Howard Johnson
Howard Michael Johnson
Born: November 29, 1960
Clearwater, FL USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 178
Career: 1982-1995
Draft: Round 23 (1978 June Amateur Draft, New York Yankees)
Draft: Round 1 (1979 January Secondary Draft, Detroit Tigers)
School: Clearwater HS (FL)
St. Petersburg College
Minor League Statistics
Howard Johnson compiled a career batting average of .249 with 228 home runs and 760 RBI in his 1531-game career with the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1982 season and last took the field during the 1995 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1982 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 54 | 173 | 155 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 30 | .316 | .384 | .426 | .810 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1983 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 27 | 74 | 66 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .212 | .297 | .348 | .646 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 116 | 402 | 355 | 43 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 67 | .248 | .324 | .394 | .718 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 126 | 428 | 389 | 38 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 78 | .242 | .300 | .393 | .693 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | 88 | 253 | 220 | 30 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 64 | .245 | .341 | .445 | .787 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | 157 | 645 | 554 | 93 | 147 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 99 | 32 | 10 | 83 | 113 | .265 | .364 | .504 | .868 | 279 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | 148 | 594 | 495 | 85 | 114 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 68 | 23 | 7 | 86 | 104 | .230 | .343 | .422 | .765 | 209 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 153 | 655 | 571 | 104 | 164 | 41 | 3 | 36 | 101 | 41 | 8 | 77 | 126 | .287 | .369 | .559 | .928 | 319 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 154 | 668 | 590 | 89 | 144 | 37 | 3 | 23 | 90 | 34 | 8 | 69 | 100 | .244 | .319 | .434 | .753 | 256 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 156 | 658 | 564 | 108 | 146 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 117 | 30 | 16 | 78 | 120 | .259 | .342 | .535 | .877 | 302 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12 |
1992 | NL | New York Mets | 100 | 410 | 350 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 55 | 79 | .223 | .329 | .337 | .666 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 72 | 280 | 235 | 32 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 43 | .238 | .354 | .379 | .732 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
1994 | NL | Colorado Rockies | 93 | 269 | 227 | 30 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 73 | .211 | .323 | .405 | .729 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 87 | 206 | 169 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 46 | .195 | .330 | .355 | .685 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 1531 | 5715 | 4940 | 760 | 1229 | 247 | 22 | 228 | 760 | 231 | 77 | 692 | 1053 | .249 | .340 | .446 | .786 | 2204 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 57 | 105 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1982 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 33 | 27 | 239.7 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 6 | .901 | 2.403 | 1.939 |
1982 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 9 | 6 | 53.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.038 | 1.333 |
1983 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 21 | 18 | 130.0 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | .851 | 2.769 | 1.905 |
1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 108 | 98 | 808.7 | 58 | 143 | 12 | 16 | .944 | 2.237 | 1.861 |
1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 9 | 1 | 24.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .833 | 3.750 | 1.111 |
1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 113 | 93 | 884.0 | 67 | 171 | 15 | 21 | .941 | 2.423 | 2.106 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 7 | 5 | 47.0 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .909 | 5.745 | 4.286 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 45 | 29 | 303.3 | 22 | 71 | 10 | 10 | .903 | 2.759 | 2.067 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 34 | 22 | 197.7 | 28 | 65 | 10 | 14 | .903 | 4.234 | 2.735 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 140 | 127 | 1144.3 | 82 | 235 | 21 | 15 | .938 | 2.493 | 2.264 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 38 | 26 | 225.7 | 36 | 70 | 5 | 12 | .955 | 4.227 | 2.789 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 131 | 109 | 980.0 | 65 | 187 | 13 | 16 | .951 | 2.314 | 1.924 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 52 | 34 | 296.3 | 45 | 87 | 5 | 21 | .964 | 4.009 | 2.538 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 143 | 129 | 1140.0 | 63 | 180 | 24 | 15 | .910 | 1.918 | 1.699 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 31 | 22 | 180.3 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.543 | 2.290 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 92 | 89 | 771.7 | 52 | 159 | 20 | 11 | .913 | 2.461 | 2.293 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 73 | 63 | 563.3 | 98 | 176 | 8 | 28 | .972 | 4.378 | 3.753 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 104 | 99 | 878.0 | 55 | 173 | 18 | 11 | .927 | 2.337 | 2.192 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 30 | 30 | 273.3 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 2.107 | 2.133 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 28 | 25 | 218.0 | 45 | 88 | 11 | 15 | .924 | 5.491 | 4.750 |
1992 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 98 | 96 | 841.0 | 206 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 2.237 | 2.133 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 67 | 67 | 571.3 | 52 | 135 | 11 | 11 | .944 | 2.946 | 2.791 |
1994 | NL | Colorado Rockies | OF | 62 | 51 | 433.3 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.911 | 1.484 |
1994 | NL | Colorado Rockies | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 34 | 29 | 246.3 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 4 | .926 | 2.302 | 1.853 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 13 | 7 | 67.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.604 | .923 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 8 | 2 | 30.3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 4.747 | 2.000 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1B | 3 | 1 | 14.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 5.333 |
1995 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.000 |
Totals | 1534 | 1307 | 11596.7 | 1276 | 2147 | 217 | 252 | .940 | 2.657 | 2.231 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1984 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 6 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .038 | .074 | .038 | .113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1986 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | WS | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | SS | 5 | 4 | 36.0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | 3.000 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 8 | 5 | 47.0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 3.064 | 2.000 |
Awards
1989 - NL TSN All-Star 3B
1989 - NL Silver Slugger 3B
1991 - NL Silver Slugger 3B
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