Ultimate Mets Database - Lance Johnson

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Lance Johnson
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 105 of 1271 players

Kenneth Lance Johnson
Born: July 6, 1963 at Cincinnati, O.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 5.11 Weight: 165

Lance Johnson was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on September 23, 2008, September 24, 2008, March 23, 2011, December 5, 2012, July 6, 2020, and October 29, 2021.

First Mets game: April 1, 1996
Last Mets game: August 7, 1997

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
1	April 1, 1996	August 31, 1996
51	September 1, 1996	September 1, 1996
1	September 2, 1996	August 8, 1997

1,+51

Lance Johnson also played for the following teams:

St. Louis Cardinals 1987; Chicago White Sox 1988-1995; Chicago Cubs 1997-1999; New York Yankees 2000.

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on December 14, 1995.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago Cubs with Mark Clark and Manny Alexander in exchange for Turk Wendell, Mel Rojas and Brian McRae on August 8, 1997.

Established a Mets season record for At bats in 1996 with 682. Broken by Jose Reyes in 2005 with 696.
Established a Mets season record for Runs in 1996 with 117. Broken by Edgardo Alfonzo in 1999 with 123.
Established a Mets season record for Hits in 1996 with 227.
Established a Mets season record for Triples in 1996 with 21.
Established a Mets season record for Total Bases in 1996 with 327. Broken by David Wright in 2007 with 330.

Click the icon to see a graph of Lance Johnson's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1996 160 682 117 227 31 21 9 69 33 8 40 1 50 12 3 5 327 .333 .479 .362

1997 72 265 43 82 10 6 1 24 33 2 21 0 15 10 0 1 107 .309 .404 .385

2 years 232 947 160 309 41 27 10 93 66 10 61 1 65 22 3 6 434 .326 .458 .369

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1996 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .750 1.000 .750

1 year 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .750 1.000 .750

Led National League in at bats with 682 in 1996.
Led National League in hits with 227 in 1996.
Led National League in singles with 166 in 1996.
Led National League in triples with 21 in 1996.

Led Mets in games with 160 in 1996.
Led Mets in at bats with 682 in 1996.
Led Mets in runs with 117 in 1996.
Led Mets in hits with 227 in 1996.
Led Mets in singles with 166 in 1996.
Led Mets in triples with 21 in 1996 and with 6 in 1997.
Led Mets in stolen bases with 50 in 1996.
Led Mets in caught stealing with 12 in 1996.
Led Mets in batting average with .333 in 1996.
Led Mets in total bases with 327 in 1996.

Games where Lance Johnson had 2 or more Home Runs
At Chicago (NL) 08/07/96.

Games where Lance Johnson had 4 or more Hits
At Florida (NL) 05/06/96. At Atlanta (NL) 06/04/96. At Chicago (NL) 08/07/96. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 06/22/97.

Games played by position
1996: Center Field 157, Outfield 157
1997: Center Field 66, Outfield 66

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Lance Johnson was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1996 152 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 214 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

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