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Ty Cobb League
10-20-2084
Billy Johnson Right Field
Retired (1957, Age 27)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .207 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .561 Status Deceased (1989) Option Years 0  
H 172 Age at Death 60 Date of Birth 12-04-1929
HR 15 Drafted Round 4, Pick 63
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(0 games)
RBI 79
SB 1
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C- Endurance D    Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity D+   Mentor vR B 
Speed C  Bunt C  Control C    Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (93.0%) Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D  (17.8%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1953 PHI
72
227
18
50
11
1
5
24
20
 44 1 0
0
 1 3
.630
.286
.344
.123
.220
1954 PHI
44
156
10
36
7
0
2
13
12
 31 2 1
1
 2 6
.607
.292
.314
.083
.231
1955 PHI
28
78
3
18
1
1
1
9
8
 14 0 1
0
 1 1
.607
.299
.308
.077
.231
1956 PHI-NYA
23
42
4
9
2
0
2
8
3
 10 0 0
0
 0 1
.671
.267
.405
.190
.214
1957 NYA
81
120
5
24
1
1
1
7
2
 16 1 1
0
 0 5
.468
.218
.250
.050
.200
1958 NYA
32
81
7
17
1
1
3
11
4
 15 0 0
0
 0 1
.605
.247
.358
.148
.210
1959 NYA
35
93
10
12
3
0
0
3
3
 26 0 0
0
 0 2
.318
.156
.161
.032
.129
1960 NYA-CHN
16
32
3
6
1
0
1
4
0
 8 0 0
0
 0 0
.500
.188
.312
.125
.188
Total
331
829
60
172
27
4
15
79
52
 164 4 3
1
 4 19
.561
.257
.304
.097
.207
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Billy Johnson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1961-08-05The Chicago Cubs have waived Billy Johnson.
1961-03-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Mike Engleberg to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1960-09-22The Chicago Cubs have promoted Billy Johnson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Mike Engleberg to the minors.
1960-09-20The Chicago Cubs have promoted Will Anderson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1960-09-10The Chicago Cubs have promoted Billy Johnson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Joe Hudlin to the minors.
1960-09-10The Chicago Cubs have acquired Billy Johnson from the waiver wire.
1960-04-01The New York Big Apples have waived Billy Johnson.
1959-09-11The New York Big Apples have promoted Thurman Munson to the major league team. The New York Big Apples have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1956-08-19The New York Big Apples have promoted Billy Johnson to the major league team. The New York Big Apples have sent Scott Brosius to the minors.
1956-08-05The New York Big Apples have acquired Billy Johnson from the waiver wire.
1956-07-15The Philadelphia Phillies have waived Billy Johnson.
1956-05-10The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Chick King to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1956-04-20The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Billy Johnson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Ralph Callahan to the minors.
1955-06-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Chick King to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1955-05-30The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Billy Johnson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Floyd Ruskin to the minors.
1955-05-09The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Willie McGee to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Billy Johnson to the minors.
1955-04-08The Philadelphia Phillies have renamed Johnson to Billy Johnson.
1954-09-08The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Johnson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Jeff Wehde to the minors.
1954-08-19The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Wallin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Johnson to the minors.
1954-07-26The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Johnson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Carlson to the minors.
1954-07-17The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Lohrman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Johnson to the minors.
1954-07-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Johnson to the major league team.
1954-04-04The Philadelphia Phillies have renamed John to Johnson.
1953-10-03The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Ralph to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent John to the minors.
1953-06-20The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted John to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Ralph to the minors.
1953-05-02The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Ralph to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent John to the minors.
1953-04-11The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted John to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Ralph to the minors.
1953-03-01The Philadelphia Phillies have renamed John Sherman to John.
1952-10-01The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired John Sherman from the waiver wire. The Philadelphia Phillies have waived Hiller.
1952-07-01The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Bernie Estrada from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Cardinals have waived John Sherman.
1952-06-25The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired John Sherman from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Cardinals have waived Bake McBride.
1952-05-08The Baltimore Leviathan have acquired Jack Smith from the waiver wire. The Baltimore Leviathan have waived John Sherman.
1951-08-10The Baltimore Leviathan have acquired John Sherman from the waiver wire. The Baltimore Leviathan have waived Bill Bottalico.
1951-05-28The Chicago Garfs Gang have acquired Grey Richardson from the waiver wire. The Chicago Garfs Gang have waived John Sherman.