What years did Josh Johnson play?

Josh Johnson played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2013.

Was Josh Johnson a pitcher?

Yes. Josh Johnson pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 915 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Josh Johnson hit?

Josh Johnson hit 3 career home runs with 34 hits.

What was Josh Johnson's career batting average?

Josh Johnson batted .125 over his career, with 34 hits in 272 at bats.

How many RBI did Josh Johnson have?

Josh Johnson drove in 25 runs in his career.

What was Josh Johnson's career ERA?

Josh Johnson finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 58-45 with 915 strikeouts.

Josh Johnson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2013)

Josh Johnson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2013 for the Florida Marlins, the Miami Marlins, and the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 9 seasons. Across 170 career appearances, he went 58-45 with a 3.40 ERA and 915 strikeouts. He also batted .125 with 3 home runs. Josh Johnson was a 2-time All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 22626.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 58–45

ERA 3.40

WHIP 1.27

SO 915

Pitcher PIV 22626.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 250 lb
Born: 1/31/1984 in Minneapolis, MN, USA
MLB Debut: 2005-09-10
Last Game: 2013-08-06
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Joshua Michael Johnson

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Josh Johnson — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
153.0	140.0	18.0	45.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	10.0	4.0	2.0	.321	.367	.393	.760

Pitching

Josh Johnson — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
0	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Josh Johnson — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	39.0	35.0	2.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	0	1.0	2.0	0	1.0	.286	.324	.400	.724
1937	53.0	46.0	6.0	17.0	2.0	0	0	11.0	6.0	2.0	0	.370	.442	.413	.855
1938	32.0	31.0	4.0	8.0	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	.258	.281	.258	.539
1940	29.0	28.0	6.0	10.0	1.0	0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0	.357	.379	.500	.879
Listed seasons · 4	153	140	18	45	5	1	1	15	10	4	2	.321	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Josh Johnson — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1938	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Listed seasons · 1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

Josh Johnson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
58	45	170	160	4	0	0	998.0	927	377	74	338	915	3.40	22626.9

Career ERA 3.40 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 19.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Josh Johnson (b. 1984) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	FLO	NL	0	0	4	1	0	12.1	11	5	10	10	3.65	4.29 (+15%)	67.0
2006	FLO	NL	12	7	31	24	0	157.0	136	54	68	133	3.10	4.53 (+32%)	2185.2
2007	FLO	NL	0	3	4	4	0	15.2	26	13	12	14	7.47	4.47 (-67%)	-41.9
2008	FLO	NL	7	1	14	14	1	87.1	91	35	27	77	3.61	4.32 (+17%)	2114.4
2009	FLO	NL	15	5	33	33	2	209.0	184	75	58	191	3.23	4.32 (+25%)	6882.7
2010	FLO	NL	11	6	28	28	1	183.2	155	47	48	186	2.30	4.08 (+44%)	7934.1
2011	FLO	NL	3	1	9	9	0	60.1	39	11	20	56	1.64	3.94 (+58%)	1982.5
2012	MIA	NL	8	14	31	31	0	191.1	180	81	65	165	3.81	4.01 (+5%)	3040.4
2013	TOR	AL	2	8	16	16	0	81.1	105	56	30	83	6.20	3.87 (-60%)	-1537.5
Career · 9 seasons			58	45	170	160	4	998.0	927	377	338	915	3.40	—	22,627

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Josh Johnson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
171	272	14	34	5	0	3	25	0	14	146	.125	.168	.176	.344	-1,463

Career AVG .125 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 52.1% below league average.

Career OBP .168 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 48.8% below league average.

Career SLG .176 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 57.2% below league average.

