Billy Johnson

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1943-1953 (1943-1953)
Proper Name
William Russell Johnson
Nickname
Bull
Positions
3B (897) ... 1B (26) ... 2B (1)
Height / Weight
5-10 / 180
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Death Date
June 20,2006   Age:  87.294
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
johnb108
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Billy Johnson [William Russell Johnson] is a former Major Leaguer who played 9 MLB seasons between 1943-1953. His birthday is August 30th, 1918He died on June 20th, 2006 at the age of 87. Made his Major League Debut on April 18th, 1950 at the age of 31. His most frequent teammate throughout his career, based on statistics listed below was Tommy Byrne [7 seasons]. Johnson played 7 seasons with the New York Yankees organization and 3 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. Participated in the MLB World Series 4x [1943,1947,1949,1950]. Hit a career high 14 home runs with the New York Yankees,St. Louis Cardinals in 1951. Had a career high 95 runs batted in with the New York Yankees in 1947. Had a career high .294 Batting Average for the New ...
York Yankees in 1948. Had a career high .805 OPS for the New York Yankees in 1948.

Career Transactions: Traded from New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals for Don Bollweg on May 14th, 1951.

Career Notes: World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1943. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1947. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1949. World Series Champion with New York Yankees in 1950.

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#ageposlnptbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1943New York YankeesALMLBNYA7241051555927016624659435533046002721765535131.280.344.367.711.172.087.0008.094.580.57118.40
1946New York YankeesALMLBNYA2427103852965177145435103142250051133342354.260.334.382.716.230.122.0009.2812.571.3574.00
1947New York YankeesALMLBNYA262810613249467141198109512444363002120654737104.285.351.417.768.219.132.0008.047.860.9849.40
1948New York YankeesALMLBNYA24291091274465913120612640041304100221994923893.294.358.446.804.244.152.0008.336.100.7337.17
1949New York YankeesALMLBNYA243010011332948821138561048442400151233832260.249.348.374.722.274.125.00012.5311.490.9241.13
1950New York YankeesALMLBNYA24315/367/599710832744851626401042301200121233722461.260.346.376.722.248.116.00011.298.060.7154.50
1951New York YankeesALMLBNYA24325/7/610415405123004017001002154839.300.404.375.779.225.075.00014.580.000.000.00
1951St. Louis CardinalsNLMLBSLN1325/7/65481041244425211623114645346496800121835023878.262.340.414.754.260.152.0009.169.761.0731.57
1952St. Louis CardinalsNLMLBSLN1335//78699794282237110223410342131009913201457.252.339.323.662.195.071.00010.636.560.62141.00
1953St. Louis CardinalsNLMLB 1345//561150110010011000002610.200.333.400.733.400.200.00016.6716.671.000.00
Tot:MLB (9 yrs) MLB      96432534198821413361487131134729028310012512723659235647.271.346.391.737.227.120.2839.487.930.8453.33
Tot:NL (3 yrs) NL      22972975188343169963817199002127682853135.258.339.379.718.236.121.2689.788.570.8845.56
Tot:AL (7 yrs) AL      73525243446941073045388782662191922001049962831182512.275.349.395.743.225.120.2879.407.740.8256.09
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1943New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs2452036110300030000092024.300.300.450.750.150.150.3530.0015.000.000.00
1947American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28100000000000000000000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1947New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs28726870302003400000132934.269.345.500.845.346.231.31810.3413.791.330.00
1949New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs30270100001002000001701.143.143.143.286.143.000.2000.0028.570.000.00
1950New York YankeesWorld SeriesPlayoffs31460000000003000000600.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0050.000.000.00
Tot:AllStar (1 Yrs) AllStar 100000000000000000000
Tot:Playoffs (4 Yrs) Playoffs 1859111414051031200000236259.237.274.390.664.220.153.2984.8419.354.00

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