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Bill Johnson
William F. Johnson (Sleepy Bill)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 140 lb.

Debut June 27, 1884
Final Game April 27, 1892
Born September, 1862 in New Jersey
Died July 17, 1942 in Chester, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 PHK UA   1    4    0    0   0  0   0        0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1887 24 IND NL  11   42    3    8   0  0   0    3   5      0   6  .190  .209  .190   14    8               1    
 1890 27 BAL AA  24   95   15   28   2  3   0    6   8      7      .295  .350  .379  106   36               1    
 1891 28 BAL AA 129  480  101  130  13 14   2   79  32     89  55  .271  .389  .369  116  177               4    
 1892 29 BLN NL   4   15    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      2   0  .133  .235  .133   11    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      169  636  121  168  15 17   2   90  45  0  98  61  .264  .368  .351  105  223   0   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610  116  161  14 16   2   86  43  0  94  58  .264  .368  .351  105  214   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    129  480  101  130  13 14   2   79  32  0  89  55  .271  .389  .369  116  177   0   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 PHK UA    4    4    0   0.0    56| .000  .238| .000  .264| .000  .308| .000  .572|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1887 24 IND NL   43   34    2   1.5    94| .190  .270| .209  .327| .190  .384| .399  .711|  14  .126  -4.9  -0.5     
 1890 27 BAL AA  103   67   12   4.6    93| .295  .270| .350  .350| .379  .355| .729  .705| 106  .591   0.3   0.0     
 1891 28 BAL AA  573  350   68   5.1    93| .271  .264| .389  .347| .369  .356| .758  .703| 116  .604  13.1   1.4     
 1892 29 BLN NL   17   13    0   0.0    83| .133  .255| .235  .329| .133  .341| .368  .670|  11  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       740  468   82   4.6    92| .264  .265| .368  .346| .351  .357| .719  .703| 105  .560   6.2   0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 21 PHK UA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 1 0 0 1887 24 IND NL OF 11 11 2 4 0 .765 .884 1.18 1.92 0 0 11 1890 27 BAL AA OF 24 39 6 7 3 .865 .916 1.88 1.79 0 0 24 1891 28 BAL AA OF 129 235 28 37 5 .877 .907 2.04 1.83 60 24 46 1892 29 BLN NL OF 4 4 0 2 0 .667 .909 1.00 1.85 1 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 PHK UA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 1 0 0 1887 24 IND NL OF 11 11 2 4 0 .765 .884 1.18 1.92 0 0 11 1890 27 BAL AA OF 24 39 6 7 3 .865 .916 1.88 1.79 0 0 24 1891 28 BAL AA OF 129 235 28 37 5 .877 .907 2.04 1.83 60 24 46 1892 29 BLN NL OF 4 4 0 2 0 .667 .909 1.00 1.85 1 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 169 289 36 50 8 .867 .907 1.92 1.83 62 24 84 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 169 289 36 50 8 .867 .907 1.92 1.83
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1891 AA-14-8

Bases on Balls
1891 AA-89-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1992) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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