Billy Johnson
1943–1953 · bats R / throws R · ALS, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
964G
.271AVG
.346OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
882H
61HR
487RBI
13SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,253 | 3,252 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 12 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,659 | 3,658 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 964 | 3,659 | 3,253 | 419 | 882 | 141 | 33 | 61 | 487 | 347 | 290 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1,272 | .271 | .346 | .391 | .737 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1948-07-03 to 1948-07-21
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1948-06-19 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1947-07-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1948-07-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 481 | 1792 | 434 | 28 | 218 | 187 | 143 | .275 | .347 | .388 |
| Away | 483 | 1866 | 448 | 33 | 269 | 160 | 147 | .268 | .326 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 64 | 222 | 42 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 11 | .223 | .320 | .314 |
| May | 138 | 488 | 131 | 6 | 71 | 46 | 49 | .304 | .363 | .422 |
| June | 196 | 770 | 170 | 15 | 95 | 84 | 66 | .252 | .330 | .375 |
| July | 196 | 749 | 190 | 12 | 118 | 59 | 57 | .281 | .332 | .384 |
| August | 201 | 778 | 189 | 10 | 96 | 73 | 52 | .273 | .337 | .391 |
| September | 162 | 629 | 154 | 16 | 82 | 56 | 51 | .272 | .334 | .424 |
| October | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .318 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 113 | 436 | 95 | 4 | 50 | 39 | 41 | .244 | .307 | .339 |
| chicago-white-sox | 109 | 440 | 106 | 8 | 67 | 49 | 34 | .275 | .352 | .392 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 107 | 432 | 113 | 7 | 65 | 38 | 23 | .290 | .350 | .403 |
| detroit-tigers | 106 | 399 | 106 | 5 | 44 | 43 | 39 | .304 | .373 | .427 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 105 | 389 | 112 | 7 | 63 | 32 | 31 | .317 | .370 | .450 |
| cleveland-guardians | 98 | 367 | 78 | 5 | 42 | 36 | 29 | .241 | .311 | .361 |
| st-louis-browns | 97 | 367 | 84 | 9 | 57 | 29 | 23 | .252 | .308 | .393 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 137 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 11 | .176 | .263 | .294 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  New York Yankees | 155 | 592 | 166 | 5 | 94 | 3 | .280 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 85 | 296 | 77 | 4 | 35 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1947 | New York Yankees | 132 | 494 | 141 | 10 | 95 | 1 | .285 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Yankees | 127 | 445 | 131 | 12 | 64 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | 113 | 329 | 82 | 8 | 56 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 108 | 327 | 85 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals | 139 | 482 | 128 | 14 | 68 | 5 | .266 | – | – |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 94 | 282 | 71 | 2 | 34 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |