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

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	.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	21	85	82	6	24	4	3	0	6	0	2	0	1	.293	.310	.415	.724	128
1945	CAG	NAL	31	LF	32	133	119	29	32	7	2	0	13	0	13	0	1	.269	.341	.361	.702	108
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	147	554	509	81	143	19	10	3	50	9	36	1	8	.281	.330	.375	.705	112
162 Game Average						611	561	89	158	21	11	3	55	10	40	1	9	.281	.330	.375	.705	112

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				146	549	504	80	140	19	10	3	50	8	36	1	8	.278	.327	.373	.700	112
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	143	548	503	80	142	19	10	3	50	9	36	1	8	.282	.331	.378	.709	113

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%	7.6%				0.0%	0.9%		.000	.111
1939	CAG	NAL	65		.356	.315		4.6%	8.2%		0.2%		38.53		3.1%	0.7%		.167	.095
1942	CAG	NAL	49		.217	.308		2.0%	6.9%		0.1%		98.20		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	85		.339	.306		2.4%	6.9%				0.0%	0.4%		.122	.070
1945	CAG	NAL	133		.333	.317		9.8%	6.9%				0.0%	0.6%		.092	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	49		.262	.327		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		554		.333	.316		6.5%	7.4%				0.5%	0.6%		.094	.083

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		549		.330	.315		6.6%	7.4%				0.5%	0.6%		.095	.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%	7.6%				0.0%	0.9%		.000	.111
7	Chicago American Giants		548		.335	.316		6.6%	7.4%				0.5%	0.6%		.095	.082

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