Billy Johnson

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: August 30, 1918 in Montclair, NJ us

Died: June 20, 2006 in Augusta, GA

Buried: Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, GA

High School: Bloomfield Vocational-Technical HS (Bloomfield, NJ)

Debut: April 22, 1943 (Age 24-235d, 9,415th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 10, 1953 (Age 34-253d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: William Russell Johnson

Nicknames: Bull

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.4

3253

882

.271

419

RBI

487

OBP

.347

SLG

.391

OPS

.738

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	4	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
3	5	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
4	6	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	8	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
7	9	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	13 (3)	May 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
9	14	May 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	15	May 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	16	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	17	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	20 (2)	May 9	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
14	21	May 10	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	23 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	24	May 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	26 (1)	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
18	29 (2)	May 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	32 (2)	May 25	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	34 (1)	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	35	May 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	40 (4)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	42 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
24	44 (1)	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	46 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	49	Jun 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	50	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	7.1	1	1	0	2	0
30	51	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	53 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	54	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	56 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	58 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
35	59	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	61 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,12-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	62	Jun 24	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	63	Jun 25	NYY		DET	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
39	64	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	65	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	66	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	67	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	68	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	69	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	70	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	71	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	49	10.1	1	3	1	5	0
47	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	74	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	75	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
51	76	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	12	0	0	12	0
52	77	Jul 9	NYY		WSH	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
53	78	Jul 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	79	Jul 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
55	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	81	Jul 17 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	82	Jul 17 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	83	Jul 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	9.2	1	5	0	6	1
59	87 (3)	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	GF	7	2.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	89 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	1
61	91 (1)	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
62	92	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	93	Jul 30	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
64	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	95	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	96	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	99 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-2	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	1
68	100	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	101	Aug 6	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	102	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,20-2	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	103	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		SLB	T,2-2	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
72	104	Aug 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	106 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	109 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	112 (1)	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	113	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
78	114	Aug 19	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	116 (1)	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	117	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
81	119 (1)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	122 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	123	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	0	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	124	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
85	125	Aug 31	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	126	Sep 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	128 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
88	129	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
89	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	2
90	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	132	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
92	133	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
93	134	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
94	144 (9)	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	GS	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
95	145	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	L,9-10	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
96	147 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	149 (1)	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	150	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	GS	22	4.0	5	1	0	6	1
99	152 (1)	Sep 28	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	154 (1)	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	155	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							103gm		767.0	207	146	13	366	26