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.117	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1968-07-01	CLE		MIN	Dave Boswell	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.126	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	4	2	1968-07-01	CLE		MIN	Dave Boswell	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	7	0.076	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	5	1	1968-07-22	CLE	@	BAL	John O'Donoghue	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	3	PH	0.202	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Snyder Scores
48	48	6	1	1968-07-28 (1)	CLE		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.136	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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