Rankin
Johnson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: September 15, 1959 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1986   
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
1980 20 LOU JL   2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  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 21 LOU JL     7 7 7 6 6 6 12 12 12 5 5 5 9 9 9
1982 22 LOU JL     9 9 9 7 7 7 15 14 14 6 6 6 11 11 11
1983 23 LOU JL $ 300,000   15 15 16 14 14 14 16 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 12
1984 24 LOU JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 16 16 16 17 16 16 18 18 18 13 13 13
1985 25 LOU JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 19 19 19 13 13 13
1986 26 LOU JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 18 18 18 12 12 12
1987 27 LOU JL $ 4,028,571   15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 18 18 18 12 12 12
1988 28 LOU JL $ 4,028,571   15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 12 12 12
1989 29 LOU JL $ 5,000,000   13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 11 11
1990 30 LOU JL $ 5,000,000   14 14 14 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 11 11
1991 31 LOU JL $ 5,000,000   13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 14 14 14 11 11 11
1992 32 LOU JL $ 5,000,000   13 13 13 11 11 11 15 15 15 13 13 13 11 11 11
1993 33 LOU JL $ 860,000   11 11 11 7 7 7 15 14 14 12 12 12 8 8 8
1994 34 LOU JL $ 860,000   10 10 11 6 6 6 14 13 13 12 12 12 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 6 6 6 12 12 12 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 19 19 19 13 13 13
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
1980 20 A   96 354 53 104 16 2 8 53 12 6 13 77 .294 .319 .418 .737 44.8  
1981 21 AA   32 122 20 40 8 1 4 23 7 4 6 16 .328 .359 .508 .868 20.2  
    A   85 339 59 105 19 5 18 60 20 3 20 49 .310 .348 .555 .903 63.3  
1982 22 AA   138 585 101 157 30 5 30 122 32 12 55 100 .268 .331 .491 .822 95.5  
1983 23 LOU JL 24 88 13 31 8 2 2 12 0 2 12 12 .352 .430 .557 .987 17.7 4.4
    AAA   135 517 102 157 41 8 20 94 29 11 73 98 .304 .390 .530 .920 102.6  
1984 24 LOU JL 135 488 67 134 32 10 15 69 2 5 68 120 .275 .362 .473 .835 79.6 13.7
1985 25 LOU JL 154 558 81 149 40 4 18 97 5 4 57 123 .267 .337 .450 .787 77.7 13.6
1986 26 LOU JL 151 583 112 164 41 6 38 98 3 0 79 126 .281 .372 .568 .940 115.6 17.9
1987 27 LOU JL 120 447 81 121 21 2 27 91 6 5 55 109 .271 .352 .508 .860 79.4 10.6
1988 28 LOU JL 151 594 111 148 39 12 20 71 10 4 70 138 .249 .333 .456 .789 91.5 16.9
1989 29 LOU JL 123 458 69 119 27 7 13 74 1 4 50 93 .260 .331 .434 .766 64.1 9.8
1990 30 LOU JL 147 531 83 126 31 9 20 68 0 4 57 122 .237 .316 .443 .759 72.7 10.3
1991 31 LOU JL 151 564 71 151 33 12 13 71 4 5 59 129 .268 .338 .438 .776 78.6 13.0
1992 32 LOU JL 92 323 34 91 25 6 9 46 2 1 21 82 .282 .326 .480 .806 47.2 7.0
1993 33 LOU JL 143 376 51 103 29 7 8 64 1 2 35 75 .274 .331 .452 .783 54.0 7.0
1994 34 LOU JL 81 123 16 24 6 0 1 7 1 0 14 34 .195 .277 .268 .546 8.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 1472 5133 789 1361 332 77 184 768 35 36 577 1163 .265 .341 .467 .808 786.6 124.4
1 Years AAA 135 517 102 157 41 8 20 94 29 11 73 98 .304 .391 .530 .921 102.6  
2 Years AA 170 707 121 197 38 6 34 145 39 16 61 116 .279 .338 .494 .831 115.7  
2 Years A 181 693 112 209 35 7 26 113 32 9 33 126 .302 .337 .485 .822 108.1  
5 Years Minors 486 1917 335 563 114 21 80 352 100 36 167 340 .294 .353 .500 .853 326.4  
162 Game Average 564 86 149 36 8 20 84 3 3 63 127 .265 .341 .467 .808 86.6  
Career Highs 154 594 112 164 41 12 38 98 10 5 79 138 .352 .430 .568 .987 115.6  
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   3429 524 889 222 46 120 499 24 21 366 822 .259 .332 .456 .788 509.2
vs LH   1704 265 472 110 31 64 269 11 15 211 341 .277 .358 .491 .849 287.7
Home 734 2497 374 675 196 35 93 379 19 15 277 555 .270 .345 .489 .833 404.8
Away 738 2636 415 686 136 42 91 389 16 21 300 608 .260 .337 .447 .784 392.1
RISP   1290 0 354 71 19 42 533 0 0 173 297 .274 .355 .457 .812 211.3
