Johnny Hopp
Johnny Hopp
Full name: John Leonard Hopp
Born: July 18, 1916, Hastings, Nebraska
Died June 1, 2003, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Buried at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska
First Game: September 18, 1939; Final Game: September 27, 1952
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 170
Johnny Hopp
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1939 STL N 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 0.1 1939 STL N
1940 STL N 80 152 24 41 7 4 1 14 9 21 1 1 4 3 .270 .315 .388 -0.2 1940 STL N
1941 STL N 134 445 83 135 25 11 4 50 50 63 3 11 5 15 .303 .378 .436 0.5 1941 STL N
1942 STL N 95 314 41 81 16 7 3 37 36 40 0 4 0 14 .258 .334 .382 -1.2 1942 STL N
1943 STL N 91 241 33 54 10 2 2 25 24 22 1 6 2 8 .224 .297 .307 -1.3 1943 STL N
1944 STL N 139 527 106 177 35 9 11 72 58 47 2 4 6 15 .336 .404 .499 2.5 1944 STL N
1945 STL N 124 446 67 129 22 8 3 44 49 24 3 7 4 14 .289 .363 .395 0.1 1945 STL N
1946 BOS N 129 445 71 148 23 8 3 48 34 34 5 8 7 21 .333 .386 .440 1.4 1946 BOS N
1947 BOS N 134 430 74 124 20 2 2 32 58 30 2 12 8 13 .288 .376 .358 -0.7 1947 BOS N
1948 PIT N 120 392 64 109 15 12 1 31 40 25 0 3 7 5 .278 .345 .385 -0.9 1948 PIT N
1949 PIT N 20 55 5 12 3 1 0 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 .218 .306 .309 -0.4 1949 PIT N
1949 BRO N 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 1949 BRO N
1949 PIT N 85 316 50 106 11 4 5 36 30 26 0 3 6 9 .335 .393 .443 0.7 1949 PIT N
1949 TOT N 113 385 55 118 14 5 5 39 37 32 0 3 7 9 .306 .367 .408 0.0 1949 TOT N
1950 PIT N 106 318 51 108 24 5 8 47 43 17 1 0 7 7 .340 .420 .522 1.4 1950 PIT N
1950 NY A 19 27 9 9 2 1 1 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .486 .593 0.3 1950 NY A
1950 Total 125 345 60 117 26 6 9 55 51 18 1 0 8 7 1i .339 .426 .528 1.7 1950 Total
1951 NY A 46 63 10 13 1 0 2 4 9 11 0 1 0 2 0 .206 .306 .317 -0.4 1951 NY A
1952 NY A 15 25 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 .160 .250 .160 -0.2 1952 NY A
1952 DET A 42 46 5 10 1 0 0 3 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 .217 .308 .239 -0.3 1952 DET A
1952 TOT A 57 71 9 14 1 0 0 5 8 10 1 1 2 2 0 .197 .287 .211 -0.5 1952 TOT A
Total NL 1271 4099 670 1226 212 73 43 441 439 356 18 59 57 124 .299 .369 .418 1.7 Total NL
Total AL 122 161 28 36 4 1 3 17 25 22 1 2 3 4 1 .224 .332 .317 -0.6 Total AL
Total 1393 4260 698 1262 216 74 46 458 464 378 19 61 60 128 1i .296 .368 .414 1.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1942 STL N Daily Splits 5 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .222 .176 1942 STL N
1943 STL N Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1943 STL N
1944 STL N Daily Splits 6 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 1944 STL N
1950 NY A Daily Splits 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NY A
1951 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1951 NY A
Total Splits 16 50 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .160 .192 .160 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1946 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1946 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1939 STL N 1B 2 6 1 0 1 1.000
1940 STL N OF 39 86 1 3 0 .967 12 27 0
1940 STL N 1B 10 43 3 1 4 .979
1941 STL N OF 91 213 4 4 1 .982 58 23 10
1941 STL N 1B 39 329 17 4 23 .989
1942 STL N 1B 88 746 44 14 68 .983
1943 STL N OF 52 113 1 6 3 .950 40 12 0
1943 STL N 1B 27 173 16 6 13 .969
1944 STL N OF 131 316 2 1 1 .997 1 130 0
1944 STL N 1B 6 36 2 0 0 1.000
1945 STL N OF 104 244 5 5 2 .980 2 26 89
1945 STL N 1B 15 131 11 2 11 .986
1946 BOS N 1B 68 535 42 11 44 .981
1946 BOS N OF 58 135 3 0 1 1.000 1 57 0
1947 BOS N OF 125 296 2 6 0 .980 0 123 2
1948 PIT N OF 80 192 3 0 1 1.000 1 71 8
1948 PIT N 1B 25 211 18 1 21 .996
1949 PIT N OF 7 12 1 1 0 .929 2 0 5
1949 PIT N 1B 6 49 4 3 4 .946
1949 BRO N OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 3
1949 BRO N 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000
1949 PIT N 1B 71 593 40 4 65 .994
1949 PIT N OF 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 7
1949 TOT N 1B 79 643 45 7 69 .990
1949 TOT N LF -
1949 TOT N RF -
1949 TOT N OF 20 39 2 1 0 .976 5 0 15
1950 PIT N 1B 70 534 32 6 61 .990
1950 PIT N OF 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 3
1950 NY A 1B 12 38 2 0 1 1.000
1950 NY A OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0
1950 Total 1B 82 572 34 6 62 .990
1950 Total LF -
1950 Total OF 13 24 1 0 0 1.000 8 2 3
1951 NY A 1B 25 121 5 1 10 .992
1952 NY A 1B 12 52 5 0 8 1.000
1952 DET A OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
1952 DET A 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT A 1B 13 53 5 0 8 1.000
Total OF 717 1664 24 26 9 .985 132 471 127
Total 1B 479 3599 243 53 334 .986
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1942 STL N Daily 1B 5 5 5 45 46 3 1 2 0 .980
1943 STL N Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1943 STL N CF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL N Daily OF 6 6 6 55 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
1944 STL N CF 6 6 6 55 14 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 NY A Daily 1B 3 0 0 8 7 1 0 2 0 1.000
Total 1B 8 5 5 53 53 4 1 4 0 .983
Total CF 7 7 7 64 15 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 7 7 7 64 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1946 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1946 NL CF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1936).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves in exchange for Eddie Joost and
$40000 (February 5, 1946 ).
Traded by Boston Braves with Danny Murtaugh to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for
Jim Russell , Bill Salkeld and Al Lyons (November 18, 1947 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with $25000 to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Marv
Rackley (May 18, 1949 ); trade voided (June 7, 1949 ).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Yankees (September 5, 1950 ).
Released by New York Yankees (May 26, 1952 ).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (June 2, 1952 ).
Released by Detroit Tigers (December 17, 1952 ).
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