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Billy
Johnson		  
Nickname: Bull
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 30, 1918 in Usa, NJ, MONTCLAIR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955   
All-Star Selections 1952    1954   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1944 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1945 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1946 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1947 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1948 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1949 30 NYG NL $ 368,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1950 31 NYG NL $ 2,394,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1951 32 NYG NL $ 2,400,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1952 33 DET AL $ 2,400,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1953 34 TAM AL $ 2,400,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1954 35 TAM AL $ 2,400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1955 36 TAM AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1956 37 DET AL $ 2,750,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1957 38 DET AL $ 2,750,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 24 BSN NL 50 191 24 57 18 1 1 20 0 0 19 12 .298 .363 .419 .782 26.8 5.6
    AAA   80 298 36 104 19 2 4 43 3 6 46 15 .349 .436 .466 .902 56.7  
1944 25 BSN NL 156 565 63 144 20 6 14 79 2 0 55 16 .255 .323 .386 .709 70.7 9.0
1945 26 BSN NL 26 89 5 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 .213 .242 .236 .478 4.4 0.0
  NYG NL 15 28 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .357 .400 .500 .900 4.6 0.9
  TOT   41 117 9 29 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 1 .248 .280 .299 .579 9.0 0.9
    AAA   79 305 53 96 18 2 6 32 7 7 46 5 .315 .405 .446 .850 53.3  
1946 27 NYG NL 31 81 8 15 1 1 1 7 0 0 8 3 .185 .258 .259 .518 4.1 0.0
    AAA   81 322 35 101 21 2 6 43 6 3 33 3 .314 .377 .447 .825 52.0  
1947 28 NYG NL 29 49 8 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 .224 .333 .265 .599 4.9 0.4
1948 29 NYG NL 65 115 17 29 5 2 1 9 1 0 13 2 .252 .333 .357 .690 14.5 2.3
1949 30 NYG NL 107 294 50 96 20 3 4 43 0 0 38 9 .327 .403 .456 .859 49.2 9.8
1950 31 NYG NL 150 566 92 168 34 2 9 59 1 0 74 10 .297 .378 .412 .790 88.0 14.2
1951 32 NYG NL 134 330 45 88 11 1 6 48 1 0 23 13 .267 .317 .361 .677 33.7 2.2
1952 33 DET AL 152 564 92 189 35 4 11 76 0 0 60 7 .335 .398 .470 .868 94.3 17.0
1953 34 DET AL 74 262 33 76 15 2 6 40 0 1 25 6 .290 .351 .431 .782 37.2 5.3
  TAM AL 59 135 12 32 7 0 1 22 0 0 9 5 .237 .283 .311 .594 10.8 0.4
  TOT   133 397 45 108 22 2 7 62 0 1 34 11 .272 .328 .390 .718 48.0 5.7
1954 35 TAM AL 153 556 69 164 29 5 7 97 1 0 58 11 .295 .359 .403 .762 77.1 13.2
1955 36 TAM AL 153 623 71 154 22 4 7 68 2 1 43 23 .247 .299 .329 .628 62.5 7.7
1956 37 DET AL 107 306 35 94 10 3 3 27 0 0 18 30 .307 .346 .389 .734 38.0 5.6
1957 38 DET AL 40 64 6 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 .188 .246 .219 .465 1.7 0.0
    AAA   56 227 31 62 7 4 1 15 4 0 22 32 .273 .337 .352 .690 28.0  
15 Years Sim 1501 4818 634 1358 235 35 71 607 8 2 462 155 .282 .345 .389 .734 622.4 93.5
4 Years AAA 296 1152 155 363 65 10 17 133 20 16 147 55 .315 .393 .433 .826 189.9  
162 Game Average 519 68 146 25 3 7 65 0 0 49 16 .282 .345 .389 .734 67.2  
Career Highs 156 623 92 189 35 6 14 97 2 1 74 30 .335 .403 .470 .868 94.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3020 414 862 144 21 42 384 4 2 272 104 .285 .345 .389 .733 398.9
vs LH   1798 220 496 91 14 29 223 4 0 190 51 .276 .345 .390 .736 243.2
Home 756 2377 312 670 115 21 34 298 6 1 231 71 .282 .346 .391 .737 319.0
Away 745 2441 322 688 120 14 37 309 2 1 231 84 .282 .344 .388 .732 323.0
RISP   1191 0 327 59 7 20 497 0 0 138 38 .275 .343 .386 .730 163.0
Pinch Hitting   203 23 55 7 0 2 30 0 0 17 11 .271 .326 .335 .661 22.5
Close/Late   619 69 169 21 0 10 70 0 0 67 25 .273 .345 .355 .701 78.1
Mar/Apr 243 806 113 242 43 7 17 94 3 0 73 18 .300 .358 .434 .792 121.4
May 242 749 98 217 32 7 7 97 1 1 77 24 .290 .356 .379 .735 100.9
June 279 891 117 247 43 8 15 106 1 0 84 32 .277 .341 .394 .735 118.3
July 251 831 106 229 40 4 15 111 1 0 79 34 .276 .339 .387 .727 108.8
August 248 779 98 218 39 6 8 93 1 0 80 30 .280 .348 .376 .724 101.9
Sep/Oct 238 762 102 205 38 3 9 106 1 1 69 17 .269 .328 .362 .690 90.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 24 BSN NL 3B 49 48 416.0 28 135 9 14 .948 3.53   2.4
1944 25 BSN NL 3B 152 148 1262.3 80 320 22 37 .948 2.85   5.4
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1945 26 BSN NL 3B 22 21 208.2 13 64 6 4 .928 3.33   0.8
    SS 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 3B 12 12 65.8 4 20 2 1 .923 3.28   0.2
    SS 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 34 33 274.0 17 84 8 5 .927 3.32   1.0
      SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1946 27 NYG NL 2B 27 22 183.3 42 86 1 17 .992 6.28   0.8
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1947 28 NYG NL 2B 18 13 117.7 24 44 2 6 .971 5.20   0.5
