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Howard Johnson played 14 major-league seasons (1982-1995) as a 3B (1,031), SS (273), OF (217), 2B (8), 1B (5). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 22 | DET | 54 | 155 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 30 | .316 | .810 | 123 |
| 1983 | 23 | DET | 27 | 66 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .212 | .646 | 78 |
| 1984 | 24 | DET | 116 | 355 | 43 | 88 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 67 | .248 | .718 | 98 |
| 1985 | 25 | NYN | 126 | 389 | 38 | 94 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 34 | 78 | .242 | .693 | 99 |
| 1986 | 26 | NYN | 88 | 220 | 30 | 54 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 64 | .245 | .787 | 123 |
| 1987 | 27 | NYN | 157 | 554 | 93 | 147 | 36 | 99 | 32 | 83 | 113 | .265 | .868 | 136 |
| 1988 | 28 | NYN | 148 | 495 | 85 | 114 | 24 | 68 | 23 | 86 | 104 | .230 | .765 | 127 |
| 1989 | 29 | NYN | 153 | 571 | 104 | 164 | 36 | 101 | 41 | 77 | 126 | .287 | .928 | 171 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYN | 154 | 590 | 89 | 144 | 23 | 90 | 34 | 69 | 100 | .244 | .753 | 113 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYN | 156 | 564 | 108 | 146 | 38 | 117 | 30 | 78 | 120 | .259 | .877 | 152 |
| 1992 | 32 | NYN | 100 | 350 | 48 | 78 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 55 | 79 | .223 | .666 | 96 |
| 1993 | 33 | NYN | 72 | 235 | 32 | 56 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 43 | .238 | .732 | 103 |
| 1994 | 34 | COL | 93 | 227 | 30 | 48 | 10 | 40 | 11 | 39 | 73 | .211 | .729 | 95 |
| 1995 | 35 | CHN | 87 | 169 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 46 | .195 | .685 | 87 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 3B | 33 | 27 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 6 |
| 1982 | OF | 9 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3B | 21 | 18 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 |
| 1984 | 3B | 108 | 98 | 58 | 143 | 12 | 16 |
| 1984 | SS | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 1984 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3B | 113 | 93 | 67 | 171 | 15 | 21 |
| 1985 | SS | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 6 |
| 1985 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3B | 45 | 29 | 22 | 71 | 10 | 10 |
| 1986 | SS | 34 | 22 | 28 | 65 | 10 | 14 |
| 1986 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3B | 140 | 127 | 82 | 235 | 21 | 15 |
| 1987 | SS | 38 | 26 | 36 | 70 | 5 | 12 |
| 1987 | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3B | 131 | 109 | 65 | 187 | 13 | 16 |
| 1988 | SS | 52 | 34 | 45 | 87 | 5 | 21 |
| 1989 | 3B | 143 | 129 | 63 | 180 | 24 | 15 |
| 1989 | SS | 31 | 22 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 7 |
| 1990 | 3B | 92 | 89 | 52 | 159 | 20 | 11 |
| 1990 | SS | 73 | 63 | 98 | 176 | 8 | 28 |
| 1991 | 3B | 104 | 99 | 55 | 173 | 18 | 11 |
| 1991 | OF | 30 | 30 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | SS | 28 | 25 | 45 | 88 | 11 | 15 |
| 1992 | OF | 98 | 96 | 206 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3B | 67 | 67 | 52 | 135 | 11 | 11 |
| 1994 | OF | 62 | 51 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3B | 34 | 29 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 4 |
| 1995 | OF | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2B | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1B | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1995 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Howard Johnson won: Silver Slugger 1989 (NL), TSN All-Star 1989 (NL), Silver Slugger 1991 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1991, 1989, 1987.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 42 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 153 / 336 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 112 / 336 | 0 |
Howard Johnson ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #46 | third basemen | 1989 | 171 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.