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Billy Johnson
William Russell Johnson (Bull)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 22, 1943
Final Game May 10, 1953
Born August 30, 1918 in Montclair, NJ
Died June 20, 2006 in Augusta, GA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 24 NYY AL 155  592   70  166  24  6   5   94   3  5  53  30  .280  .344  .367  107  217   6           4  27 MVP-4
 1946 27 NYY AL  85  296   51   77  14  5   4   35   1  0  31  42  .260  .334  .382   99  113   5           2   5
 1947 28 NYY AL 132  494   67  141  19  8  10   95   1  2  44  43  .285  .351  .417  114  206   3           6  21 MVP-19,AS
 1948 29 NYY AL 127  446   59  131  20  6  12   64   0  0  41  30  .294  .358  .446  114  199   1           4  22
 1949 30 NYY AL 113  329   48   82  11  3   8   56   1  0  48  44  .249  .348  .374   91  123   4           2  15
 1950 31 NYY AL 108  327   44   85  16  2   6   40   1  0  42  30  .260  .346  .376   87  123   2           1  12
 1951 32 TOT    139  482   57  128  26  1  14   68   5  4  53  49  .266  .346  .411  102  198   9           6  14
         NYY AL  15   40    5   12   3  0   0    4   0  1   7   0  .300  .404  .375  115   15   1           0   2
         STL NL 124  442   52  116  23  1  14   64   5  3  46  49  .262  .340  .414  101  183   8           6  12
 1952 33 STL NL  94  282   23   71  10  2   2   34   1  0  34  21  .252  .339  .323   84   91   1           3   9
 1953 34 STL NL  11    5    0    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .200  .333  .400   90    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      964 3253  419  882 141 33  61  487  13 11 347 290  .271  .346  .391  102 1272  31   0   0  28 125
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   70  148  24  6  10   82   2  2  58  49  .271  .346  .391  102  214   5   0   0   5  21
 Career High    155  592   70  166  26  8  14   95   5  5  53  49  .294  .358  .446  114  217   9   0   0   6  27

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 24 NYY AL  655  464   73   4.3    88| .280  .257| .344  .332| .367  .355| .711  .687| 107  .555   4.7   0.5  37%
 1946 27 NYY AL  334  229   38   4.4    96| .260  .265| .334  .339| .382  .381| .716  .720|  99  .529  -0.8  -0.1 100%
 1947 28 NYY AL  547  379   70   4.9    96| .285  .261| .351  .341| .417  .376| .768  .717| 114  .575   7.9   0.8  33%
 1948 29 NYY AL  492  338   70   5.5   105| .294  .272| .358  .357| .446  .393| .804  .749| 114  .582   7.2   0.7   0%
 1949 30 NYY AL  383  266   43   4.3   107| .249  .271| .348  .363| .374  .393| .722  .756|  91  .471  -4.6  -0.5 100%
 1950 31 NYY AL  372  256   43   4.4   111| .260  .275| .346  .361| .376  .412| .722  .773|  87  .451  -6.0  -0.6 100%
 1951 32 TOT     550  381   67   4.7   104| .266  .268| .346  .343| .411  .405| .757  .748| 102  .521   2.3   0.2  55%
         NYY AL   48   32    6   5.0    99| .300  .263| .404  .343| .375  .385| .779  .728| 115  .551   1.4   0.1   0%
         STL NL  502  349   61   4.7   104| .262  .269| .340  .343| .414  .407| .754  .750| 101  .518   0.9   0.1  62%
 1952 33 STL NL  320  221   30   3.6    97| .252  .261| .339  .335| .323  .389| .662  .724|  84  .439  -5.1  -0.5 100%
 1953 34 STL NL    6    4    1   6.6   110| .200  .274| .333  .345| .400  .427| .733  .773|  90  .640   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3659 2538  435   4.6   100| .271  .266| .346  .345| .391  .386| .737  .731| 102  .526   5.7   0.5  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1943 24 NYY AL  3B  155    183  326   18   32  .966  .951  3.28  3.07            
 1946 27 NYY AL  3B   74     71  163   11   15  .955  .948  3.16  2.89            
 1947 28 NYY AL  3B  132    136  204   17   12  .952  .959  2.58  2.91             AS
 1948 29 NYY AL  3B  118    147  213   20   25  .947  .958  3.05  2.93            
 1949 30 NYY AL  3B   81     77  136   11   16  .951  .960  2.63  2.95            
                 1B   21    130   10    2   10  .986  .989  6.67  9.15            
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            
 1950 31 NYY AL  3B  100     82  169   11   20  .958  .960  2.51  3.04            
                 1B    5     14    0    1    1  .933  .986  2.80  8.52            
 1951 32 TOT     3B  137    107  332   11   32  .976  .953  3.20  3.08            
         NYY AL  3B   13      8   16    1    0  .960  .949  1.85  2.87            
         STL NL  3B  124     99  316   10   32  .976  .953  3.35  3.10            
 1952 33 STL NL  3B   89     56  177   12   10  .951  .954  2.62  2.92            
 1953 34 STL NL  3B   11      1    8    0    1 1.000  .947  0.82  2.72            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1949 30 NYY AL  1B   21    130   10    2   10  .986  .989  6.67  9.15            
 1950 31 NYY AL  1B    5     14    0    1    1  .933  .986  2.80  8.52            

