Biography
Johnny Hopp (John Leonard Hopp) was born on July 18, 1916 in Hastings, Nebraska. He made his Major League debut on September 18, 1939 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .270 with 1 home run and 14 RBI. Hopp played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Johnny Hopp's best season was 1944, when he hit for a .336 average and knocked in 72 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
1939
|
STL
|
N
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
.500
|
.600
|
.750
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1940
|
STL
|
N
|
80
|
152
|
24
|
41
|
1
|
14
|
.270
|
.315
|
.388
|
7
|
4
|
9
|
21
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
1941
|
STL
|
N
|
134
|
445
|
83
|
135
|
4
|
50
|
.303
|
.378
|
.436
|
25
|
11
|
50
|
63
|
3
|
11
|
15
|
0
|
5
|
1942
|
STL
|
N
|
95
|
314
|
41
|
81
|
3
|
37
|
.258
|
.334
|
.382
|
16
|
7
|
36
|
40
|
0
|
4
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
1943
|
STL
|
N
|
91
|
241
|
33
|
54
|
2
|
25
|
.224
|
.297
|
.307
|
10
|
2
|
24
|
22
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
0
|
2
|
1944
|
STL
|
N
|
139
|
527
|
106
|
177
|
11
|
72
|
.336
|
.404
|
.499
|
35
|
9
|
58
|
47
|
2
|
4
|
15
|
0
|
6
|
1945
|
STL
|
N
|
124
|
446
|
67
|
129
|
3
|
44
|
.289
|
.363
|
.395
|
22
|
8
|
49
|
24
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
4
|
1946
|
BOS
|
N
|
129
|
445
|
71
|
148
|
3
|
48
|
.333
|
.386
|
.440
|
23
|
8
|
34
|
34
|
5
|
8
|
21
|
0
|
7
|
1947
|
BOS
|
N
|
134
|
430
|
74
|
124
|
2
|
32
|
.288
|
.376
|
.358
|
20
|
2
|
58
|
30
|
2
|
12
|
13
|
0
|
8
|
1948
|
PIT
|
N
|
120
|
392
|
64
|
109
|
1
|
31
|
.278
|
.345
|
.385
|
15
|
12
|
40
|
25
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
20
|
55
|
5
|
12
|
0
|
3
|
.218
|
.306
|
.309
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
85
|
316
|
50
|
106
|
5
|
36
|
.335
|
.393
|
.443
|
11
|
4
|
30
|
26
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
6
|
1949
|
BRO
|
N
|
8
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
.000
|
.000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1949
|
TOT
|
N
|
113
|
385
|
55
|
118
|
5
|
39
|
.306
|
.367
|
.408
|
14
|
5
|
37
|
32
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
7
|
1950
|
PIT
|
N
|
106
|
318
|
51
|
108
|
8
|
47
|
.340
|
.420
|
.522
|
24
|
5
|
43
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
1950
|
NY
|
A
|
19
|
27
|
9
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
.333
|
.486
|
.593
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1950
|
Total
|
|
125
|
345
|
60
|
117
|
9
|
55
|
.339
|
.426
|
.528
|
26
|
6
|
51
|
18
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
8
|
1951
|
NY
|
A
|
46
|
63
|
10
|
13
|
2
|
4
|
.206
|
.306
|
.317
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
11
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1952
|
NY
|
A
|
15
|
25
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
.160
|
.250
|
.160
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1952
|
DET
|
A
|
42
|
46
|
5
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
.217
|
.308
|
.239
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1952
|
TOT
|
A
|
57
|
71
|
9
|
14
|
0
|
5
|
.197
|
.287
|
.211
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
Total
|
NL
|
|
1271
|
4099
|
670
|
1226
|
43
|
441
|
.299
|
.369
|
.418
|
212
|
73
|
439
|
356
|
18
|
59
|
124
|
0
|
57
|
Total
|
AL
|
|
122
|
161
|
28
|
36
|
3
|
17
|
.224
|
.332
|
.317
|
4
|
1
|
25
|
22
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
Total
|
|
|
1393
|
4260
|
698
|
1262
|
46
|
458
|
.296
|
.368
|
.414
|
216
|
74
|
464
|
378
|
19
|
61
|
128
|
0
|
60
|
Fielding Stats
1939
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1940
|
STL
|
N
|
OF
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
86
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.967
|
1940
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
43
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.979
|
1941
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
329
|
17
|
4
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.989
|
1941
|
STL
|
N
|
OF
|
91
|
0
|
0
|
213
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.982
|
1942
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
88
|
0
|
0
|
746
|
44
|
14
|
68
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.983
|
1943
|
STL
|
N
|
OF
|
52
|
0
|
0
|
113
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.950
|
1943
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
173
|
16
|
6
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.969
|
1944
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
36
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1944
|
STL
|
N
|
OF
|
131
|
0
|
0
|
316
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.997
|
1945
|
STL
|
N
|
OF
|
104
|
0
|
0
|
244
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.980
|
1945
|
STL
|
N
|
1B
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
131
|
11
|
2
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.986
|
1946
|
BOS
|
N
|
1B
|
68
|
0
|
0
|
535
|
42
|
11
|
44
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.981
|
1946
|
BOS
|
N
|
OF
|
58
|
0
|
0
|
135
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1947
|
BOS
|
N
|
OF
|
125
|
0
|
0
|
296
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.980
|
1948
|
PIT
|
N
|
OF
|
80
|
0
|
0
|
192
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1948
|
PIT
|
N
|
1B
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
211
|
18
|
1
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.996
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
1B
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.946
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
1B
|
71
|
0
|
0
|
593
|
40
|
4
|
65
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.994
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
OF
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1949
|
PIT
|
N
|
OF
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.929
|
1949
|
BRO
|
N
|
OF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1949
|
BRO
|
N
|
1B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1949
|
TOT
|
N
|
OF
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
39
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.976
|
1949
|
TOT
|
N
|
1B
|
79
|
0
|
0
|
643
|
45
|
7
|
69
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.990
|
1949
|
TOT
|
N
|
RF
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
1949
|
TOT
|
N
|
LF
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
1950
|
PIT
|
N
|
OF
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1950
|
PIT
|
N
|
1B
|
70
|
0
|
0
|
534
|
32
|
6
|
61
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.990
|
1950
|
NY
|
A
|
1B
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
38
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1950
|
NY
|
A
|
OF
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1950
|
Total
|
|
1B
|
82
|
0
|
0
|
572
|
34
|
6
|
62
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.990
|
1950
|
Total
|
|
LF
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
1950
|
Total
|
|
OF
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1951
|
NY
|
A
|
1B
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
121
|
5
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.992
|
1952
|
NY
|
A
|
1B
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
52
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1952
|
DET
|
A
|
1B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1952
|
DET
|
A
|
OF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
1952
|
TOT
|
A
|
1B
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
53
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
Total
|
|
|
1B
|
479
|
0
|
0
|
3599
|
243
|
53
|
334
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.986
|
Total
|
|
|
OF
|
717
|
0
|
0
|
1664
|
24
|
26
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.985
|
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).
Trivia
See also