John Bissant - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

About Graph

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Biographical
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Notes:

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

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	-6
1939	CAG	NAL	25	LF	17	65	60	8	17	2	1	2	8	0		3			1	1	0		.283	.328	.450	.778	131
1942	CAG	NAL	28	LF	14	49	48	7	10	1	0	0	6	1		1			0	0			.208	.224	.229	.454	39
1943	CAG	MULT	29	LF	32	128	118	22	35	2	4	1	9	5		9			0	1			.297	.346	.407	.753	135
1944	CAG	NAL	30	LF	22	90	87	7	25	4	3	0	6	1		2			0	1			.287	.303	.402	.706	120
1945	CAG	NAL	31	LF	33	137	122	30	33	7	2	0	13	1		14			0	1			.270	.346	.361	.706	109
1946	CAG	NAL	32	LF	11	49	43	2	10	2	0	0	3	1		3			0	3			.233	.283	.279	.562	66
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	16	39	33	6	14	1	0	0	5	2		5			0	1			.424	.500	.455	.955	156
8	2			LF	149	563	517	83	145	19	10	3	50	11		37			1	8	0		.280	.330	.373	.703	111
162 Game Average						612	562	90	158	21	11	3	54	12		40			1	9	0		.280	.330	.373	.703	111

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+
8	Negro Leagues				148	558	512	82	142	19	10	3	50	10		37			1	8	0		.277	.327	.371	.698	111
1	vs Major Leagues				1	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.600	.600	.600	1.200	150

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	-6
7	Chicago American Giants			LF	145	557	511	82	144	19	10	3	50	11		37			1	8	0		.282	.332	.376	.707	112

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	CT	NAL	6		.157	.326		0.0%	7.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.113
1939	CAG	NAL	65		.356	.314		4.6%	8.1%								3.1%	0.7%		.167	.095
1942	CAG	NAL	49		.217	.308		2.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.021	.089
1943	CAG	MULT	128		.357	.308		7.0%				7.0%					0.8%	0.4%		.110	.073
1944	CAG	NAL	90		.331	.308		2.2%	6.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.115	.071
1945	CAG	NAL	137		.337	.318		10.2%	7.1%								0.0%	0.6%		.090	.087
1946	CAG	NAL	49		.262	.328		6.1%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.047	.078
1947	CAG	NAL	39		.456	.355		12.8%	9.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.030	.105
8	2		563		.332	.316		6.6%	7.4%								0.5%	0.6%		.093	.083

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		558		.330	.315		6.6%	7.4%								0.5%	0.6%		.094	.083
1	vs Major Leagues		5		.583	.453		0.0%	7.5%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.096

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Cincinnati Tigers		6		.157	.326		0.0%	7.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.113
7	Chicago American Giants		557		.334	.316		6.6%	7.4%								0.5%	0.6%		.094	.082

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