Howard Johnson

Third Base

1982—1995

howard-johnson
Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
#84

Player Detail

Howard Michael
GIVEN NAME
Johnson
SURNAME
November 29, 1960, in Clearwater, FL
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1982—1995
Playing Career
Played from 21-34
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
New York Mets
Colorado Rockies
Chicago Cubs
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Mets
PRIMARY TEAM
1984, 1986
World Series titles
HoJo
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#7 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 178
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 14, 1982
Major League Debut
October 1, 1995
FINAL GAME
— Mets ALL-TIME TEAM —

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  • Howard Johnson Scouting Report

50

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1531
1229
228
760
.249
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
22.5
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.786
.727
108.6

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.249
.340
.446

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Gary Gaetti
Terry Pendleton
Brook Jacoby

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.246
.340
.432

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Howard Johnson Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Johnson
519
129
80
26
2
24
80
73
111
24
231
203
.249
.340
.446
786
AVG 3B
537
141
67
26
3
14
51
80
8
214
195
.262
.327
.400
.727

Howard Johnson Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
84
95
67
94
48
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
89
64
71
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Howard Johnson PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
22.2
22.9
20.7
14.8
2.34
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Howard Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
191.9
152.6
132.2
86.4
20.3
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Howard Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B