Cliff Johnson

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wheatley HS (San Antonio, TX).

High School: Wheatley HS (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 13, 1972 (Age 25-053d, 13,313th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1986 (Age 39-070d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Clifford Johnson

Nicknames: Heathcliff

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Mike Easler

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.2

3945

1016

196

.258

539

RBI

699

OBP

.355

SLG

.459

OPS

.815

OPS+

125

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

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	GS	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
2	3	Apr 10	HOU		ATL	L,0-6	GS	31	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
3	4	Apr 11	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	7 (2)	Apr 15	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
5	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	9	Apr 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	10	Apr 19	HOU		SFG	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
8	11	Apr 20	HOU		SFG	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	16 (4)	Apr 26	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	19 (2)	Apr 29	HOU	@	PIT	W,11-3	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	20	Apr 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	21	May 1	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	25 (3)	May 6	HOU	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF
14	29 (3)	May 10	HOU		CHC	L,5-11	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
15	30	May 11	HOU		CHC	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
16	31	May 13	HOU		PIT	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
17	32	May 14	HOU		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	33	May 15	HOU		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	34	May 17	HOU		STL	W,5-2	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF RF 1B
20	35	May 18	HOU		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	36	May 19	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	37	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	38	May 21	HOU		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	39	May 22	HOU		PHI	L,3-6	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF RF
25	40	May 24	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	41	May 25	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	42	May 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	43	May 27	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	44	May 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	45	May 29	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
31	46	May 30	HOU		LAD	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
32	47	May 31	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	48	Jun 1	HOU		LAD	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
34	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-4	GF	21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	50	Jun 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	51	Jun 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	RF 1B
37	55 (3)	Jun 8	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	56	Jun 10	HOU		NYM	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	59 (2)	Jun 12	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
40	60	Jun 13	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
				Player went from Houston Astros to New York Yankees
41	68	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11	GS	35	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
42	74 (5)	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS	41	11.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	79 (4)	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-10	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
44	81 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	82	Jul 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	GS	17	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
46	101 (18)	Jul 29	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	103 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	107 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	115 (7)	Aug 14	NYY		CAL	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	116	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	128 (11)	Aug 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-8	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	130 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	133 (2)	Sep 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
54	134	Sep 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	137 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	141 (3)	Sep 9	NYY		TOR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	144 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		TOR	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	149 (4)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
59	150	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
60	154 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-0	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
61	156 (1)	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS	31	7.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
62	157	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
63	158	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	160 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
65	162 (1)	Oct 2	NYY		DET	W,8-7	GS	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							73gm		503.0	261	25	4	290	19