 1949 30 NYY AL  2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            

 1943 24 NYY AL  3B  155    183  326   18   32  .966  .951  3.28  3.07            
 1946 27 NYY AL  3B   74     71  163   11   15  .955  .948  3.16  2.89            
 1947 28 NYY AL  3B  132    136  204   17   12  .952  .959  2.58  2.91            
 1948 29 NYY AL  3B  118    147  213   20   25  .947  .958  3.05  2.93            
 1949 30 NYY AL  3B   81     77  136   11   16  .951  .960  2.63  2.95            
 1950 31 NYY AL  3B  100     82  169   11   20  .958  .960  2.51  3.04            
 1951 32 TOT     3B  137    107  332   11   32  .976  .953  3.20  3.08            
         NYY AL  3B   13      8   16    1    0  .960  .949  1.85  2.87            
         STL NL  3B  124     99  316   10   32  .976  .953  3.35  3.10            
 1952 33 STL NL  3B   89     56  177   12   10  .951  .954  2.62  2.92            
 1953 34 STL NL  3B   11      1    8    0    1 1.000  .947  0.82  2.72            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B  897    860 1728  111  163  .959  .955  2.89  2.98            
                 1B   26    144   10    3   11  .981  .988  5.92  9.03            
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       924   1004 1738  114  174  .960  .957  2.97  3.15

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   5  20   3   6  1  1  0   3   0   3  .300  .300  .450   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   7  26   8   7  0  3  0   2   3   4  .269  .367  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
 1949   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .143  .143  .143   1  0   0   0   0 
 1950   WS    NYY PHI     W   4   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        4-0  18  59  11  14  1  4  0   5   3  12  .237  .286  .390   1  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-4-0.40
1947-AL-19-0.03
Car-471-0.43 shares

Games
1943 AL-155-1

At Bats
1943 AL-592-8

Hits
1943 AL-166-5

Triples
1947 AL-8-10

RBI
1943 AL-94-3
1947 AL-95-5

Singles
1943 AL-131-5

Hit By Pitch
1943 AL-4-9
1947 AL-6-2
1948 AL-4-10
1951 NL-6-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 AL-27-2
1947 AL-21-4
1948 AL-22-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 AL-19.7-9

Outs
1943 AL-464-6

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1030) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1936 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
May 14, 1951: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Bollweg and $15,000.
May 18, 1953: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1947 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1943-AL-4-0.40 1947-AL-19-0.03 Car-471-0.43 shares	Games 1943 AL-155-1	At Bats 1943 AL-592-8	Hits 1943 AL-166-5	Triples 1947 AL-8-10
RBI 1943 AL-94-3 1947 AL-95-5	Singles 1943 AL-131-5	Hit By Pitch 1943 AL-4-9 1947 AL-6-2 1948 AL-4-10 1951 NL-6-6	Grounded into Double Plays 1943 AL-27-2 1947 AL-21-4 1948 AL-22-4	At Bats per Strikeout 1943 AL-19.7-9	Outs 1943 AL-464-6