William J (Judy) Johnson was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1975 along with Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, William Herman and Ralph Kiner. Johnson was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee. He was a third baseman who played 17 seasons with the Philadelphia Hilldale Giants (1918, 1921-1929, 1931-1932), Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1918), Homestead Grays (1929-1930) and Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932-1936). While stats are incomplete they show in league he hit .290/.320/.393 with 27 HR, 302 RBI, 479 R, 65 SB. Johnson won the Negro World Series Championship with the Giants in 1925.
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