Deron Johnson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 200 lb

BornJuly 17, 1938 · San Diego, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 20, 1960

Final gameMay 28, 1976

Seasons16 (1960–1976)

New York Yankees 1960; Kansas City Athletics 1961; New York Yankees 1961; Kansas City Athletics 1962; Cincinnati Reds 1964–1967; Atlanta Braves 1968; Philadelphia Phillies 1969–1972; Oakland Athletics 1973; Philadelphia Phillies 1973; Boston Red Sox 1974; Milwaukee Brewers 1974; Oakland Athletics 1974; Boston Red Sox 1975; Chicago White Sox 1975; Boston Red Sox 1976

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

151

65.4

621

61.4

565

71.7

46.5

135

32.3

55.9

7.1

75.6

RBI

64.6

47.2

117

7.1

86.6

.239

OBP

.300

12.6

SLG

.388

42.5

OPS

.687

24.4

wRC+

91.2

24.4

OPS+

91.8

23.6

wOBA

.318

20.5

sWAR

-0.1

3.9

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

101.2

43.8

OPS+

102.3

46.2

sWAR

11.2

88.2

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
1960	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	253.6	244.3	.555	0.1
1961	96	325	302	32	63	11	3	8	44	16	49	0	1	.209	.247	.344	.591	46.7	54.2	.263	-1.3
1962	17	22	19	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	.105	.227	.158	.385	3.8	3.6	.201	-0.2
1964	140	519	477	63	130	24	4	21	79	37	98	4	3	.273	.326	.472	.798	122.5	119.4	.357	2.0
1965	159	680	616	92	177	30	7	32	130	52	97	0	4	.287	.340	.515	.854	130.4	131.1	.373	5.1
1966	142	554	505	75	130	25	3	24	81	39	87	1	2	.257	.309	.461	.771	102.5	104.0	.337	0.9
1967	108	389	361	39	81	18	1	13	53	22	104	0	1	.224	.270	.388	.658	74.2	77.7	.299	-0.6
1968	127	383	342	29	71	11	1	8	33	35	79	0	1	.208	.285	.316	.600	81.6	80.3	.287	-0.5
1969	138	545	475	51	121	19	4	17	80	60	111	4	2	.255	.333	.419	.752	111.6	111.5	.344	2.2
1970	159	650	574	66	147	28	3	27	93	72	132	0	0	.256	.338	.456	.794	111.5	111.6	.357	1.8
1971	158	660	582	74	154	29	0	34	95	72	146	0	1	.265	.347	.490	.836	137.7	136.1	.378	4.0
1972	96	262	230	19	49	4	1	9	31	26	69	0	1	.213	.298	.357	.654	80.1	83.2	.301	-0.3
1973	143	574	500	64	120	16	2	20	86	64	126	0	1	.240	.326	.400	.726	108.3	109.9	.333	0.9
1974	110	389	351	30	60	4	2	13	43	32	84	2	0	.171	.237	.305	.542	51.4	58.3	.250	-2.1
1975	151	621	565	68	135	25	1	19	75	50	117	0	1	.239	.300	.388	.687	91.2	91.8	.318	-0.1
1976	15	43	38	3	5	1	1	0	0	5	11	0	0	.132	.233	.211	.443	13.9	25.0	.213	-0.4

Career totals

1,765

446th-most career G

6,620

5,941

706

1,447

247

245

267th-most career HR

RBI

923

386th-most career RBI

585

1,318

156th-most career SO

.2436

OBP

.3106

SLG

.4200

OPS

.7306

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	TB
1971-07-11	WSH @ PHI Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	3	5	12
1964-06-07	STL @ CIN Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	1	1	9
1965-07-31	HOU @ CIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	4	9
1967-04-15	HOU @ CIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	9
1965-05-08	CIN @ PIT Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	3	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-26	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-27	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-19	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-20	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-21	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.