Career OPS .344 vs. league average .740 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Josh Johnson (b. 1984) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	FLO	NL	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	FLO	NL	31	42	1	4	2	0	3	1	23	.095	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	FLO	NL	14	30	1	4	2	0	2	1	18	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	FLO	NL	34	62	8	12	1	3	10	6	33	.194	.262 (-26%)	.332 (-20%)	.417 (-15%)	.750 (-17%)	-181.0
2010	FLO	NL	28	59	0	5	0	0	4	1	24	.085	.257 (-67%)	.325 (-69%)	.402 (-79%)	.728 (-75%)	-701.5
2011	FLO	NL	9	19	1	3	0	0	4	2	10	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIA	NL	31	53	2	5	0	0	2	2	34	.094	.254 (-63%)	.318 (-60%)	.405 (-77%)	.724 (-69%)	-580.6
2013	TOR	AL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			171	272	14	34	5	3	25	14	146	.125	—	—	—	—	-1,463

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Josh Johnson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	90	137	8	14	2	16	.102
Away	81	135	6	20	1	9	.148

Pitching — Home / Away

Josh Johnson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	90	540.1	481	184	170	547	3.06
Away	80	457.2	446	193	168	368	3.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Josh Johnson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2013-08-06	TOR	SEA	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	5	0
2013-08-01	TOR	LAA	L	2.1	10	7	6	2	1	1
2013-07-27	TOR	HOU	L	5.2	7	7	7	2	8	3
2013-07-22	TOR	LAD	L	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	1
2013-07-14	TOR	BAL	L	6.0	7	7	7	1	7	2
2013-07-09	TOR	CLE	L	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	0
2013-07-03	TOR	DET	L	5.0	7	6	1	2	5	2
2013-06-28	TOR	BOS	—	3.1	8	5	5	2	5	0
2013-06-23	TOR	BAL	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1
2013-06-17	TOR	COL	—	7.1	5	0	0	2	10	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Josh Johnson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	170	160	97	133	7	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Josh Johnson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	FLO	P	4	1	3	2	0	1
2006	FLO	P	31	24	5	26	0	2
2007	FLO	P	4	4	2	1	1	0
2008	FLO	P	14	14	6	10	0	1
2009	FLO	P	33	33	17	33	0	1
2010	FLO	P	28	28	19	17	3	2
2011	FLO	P	9	9	8	7	0	1
2012	MIA	P	31	31	25	33	1	3
2013	TOR	P	16	16	12	4	2	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Josh Johnson (b. 1984) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	170

Awards & Honors

Josh Johnson — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	Pitcher of the Month	April
2010	Pitcher of the Month	June
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-04-11
2006	Rookie of the Month	May
2006	Rookie of the Month	June

Salary History

Josh Johnson — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	TOR	AL	$13,750,000
2012	MIA	NL	$13,750,000
2011	FLO	NL	$7,750,000
2010	FLO	NL	$3,750,000
2009	FLO	NL	$1,400,000
2008	FLO	NL	$390,000
2007	FLO	NL	$382,000
2006	FLO	NL	$327,000
Total Career Earnings			$41,499,000

Award Voting History

Josh Johnson — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2010	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	34.0	224	0
2010	Most Valuable Player	NL	25th	2.0	448	0
2006	Rookie of the Year	NL	4th	11.0	160	2

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Josh Johnson: the record in brief

The profile opens with Josh Johnson's first major league game on September 10, 2005; the last one listed came on August 6, 2013. By club, Johnson's seasons break down as the Florida Marlins (2005 to 2011), the Miami Marlins (2012), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2013). Born on January 31, 1984, in Minneapolis, MN, USA, Johnson is listed as a pitcher and hit left-handed while throwing right-handed. Size on record: 250 pounds on a 6-foot-7 frame. Johnson's full given name, per the bio, is Joshua Michael Johnson.

Johnson went 58-45 with a 3.40 ERA in 170 games, 160 of them starts. The same table counts 915 strikeouts. That 3.40 ERA compares with a 4.20 league average across the same seasons, 19.1% better. The best win total was 15, in 2009. In 2010, one of the busiest seasons, Johnson posted a 2.30 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.08. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 22,626.9 for Johnson's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Josh Johnson

What years did Josh Johnson play?: Josh Johnson played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2013.
Was Josh Johnson a pitcher?: Yes. Josh Johnson pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 915 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Josh Johnson hit?: Josh Johnson hit 3 career home runs with 34 hits.
What was Josh Johnson's career batting average?: Josh Johnson batted .125 over his career, with 34 hits in 272 at bats.
How many RBI did Josh Johnson have?: Josh Johnson drove in 25 runs in his career.
What was Josh Johnson's career ERA?: Josh Johnson finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 58-45 with 915 strikeouts.