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Cliff Johnson 2026 Season · TOR

Cliff Johnson played in the majors from 1972 to 1986. His career NUT is +15.9, #441 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1977 (+3.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .258/.355/.459, 196 HR, 1016 H in 1369 games.

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Cliff Johnson

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DH · TOR

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+15.9Career NUT

+19.1 to Nutty

Career

.258AVG196HR699RBI1016H539R9SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 4", 225 lb · b. Jul 22, 1947 · San Antonio, TX · Draft 1966 (5th Rd, #83)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1972	24	HOU	—	5	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.000	.750	.250
1973	25	HOU	—	7	22	20	6	6	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.700	.400	1.064	.364
1974	26	HOU	+0.8	83	210	171	26	39	4	1	10	29	33	3	1	45	0	1	3	0	5	.228	.357	.439	.211	.796	.244
1975	27	HOU	+2.3	122	393	340	52	94	16	1	20	65	46	5	5	64	1	0	1	1	7	.276	.370	.506	.230	.876	.288
1976	28	HOU	+1.1	108	384	318	36	72	21	2	10	49	62	4	6	59	0	0	0	0	9	.226	.359	.399	.173	.758	.249
1977	29	HOU	+1.4	51	171	144	22	43	8	0	10	23	23	4	2	30	0	1	0	0	1	.299	.409	.563	.264	.972	.317
1977	29	NYY	+1.6	56	168	142	24	42	8	0	12	31	20	6	0	23	0	1	0	0	2	.296	.405	.606	.310	1.011	.280
1977	29	TOT	+3.0	107	339	286	46	85	16	0	22	54	43	10	2	53	0	2	0	0	3	.297	.407	.584	.287	.991	.299
1978	30	NYY	-0.3	76	205	174	20	32	9	1	6	19	30	1	5	32	0	0	0	0	6	.184	.307	.351	.167	.658	.191
1979	31	NYY	—	28	76	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	10	0	4	7	0	0	1	1	0	.266	.360	.453	.187	.813	.268
1979	31	CLE	+1.3	72	274	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	24	5	1	39	2	0	5	0	6	.271	.343	.538	.267	.881	.250
1979	31	TOT	+1.4	100	350	304	48	82	16	0	20	67	34	5	5	46	2	0	6	1	6	.270	.347	.520	.250	.867	.254
1980	32	CLE	-0.3	54	203	174	25	40	3	1	6	28	25	0	5	30	0	1	4	0	8	.230	.320	.362	.132	.682	.239
1980	32	CHC	+0.3	68	227	196	28	46	8	0	10	34	29	1	5	35	0	0	1	0	4	.235	.335	.429	.194	.764	.237
1980	32	TOT	+0.0	122	430	370	53	86	11	1	16	62	54	1	10	65	0	1	5	0	12	.232	.328	.397	.165	.725	.238
1981	33	OAK	+1.2	84	310	273	40	71	8	0	17	59	28	3	2	60	5	3	6	0	3	.260	.329	.476	.216	.805	.267
1982	34	OAK	+0.0	73	244	214	19	51	10	0	7	31	26	2	2	41	1	2	2	0	3	.238	.324	.383	.145	.707	.262
1983	35	TOR	+2.3	142	484	407	59	108	23	1	22	76	67	5	8	69	0	1	4	1	11	.265	.373	.489	.224	.862	.269
1984	36	TOR	+2.7	127	415	359	51	109	23	1	16	61	50	3	4	62	0	1	3	0	9	.304	.390	.507	.203	.897	.327
1985	37	TEX	+0.6	82	334	296	31	76	17	1	12	56	31	3	2	44	0	0	3	1	3	.257	.330	.443	.186	.773	.263
1985	37	TOR	—	24	83	73	4	20	0	0	1	10	9	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	1	.274	.349	.315	.041	.664	.328
1985	37	TOT	+0.6	106	417	369	35	96	17	1	13	66	40	3	2	59	0	0	4	1	4	.260	.334	.417	.157	.751	.276
1986	38	TOR	+1.0	107	394	336	48	84	12	1	15	55	52	4	1	57	0	1	2	0	9	.250	.355	.426	.176	.781	.259
Career	—	15 yrs	+15.9	1369	4603	3945	539	1016	188	10	196	699	568	50	53	719	9	12	36	4	87	.258	.355	.459	.201	.814	.267

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Johnson's career NUT of +15.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+0.8

+2.3

+1.1

+3.0

-0.3

+1.4

+0.0

+1.2

+0.0

+2.3

+2.7

+0.6

+1.0

Awards

1977World Series Championship

1978World Series Championship

1983AL Player of the Week

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