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Dave Johnson was born on Saturday, October 24, 1959, in Baltimore, Maryland. Johnson was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 29, 1987, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dave Johnson baseball stats page.

"A lot of people would look at it in a negative way, like, 'That guy wasn�t very good.' I know I wasn't! But I pitched parts of five years in the big leagues and you don't do that by luck. I played twelve years professionally. I did some things that a lot of guys who were a lot more talented than I was didn't do. I take pride in that. I wear it as a badge of honor, knowing he wasn't very good, but he did some things he wasn't supposed to do." - Dave Johnson (Joe Trezza, Dave Johnson remains cult hero in O's lore, 09/26/2019)

Birth Name:	David Wayne Johnson (Twitter: @DaveJohnson_27)
Nickname:	Dave
Born On:	10-24-1959 (Scorpio)
Born In:	Baltimore, Maryland
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Overlea High School (Baltimore County, MD)
College:	Baltimore City Community College
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	183
First Game:	05-29-1987 (Age 27)
Last Game:	09-19-1993
Draft:	1981 : 5th Round (128th)

Dave Johnson Dave Johnson Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1987	28	Pirates	5	0	3	0	0	.000	9.95	0	0	0	6.1	31	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	-
1989	30	Orioles	14	14	0	4	7	.364	4.23	4	0	0	89.1	378	90	42	44	11	28	1	26	0	4	2	0
1990	31	Orioles	30	29	0	13	9	.591	4.10	3	0	0	180.0	758	196	82	83	30	43	2	68	1	3	2	-
1991	32	Orioles	22	14	4	4	8	.333	7.07	0	0	0	84.0	393	127	66	68	18	24	3	38	0	4	0	-
1993	34	Tigers	6	0	2	1	1	.500	12.96	0	0	0	8.1	46	13	12	13	3	5	1	7	1	2	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
5 Years			77	57	9	22	25	.468	5.11	7	0	0	368.0	1,606	439	209	215	63	102	7	143	2	13	4	0

Dave Johnson Dave Johnson Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1987	28	Pirates	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	30	Orioles	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1990	31	Orioles	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1991	32	Orioles	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1993	34	Tigers	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years			77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Dave Johnson Dave Johnson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1987 Pirates	P	5	0	19	2	0.4	2	1	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.84
1989 Orioles	P	14	14	268	11	0.8	11	6	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.11
1990 Orioles	P	30	29	540	25	0.8	23	13	10	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	1.15
1991 Orioles	P	22	14	252	14	0.6	14	7	7	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50
1993 Tigers	P	6	0	25	2	0.3	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	1.08
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		77	57	1,104	54	0.7	51	28	23	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	1.25
5 Years		77	57	1,104	54	0.7	51	28	23	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	1.25

Dave Johnson Dave Johnson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1987 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.00	5.68	2.84
1989 Orioles	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.93	2.62	2.82
1990 Orioles	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.58	3.40	2.15
1991 Orioles	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.58	4.07	2.57
1993 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.40	7.56	5.40
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.40	3.50	2.49

Dave Johnson Dave Johnson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates	56	$62,500.00	-	-
1989 Baltimore Orioles	35, 27	$70,500.00	-	-
1990 Baltimore Orioles	27	$113,500.00	-	-
1991 Baltimore Orioles	27	$200,000.00	-	-
1993 Detroit Tigers	40	$235,000.00	-	-
Dave Johnson Stats by Baseball Almanac

David Wayne Johnson was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987), Baltimore Orioles (1989-1991), and Detroit Tigers (1993). Dave, whose son Steve Johnson was also a big league pitcher, had a few (5) cups of coffee with the Bucs in '87, but is often remembered for being called-up to Baltimore in August '89, then throwing three complete game victories across his first five starts!

Steve won his first big league game on August 8 (2012), with the 2012 Baltimore Orioles, during his second appearance. Dave won his first big league on August 8 (1989), with the 1989 Baltimore Orioles, during his seventh appearance! Like father, like son.

Dave Johnson Rookie Baseball Cards

Dave Johnson Rookie Cards | 1990 Topps, Upper Deck, & Donruss | Baseball Almanac Collection

Did you know that while pitching in the minors, Dave Johnson was also a UPS truck driver? He once described that anecdote during an Orioles Radio Network broadcast, "If people remember me, they remember me as 'God, how did he do that?' Because they just knew. I was a truck driver from Middle River (Md.), who was somehow in the middle of the last NBC Game of the Week! Here is the truck driver pitching against the Blue Jays, trying to win the pennant for the Orioles!' It�s so fitting!"

The 1989 Orioles went from "worst to (almost) first" fueled in part by that truck driver who helped his hometown team almost win the American League pennant. The NBC Game of the Week he mentioned (above) occurred during the final series of the 1989 season, in Toronto, the Orioles were one game behind the Blue Jays. Toronto won game one of the series, Pete Harnisch was scheduled to pitch game two, but stepped on a nail walking from the stadium to the hotel after Friday's game! Johnson started the criticial game on 3 days' rest and did not disappoint, throwing seven strong innings, surrending only two-hits, allowing just two runs, and leaving the game with a 3-2 lead. Baltimore lost the game, 4-3, ending their Cinderella season, but a local kid name Dave Johnson became a local legend after those events.

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