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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	12	May 4	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
14	14	May 8 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
15	15	May 8 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 9	NYY		CHW	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	17	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
18	18	May 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 14	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 15 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	21	May 15 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
22	22	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
23	23	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	24	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	25	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	27	May 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
29	29	May 25	NYY	@	DET	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	31	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
32	32	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	0	7	0	7	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	36	May 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 2	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
39	39	Jun 3	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	49	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
40	40	Jun 4	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
42	42	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 7	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
45	45	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	53	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
47	47	Jun 12 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
48	48	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
50	50	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	54	10.2	1	1	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
57	57	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	63 (4)	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	64	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	65	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	66	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	42	12.0	2	8	0	10	2
63	67	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	68	Jul 4	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
65	69	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	70	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
67	71	Jul 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	72	Jul 7	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	73	Jul 8	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	74	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
71	75	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	76	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
73	77	Jul 15	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	78	Jul 16	NYY		SLB	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	79	Jul 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	80	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	81	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	CG	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	82	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
80	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	85	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
82	86	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	87	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG	49	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
84	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	90	Jul 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	91	Jul 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
88	92	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	93	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	94	Aug 1 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	95	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	97	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	98	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	99	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
97	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
98	102	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	103	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
100	104	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	GS	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	109 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	115 (5)	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	117 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
104	120 (2)	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
105	122 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		DET	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
106	123	Aug 30	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	126 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	130 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	134 (3)	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	135	Sep 11	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	137 (1)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	140 (2)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	141	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	143 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	144	Sep 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
118	149 (2)	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							118gm		1024.1	147	213	20	380	25