Davey Johnson
Baltimore Orioles 1965–1972; Atlanta Braves 1973–1975; Philadelphia Phillies 1977; Chicago Cubs 1978; Philadelphia Phillies 1978
Percentile snapshot
1974 season — qualified batters
of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 505 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 20 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .170 | .245 | .234 | .479 | 35.4 | 37.1 | .231 | -0.2 |
| 1966 | 131 | 541 | 501 | 47 | 129 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 31 | 64 | 3 | 4 | .257 | .298 | .351 | .649 | 85.9 | 88.2 | .293 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 148 | 586 | 510 | 62 | 126 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 59 | 82 | 4 | 5 | .247 | .325 | .376 | .702 | 106.8 | 108.8 | .320 | 2.7 |
| 1968 | 145 | 559 | 504 | 50 | 122 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 44 | 80 | 7 | 3 | .242 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 103.2 | 103.2 | .310 | 2.6 |
| 1969 | 142 | 580 | 511 | 52 | 143 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 4 | .280 | .351 | .391 | .743 | 112.0 | 109.5 | .346 | 3.1 |
| 1970 | 149 | 600 | 530 | 68 | 149 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 66 | 68 | 2 | 1 | .281 | .360 | .392 | .753 | 111.0 | 109.3 | .347 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 142 | 574 | 510 | 67 | 144 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 72 | 51 | 55 | 3 | 1 | .282 | .351 | .443 | .794 | 129.5 | 128.0 | .364 | 4.3 |
| 1972 | 118 | 436 | 376 | 31 | 83 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 52 | 68 | 1 | 1 | .221 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 95.2 | 95.1 | .310 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 157 | 651 | 559 | 84 | 151 | 25 | 0 | 43 | 99 | 81 | 93 | 5 | 3 | .270 | .370 | .546 | .916 | 145.8 | 143.3 | .409 | 6.1 |
| 1974 | 136 | 540 | 454 | 56 | 114 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 62 | 75 | 59 | 1 | 2 | .251 | .358 | .390 | .748 | 109.9 | 106.0 | .355 | 1.9 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 787.0 | 708.2 | 1.341 | 0.1 |
| 1977 | 78 | 186 | 156 | 23 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .321 | .408 | .545 | .952 | 154.9 | 151.3 | .422 | 1.5 |
| 1978 | 68 | 158 | 138 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .323 | .355 | .678 | 91.6 | 85.9 | .323 | 0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-04-30 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1967-08-31 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1977-07-09 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 1973-05-08 | ATL @ NYM Gameday | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 1973-07-04 | HOU @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.