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William Russell Johnson

First name: Russ

Last name: Johnson

Birthdate: 1973-02-22

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: johnr006

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1997HOU0.80.21.00.10.40.61
1998HOU0.20.00.20.00.10.10
1999HOU2.20.52.71.11.90.96
2000HOU0.60.10.7-0.6-0.31.1-1
2000TBA2.70.73.40.91.91.56
2001TBA3.70.94.61.52.91.79
2002TBA1.60.42.0-0.50.11.90
2005NYA0.20.10.3-0.10.00.40
Career12.02.914.92.47.08.221

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1997HOU67001-100-1000-19.5-0.10.00.0-0.10
1998HOU15-1-10000100009.80.00.00.00.01
1999HOU183120-110300059.80.50.00.00.57
2000HOU48-7-70000-1000-811.6-0.70.00.0-0.70
2000TBA215-7-702007000210.20.20.00.00.212
2001TBA288663-100-3100510.10.50.10.00.64
2002TBA130-5-5100-1-4000-910.3-0.90.00.0-0.9-1
2005NYA20-1-10000-1000-210.6-0.20.00.0-0.2-1
Career966-14-135-11-11100-8--0.70.10.0-0.622

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1997 HOU 2B 43 4 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -3 0.0 -0.5 0 -1
1997 HOU 3B 300 37 0.0 0 0 -4 -1 0.1 0.0 0 0
1998 HOU 2B 17 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1998 HOU 3B 45 11 1.0 1 1 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 1
1999 HOU 2B 204 44 0.0 0 0 6 7 -0.5 0.0 0 0
1999 HOU 3B 618 94 4.0 4 3 8 7 0.7 0.0 1 4
1999 HOU SS 34 5 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -2 -0.1 0.1 0 -1
2000 HOU 2B 60 8 -2.0 -2 -2 -3 -3 0.0 -0.2 0 -2
2000 TBA 2B 408 80 3.0 3 2 11 10 -0.1 -0.4 0 2
2000 HOU 3B 45 8 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
2000 TBA 3B 810 121 7.0 7 5 14 21 0.2 0.0 0 5
2000 TBA SS 113 20 0.0 0 0 0 2 -0.1 -0.2 0 0
2000 HOU SS 112 15 1.0 1 1 -2 -4 0.1 -0.2 0 1
2001 TBA 2B 835 125 -2.0 -2 -2 -14 -14 0.4 0.2 1 -1
2001 TBA 3B 737 105 -2.0 -1 -1 -5 -4 0.4 0.0 0 -1
2001 TBA SS 69 7 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 -3 0.0 -0.2 0 -1
2002 TBA 2B 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2002 TBA 3B 720 96 -5.0 -5 -4 -10 -14 0.1 0.0 0 -4
2002 TBA SS 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2005 NYA 1B 77 5 0.0 0 0 -3 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
2005 NYA 2B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2005 NYA 3B 63 7 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1B 77 5 0.0 0 0 -3 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
2B 1572 264 -2.0 -2 -3 -3 -3 -0.2 -0.9 1 -2
3B 3338 479 4.0 5 3 4 10 1.4 0.0 1 4
SS 332 47 -1.0 -1 -1 -9 -7 -0.1 -0.5 0 -1

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
2005 NYA RF 14 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RF 14 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1997HOU0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1999HOU0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
Career0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1997HOU1000000000008.90.00.00.00.00
1999HOU2110000000019.00.10.00.00.10
Career311000000001-0.10.00.00.10

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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