Lance Johnson

Center Field

1987—2000

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
#70

Player Detail

Kenneth Lance
GIVEN NAME
Johnson
SURNAME
July 6, 1963, in Cincinnati, OH
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1987—2000
Playing Career
Played from 23-36
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago White Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
One Dog
NICKNAME
1
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
July 10, 1987
Major League Debut
May 27, 2000
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Lance Johnson?

Hit tons of triples when triples were rare, mostly for the Pale Hose.
  • Lance Johnson Scouting Report

40

HITTING

20

POWER

70

RUNNING

60

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
1447
1565
34
486
.291
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.1
60.2

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.720
.749
96.3

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.291
.334
.386

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Ellis Burks
Devon White
Roberto Kelly
Ken Griffey Jr.

Teammate Team

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

Lance 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
556
162
79
18
12
4
50
36
40
34
215
199
.291
.334
.386
720
AVG CF
536
145
81
26
5
13
51
95
21
221
200
.270
.337
.412
.749

Lance Johnson Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
70
73
83
76
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
80
69
59
54
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Lance Johnson PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
30.2
28.0
22.4
17.1
3.38
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Lance Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
153.0
121.9
UNK
61.9
17.1
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Lance Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF