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Bill Johnson

William Lawrence Johnson

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 18, 1892 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1916
Team: Athletics 1916-1917

Final Game: July 4, 1917
Died: November 5, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1916 23 PHA AL 4 15 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .333 .600 84 5 0 0 /O
1917 24 PHA AL 48 124 109 7 19 2 2 1 8 4 8 14 .174 .237 .257 .494 52 28 1 6 O
2 Seasons 52 139 124 8 23 3 2 1 9 4 0 8 18 .185 .241 .266 .507 56 33 1 6
162 Game Avg. 162 433 386 25 72 9 6 3 28 12 25 56 .185 .241 .266 .507 56 103 3 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 23 PHA AL 15 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /O
1917 24 PHA AL 124 -7 0 0 0 -3 -2 4 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.6 -0.3 $ O
2 Seasons 139 -8 0 0 0 -3 -2 5 -8 -1.0 -5 -0.6 -0.4 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 PHA AL 23 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .962 2.12 0-4-0
1917 PHA AL 24 OF 30 40 31 5 4 2 .900 1.20 .967 2.22 2-1-27
2 Seasons OF 34 44 35 5 4 2 .909 1.18 .967 2.21 2-5-27
2 Seasons TOT 34 44 35 5 4 2 .909 1.18 .967 2.21 2-5-27
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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