MLB / Players

Joe Johnson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 195 lb
BornOctober 30, 1961 · Brookline, MA, USA
MLB debutJuly 25, 1985
Final gameJune 21, 1987
Seasons3 (1985–1987)

Atlanta Braves 1985–1986; Toronto Blue Jays 1986–1987

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
28
GS
30
22
W
13
53.7
L
9
74.4
SV
0
0
CG
2
9.8
SHO
0
0
H
195
61
ER
86
56.1
BB
57
70.7
SO
88
7.3
HR
11
95.1
IP
175.0
12.2
ERA
4.42
25.6
WHIP
1.440
18.3
K/9
4.53
15.9
FIP
3.64
65.9
FIP-
89.7
74.4
ERA+
92.3
24.4
sWAR
0.9
15.9

of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.6
67.9

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19851529230110023800.043.154.087.241-37.7-32.5.1370.5
198633302623000111200.115.143.115.258-46.8-29.7.1260.9
1987140000000000000.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
198515144401095392434985.74.101.3893.574.14108.992.70.5
1986333013902019586578811175.04.421.4404.533.6489.792.30.9
1987141435000773818271066.75.131.4253.654.91109.187.80.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
62
PA
59
AB
49
R
2
H
4
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
3
BB
4
SO
20
SB
0
BA
.0816
OBP
.1481
SLG
.1020
OPS
.2501

Pitching

G (P)
62
GS
58
W
20
L
18
SV
0
CG
3
SHO
0
IP
327
SO (P)
149
BB allowed
99
ERA
4.482
WHIP
1.4236
K/9
4.10

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1985-09-08ATL @ STL Gameday101100112
1986-04-13ATL @ HOU Gameday201000001
1986-04-21HOU @ ATL Gameday321000011
1986-04-30NYM @ ATL Gameday101000001
1985-08-30ATL @ CHC Gameday300000110

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1986-04-25ATL @ LAD Gameday9.0411591
1986-07-20TOR @ LAA Gameday6.1400060
1985-09-16HOU @ ATL Gameday7.0877253
1986-08-15TEX @ TOR Gameday7.0510250
1987-04-14CWS @ TOR Gameday7.0532051

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.