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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	51 (50)	Jun 9 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	GF	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	52	Jun 9 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	53	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	54	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
5	55	Jun 12	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	56	Jun 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	57	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	58	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
9	59	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
10	60	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
11	61	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	62	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	63	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
14	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	55	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	2	4	1
17	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	68	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	69	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	70	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	77 (6)	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	78	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	89 (10)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	96 (6)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	98 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	99	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
28	101	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	102	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	0	2	0	2	0
30	103	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	104	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	105	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	106	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	107	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
35	108	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	109	Aug 14	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	110	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
38	111	Aug 15 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	112	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	114	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	115	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	116	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	117	Aug 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
45	118	Aug 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
48	121	Aug 23	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
49	122	Aug 24	NYY		SLB	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
50	123	Aug 25	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
51	124	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
52	125	Aug 27	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	126	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	127	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	129	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	130	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
58	131	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	132	Sep 4	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	133	Sep 5	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	134	Sep 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	136	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	137	Sep 8 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	138	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	139	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	28	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	140	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
68	141	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
69	142	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
70	143	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
71	145 (1)	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	146	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
73	147	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
74	148	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
75	149	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							74gm		641.0	71	163	11	245	15