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Bill Johnson
William F. Johnson (Sleepy Bill)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 140 lb.

Born: September, 1862 in NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1884
Final Game: April 27, 1892
Died: July 17, 1942 in Chester, PA
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Bill Johnson
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	21	PHK	UA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		/O

1887	24	IND	NL	11	43	42	3	8	0	0	0	3	5	0	6	.190	.209	.190	.400	14	8	1	O

1890	27	BAL	AA	24	103	95	15	28	2	3	0	6	8	7		.295	.350	.379	.728	106	36	1	O
1891	28	BAL	AA	129	573	480	101	130	13	14	2	79	32	89	55	.271	.389	.369	.758	116	177	4	*O
1892	29	BLN	NL	4	17	15	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	11	2	0	/O
5 Seasons				169	740	636	121	168	15	17	2	90	45	98	61	.264	.368	.351	.718	105	223	6
162 Game Avg.				162	709	610	116	161	14	16	2	86	43	94		.264	.368	.351	.718	105	214

BLN (3 yrs)				157	693	590	118	160	15	17	2	87	40	98	55	.271	.380	.364	.744	112	215	5
IND (1 yr)				11	43	42	3	8	0	0	0	3	5	0	6	.190	.209	.190	.400	14	8	1
PHK (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0

AA (2 yrs)				153	676	575	116	158	15	17	2	85	40	96	55	.275	.383	.370	.754	114	213	5
NL (2 yrs)				15	60	57	5	10	0	0	0	5	5	2	6	.175	.217	.175	.392	13	10	1
UA (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1884	21	PHK	UA	4	4	0	0.0	56	.000	.000	.238	.000	.264	.000	.308	.000	.572	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1887	24	IND	NL	43	34	2	1.5	94	.222	.190	.270	.209	.327	.190	.384	.400	.711	14	.126	-4.9	-0.5	.412	.119	.000	.0

1890	27	BAL	AA	103	67	12	4.6	93	.295	.295	.270	.350	.350	.379	.355	.728	.705	106	.591	0.3	0.0	.776	.242	.084	.0
1891	28	BAL	AA	573	350	68	5.1	93	.303	.271	.264	.389	.347	.369	.356	.758	.703	116	.604	13.1	1.4	.863	.350	.098	3.8
1892	29	BLN	NL	17	13	0	0.0	83	.133	.133	.255	.235	.329	.133	.341	.369	.670	11	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.308	.133	.000
5 Seasons				740	468	82	4.6	92	.290	.264	.265	.368	.346	.351	.357	.718	.703	105	.560	6.2	0.6	.795	.311	.086	3.8
162 Game Avg.				709	449	79	4.6	92	.290	.264	.265	.368	.346	.351	.357	.718	.703	105	.560	6	1	.795	.311	.086	4

BLN (3 yrs)				693	430	80	4.9	93	.296	.271	.264	.380	.347	.364	.355	.744	.703	112	.589	11.8	1.2	.833	.327	.093	3.8
IND (1 yr)				43	34	2	1.5	94	.222	.190	.270	.209	.327	.190	.384	.400	.711	14	.126	-4.9	-0.5	.412	.119	.000	.0
PHK (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	56	.000	.000	.238	.000	.264	.000	.308	.000	.572	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AA (2 yrs)				676	417	80	5.0	93	.301	.275	.265	.383	.348	.370	.356	.754	.704	114	.601	13.4	1.4	.849	.332	.096	3.8
NL (2 yrs)				60	47	2	1.1	91	.196	.175	.266	.217	.328	.175	.373	.392	.701	13	.081	-6.5	-0.7	.383	.123	.000	.0
UA (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	56	.000	.000	.238	.000	.264	.000	.308	.000	.572	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1884	21	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1885	22	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1886	23	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1887	24	12	47	46	3	8	0	0	0	3	5	0	6	.174	.191	.174	.365	6	8	1
1888	25	12	47	46	3	8	0	0	0	3	5	0	6	.174	.191	.174	.365	6	8	1
1889	26	12	47	46	3	8	0	0	0	3	5	0	6	.174	.191	.174	.365	6	8	1
1890	27	36	150	141	18	36	2	3	0	9	13	7	6	.255	.300	.312	.612	74	44	2
1891	28	165	723	621	119	166	15	17	2	88	45	96	61	.267	.371	.356	.727	107	221	6
1892	29	169	740	636	121	168	15	17	2	90	45	98	61	.264	.368	.351	.718	105	223	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1884	21	2	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1887	24	14	55	54	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	8	.000	.018	.000	.018	1	11

1890	27	32	130	121	15	31	2	3	0	6	9	8	0	.256	.308	.322	.630	12	24
1891	28	169	700	599	99	142	14	15	2	77	35	97	72	.237	.347	.321	.668	67	129
1892	29	4	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	4
5 Seasons		221	912	799	117	173	16	18	2	86	50	107	80	.217	.314	.289	.603	80	169
162 Game Avg.		162	669	586	86	127	12	13	1	63	37	78		.217	.314	.289	.603	59	169

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1891 AA 14 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1891 AA 89 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Earl Smith (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Mackiewicz (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50