Billy Johnson stats
Bio
- Age
- 108 yearsAug 30, 1918
Billy Johnson played 9 MLB seasons, 1943 to 1953.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 964
- AB
- 3,253
- R
- 419
- H
- 882
- HR
- 61
- RBI
- 487
- SB
- 13
- AVG
- .271
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NYY | 155 | 592 | 70 | 166 | 5 | 94 | 3 | .280 |
| 1946 | NYY | 85 | 296 | 51 | 77 | 4 | 35 | 1 | .260 |
| 1947 | NYY | 132 | 494 | 67 | 141 | 10 | 95 | 1 | .285 |
| 1948 | NYY | 127 | 446 | 59 | 131 | 12 | 64 | 0 | .294 |
| 1949 | NYY | 113 | 329 | 48 | 82 | 8 | 56 | 1 | .249 |
| 1950 | NYY | 108 | 327 | 44 | 85 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .260 |
| 1951 |  NYY/STL | 139 | 482 | 57 | 128 | 14 | 68 | 5 | .266 |
| 1952 | STL | 94 | 282 | 23 | 71 | 2 | 34 | 1 | .252 |
| 1953 | STL | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 18
- AB
- 59
- R
- 11
- H
- 14
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .237
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,659
- TB
- 1,272
- XBH
- 235
- HBP
- 28
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NYY | 655 | 217 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NYY | 334 | 113 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NYY | 547 | 206 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | NYY | 492 | 199 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NYY | 383 | 123 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NYY | 372 | 123 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYY/STL | 550 | 198 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | STL | 320 | 91 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | STL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 13.3
- RC
- 471.3
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .120
- SECA
- .227
- BB/K
- 1.20
- AB/HR
- 53.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NYY | 3.2 | 78.8 | 4.9 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 118.4 | 0 |
| 1946 | NYY | 1.4 | 40.8 | 4.9 | .122 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 74 | 0 |
| 1947 | NYY | 1.7 | 75.4 | 5.7 | .132 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 49.4 | 0 |
| 1948 | NYY | 1.7 | 73.9 | 6.3 | .152 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 37.2 | 0 |
| 1949 | NYY | 0.4 | 47.6 | 5.1 | .125 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 41.1 | 0 |
| 1950 | NYY | 0.3 | 46.6 | 5.2 | .116 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYY/STL | 3.4 | 72.8 | 5.4 | .145 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 34.4 | 0 |
| 1952 | STL | 1.1 | 34.8 | 4.4 | .071 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 141 | 0 |
| 1953 | STL | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5 | .200 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 108 yearsAug 30, 1918
- Debut
- 1943
What were Billy Johnson's career stats?
Billy Johnson played 9 seasons for the Yankees and the Cardinals. He was a career .271 hitter with 882 hits, 61 home runs and 487 RBI. His best season was 1948: a .294 batting average, 12 home runs and 64 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1943 to 1953
Championships ×5
- 1943 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1947 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1949 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1950 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1951 World Series with the New York Yankees