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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	5 (1)	Apr 8	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	6	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	9 (2)	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
6	10	Apr 19	DET		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
7	12 (1)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
8	13	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,9-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	14	Apr 24 (1)	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	16 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,9-4	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
11	18 (1)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,4-8	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	DH 3B
12	20 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,6-1	GS	20	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	22 (1)	May 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
14	24 (1)	May 4	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	25	May 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
16	26	May 6	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	30 (3)	May 11	DET		CAL	W,8-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
18	33 (2)	May 15	DET		SEA	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
19	38 (4)	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	42 (3)	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
21	44 (1)	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	48 (3)	Jun 2	DET		BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	50 (1)	Jun 4	DET		TOR	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	51	Jun 5	DET		TOR	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	52	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	53	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	54	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	56 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	57	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-0	GS	16	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
30	58	Jun 11	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	59	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	60	Jun 13	DET	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	61	Jun 15	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	62	Jun 16	DET	@	MIL	W,6-0	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
35	63	Jun 17	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
36	66 (2)	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG	55	13.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
37	67	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
38	68	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
39	69	Jun 23	DET		MIL	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	70	Jun 24	DET		MIL	W,7-1	GS	19	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	71	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	72	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
43	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	74	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
45	75	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	76	Jun 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	77	Jul 1	DET		MIN	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	79 (1)	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
49	80	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
50	81	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	82	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	83	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
53	84	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B SS
54	85	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	86	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
56	87	Jul 14	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	45	12.0	1	9	1	11	0	3B SS
57	88	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
58	89	Jul 16	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
59	90	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	91	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
61	92	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	93	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	94	Jul 21	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	95	Jul 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	96	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	97	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
67	98	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
68	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	100	Jul 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	101	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
71	102	Jul 29	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	103	Jul 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	104	Jul 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	105	Aug 1	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
75	106	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	107	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,6-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
77	108	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-9	GS	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B SS
78	109	Aug 5 (1)	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	110	Aug 5 (2)	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	112	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
82	113	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B SS
83	114	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	43	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
84	115	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	2	3	1	SS
85	116	Aug 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	118 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	119	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	120	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CAL	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	121	Aug 15	DET		CAL	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	122	Aug 16	DET		CAL	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
91	123	Aug 17	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	124	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	125	Aug 19	DET		SEA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
94	126	Aug 20	DET		OAK	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	127	Aug 21	DET		OAK	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	129 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
97	130	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
98	132 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
99	134 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	135	Aug 31	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	55	12.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	136	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,5-7	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
102	138 (1)	Sep 3	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
103	139	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	141 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	152 (7)	Sep 19	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
107	157 (4)	Sep 25	DET	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
108	158	Sep 26	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
109	160 (1)	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF LF 3B
110	161	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
111	162	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
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