John Henry Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 21, 1956 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sonoma HS (Sonoma, CA).

High School: Sonoma HS (Sonoma, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1978 (Age 21-232d, 14,014th in major league history)
vs. SEA 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 29, 1987 (Age 30-312d)
vs. DET 3.2 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: John Henry Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

3.90

214

602.2

407

WHIP

1.386

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 10	OAK		SEA	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	3.92	23	6	9	1	3	2	66			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.028	1.58	0.02%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a1
2	2	9	Apr 16	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	GS-7		5	6.2	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	0.71	4.24	26	9	8	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.154	1.68	0.16%	1.70	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
3	3	14	Apr 23	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	6	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.42	3.46	35	6	17	1	3	6	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.300	1.24	0.34%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
4	4	19	Apr 28	OAK		CLE	L,2-6	GS-8	L(2-1)	4	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	0	1.26	3.91	28	8	7	3	0	6	52			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.02	0.024	2.07	0.03%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	24	May 5	OAK		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.19	3.43	33	11	10	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.298	1.64	0.39%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	6	29	May 12	OAK	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-5		6	4.2	7	3	1	0	3	1	0	1.28	3.51	20	4	6	0	2	7	45			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.154	2.02	-0.20%	-0.80	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d1
7	7	34	May 17	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	7.1	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	1.81	3.57	31	11	8	0	0	7	45			0	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.23	0.052	3.30	0.08%	-0.11	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out tie
8	8	39	May 21(2)	OAK		CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	1.53	3.52	33	7	16	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.247	1.27	0.33%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	9	43	May 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.64	3.47	28	8	12	1	0	7	54			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.189	2.23	0.23%	1.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	48	Jun 2	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	GS-1	L(4-3)	5	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.04	3.55	7	0	2	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.286	2.72	-0.35%	-3.02	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d3
11	11	50	Jun 4	OAK		NYY	W,6-4	GS-3		1	2.2	4	2	2	4	1	1	0	2.22	3.85	15	3	3	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.039	2.95	-0.05%	-0.40	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out a1
12	12	55	Jun 8	OAK		CAL	L,7-10	GS-5		3	4.2	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	2.57	4.08	20	4	7	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.289	3.03	-0.51%	-1.88	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d1
13	13	60	Jun 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-4		4	3.2	5	2	2	4	2	1	0	2.68	4.28	17	1	5	0	1	5	41			0	3	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.105	2.73	-0.14%	-0.59	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d1
14	14	61	Jun 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	4.26	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
15	15	65	Jun 18	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-5	L(4-4)	3	4.2	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.71	4.27	23	2	7	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.058	1.95	-0.06%	-0.19	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
16	16	69	Jun 23(1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-5	3-8		4	5.0	2	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.66	4.32	21	3	10	2	1	2		2	0	1	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.054	.46	0.05%	1.46	3b 1-3 2 out d4	8b 12- 2 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	77	Jul 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(5-4)	7	9.0	5	2	1	3	9	0	0	2.51	4.07	35	4	14	0	6	5	77			2	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.339	2.22	0.43%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	18	83	Jul 6	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.2	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.60	3.95	29	3	10	0	2	7	51			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.196	3.42	0.28%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
19	19	86	Jul 8	OAK		MIN	L,8-9	3-6		1	3.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.53	3.90	14	3	4	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.041	1.73	0.05%	1.22	3t -2- 2 out d6	6t 12- 2 out a1
20	20	88	Jul 13	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.0	7	3	2	2	3	1	0	2.53	3.93	31	8	11	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.029	1.33	-0.02%	-0.27	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
21	21	92	Jul 17	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.57	3.87	35	6	19	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.261	1.30	0.23%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	22	97	Jul 22	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-7	GS-5	L(7-6)	4	4.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.76	3.85	18	3	10	3	0	4	38			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.171	1.79	-0.16%	-1.00	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d1
23	23	101	Jul 26	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	W(8-6)	3	7.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.81	3.88	29	4	14	0	0	6	55			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.047	1.26	0.04%	0.55	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a4
24	24	105	Jul 30	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-4		3	3.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.95	3.95	17	5	1	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.207	.96	-0.17%	-1.98	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	110	Aug 4	OAK		SEA	W,6-1	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.83	3.84	34	6	17	0	2	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.215	.57	0.23%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	26	115	Aug 8	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	GS-5		3	4.2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.74	3.86	18	2	9	0	0	1	60			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.238	2.62	0.46%	2.01	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a1
27	27	125	Aug 19	OAK		BOS	W,8-4	GS-5	W(10-6)	10	5.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.71	3.80	21	2	7	0	0	3	60			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.167	.56	0.05%	1.22	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
28	28	130	Aug 25	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-6	L(10-7)	5	6.0	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	2.89	3.93	26	5	10	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	-0.238	.13	-0.02%	-2.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	141	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	W,11-4	GS-2		13	1.2	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.02	4.00	11	1	3	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-2.52	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d2
30	30	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-9	GS-6	L(10-8)	4	6.0	6	9	5	4	2	1	0	3.18	4.08	30	8	10	1	1	6	30			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	2	.60	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-6.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d8
31	31	152	Sep 18	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.17	3.98	38	4	16	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	32	158	Sep 25	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-8	L(11-9)	6	7.0	8	6	3	1	3	1	0	3.20	3.99	32	6	14	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	1	2	.85	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d3
33	33	161	Sep 30	OAK		MIL	L,5-8	GS-1	L(11-10)	4	0.1	3	4	4	4	0	2	0	3.39	4.19	8	1	0	0	0	3	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-5.06	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d4
							16-17		W-L:11-10	3.9	186.0	164	81	70	82	91	18	0	3.39	4.19	789	0.52		4%	5%	164	52	3	0%	5	10	0	689	29	4	6	9	5	10	.94	0.217	1.48	1.73%	2.99

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