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Michael
Johnson		  
Nickname: Slowpoke
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 29, 1957 in Warnerrobins, GA
 
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
1976 19 SLC FL   3 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 2
1977 20 SLC FL   3 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
1978 21 SLC FL   4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
1979 22 SLC FL   5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 23 SLC FL   5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3
                                             
  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 24 SLC FL     10 10 11 7 6 6 11 10 10 8 7 8 8 8 8
1982 25 SLC FL $ 300,000   11 11 12 8 7 8 11 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 9
1983 26 SLC FL $ 300,000   11 11 12 9 8 8 12 10 11 13 12 12 9 9 9
1984 27 SLC FL $ 300,000   10 10 11 7 7 7 10 9 9 13 12 12 8 8 8
1985 28 LBC FL $ 300,000   10 10 11 7 7 7 9 7 8 13 12 12 7 7 7
1986 29 LBC FL     10 10 11 9 8 8 9 7 8 13 12 12 7 7 7
1988 31 HAW JL     10 10 11 9 9 9 9 8 8 13 12 12 7 7 7
1989 32 CHI JL $ 300,000   10 10 11 10 9 10 9 7 8 13 12 12 6 6 6
1990 33 CHI JL     10 10 11 10 9 10 10 8 9 14 13 14 6 6 6
1991 34 MAD JL     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 7 8 14 13 14 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   11 11 12 10 9 10 12 10 11 14 13 14 9 9 9
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
1976 19 A   135 408 38 87 11 1 7 35 1 1 28 116 .213 .264 .297 .560 31.6  
1977 20 A   138 580 81 185 26 4 10 62 1 1 43 137 .319 .366 .429 .795 86.3  
1978 21 AA   62 234 21 53 11 2 1 22 0 1 10 46 .226 .258 .303 .562 16.6  
    A   72 289 44 110 18 1 3 29 1 0 24 47 .381 .428 .481 .909 53.5  
1979 22 AA   31 119 15 43 5 0 2 15 2 0 15 16 .361 .433 .454 .887 22.6  
    A   107 428 52 144 21 2 4 40 1 1 47 90 .336 .402 .423 .825 70.0  
1980 23 AA   138 569 78 202 32 2 9 66 5 2 55 108 .355 .412 .466 .878 101.3  
1981 24 AAA   138 540 81 167 28 2 10 60 7 2 56 131 .309 .374 .424 .798 84.0  
1982 25 SLC FL 133 443 39 114 32 2 6 54 1 0 28 105 .257 .304 .379 .683 49.1 5.5
    AAA   18 68 11 21 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 10 .309 .365 .382 .747 9.4  
1983 26 SLC FL 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .273 .333 .606 0.6 0.1
    AAA   75 164 24 53 2 0 11 47 1 2 30 42 .323 .428 .537 .964 36.4  
1984 27 SLC FL 27 78 7 19 4 0 0 4 0 0 7 19 .244 .306 .295 .601 7.0 0.4
    AAA   123 433 81 134 27 1 16 57 3 4 66 96 .309 .401 .487 .888 81.5  
1985 28 LBC FL 16 38 4 11 5 0 1 4 0 0 6 13 .289 .400 .500 .900 7.0 1.0
    AAA   133 443 64 135 17 3 13 52 5 6 72 119 .305 .402 .445 .847 79.0  
1986 29 AAA   137 507 97 136 9 2 22 86 6 4 85 158 .268 .373 .424 .797 84.8  
1988 31 AAA   136 547 94 166 19 0 23 70 10 8 74 162 .303 .386 .464 .851 96.6  
1989 32 CHI JL 115 362 38 95 9 4 2 21 0 0 37 106 .262 .334 .326 .660 39.8 3.9
    AAA   8 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .125 .364 .125 .489 0.8  
1990 33 CHI JL 77 199 18 41 8 2 2 11 1 0 21 61 .206 .281 .296 .578 18.3 0.2
1991 34 AAA   87 280 46 77 6 2 11 39 6 0 50 73 .275 .385 .429 .813 49.8  
6 Years Sim 374 1129 107 281 58 9 11 94 2 0 100 305 .249 .313 .345 .658 121.7 11.1
9 Years AAA 855 2990 499 890 110 10 107 419 38 26 442 797 .298 .396 .448 .844 522.4  
3 Years AA 231 922 114 298 48 4 12 103 7 3 80 170 .323 .382 .423 .805 140.6  
4 Years A 452 1705 215 526 76 8 24 166 4 3 142 390 .309 .370 .405 .774 241.5  
16 Years Minors 1538 5617 828 1714 234 22 143 688 49 32 664 1357 .305 .386 .431 .817 904.4  
