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

About Graph

About Graph

Biographical
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Notes:

• Buried: Carrollton Cemetery (New Orleans, LA)
• Visit Manager Page

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	-5
1939	CAG	NAL	25	LF	17	65	60	8	17	2	1	2	8	0		3	1	0	1	1	0	0	.283	.328	.450	.778	130
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		0	1			.297	.346	.407	.753	136
1944	CAG	NAL	30	LF	21	85	82	6	24	4	3	0	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.293	.310	.415	.724	130
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	67
1947	CAG	NAL	33	LF	16	39	33	6	14	1	0	0	5	2		5	0		0	1			.424	.500	.455	.955	155
8	2			LF	147	554	509	81	143	19	10	3	50	9	1	36	3	0	1	8	0	1	.281	.330	.375	.705	112
162 Game Average						611	561	89	158	21	11	3	55	11	8	40	6	0	1	9	0	4	.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	1	36	3	0	1	8	0	1	.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	-5
7	Chicago American Giants			LF	143	548	503	80	142	19	10	3	50	9	1	36	3	0	1	8	0	1	.282	.331	.378	.709	114

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1939	CAG	NAL	65		.356	.315		4.6%	8.1%		1.5%	0.7%		3.00	11.26		3.1%	0.7%		.167	.095
1944	CAG	NAL	85		.339	.303		2.4%	6.9%		2.4%	0.3%		1.00	26.75		0.0%	0.4%		.122	.069
1937	CT	NAL	6		.157	.325		0.0%	7.5%			0.9%			8.23		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.111
1942	CAG	NAL	49		.217	.308		2.0%	6.9%			0.4%			16.86		0.0%	0.7%		.021	.088
1945	CAG	NAL	133		.333	.317		9.8%	6.9%			0.3%			24.82		0.0%	0.6%		.092	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	49		.262	.326		6.1%	8.0%			0.4%			18.21		0.0%	0.5%		.047	.077
1947	CAG	NAL	39		.456	.356		12.8%	9.6%		0.0%	0.1%			121.80		0.0%	0.9%		.030	.105
1943	CAG	MULT	128		.357	.306		7.0%			0.0%	6.9%					0.8%	0.4%		.110	.072
8	2		554		.333	.315		6.5%	7.3%		1.0%	0.3%		6.33	30.57		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	.314		6.6%	7.3%		1.0%	0.3%		6.33	30.57		0.5%	0.6%		.095	.082
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	.325		0.0%	7.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.111
7	Chicago American Giants		548		.334	.315		6.6%	7.3%		1.0%	0.3%		6.33	30.82		0.5%	0.6%		.095	.082

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