Judy Johnson

⭐ Hall of Fame 1975

Born: 12/26/1899 in Snow Hill, MD, USA

Died: 6/15/1989 in Wilmington, DE, USA

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 150 lbs

Full name: William Julius Johnson

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Biography

Judy Johnson, born in 1899, was a prominent figure in the early days of professional baseball, known for his exceptional skills as a position player. His career spanned from 1936 until September 20 of that year, during which he left an indelible mark on the game despite not recording any official statistics. Johnson's legacy is defined not by traditional metrics, but by his influence and contributions to the sport, particularly within the context of the Negro Leagues, where he played a pivotal role in promoting African American talent during an era of segregation in Major League Baseball. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975, Johnson's recognition came long after his playing days had ended, illustrating the impact he had on the game beyond the diamond. He was celebrated for his versatility, athleticism, and leadership qualities, which helped pave the way for future generations of players. Johnson's induction into the Hall of Fame marked a significant moment in baseball history, acknowledging his contributions and the broader struggles of African American players during a time when they were often overlooked. His legacy continues to inspire discussions about the evolution of the game and the importance of diversity in baseball.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
638.0	590.0	80.0	150.0	24.0	8.0	2.0	24.0	38.0	9.0	8.0	0.254	0.300	0.332	0.632

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1921	26.0	26.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.269	0.269	0.385	0.654
1922	4.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	.000	0.250	.000	0.250
1924	50.0	48.0	7.0	16.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	0	0.333	0.360	0.542	0.902
1925	26.0	24.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0	0	1.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.250	0.240	0.292	0.532
1926	23.0	23.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.217	0.217	0.261	0.478
1927	4.0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1928	9.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.222	0.222	0.222	0.444
1929	7.0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	.000	0.143	.000	0.143
1930	113.0	104.0	18.0	30.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	0.288	0.321	0.394	0.715
1931	24.0	23.0	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0.261	0.292	0.261	0.553
1932	42.0	38.0	8.0	10.0	0	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	0	0.263	0.333	0.263	0.596
1933	7.0	6.0	3.0	3.0	0	1.0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0.500	0.571	0.833	1.404
1934	15.0	15.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0.133	0.133	0.333	0.466
1935	37.0	35.0	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1.0	0	0.286	0.324	0.286	0.610
1936	251.0	226.0	29.0	53.0	13.0	1.0	0	10.0	21.0	1.0	3.0	0.235	0.302	0.301	0.603

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	1	0	2	3	2.08	0

Career ERA 2.08 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 49.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1926	HIL	ECL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	1	2	3	2.08	—	0.0

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
981	3644	615	1078	190	61	36	609	95	254	29	0.296	0.344	0.411	0.755	954.3

Career AVG .296 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — +5.1% above league average.