162 Game Average 489 46 121 25 3 4 40 0 0 43 132 .249 .313 .345 .658 52.7  
Career Highs 133 443 39 114 32 4 6 54 1 0 37 106 .289 .400 .500 .900 49.1  
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   613 51 133 34 5 6 47 1 0 49 187 .217 .281 .318 .600 53.1
vs LH   516 56 148 24 4 5 47 1 0 51 118 .287 .350 .378 .728 68.3
Home 184 554 48 141 29 3 3 54 1 0 45 137 .255 .313 .334 .647 57.2
Away 190 575 59 140 29 6 8 40 1 0 55 168 .243 .313 .357 .669 64.3
RISP   257 0 55 11 0 2 74 0 0 24 61 .214 .276 .280 .556 20.6
Pinch Hitting   39 5 11 4 1 1 5 1 0 4 14 .282 .370 .513 .882 6.7
Close/Late   105 9 30 6 2 0 7 0 0 11 31 .286 .356 .381 .737 13.9
Mar/Apr 31 80 9 16 4 1 1 6 0 0 12 27 .200 .312 .313 .624 8.3
May 74 212 21 57 13 2 0 14 0 0 18 52 .269 .332 .349 .681 23.7
June 77 238 22 53 10 0 0 11 1 0 26 69 .223 .302 .265 .567 20.0
July 51 165 12 40 11 2 4 22 0 0 10 40 .242 .286 .406 .692 18.7
August 61 201 24 59 8 3 4 28 1 0 12 54 .294 .330 .423 .753 27.3
Sep/Oct 80 233 19 56 12 1 2 13 0 0 22 63 .240 .311 .326 .637 23.5
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
1982 25 SLC FL SS 124 119 1015.7 152 288 15 56 .967 3.90   4.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 26 SLC FL SS 2 1 10.0 2 6 1 1 .889 7.20   0.1
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1984 27 SLC FL SS 23 23 174.0 33 53 2 12 .977 4.45   0.9
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1985 28 LBC FL SS 16 15 120.0 20 55 3 11 .962 5.63   1.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1989 32 CHI JL 1B 63 60 483.0 475 34 5 42 .990 9.48   0.8
    3B 19 18 146.7 8 32 3 2 .930 2.45   0.2
    2B 15 14 119.0 26 44 2 2 .972 5.29   0.8
    SS 11 10 86.3 18 37 0 6 1.000 5.73   0.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1990 33 CHI JL 1B 26 24 206.7 210 15 2 20 .991 9.80   0.2
    3B 7 5 47.7 4 8 1 0 .923 2.27   0.1
    RF 6 5 41.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.76   0.2
    CF 4 4 39.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.08    
    SS 7 5 39.0 8 9 1 2 .944 3.92   0.1
    LF 4 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 3 3 26.0 7 15 0 2 1.000 7.62   0.2
  SS 183 173 1445.0 233 448 22 88 .969 4.24   7.0
  1B 93 84 699.7 700 49 7 62 .991 9.63   1.1
  3B 26 23 194.3 12 40 4 2 .929 2.41   0.3
  2B 18 17 145.0 33 59 2 4 .979 5.71   1.0
  RF 8 5 44.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.84   0.2
  CF 4 4 39.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.08    
  LF 4 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
Career Totals   336 310 2602.0 1003 596 37 156 .977 5.53   9.5
Career Highs   125 119 1016.7 528 288 15 56 .985 9.56    
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 22nd overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1976
Injured on 7/29/1980 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/21/1982, off Don Gullett (BIR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1982, off Abram Heinen (MAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1982, off Abram Heinen (MAN)
Injured on 6/18/1984 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/7/1984 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Hawaii on 3/2/1988 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/3/1988 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 4/11/1989 to a minor league deal
Released by Chicago on 7/31/1990
Signed as a free agent by Madison on 4/11/1991 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/27/1991 with a Fractured Skull, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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