Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1997
- College
- LSU
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1997
- College
- LSU
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 364
- AB
- 836
- R
- 117
- H
- 221
- HR
- 14
- RBI
- 97
- SB
- 16
- AVG
- .264
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | HOU | 21 | 60 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .300 |
| 1998 | HOU | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| 1999 | HOU | 83 | 156 | 24 | 44 | 5 | 23 | 2 | .282 |
| 2000 |  HOU/TB | 100 | 230 | 32 | 55 | 2 | 20 | 5 | .239 |
| 2001 | TB | 85 | 248 | 32 | 73 | 4 | 33 | 2 | .294 |
| 2002 | TB | 45 | 111 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .216 |
| 2005 | NYY | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .500
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 966
- TB
- 313
- XBH
- 62
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 17
- P/PA
- 0.60
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | HOU | 67 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | HOU | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | HOU | 183 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | HOU/TB | 263 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | TB | 288 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | TB | 130 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | NYY | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.3
- RC
- 112.5
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .110
- SECA
- .243
- BB/K
- 0.61
- AB/HR
- 59.7
- GO/FO
- 0.40
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | HOU | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5 | .117 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | HOU | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.2 | .077 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | HOU | 0.7 | 24.7 | 5.3 | .160 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 31.2 | 0 |
| 2000 | HOU/TB | 0.5 | 22.5 | 3.2 | .061 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 115 | 0 |
| 2001 | TB | 1.5 | 42.5 | 6.2 | .141 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 62 | 0 |
| 2002 | TB | -0.4 | 11.3 | 3.3 | .072 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 111 | 0 |
| 2005 | NYY | -0.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | .111 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Russ Johnson's career stats?
Russ Johnson played 7 seasons for the Astros, the Rays and the Yankees. He was a career .264 hitter with 221 hits, 14 home runs and 97 RBI. His best season was 1997: a .300 batting average, 2 home runs and 9 RBI.
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