Career OBP .344 vs. league average .343 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .411 vs. league average .395 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS 0.755 vs. league average 0.738 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1918	AC	EAS	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	HIL	EAS	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1921	HIL	EAS	28	98	12	27	2	5	2	15	1	5	0	0.276	.286 (-4%)	.344 (-10%)	.395 (+16%)	.739 (+4%)	16.4
1922	HIL	IND	36	117	15	31	4	1	0	11	3	9	2	0.265	.285 (-7%)	.345 (-5%)	.397 (-20%)	.743 (-13%)	-251.9
1923	HIL	ECL	61	212	32	58	10	1	2	33	5	13	2	0.274	.282 (-3%)	.344 (-8%)	.390 (-8%)	.734 (-8%)	-336.5
1924	HIL	ECL	69	263	51	90	23	5	4	55	12	16	0	0.342	.283 (+21%)	.345 (+13%)	.389 (+32%)	.734 (+23%)	1028.0
1925	HIL	ECL	70	262	61	102	15	8	6	66	6	19	0	0.389	.288 (+35%)	.349 (+23%)	.407 (+42%)	.756 (+33%)	1576.0
1926	HIL	ECL	87	335	63	109	19	6	2	63	16	23	14	0.325	.279 (+16%)	.345 (+8%)	.390 (+12%)	.735 (+10%)	605.4
1927	HIL	ECL	77	279	32	70	12	6	2	37	1	19	0	0.251	.282 (-11%)	.344 (-13%)	.392 (-9%)	.736 (-11%)	-610.2
1928	HIL	EAS	60	213	22	51	11	5	1	36	2	15	1	0.239	.280 (-15%)	.342 (-14%)	.395 (-11%)	.737 (-12%)	-517.4
1929	HIL	ANL	78	319	78	119	21	5	6	69	14	21	0	0.373	.289 (+29%)	.353 (+17%)	.415 (+27%)	.769 (+22%)	1341.5
1929	HG	ANL	4	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	—	—	—	—	1341.5
1930	HG	IND	55	217	46	62	8	5	3	32	5	24	4	0.286	.293 (-3%)	.354 (+1%)	.429 (-5%)	.784 (-2%)	-54.7
1931	HIL	IND	49	175	21	43	6	4	2	25	5	8	0	0.246	.276 (-11%)	.338 (-18%)	.388 (-7%)	.726 (-12%)	-426.3
1932	HIL	EWL	25	87	16	31	3	1	0	12	1	9	0	0.356	.275 (+30%)	.335 (+24%)	.391 (+6%)	.726 (+14%)	243.1
1932	PC	IND	38	142	31	45	2	1	3	20	2	12	0	0.317	.275 (+15%)	.335 (+10%)	.391 (+4%)	.726 (+7%)	243.1
1933	PC	NN2	72	273	40	71	18	2	0	45	9	17	0	0.260	.270 (-4%)	.329 (-8%)	.377 (-10%)	.707 (-9%)	-467.7
1934	PC	NN2	69	257	34	68	14	3	1	40	5	16	2	0.265	.278 (-5%)	.340 (-10%)	.392 (-10%)	.733 (-10%)	-500.1
1935	PC	NN2	46	178	34	50	11	2	2	30	3	7	3	0.281	.279 (avg)	.342 (-10%)	.399 (avg)	.742 (-5%)	-202.2
1936	PC	NN2	53	188	25	43	10	1	0	20	5	20	1	0.229	.283 (-19%)	.349 (-12%)	.404 (-28%)	.753 (-21%)	-691.8
1936	NYC	NN2	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	—	—	—	—	-691.8

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	79	8	22	6	1	1	9	2	3	0.278

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1935	NLC	PC	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.091
1925	NWS	HIL	6	24	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.250
1924	NWS	HIL	10	44	7	15	5	1	1	7	2	2	0.341

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	4	2	15	0	1	0
2B	5	3	15	11	0	1
3B	914	838	940	1464	160	89
OF	4	2	3	0	2	0
P	1	0	0	1	0	0
SS	72	58	129	170	21	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1918	AC	3B	1	0	5	2	1	0
1918	HIL	3B	2	0	2	4	1	0
1921	HIL	3B	22	22	25	36	4	1
1921	HIL	SS	6	6	18	10	1	4
1922	HIL	3B	5	4	3	8	0	0
1922	HIL	SS	33	31	74	82	13	10
1923	HIL	3B	61	61	71	118	20	5
1924	HIL	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1924	HIL	3B	62	62	71	144	13	1
1924	HIL	SS	11	7	10	25	2	0
1925	HIL	3B	70	1	0	0	0	0
1926	HIL	3B	87	87	92	158	19	7
1926	HIL	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1927	HIL	3B	77	77	90	158	14	11
1928	HIL	3B	59	59	70	101	8	10
1929	HIL	3B	70	70	72	113	13	10
1929	HIL	SS	13	8	14	27	2	4
1929	HG	3B	4	4	2	7	1	0
1930	HG	3B	55	55	61	101	8	7
1931	HIL	3B	49	48	60	80	10	5
1931	HIL	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0
1932	HIL	2B	2	2	12	7	0	1
1932	HIL	3B	23	23	34	42	3	5
1932	PC	2B	1	1	2	4	0	0
1932	PC	3B	36	36	41	45	3	2
1932	PC	OF	2	1	2	0	2	0
1932	PC	SS	1	0	0	1	0	0
1933	PC	1B	1	1	8	0	1	0
1933	PC	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1933	PC	3B	71	70	83	94	14	9
1934	PC	3B	68	67	65	113	7	7
1934	PC	SS	2	1	3	4	0	0
1935	PC	1B	2	1	6	0	0	0
1935	PC	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1935	PC	3B	43	43	49	55	8	4
1936	PC	3B	48	48	43	82	13	5
1936	PC	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1936	PC	SS	6	5	10	21	3	1
1936	NYC	3B	1	1	1	3	0	0