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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
3	3	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	47	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	52	11.0	3	5	2	10	0
9	9	May 2 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 4	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
12	12	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 6 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
16	16	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
21	21	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	22	May 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.1	0	3	1	4	0
23	23	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	24	May 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	25	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 27	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 28	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
29	29	May 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	30	May 30 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 31 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-10	CG	46	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
32	32	May 31 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	34	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	1	4	0
36	36	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	39	Jun 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	43	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 16	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
47	47	Jun 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
48	48	Jun 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	1	3	1	5	0
50	50	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
54	54	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	41	11.0	1	6	0	7	0
56	56	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
57	57	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
58	58	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	4	5	0	9	0
59	59	Jun 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	60	Jul 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
61	61	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
62	62	Jul 3 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jul 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	64	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
65	65	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
68	68	Jul 6	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	71	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 11 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 11 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 17	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 21	NYY		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
81	81	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	84	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
87	87	Jul 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	2	0	0	2	1
88	88	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	89	Jul 29	NYY		CLE	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	91	Jul 31	NYY		DET	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	94	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	95	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
96	96	Aug 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	97	Aug 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
98	98	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
99	99	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
100	100	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
101	101	Aug 11	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
102	102	Aug 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
103	103	Aug 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
104	104	Aug 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	106	Aug 15 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	109	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	110	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	67	13.1	0	3	0	3	0
111	111	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	51	13.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	113	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	114	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	115	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
116	116	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
117	117	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	119	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
120	120	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
121	121	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
122	122	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	123	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
124	124	Aug 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
127	127	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	128	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
129	129	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
130	130	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
131	131	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	132	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	133	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	135	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
136	136	Sep 14	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	137	Sep 15	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	138	Sep 16	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
139	139	Sep 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
141	141	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	142	Sep 22	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	143	Sep 23	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
144	144	Sep 24	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 25	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	2	4	0	6	0
146	146	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
147	147	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
148	148	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
149	149	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
150	150	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
151	151	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
152	152	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
153	153	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
154	154	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
155	155	Oct 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							155gm		1415.0	183	326	18	527	32