Player

Billy Johnson

Player Info
Full Name
William Russell
Born
August 30, 1918
Montclair, NJ, USA
Died
June 20, 2006
Size
5'10" / 180 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
April 22, 1943
Final Game
May 10, 1953
Career
11 years
Teams
Honors
1 x All-Star
1947
1943 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1943 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1943 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (AL)
Career Batting
964
G
.271
AVG
882
H
61
HR
487
RBI
.732
OPS
108
OPS vs Lg
85% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1953 St. Louis Cardinals 11 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 94 282 71 10 2 2 23 .252
1951 New York Yankees 15 40 12 3 0 0 5 .300
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 124 442 116 23 1 14 52 .262
1950 New York Yankees 108 327 85 16 2 6 44 .260
1949 New York Yankees 113 329 82 11 3 8 48 .249
1948 New York Yankees 127 446 131 20 6 12 59 .294
1947 New York Yankees 132 494 141 19 8 10 67 .285
1946 New York Yankees 85 296 77 14 5 4 51 .260
1943 New York Yankees 155 592 166 24 6 5 70 .280
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1953 NL 6 .200 .250 16.7 16.7 97 0.0
1952 NL 320 .071 .266 10.6 6.6 91 2.1
1951 AL 550 .145 .272 9.6 8.9 109 14.6 ✓
1950 AL 372 .116 .272 11.3 8.1 91 6.3
1949 AL 383 .125 .267 12.5 11.5 97 8.4
1948 AL 492 .153 .295 8.3 6.1 120 12.6 ✓
1947 AL 547 .132 .297 8.0 7.9 119 10.5 ✓
1946 AL 334 .122 .292 9.3 12.6 107 4.2
1943 AL 655 .086 .289 8.1 4.6 115 5.2 ✓
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
3B 897 860 1,728 111 163 .959
1B 26 144 10 3 11 .981
2B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1953 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 11 1 8 0 1 1.000
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 89 56 177 12 10 .951
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 124 99 316 10 32 .976
1951 New York Yankees 3B 13 8 16 1 0 .960
1950 New York Yankees 1B 5 14 0 1 1 .933
1950 New York Yankees 3B 100 82 169 11 20 .958
1949 New York Yankees 1B 21 130 10 2 10 .986
1949 New York Yankees 2B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1949 New York Yankees 3B 81 77 136 11 16 .951
1948 New York Yankees 3B 118 147 213 20 25 .947
1947 New York Yankees 3B 132 136 204 17 12 .952
1946 New York Yankees 3B 74 71 163 11 15 .955
1943 New York Yankees 3B 155 183 326 18 32 .966
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 18 59 14 0 5 .237
1950 World Series New York Yankees 4 6 0 0 0 .000
1949 World Series New York Yankees 2 7 1 0 0 .143
1947 World Series New York Yankees 7 26 7 0 2 .269
1943 World Series New York Yankees 5 20 6 0 3 .300