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)
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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Gentry Jessup	SP	6	1942	1947	CAG	7.9	-0.3	-0.1	8.3	0.0
2	Lloyd Davenport	CF	3	1937	1944	CAG/CT	4.3	2.9	1.4	0.1	-0.2
3	Jesse Houston	SP	2	1937	1939	CAG/CT	3.7	0.3	0.1	3.3	0.0
4	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1939	1944	CAG	3.6	2.5	1.1	0.0	0.1
5	Johnny Smith	RF	3	1943	1945	CAG	3.6	1.3	1.8	0.8	-0.4
6	Art Pennington	1B	4	1942	1945	CAG	3.4	3.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
7	Ted Radcliffe	C	3	1937	1943	CAG/CT	2.4	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.2
8	Eugene Bremer	SP	1	1937	1937	CT	2.3	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.0
9	Jesse Douglas	2B	2	1944	1945	CAG	2.2	2.2	-0.2	0.0	0.2
10	Leroy Sutton	SP	3	1942	1944	CAG	2.2	-0.2	0.0	2.4	0.0
11	Ralph Wyatt	SS	5	1942	1946	CAG	2.1	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.7
12	Howard Easterling	SS	1	1937	1937	CT	2.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.2
13	Neil Robinson	CF	1	1937	1937	CT	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
14	Ed Young	1B	5	1939	1947	CAG	1.6	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.3
15	Willie Simms	CF	2	1937	1939	CAG/CT	1.3	1.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0
16	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	3	1942	1945	CAG	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	-0.2
17	Clyde Nelson	3B	3	1944	1946	CAG	1.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
18	Walter McCoy	SP	3	1945	1947	CAG	1.1	-0.4	0.0	1.5	0.0
19	John Ritchey	C	1	1947	1947	CAG	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
20	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG	1.0	1.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
21	Subby Byas	RF	2	1939	1942	CAG	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
22	Lefty Bowe	SP	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
23	Porter Moss	SP	1	1937	1937	CT	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
24	Jelly Taylor	1B	1	1937	1937	CT	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.2
25	George Minor	CF	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Herbert Buster	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
27	Wilbert King	2B	2	1945	1946	CAG	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
28	Marlin Carter	3B	1	1937	1937	CT	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
29	Sonny Harris	LF	1	1937	1937	CT	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Bernell Longest	2B	2	1946	1947	CAG	0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.1
31	Ulysses Evans	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
32	Tommy Johnson	SP	2	1939	1942	CAG	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
33	Francis Jackson	RP	2	1942	1943	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
34	Henry McCall	1B	3	1939	1945	CAG	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
35	Ollie West	RP	4	1942	1945	CAG	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
36	Riley Stewart	SP	2	1946	1947	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
37	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
38	Ernie Smith	LF	2	1939	1942	CAG	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
39	Willie Ferrell	SP	2	1942	1943	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
40	Fresnell	CF	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Buddy Armour	CF	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Lyman Bostock	1B	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
43	Walter Thomas	CF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
44	Rainey Bibbs	2B	2	1937	1944	CAG/CT	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
45	Gready McKinnis	SP	2	1944	1945	CAG	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Herb Barnhill	C	3	1944	1946	CAG	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
47	Sam Jackson	1B	2	1944	1945	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Rogers Pierre	RP	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Ted Trent	RP	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
50	Charlie Harris	3B	2	1942	1943	CAG	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
51	Billy Horne	2B	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
52	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Shanks	SS	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Leslie Green	CF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Frank Williams	RF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Leandy Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Red Hale	SS	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
60	Charlie Shields	RP	3	1942	1945	CAG	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0
61	Cowan Hyde	2B	1	1937	1937	CT	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Josh Johnson	C	1	1937	1937	CT	0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
63	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Babe Charter	1B	3	1943	1946	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
65	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Lyons	-	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Johnny Reed	1B	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Provine Bradley	SP	1	1937	1937	CT	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
69	Gray	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Willie Hudson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Samuel Burris	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Raymond Lott	-	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Johnny Hundley	C	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Jesse F. Williams	-	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Rufus Hatten	C	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Ernest Payne	-	1	1937	1937	CT	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Langrum	-	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Zell Miles	-	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	James Coachman	C	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Fred Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Joe Lillard	-	1	1937	1937	CT	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Harris	-	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Johnson	-	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Willie Wynn	C	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Lionel Decuir	C	1	1937	1937	CT	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Berry	C	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1939	1939	CAG	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
90	Wadel Miller	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Candy Jim Taylor	-	2	1939	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	John Britton	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Yann	-	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Harold Millon	2B	2	1946	1947	CAG	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Jesse Warren	2B	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Percy Howard	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Bob Smith	C	1	1944	1944	CAG	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Jim McCurine	RF	2	1946	1947	CAG	0.0	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.1
99	Jake Tolbert	C	2	1946	1947	CAG	0.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
100	Henry Merchant	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Grover Hunt	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Bob Palm	C	1	1947	1947	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Chico Renfroe	2B	1	1945	1945	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Joe Williams	SS	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Hurley McNair	LF	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Jacob Robinson	SS	2	1946	1947	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Roy Partlow	SP	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
108	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1945	1945	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Percy Forrest	-	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Steve Wylie	-	1	1947	1947	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
111	Sy Morton	SS	1	1947	1947	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
112	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
113	R. Smith	-	1	1945	1945	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Tom Turner	RP	1	1947	1947	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
115	Charley Robinson	CF	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Willie McMeans	RP	1	1945	1945	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
118	John Huber	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	0.6	0.0
119	Longfield	-	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
120	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
121	Clyde McNeal	SS	3	1945	1947	CAG	-0.2	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
122	Eddie Locke	-	1	1943	1943	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Henry Williams	RP	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	Buck Felder	SS	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
125	Lester Lockett	2B	2	1939	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
126	Roosevelt Tate	RF	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Army Rhodes	1B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Barney Morris	-	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
130	Ollie Waldon	2B	2	1944	1945	CAG	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
131	Buck Thomas	-	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Babe Bagby	C	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
133	Hosea Allen	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
134	Willie Jefferson	SP	1	1937	1937	CT	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Sam Thompson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Sam Hill	LF	2	1946	1947	CAG	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
137	Chet Brewer	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Al Jones	RP	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Clarence Locke	RP	3	1945	1947	CAG	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
140	Joe Sparks	SS	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.4	0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.2
141	John Miles	3B	2	1946	1947	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Wilson Redus	LF	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
143	Henry Smith	2B	2	1942	1943	CAG	-0.4	-0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1
144	Willie Burns	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
145	Pepper Bassett	C	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
146	Willie Wells Jr.	SS	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
147	Earl Bumpus	RP	1	1947	1947	CAG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
148	Harry Rhodes	RF	2	1946	1947	CAG	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Pepper Sharpe	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.1	-0.6	0.0
150	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
151	Eggie Hensley	-	1	1939	1939	CAG	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
152	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
153	Red Howard	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
154	Leonard Johnson	LF	1	1947	1947	CAG	-0.8	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	0.0
155	Willie Cornelius	RP	5	1939	1946	CAG	-1.3	1.3	-0.3	-2.3	0.0

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