Billy Johnson

William Russell Johnson
Born: August 30, 1918
Montclair, NJ USA
Deceased: 2006
Augusta, GA USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
Career: 1943-1953
Minor League Statistics

Billy Johnson compiled a career batting average of .271 with 61 home runs and 487 RBI in his 964-game career with the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1943 season and last took the field during the 1953 campaign.

New York Yankees

St. Louis Cardinals

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1943	AL	New York Yankees	155	655	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	3	5	53	30	.280	.344	.367	.710	217	27	4	6
1946	AL	New York Yankees	85	334	296	51	77	14	5	4	35	1	0	31	42	.260	.334	.382	.716	113	5	2	5
1947	AL	New York Yankees	132	547	494	67	141	19	8	10	95	1	2	44	43	.285	.351	.417	.768	206	21	6	3
1948	AL	New York Yankees	127	492	446	59	131	20	6	12	64	0	0	41	30	.294	.358	.446	.805	199	22	4	1
1949	AL	New York Yankees	113	383	329	48	82	11	3	8	56	1	0	48	44	.249	.348	.374	.722	123	15	2	4
1950	AL	New York Yankees	108	372	327	44	85	16	2	6	40	1	0	42	30	.260	.346	.376	.722	123	12	1	2
1951	AL	New York Yankees	15	48	40	5	12	3	0	0	4	0	1	7	0	.300	.404	.375	.779	15	2	0	1
1951	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	124	502	442	52	116	23	1	14	64	5	3	46	49	.262	.340	.414	.754	183	12	6	8
1952	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	94	320	282	23	71	10	2	2	34	1	0	34	21	.252	.339	.323	.661	91	9	3	1
1953	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	11	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	0
Totals			964	3659	3253	419	882	141	33	61	487	13	11	347	290	.271	.346	.391	.737	1272	125	28	31

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1943	AL	New York Yankees	3B	155	183	326	18	32	.966	3.284
1946	AL	New York Yankees	3B	74	71	163	11	15	.955	3.162
1947	AL	New York Yankees	3B	132	136	204	17	12	.952	2.576
1948	AL	New York Yankees	3B	118	147	213	20	25	.947	3.051
1949	AL	New York Yankees	1B	21	130	10	2	10	.986	6.667
1949	AL	New York Yankees	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1949	AL	New York Yankees	3B	81	77	136	11	16	.951	2.630
1950	AL	New York Yankees	1B	5	14	0	1	1	.933	2.800
1950	AL	New York Yankees	3B	100	82	169	11	20	.958	2.510
1951	AL	New York Yankees	3B	13	8	16	1	0	.960	1.846
1951	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	124	99	316	10	32	.976	3.347
1952	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	89	56	177	12	10	.951	2.618
1953	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	11	1	8	0	1	1.000	.818
Totals				924	1004	1738	114	174	.960	2.968

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP
1943	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	20	20	3	6	1	1	3	0	0	3	.300	.300	.450	.750	9	2	0
1947	AL	New York Yankees	WS	7	30	26	8	7	0	3	2	0	3	4	.269	.367	.500	.867	13	1	1
1949	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0
1950	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals				18	63	59	11	14	1	4	5	1	3	12	.237	.286	.390	.676	23	3	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1943	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3B	5	5	45.0	2	9	1	0	.917	2.200	2.200
1947	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3B	7	7	61.7	11	14	0	1	1.000	3.649	3.571
1949	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3B	2	2	18.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.500	3.500
1950	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3B	4	1	17.0	1	5	0	1	1.000	3.176	1.500
Totals					18	15	141.7	16	33	1	2	.980	3.113	2.722

Awards

1943 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B

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