Billy Johnson (MLB)

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Full Name: William Russell Johnson	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: April 22, 1943
Birthdate: August 30, 1918	Final Game: May 10, 1953
Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: June 20, 2006
Deathplace: Augusta, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Billy Johnson (William Russell Johnson) was born on August 30, 1918 in Montclair, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1943 for the New York Yankees. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 5 home runs and 94 RBI. Johnson played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Johnson's best season was 1943, when he hit for a .280 average and knocked in 94 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	NY	A	155	592	70	166	5	94	.280	.344	.367	24	6	53	30	4	6	3	0	27
1946	NY	A	85	296	51	77	4	35	.260	.334	.382	14	5	31	42	2	5	1	0	5
1947	NY	A	132	494	67	141	10	95	.285	.351	.417	19	8	44	43	6	3	1	0	21
1948	NY	A	127	446	59	131	12	64	.294	.358	.446	20	6	41	30	4	1	0	0	22
1949	NY	A	113	329	48	82	8	56	.249	.348	.374	11	3	48	44	2	4	1	0	15
1950	NY	A	108	327	44	85	6	40	.260	.346	.376	16	2	42	30	1	2	1	0	12
1951	STL	N	124	442	52	116	14	64	.262	.340	.414	23	1	46	49	6	8	5	0	12
1951	NY	A	15	40	5	12	0	4	.300	.404	.375	3	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	2
1951	Total		139	482	57	128	14	68	.266	.346	.411	26	1	53	49	6	9	5	0	14
1952	STL	N	94	282	23	71	2	34	.252	.339	.323	10	2	34	21	3	1	1	0	9
1953	STL	N	11	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.333	.400	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		229	729	75	188	16	99	.258	.339	.379	34	3	81	71	9	9	6	0	21
Total	AL		735	2524	344	694	45	388	.275	.349	.395	107	30	266	219	19	22	7	0	104
Total			964	3253	419	882	61	487	.271	.346	.391	141	33	347	290	28	31	13	0	125

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	NY	A	3B	155	0	0	183	326	18	32	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1946	NY	A	3B	74	0	0	71	163	11	15	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1947	NY	A	3B	132	0	0	136	204	17	12	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1948	NY	A	3B	118	0	0	147	213	20	25	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1949	NY	A	3B	81	0	0	77	136	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1949	NY	A	1B	21	0	0	130	10	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1949	NY	A	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1950	NY	A	3B	100	0	0	82	169	11	20	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1950	NY	A	1B	5	0	0	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1951	STL	N	3B	124	0	0	99	316	10	32	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1951	NY	A	3B	13	0	0	8	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1951	Total		3B	137	0	0	107	332	11	32	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1952	STL	N	3B	89	0	0	56	177	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1953	STL	N	3B	11	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	26	0	0	144	10	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.981
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	897	0	0	860	1728	111	163	0	0	0	0	0	.959

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1936).
Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Don Bollweg and $15000 (May 14, 1951).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (May 18, 1953).

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