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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
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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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