Lou Johnson
Chicago Cubs 1960; Los Angeles Angels 1961; Milwaukee Braves 1962; Los Angeles Dodgers 1965–1967; Chicago Cubs 1968; Cleveland Indians 1968; California Angels 1969
Percentile snapshot
1966 season — qualified batters
of 95 qualified 1966 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | 34 | 75 | 68 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .206 | .270 | .265 | .535 | 43.3 | 47.5 | .247 | -0.4 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1962 | 61 | 129 | 117 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .282 | .349 | .453 | .802 | 120.0 | 117.6 | .363 | 0.6 |
| 1965 | 131 | 518 | 468 | 57 | 121 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 24 | 81 | 15 | 6 | .259 | .315 | .391 | .706 | 103.4 | 106.1 | .316 | 1.2 |
| 1966 | 152 | 572 | 526 | 71 | 143 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 21 | 75 | 8 | 10 | .272 | .316 | .414 | .731 | 110.2 | 110.7 | .326 | 1.7 |
| 1967 | 104 | 371 | 330 | 39 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 24 | 52 | 4 | 3 | .270 | .330 | .418 | .748 | 121.9 | 122.4 | .340 | 1.7 |
| 1968 | 127 | 438 | 407 | 39 | 102 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 2 | .251 | .294 | .376 | .669 | 97.2 | 99.5 | .308 | 0.6 |
| 1969 | 67 | 148 | 133 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .203 | .272 | .263 | .535 | 52.0 | 54.0 | .256 | -0.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-05-29 | ATL @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1966-09-19 | PHI @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1966-09-13 | NYM @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1967-08-18 | ATL @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1968-07-01 | MIN @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-05-17 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-05-29 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-06-10 | PIT @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-07-01 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-09-30 | PIT @ ATL 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.