John Bissant

John Lawrence Bissant

Born: February 19, 1914 in New Orleans, LA
Died: April 1, 2006 in Houston, TX
(92 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• College: Wiley College (Marshall, TX)
• Buried: Carrollton Cemetery (New Orleans, LA)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	CT	NAL	23	LF	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	-4
1939	CAG	NAL	25	LF	12	40	39	4	11	0	1	1	6	0		1				0			.282	.300	.410	.710	114
1942	CAG	NAL	28	LF	13	44	43	6	8	0	0	0	3	1		1				0			.186	.205	.186	.391	23
1943	CAG	NAL/ALC	29	LF	30	119	109	19	30	2	3	1	8	4		9			0	1	0		.275	.331	.376	.707	128
1944	CAG	NAL	30	LF	14	56	54	6	16	3	2	0	6	0		2				0			.296	.321	.426	.747	136
1945	CAG	NAL	31	LF	26	109	99	20	22	6	2	0	10	0		7			1	2			.222	.280	.323	.604	80
1946	CAG	NAL	32	LF	8	37	33	2	7	1	0	0	4	1		3			0	1			.212	.278	.242	.520	55
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	10	31	28	5	12	1	0	0	5	2		2			0	1			.429	.467	.464	.931	153
8	2			LF	117	442	411	63	107	13	8	2	42	8		25			1	5	0		.260	.304	.345	.650	99
162 Game Average						612	569	87	148	18	11	3	58	12		35			2	7	0		.260	.304	.345	.650	99

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cincinnati Tigers			-	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	-4
7	Chicago American Giants			LF	113	436	405	62	106	13	8	2	42	8		25			1	5	0		.262	.306	.348	.654	101

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	CT	NAL	6	.157	.320	0.0%	7.2%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.106
1939	CAG	NAL	40	.330	.310	2.5%	8.8%					2.5%	0.8%	.128	.093
1942	CAG	NAL	44	.191	.301	2.3%	6.9%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.077
1943	CAG	NAL/ALC	119	.337	.298	7.6%			6.7%			0.8%	0.5%	.101	.071
1944	CAG	NAL	56	.353	.299	3.6%	6.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.130	.069
1945	CAG	NAL	109	.282	.313	6.4%	6.9%					0.0%	0.6%	.101	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	37	.258	.326	8.1%	8.3%					0.0%	0.5%	.030	.075
1947	CAG	NAL	31	.436	.350	6.5%	9.4%					0.0%	0.8%	.036	.101
8	2		442	.308	.309	5.7%	7.3%					0.5%	0.6%	.085	.080

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Cincinnati Tigers		6	.157	.320	0.0%	7.2%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.106
7	Chicago American Giants		436	.310	.309	5.7%	7.3%					0.5%	0.6%	.086	.080

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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