Billy Johnson (baseball)

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Billy Johnson
Runs batted in
487
Teams
Career highlights and awards

William Russell Johnson (August 30, 1918 – June 20, 2006) was an American

player. He was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 964 games for the New York Yankees in the 1940s and later with the St. Louis Cardinals
.

Johnson was born in

European Theater of Operations, he returned to MLB to spend the next five seasons as a regular third baseman. Nicknamed "Bull", and standing 5 feet 10 inches (178 cm) tall and weighing 180 pounds (82 kg; 13 st), Johnson was named an All-Star in 1947, and was a part of four championship teams in his six seasons as a regular. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1951 to allow Gil McDougald, a hot prospect for the Yankees, to play his position full-time. He served as the Cards' third baseman for two years before retiring during the 1953
season.

In 964 games over nine seasons, Johnson posted a .271

bases on balls. He finished his career with a .960 fielding percentage playing at third and first base. In 18 World Series
games, he batted .237 (14-for-59) with 11 runs, 4 triples, 5 RBI and 3 walks.

In later years he worked as a shipping supervisor in Augusta, Georgia. He died there on June 20, 2006. He was the last surviving member of the 1943 World Champion New York Yankees.

References

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
  • "Bill Johnson". Historic Baseball.
  • Vitty, Cort. "Billy Johnson". Society for American Baseball Research.
  • Billy Johnson at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata