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Billy Johnson
Full name William Russell Johnson Born August 30, 1918, Montclair, New Jersey Died June 20, 2006, Augusta, Georgia Buried at Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Georgia First Game: April 22, 1943 ; Final Game: May 10, 1953 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 Named third baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1943) Ejections: 1946 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1943 NY A Daily Splits 155 592 70 166 24 6 5 94 53 6 30 4 6 0 8 27 3 5 .280 .344 .367 2.0 1943 NY A
1946 NY A Daily Splits 85 296 51 77 14 5 4 35 31 1 42 2 5 0 4 5 1 0 .260 .334 .382 0.7 1946 NY A
1947 NY A Daily Splits 132 494 67 141 19 8 10 95 44 4 43 6 3 0 9 21 1 2 .285 .351 .417 -1.0 1947 NY A
1948 NY A Daily Splits 127 446 59 131 20 6 12 64 41 3 30 4 1 0 6 22 0 0 .294 .358 .446 1.0 1948 NY A
1949 NY A Daily Splits 113 329 48 82 11 3 8 56 48 1 44 2 4 0 6 15 1 0 .249 .348 .374 -0.8 1949 NY A
1950 NY A Daily Splits 108 327 44 85 16 2 6 40 42 3 30 1 2 0 11 12 1 0 .260 .346 .376 -1.1 1950 NY A
1951 NY A Daily Splits 15 40 5 12 3 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 .300 .404 .375 -0.3 1951 NY A
1951 STL N Daily Splits 124 442 52 116 23 1 14 64 46 5 49 6 8 0 11 12 5 3 .262 .340 .414 1.0 1951 STL N
1951 Total 139 482 57 128 26 1 14 68 53 5 49 6 9 0 13 14 5 4 .266 .346 .411 0.7 1951 Total
1952 STL N Daily Splits 94 282 23 71 10 2 2 34 34 5 21 3 1 0 1 9 1 0 .252 .339 .323 -0.5 1952 STL N
1953 STL N Daily Splits 11 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .400 0.1 1953 STL N
Total NL ( 3 Years) 229 729 75 188 34 3 16 99 81 10 71 9 9 0 12 21 6 3 .258 .339 .379 0.6 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years) 735 2524 344 694 107 30 45 388 266 18 219 19 22 0 46 104 7 8 .275 .349 .395 0.5 Total AL
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 964 3253 419 882 141 33 61 487 347 28 290 28 31 0 58 125 13 11 .271 .346 .391 1.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1943 NY A Daily Splits 5 20 3 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .300 .300 .450 1943 NY A
1947 NY A Daily Splits 7 26 8 7 0 3 0 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .269 .367 .500 1947 NY A
1949 NY A Daily Splits 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .143 .143 1949 NY A
1950 NY A Daily Splits 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NY A
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 18 59 11 14 1 4 0 5 3 0 12 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 .237 .286 .390 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1947 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1943 NY A Daily Splits 3B 155 155 155 1415.1 183 326 18 32 0 .966
1946 NY A Daily Splits 3B 75 71 68 641 71 163 11 15 0 .955
1947 NY A Daily Splits 3B 132 129 128 1146.1 136 204 17 12 0 .952
1948 NY A Daily Splits 3B 118 116 113 1024.1 147 213 20 25 0 .947
1949 NY A Daily Splits 3B 81 68 65 628 77 136 11 16 0 .951
1949 NY A 1B 21 16 13 145 130 10 2 10 0 .986
1949 NY A 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1950 NY A Daily Splits 3B 100 82 73 764.1 82 169 11 20 0 .958
1950 NY A 1B 5 2 2 21 14 0 1 1 0 .933
1951 NY A Daily Splits 3B 13 10 10 103 8 16 1 0 0 .960
1951 STL N Daily Splits 3B 124 121 119 1088.2 99 316 10 32 0 .976
1951 Total 3B 137 131 129 1191.2 107 332 11 32 0 .976
1952 STL N Daily Splits 3B 89 80 74 713 56 177 12 10 0 .951
1953 STL N Daily Splits 3B 11 0 0 24 1 8 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 3B 898 832 805 7548 860 1728 111 163 0 .959
Total ( 2 Years) 1B 26 18 15 166 144 10 3 11 0 .981
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1943 NY A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 45 2 9 1 0 0 .917
1947 NY A Daily Splits 3B 7 7 7 61.2 11 14 0 1 0 1.000
1949 NY A Daily Splits 3B 2 2 2 18 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1950 NY A Daily Splits 3B 4 1 1 17 1 5 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 3B 18 15 15 141.2 16 33 1 2 0 .980
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1947 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-18-1946(2) BOX NY A Cal Hubbard Called third strike (Bumped umpire)
Transaction Information
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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