Lenny
Johnson
 
Nickname: L-Jo
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 25, 1954 in Easton, MA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1982    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 22 MON FL   2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
1978 23 MON FL   3 2 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
1979 24 MON FL   4 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3
1980 25 MON FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 MON FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 4 4 4 15 15 15 13 13 13 11 11 11
1982 27 MON FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 3 3 3 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 11 11
1983 28 MON FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 3 3 3 16 16 16 15 15 15 11 11 11
1984 29 MON FL $ 442,857   11 11 11 4 4 4 16 16 16 15 15 15 11 11 11
1985 30 MON FL $ 442,857   11 11 11 4 4 4 16 16 16 15 15 15 11 11 11
1987 32 BIR FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 5 5 5 16 15 16 15 15 15 12 12 12
1988 33 BIR FL     10 10 10 3 3 3 16 16 16 14 14 14 8 8 8
1989 34 HAW JL     8 8 9 2 2 2 13 13 13 11 11 11 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 9 2 2 2 13 13 13 11 11 11 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 442,857   11 11 11 5 5 5 16 16 16 15 15 15 12 12 12
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 22 A   131 507 76 135 19 3 4 34 37 12 38 138 .266 .317 .339 .657 57.1  
1978 23 A   119 463 79 140 22 3 0 38 24 19 44 88 .302 .363 .363 .726 58.7  
1979 24 AAA   39 170 15 41 6 2 0 9 15 7 8 40 .241 .275 .300 .575 13.7  
    AA   98 406 51 115 19 4 2 35 24 11 31 87 .283 .334 .365 .699 49.1  
1980 25 AAA   137 581 72 161 20 4 2 35 44 11 32 131 .277 .315 .336 .650 63.9  
1981 26 MON FL 150 472 51 134 33 10 3 56 32 20 30 99 .284 .329 .415 .744 59.8 8.4
1982 27 MON FL 147 453 54 124 34 8 3 46 19 15 49 110 .274 .343 .404 .747 62.7 12.1
1983 28 MON FL 155 520 47 123 28 7 4 62 10 17 48 146 .237 .300 .340 .641 50.0 4.7
1984 29 MON FL 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   68 124 38 30 5 2 5 17 16 7 37 28 .242 .416 .435 .852 26.1  
1985 30 MON FL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   43 70 26 24 3 1 4 10 5 6 8 9 .343 .410 .586 .996 14.2  
1986 31 AAA   124 467 92 120 25 2 10 46 38 14 73 110 .257 .357 .383 .741 69.8  
1987 32 BIR FL 18 6 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 2.3 0.4
    AAA   106 388 79 122 24 4 12 66 20 17 94 68 .314 .448 .490 .938 84.3  
1988 33 BIR FL 15 23 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 .261 .320 .304 .624 2.0 0.1
    AAA   91 196 40 61 8 9 1 25 9 5 33 47 .311 .410 .459 .870 36.3  
1989 34 AAA   86 126 29 41 5 4 0 15 13 5 20 32 .325 .418 .429 .846 23.1  
7 Years Sim 501 1478 169 390 96 25 10 164 63 54 132 365 .264 .324 .383 .707 176.4 25.6
8 Years AAA 694 2122 391 600 96 28 34 223 160 72 305 465 .283 .377 .402 .779 331.5  
1 Years AA 98 406 51 115 19 4 2 35 24 11 31 87 .283 .334 .365 .699 49.1  
2 Years A 250 970 155 275 41 6 4 72 61 31 82 226 .284 .341 .351 .691 115.7  
11 Years Minors 1042 3498 597 990 156 38 40 330 245 114 418 778 .283 .362 .384 .746 496.4  
162 Game Average 477 54 126 31 8 3 53 20 17 42 118 .264 .324 .383 .707 57.0  
Career Highs 155 520 54 134 34 10 4 62 32 20 49 146 .500 .667 .500 1.167 62.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   927 89 233 59 17 6 100 29 36 70 232 .251 .304 .371 .675 95.2
vs LH   551 80 157 37 8 4 64 34 18 62 133 .285 .356 .403 .759 78.3
Home 250 738 79 196 55 13 2 83 26 26 62 171 .266 .323 .383 .706 84.4
Away 238 740 84 194 41 12 8 81 36 28 70 194 .262 .326 .382 .708 88.9
RISP   361 0 104 29 6 4 145 0 0 31 86 .288 .338 .435 .773 51.2
Pinch Hitting   7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.3
Close/Late   146 41 39 10 2 4 23 1 0 19 32 .267 .347 .445 .792 22.9
Mar/Apr 79 264 26 59 15 3 2 28 10 10 22 57 .223 .282 .326 .608 22.7
May 79 220 22 59 16 3 0 21 8 10 25 45 .268 .344 .368 .712 25.9
June 72 219 21 51 19 1 1 24 6 5 21 61 .233 .299 .342 .641 21.7
July 76 249 26 76 19 8 2 33 13 8 20 64 .305 .360 .470 .830 38.4
August 80 271 29 77 15 7 2 32 15 12 22 69 .284 .334 .413 .748 35.2
Sep/Oct 106 255 41 68 12 3 3 26 10 9 22 69 .267 .325 .373 .698 29.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 26 MON FL 2B 146 145 1171.3 245 412 9 90 .986 5.05   6.5
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 1 1 0 .500 2.70   0.0
1982 27 MON FL 2B 130 125 1084.3 254 432 13 95 .981 5.69   5.6
    SS 7 3 37.0 8 10 0 3 1.000 4.38   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 28 MON FL 2B 150 146 1245.3 279 438 27 93 .964 5.18   4.4
    SS 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 29 MON FL 2B 5 0 10.0 1 3 1 1 .800 3.60   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1985 30 MON FL SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 32 BIR FL 2B 3 2 23.7 6 7 0 2 1.000 4.95   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1988 33 BIR FL SS 6 2 25.3 7 9 0 4 1.000 5.68   0.1
    3B 4 2 20.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 3.60   0.1
    2B 2 2 15.0 5 7 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.2
  2B 437 420 3550.7 790 1299 50 283 .977 5.30   16.8
  SS 22 5 74.3 17 21 0 9 1.000 4.60   0.2
  3B 7 2 26.7 3 8 1 2 .917 3.71   0.1
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   467 427 3652.6 810 1329 51 294 .977 5.27   17.1
Career Highs   153 146 1247.3 279 443 27 98 1.000 5.65    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1983-10-155
Triples
1982-10-8
Caught Stealing
1981-9-20
Strikeouts
1983-4-146
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Gene Thrilkill (955)
  7. Jason Yother (952)
  8. Carl Scott (951)
  9. Bill Gioia (951)
  10. Gary Skinner (949)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 41st overall pick, by Montreal in 1977
Injured on 4/21/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/1/1978 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Injured on 6/1/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/8/1979 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1981, off Arky Mooris (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1981, off Daniel Bier (BIR)