    3B 4 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 29 NYG NL 2B 22 15 141.3 33 55 1 9 .989 5.60   0.6
    SS 17 5 66.7 6 32 1 3 .974 5.13   0.6
    3B 18 3 64.0 2 16 0 2 1.000 2.53   0.2
1949 30 NYG NL 2B 81 76 657.7 158 326 3 71 .994 6.62   5.8
    SS 14 0 33.7 6 10 1 5 .941 4.28   0.2
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
1950 31 NYG NL 2B 143 139 1234.7 289 492 8 112 .990 5.69   6.5
    SS 4 0 7.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 7.05   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 32 NYG NL 2B 55 37 363.0 93 163 4 38 .985 6.35   1.3
    3B 29 12 143.3 12 49 1 2 .984 3.83   0.8
    SS 26 11 125.7 31 51 2 11 .976 5.87   0.6
1952 33 DET AL 2B 149 146 1322.0 226 519 15 95 .980 5.07   5.9
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1953 34 DET AL 2B 28 27 278.2 52 139 1 29 .995 6.18   2.2
    3B 26 23 243.1 15 57 4 9 .947 2.67   0.7
    SS 4 3 34.4 5 17 1 3 .957 5.76   0.3
    1B 4 2 30.0 40 5 1 4 .978 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  TAM AL 2B 22 21 139.1 26 70 1 14 .990 6.21   1.2
    3B 20 18 121.6 7 29 2 5 .947 2.66   0.5
    SS 4 3 17.2 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.76   0.1
    1B 4 2 15.0 20 3 0 2 1.000 13.80   0.1
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 50 48 417.3 78 209 2 43 .993 6.19   3.4
      3B 46 41 364.7 22 86 6 14 .947 2.67   1.2
      SS 8 6 51.6 8 25 1 4 .971 5.76   0.4
      1B 8 4 45.0 60 8 1 6 .986 13.60   0.1
      CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1954 35 TAM AL 3B 151 149 1321.3 77 351 32 25 .930 2.92   3.3
1955 36 TAM AL 3B 152 152 1339.7 93 371 25 37 .949 3.12   5.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 37 DET AL 2B 66 65 578.3 128 293 9 45 .979 6.55   1.5
    3B 6 5 40.0 3 11 1 2 .933 3.15   0.0
    SS 16 0 29.3 4 17 0 3 1.000 6.44   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 38 DET AL 2B 8 6 54.0 7 23 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.2
    SS 16 0 38.3 3 11 1 0 .933 3.29   0.1
    3B 5 3 27.7 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.93   0.0
  3B 654 594 5274.0 338 1435 104 142 .945 3.03   19.7
  2B 621 567 5074.3 1079 2211 45 438 .987 5.84   26.6
  SS 104 22 357.9 60 150 6 27 .972 5.28   2.1
  1B 8 4 45.0 60 8 1 6 .986 13.60   0.1
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1389 1187 10753.2 1538 3804 156 613 .972 4.47   48.5
Career Highs   153 152 1340.7 291 521 32 113 .992 6.46    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 28 NYG NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1948 29 NYG NL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 30 NYG NL 5 21 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .238 .238 .381 .619
1952 33 DET AL 12 46 6 12 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .261 .346 .348 .694
1953 34 TAM AL 10 39 8 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .256 .302 .308 .610
Career Post-Season Batting 33 110 17 28 6 0 1 8 0 0 7 2 .255 .308 .336 .645
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1952-4-.335
 On-Base Pct
1952-8-.398
 Games
1944-2-156
 At-Bats
1950-8-566
1955-3-623
 Hits
1950-8-168
1952-5-189
 Singles
1950-6-123
1952-2-139
1955-8-121
Doubles
1950-6-34
 Triples
1944-9-6
1954-8-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Tito Fuentes (932)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1943
Had first career hit on 6/1/1943, off Lefty Gomez (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/14/1943, off Bob Logan (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1944, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 5/1/1945 (Going to BSN: C Buddy Gremp. Going to NYG: 3B Billy Johnson)
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $368,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,394,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/30/1950 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/8/1950
10/3/1950: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 2/21/1952 (Going to NYG: 3B Whitey Wietelmann. Going to DET: 2B Billy Johnson)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1952, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 3/17/1953 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1953 (Going to DET: C Andy Seminick, P Bob Porterfield, CF Bill Howerton. Going to TAM: C Butch Nieman, 2B Billy Johnson, 1B Johnny Wyrostek)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
7/31/1954: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 8/1/1954
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1955
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 2/1/1956 (Going to PIT: P Billy Hoeft, 3B Billy Johnson. Going to TAM: LF Roy Sievers, 3B Eddie Yost, P Karl Drews)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 3/3/1956 (Going to PIT: C Joe Garagiola, P Jack Harshman. Going to DET: P Tex Clevenger, 3B Billy Johnson)
Injured on 7/13/1957 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
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