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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	GS	0	7.0	1	3	1	5	0
3	3	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
7	7	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 26	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 27	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 28	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	STL		BRO	W,14-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	17 (3)	May 4 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	18	May 4 (2)	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26 (7)	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
17	27	May 16	STL	@	BSN	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
18	39 (11)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
19	40	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	41	Jun 1 (1)	STL		NYG	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	42	Jun 1 (2)	STL		NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	43	Jun 2	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	44	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
24	45	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
25	46	Jun 5	STL		BSN	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	48 (1)	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	57 (8)	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	61 (3)	Jun 19	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	62	Jun 20	STL	@	BSN	L,7-12	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	63	Jun 21	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	64	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	65	Jun 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	66	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	67	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
35	68	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
36	69	Jun 27	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	70	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	71	Jun 29	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	72	Jun 30	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	73	Jul 1	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	74	Jul 2	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	75	Jul 3	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	76	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	77	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	78	Jul 5	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	79	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	80	Jul 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	81	Jul 10	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	82	Jul 11	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	83	Jul 12	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	84	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
52	85	Jul 15	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
53	86	Jul 16	STL		NYG	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	87	Jul 17	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	88	Jul 18	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
56	89	Jul 19	STL		BSN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	90	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
58	91	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
59	92	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	93	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
61	94	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
62	95	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	96	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	97	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
65	98	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	99	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	100	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
68	101	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	102	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
70	103	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	104	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
72	105	Aug 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	106	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	107	Aug 8	STL	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	108	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
76	109	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	110	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	111	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS	19	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
79	113 (1)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	120 (6)	Aug 22	STL		NYG	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	130 (9)	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
83	132	Sep 3	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	133	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,1-0	GS	20	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
85	148 (14)	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
86	149	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	150	Sep 24	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
88	151	Sep 25	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	152	Sep 26	STL		CHC	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							89gm		712.0	56	177	12	245	10