Billy Johnson

Third Base

1943—1953

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
#933
Third Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

William Russell
GIVEN NAME
Johnson
SURNAME
August 30, 1918, in Montclair, NJ
BORN
June 20, 2006, in Augusta, GA, USA
DIED
1943—1953
Playing Career
Played from 24-34
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Damn Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Sleepy Bill, Bull
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 22, 1943
Major League Debut
May 10, 1953
FINAL GAME

Related Content

  • Billy Johnson Scouting Report

50

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

65

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
964
882
61
487
.271
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.5
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.737
.737
100.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.271
.346
.391

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

George Kell
Eddie Yost

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Billy Johnson Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Johnson
533
145
69
23
5
10
80
57
48
2
209
206
.271
.346
.391
737
AVG 3B
529
143
72
23
5
10
60
48
6
206
206
.271
.348
.389
.737

Billy Johnson Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
166
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Billy Johnson PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
14.7
14.4
13.0
9.4
2.47
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Billy Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Billy Johnson
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B