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Billy Johnson William Russell Johnson (Bull) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb. MLB Debut April 22, 1943 Final Game May 10, 1953 Born August 30, 1918 in Montclair, NJ Died June 20, 2006 (age 87)

• Had 7 hits in a game for NYA vs. CHA on April 15, 1947   (21 inning game)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 24 NYA AL  154  623   69  168  16   4   7   67  11   9   57   41  .270  .332  .342  .674   105   213   3   7   2   5  19  
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 NYA AL   87  319   31   77  14   4   5   39   1   3   28   60  .241  .302  .357  .660    95   114   1   5   3   2   6  
 1947 28 NYA AL  141  511   59  148  21   3  13   70   1   0   42   57  .290  .345  .419  .764   107   214   8   3   7   3  15  
 1948 29 NYA AL  115  433   55   93  16   5  12   38   0   0   48   25  .215  .300  .358  .658    93   155   5   1   1   5  15  
 1949 30 NYA AL   91  278   30   64  15   4   3   32   1   0   25   45  .230  .294  .345  .639    86    96   3   2   0   1   5  
 1950 31 NYA AL  109  355   46   85  16   1   7   42   0   0   41   32  .239  .318  .349  .668    90   124   3   4   0   2  17  
 1951 32 SLN NL  133  460   60  131  21   0  12   71   3   3   47   52  .285  .348  .409  .757   100   188   0   6   0   1  10  
 1952 33 SLN NL   88  239   19   66  10   2   0   25   2   3   27   24  .276  .348  .335  .683    98    80   1   1   3   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      918 3218  369  832 129  23  59  384  19  18  315  336  .259  .326  .368  .694        1184  24  29  16  19  91
 Per 600 PA           536   61  138  21   4  10   64   3   3   52   56                                 197   4   5   3   3  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA      697 2519  290  635  98  21  47  288  14  12  241  260  .252  .319  .364  .683         916  23  22  13  18  77
   With SLN      221  699   79  197  31   2  12   96   5   6   74   76  .282  .348  .383  .732         268   1   7   3   1  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      964 3253  419  882 141  33  61  487  13  11  347  290  .271  .346  .391  .737        1272  31          28 125
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1943 24 NYA AL  21   69   3.8   0   0   0  .000  19   81   61  .753    0    0  .000  3B   2e17      -36   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 NYA AL  35   34   3.6   0   0   0  .000  13   37   21  .568    0    0  .000  3B   2e25      -56   
 1947 28 NYA AL  15   72   5.0   7   1   0  .143  17   68   50  .735    0    0  .000  3B   2e19       -4   
 1948 29 NYA AL  35   45   3.4   5   2   1  .400   8   47   32  .681    0    0  .000  3B   2e26     -147   
 1949 30 NYA AL  69   29   3.5   9   2   0  .222  11   27   12  .444    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -83   
 1950 31 NYA AL  57   38   3.5   5   1   0  .200  11   52   36  .692    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -54   
 1951 32 SLN NL  32   66   5.1  17   6   0  .353   4   68   56  .824    0    0  .000  3B   2e12        1   
 1952 33 SLN NL  13   28   4.2  16   5   0  .312   8   34   23  .676    0    0  .000  3B   2e22       22   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          383   4.1  59  17   1  .288  91  414  291  .703    0    0  .000                 -44   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1943 24 NYA AL  3B   154   197   337   19   37   .966   154  1407.1   3.41
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 NYA AL  3B    87    93   182   13   15   .955    87   777.2   3.18
 1947 28 NYA AL  3B   137   153   356   17   40   .968   133  1237.0   3.70
 1948 29 NYA AL  3B   111    72   248    8   20   .976   104   948.1   3.04
 1949 30 NYA AL  3B    81    72   144   11   18   .952    69   622.2   3.12
                 2B     4     2     4    0    1  1.000     0    10.0   5.40
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.1   3.86
 1950 31 NYA AL  3B    90    73   145   10   25   .956    80   736.0   2.67
                 1B    17   128     9    1   14   .993    14   125.1   9.84
 1951 32 SLN NL  3B   112   147   296    4   25   .991   111  1009.1   3.95  GG
 1952 33 SLN NL  3B    68    64   143    8   13   .963    60   541.1   3.44
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   840   871  1851   90  193   .968   798  7279.2   3.37
                 1B    18   129     9    1   14   .993    14   127.2   9.73
                 2B     4     2     4    0    1  1.000     0    10.0   5.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1943 WS    NYA SLN   L    4  16  0  2  0  0  0   4  0  2  .125  .111  .125  0
 1950 WS    NYA BRN   W    3  11  2  4  1  0  2   3  1  1  .364  .417 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1950: Round 2 (#21 overall) by NYA

Transaction History

• No transactions for this player.

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1943 NYA 88-66 Billy Vanson 1946 NYA 81-73 Billy Vanson 1947 NYA 93-61 Billy Vanson 1948 NYA 79-75 Billy Vanson 1949 NYA 76-78 Billy Vanson 1950 NYA 105-49 Billy Vanson 1951 SLN 84-70 Mike Rescigno 1952 SLN 82-72 Mike Rescigno

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