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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-10	CG	50	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	4	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,14-7	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
4	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	6	Apr 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	7	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	9 (1)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11 (1)	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	12	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,0-15	CG	51	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
10	14 (1)	May 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	15	May 7	NYY		DET	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	17 (1)	May 9	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
13	19 (1)	May 11 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GF	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 3B
14	20	May 12	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	23 (2)	May 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
16	24	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-9		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	25	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	26	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	28 (1)	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
20	31 (2)	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
21	32	May 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
22	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
23	36	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	37	Jun 1	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
25	39 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
26	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	43 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-16	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
28	44	Jun 7	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	46 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		DET	L,7-13	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	48 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
31	50 (1)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
32	51	Jun 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	2	3B
33	52	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B 1B
34	54 (1)	Jun 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	58 (3)	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
36	60 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	41	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
37	62 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
38	63	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
39	64	Jun 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
40	65	Jun 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	67 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	68	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	69	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	70	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-9	GF	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	71	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
48	74	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,12-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	75	Jul 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	76	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	77	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	78	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
53	79	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
54	82 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
55	87 (4)	Jul 21	NYY		DET	W,14-5	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	91 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	93 (1)	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	95 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	98 (2)	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	34	7.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
60	100 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	103 (2)	Aug 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
62	104	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	105	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	108 (2)	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	109	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-10	GS	33	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
66	110	Aug 15 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
67	111	Aug 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	112	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	113	Aug 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	114	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	GF	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 3B
71	115	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
72	116	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
73	118 (1)	Aug 23	NYY		DET	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	119	Aug 24	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
75	121 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
76	122	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GS	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	124 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	125	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
79	126	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
80	127	Aug 31	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	128	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
82	129	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
83	130	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
84	131	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
86	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	134	Sep 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	135	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
89	136	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
90	137	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
91	138	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
92	139	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
93	140	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,7-9	GS	35	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
94	142 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
95	144 (1)	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	146 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
97	147	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	148	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GF	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	149	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
100	150	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	151	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GF	13	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	3B
103	153	Sep 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-6	GF	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	154	Sep 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
							105gm		785.1	96	169	12	277	21