Pinch Hitting   97 10 26 5 1 1 16 1 0 10 30 .268 .343 .371 .714 12.3
Close/Late   622 97 158 37 5 26 102 0 1 87 144 .254 .350 .455 .805 99.0
Mar/Apr 238 849 126 205 50 10 34 133 3 6 109 216 .241 .329 .444 .773 124.7
May 257 887 143 244 60 14 33 122 2 4 99 202 .275 .347 .486 .833 144.8
June 244 865 122 233 54 16 25 110 9 10 90 188 .269 .343 .455 .798 128.9
July 190 642 92 160 47 7 19 93 6 3 67 147 .249 .323 .433 .756 88.6
August 245 866 145 245 62 17 38 146 4 3 93 194 .283 .353 .525 .879 152.8
Sep/Oct 298 1024 161 274 59 13 35 164 11 10 119 216 .268 .345 .453 .798 157.1
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
1983 23 LOU JL 3B 21 21 185.0 18 39 7 5 .891 2.77   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 24 LOU JL 3B 132 130 1147.3 88 265 19 25 .949 2.77   3.8
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 25 LOU JL 3B 99 97 861.0 64 192 15 14 .945 2.68   2.3
    2B 38 34 314.0 64 107 5 26 .972 4.90   1.5
    SS 14 11 105.0 18 37 1 7 .982 4.71   0.6
1986 26 LOU JL 2B 100 91 829.3 166 275 6 56 .987 4.79   3.7
    SS 51 50 453.0 59 142 3 23 .985 3.99   2.4
1987 27 LOU JL 2B 89 85 763.7 127 224 6 34 .983 4.14   3.7
    SS 27 25 216.3 42 67 4 13 .965 4.53   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 28 LOU JL 2B 146 143 1309.0 243 416 10 70 .985 4.53   6.6
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 29 LOU JL 2B 120 120 990.3 214 316 10 59 .981 4.82   4.3
    SS 19 0 39.7 4 18 0 2 1.000 4.99   0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1990 30 LOU JL 2B 143 142 1293.7 223 431 7 80 .989 4.55   5.9
    SS 2 0 6.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.05   0.0
1991 31 LOU JL 2B 150 149 1332.3 239 402 15 83 .977 4.33   4.4
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1992 32 LOU JL 2B 90 88 779.7 138 263 5 61 .988 4.63   4.5
    SS 1 0 3.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 7.38   0.1
1993 33 LOU JL 2B 77 77 663.0 127 191 5 34 .985 4.32   2.7
    SS 32 9 131.7 14 32 2 6 .958 3.14   0.4
    3B 12 0 26.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.12   0.2
1994 34 LOU JL SS 56 14 207.0 24 78 3 11 .971 4.43   1.2
    2B 12 12 109.0 30 41 1 13 .986 5.86   0.8
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  2B 966 941 8387.0 1572 2668 70 517 .984 4.55   38.0
  3B 269 248 2228.7 171 505 41 45 .943 2.73   6.6
  SS 207 109 1174.0 164 382 13 65 .977 4.19   5.5
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1443 1298 11791.6 1908 3555 125 627 .978 4.17   50.1
Career Highs   151 149 1335.3 243 432 21 83 .989 4.86    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 25 LOU JL 5 15 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 3 .133 .350 .133 .483
1987 27 LOU JL 5 21 5 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 5 .143 .217 .476 .694
1988 28 LOU JL 13 45 7 12 3 2 2 2 0 1 6 16 .267 .353 .556 .908
1989 29 LOU JL 18 71 8 21 6 2 2 11 0 0 2 15 .296 .315 .521 .836
1990 30 LOU JL 10 36 5 9 5 0 1 6 0 0 3 7 .250 .308 .472 .780
1991 31 LOU JL 4 16 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .313 .313 .313 .625
1992 32 LOU JL 4 16 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .313 .313 .438 .750
1993 33 LOU JL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .600 .333 .933
1994 34 LOU JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 64 224 30 58 17 4 7 29 0 2 19 57 .259 .320 .464 .784
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.
At-Bats
1988-9-594
Runs
1986-9-112
1988-3-111
Total Bases
1986-8-331
Doubles
1985-6-40
1988-7-39
Triples
1984-9-10
1988-9-12
1991-5-12
Homeruns
1986-6-38
Walks
1988-10-70
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Roach Kidd (878)
  7. Hayfu Sobah (875)
  8. Christopher Williams (865)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Louisville in 1980
Injured on 4/20/1980 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/27/1980 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/18/1981 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/16/1981 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks