Don Baylor vs Howard Johnson

Don BaylorHoward Johnson

Don Baylor and Howard Johnson compared on their MLB careers: Don Baylor played 19 seasons, 1970 to 1988, Howard Johnson 14 seasons, 1982 to 1995. Don Baylor has .260 batting average to Howard Johnson's .249. Don Baylor won 2 titles, Howard Johnson won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Don Baylor and Howard Johnson career totals
2,292GP1,531
8,198AB4,940
1,236R760
2,135H1,229
338HR228
1,276RBI760
285SB231
0.3AVG0.2
0.3OBP0.3
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Don Baylor and Howard Johnson postseason
38GP11
121AB26
17R3
33H1
4HR0
21RBI0
0SB1
0.3AVG0.0
0.3OBP0.1
0.4SLG0.0
0.8OPS0.1

Where each stands all time

Don Baylor and Howard Johnson all-time places
116th (338)Home runs—
219th (2,135)Hits—
111th (1,276)RBI—
183rd (285)Stolen bases277th (231)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Don Baylor: 2 championships; AL MVP, AL Silver Slugger ×3, NL Manager of the Year
  • Howard Johnson: 2 championships; NL Silver Slugger ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Don Baylor and Howard Johnson season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1970.235041982.316414
2nd1971.000011983.21235
3rd1972.25311381984.2481250
4th1973.28611511985.2421146
5th1974.27210591986.2451039
6th1975.28225761987.2653699
7th1976.24715681988.2302468
8th1977.25125751989.28736101
9th1978.25534991990.2442390
10th1979.296361391991.25938117
11th1980.2505511992.223743
12th1981.23917661993.238726
13th1982.26324931994.2111040
14th1983.30321851995.195722
15th1984.2622789————
16th1985.2312391————
17th1986.2383194————
18th1987.2451663————
19th1988.220734————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI