Bill Johnson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Bill Johnson

William Henry Johnson
(Sampson; The Big C)

Born: November 21, 1895 in Sparta, GA
Died: October 26, 1988 in New York, NY
(92 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 180

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Biographical
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Notes:

• College: Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA)
• Buried: Calverton National Cemetery (Calverton, NY)
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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+
1920	DM	NNL	24	RF	12	41	35	4	9	0	1	0	4	1		3			0	3			.257	.316	.314	.630	86
1924	WP	ECL	28	C	5	22	19	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		1			0	2			.316	.350	.316	.666	86
1925	HBG/WMP	ECL	29	C	55	210	190	20	50	6	5	4	33	1		14			1	5			.263	.317	.411	.728	86
1926	HBG	ECL	30	C	28	105	98	14	28	8	3	3	16	4		5			0	2			.286	.320	.520	.841	134
1927	HIL	ECL	31	LF	56	208	182	25	46	8	2	2	23	3		19			1	6			.253	.327	.352	.678	75
1928	MULT	EAS/ECL	32	C	13	49	47	9	15	2	1	0	5	1		0			1	1			.319	.333	.404	.738	93
6	7			C	169	635	571	75	154	24	12	9	83	10		42			3	19			.270	.323	.401	.724	91
162 Game Average						609	547	72	148	23	12	9	80	10		40			3	18			.270	.323	.401	.724	91

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	Dayton Marcos			RF	12	41	35	4	9	0	1	0	4	1		3			0	3			.257	.316	.314	.630	86
2	Washington Potomacs			C	37	148	131	14	38	4	4	2	25	1		10			0	7			.290	.340	.427	.768	99
2	Harrisburg Giants			C	51	189	176	23	46	10	4	5	26	4		10			1	2			.261	.305	.449	.754	103
1	Hilldale Club			LF	56	208	182	25	46	8	2	2	23	3		19			1	6			.253	.327	.352	.678	75
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			LF	4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.154	.154	.154	.308	-15
1	Eastern League Stars			C	2	8	8	3	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.375	.625	54
1	Philadelphia Tigers			C	7	28	26	5	11	1	1	0	3	1		0			1	1			.423	.444	.538	.983	156

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1920	DM	NNL	41		.289	.325		7.3%	8.2%								0.0%	0.5%		.057	.078
1924	WP	ECL	22		.293	.327		4.5%	7.1%								0.0%	1.1%		.000	.102
1925	HBG/WMP	ECL	210		.324	.351		6.7%				8.3%					1.9%	1.6%		.147	.122
1926	HBG	ECL	105		.373	.333		4.8%	9.4%								2.9%	1.1%		.235	.106
1927	HIL	ECL	208		.314	.354		9.1%	9.2%								1.0%	1.3%		.099	.120
1928	MULT	EAS/ECL	49		.331	.342		0.0%				8.0%					0.0%	1.4%		.085	.121
6	7		635		.326	.346		6.6%	8.7%								1.4%	1.3%		.131	.115

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Dayton Marcos		41		.289	.325		7.3%	8.2%								0.0%	0.5%		.057	.078
2	Washington Potomacs		148		.334	.346		6.8%	8.1%								1.4%	1.5%		.137	.119
2	Harrisburg Giants		189		.339	.342		5.3%	8.9%								2.6%	1.3%		.188	.113
1	Hilldale Club		208		.314	.354		9.1%	9.2%								1.0%	1.3%		.099	.120
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants		13		.145	.328		0.0%	8.0%								0.0%	1.3%		.000	.114
1	Eastern League Stars		8		.280	.362		0.0%	8.8%								0.0%	1.3%		.125	.127
1	Philadelphia Tigers		28		.432	.344		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	1.5%		.115	.122

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