Billy Johnson
Third baseman, Baseball Player
1918 – 2006
Who was Billy Johnson?
William Russell Johnson was an American professional baseball 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. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Bull," standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds.
He debuted in 1943. He had an impressive rookie season which earned him 4th place in American League MVP voting. After missing 1944–1945 for wartime service in the United States Army, where he fought in the European Theater of Operations, he returned to MLB to spend the next five seasons as a regular third baseman. 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 later years he worked as a shipping supervisor in Augusta, Georgia. He died on June 20, 2006.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1918
Montclair - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Montclair
- Died
- Jun 20, 2006
Augusta
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on July 23, 2013
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