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Johnny Hopp
John Leonard Hopp (Cotney)
brother was known by Hippity

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 18, 1939
Final Game September 27, 1952
Born July 18, 1916 in Hastings, NE
Died June 1, 2003 in Scottsbluff, NE

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 STL NL   6    4    1    2   1  0   0    2   0      1   1  .500  .600  .750  252    3   0           0   0
 1940 23 STL NL  80  152   24   41   7  4   1   14   3      9  21  .270  .315  .388   88   59   1           1   4
 1941 24 STL NL 134  445   83  135  25 11   4   50  15     50  63  .303  .378  .436  122  194  11           3   5 MVP-8
 1942 25 STL NL  95  314   41   81  16  7   3   37  14     36  40  .258  .334  .382  103  120   4           0   0
 1943 26 STL NL  91  241   33   54  10  2   2   25   8     24  22  .224  .297  .307   71   74   6           1   2
 1944 27 STL NL 139  527  106  177  35  9  11   72  15     58  47  .336  .404  .499  151  263   4           2   6 MVP-18
 1945 28 STL NL 124  446   67  129  22  8   3   44  14     49  24  .289  .363  .395  108  176   7           3   4 MVP-15
 1946 29 BSN NL 129  445   71  148  23  8   3   48  21     34  34  .333  .386  .440  133  196   8           5   7 MVP-12,AS
 1947 30 BSN NL 134  430   74  124  20  2   2   32  13     58  30  .288  .376  .358   97  154  12           2   8
 1948 31 PIT NL 120  392   64  109  15 12   1   31   5     40  25  .278  .345  .385   96  151   3           0   7
 1949 32 TOT NL 113  385   55  118  14  5   5   39   9  0  37  32  .306  .367  .408  106  157   3       0   0   7
         PIT NL  20   55    5   12   3  1   0    3   0  0   7   3  .218  .306  .309   64   17   0       0   0   1
         BRO NL   8   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         PIT NL  85  316   50  106  11  4   5   36   9     30  26  .335  .393  .443  122  140   3           0   6
 1950 33 TOT    125  345   60  117  26  6   9   55   7  1  51  18  .339  .426  .528  146  182   0           1   8
         PIT NL 106  318   51  108  24  5   8   47   7     43  17  .340  .420  .522  143  166   0           1   7
         NYY AL  19   27    9    9   2  1   1    8   0  1   8   1  .333  .486  .593  178   16   0           0   1
 1951 34 NYY AL  46   63   10   13   1  0   2    4   2  0   9  11  .206  .306  .317   71   20   1           0   0
 1952 35 TOT AL  57   71    9   14   1  0   0    5   2  0   8  10  .197  .288  .211   41   15   1           1   2
         NYY AL  15   25    4    4   0  0   0    2   2  0   2   3  .160  .250  .160   19    4   0           1   1
         DET AL  42   46    5   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   6   7  .217  .308  .239   53   11   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1393 4260  698 1262 216 74  46  458 128  1 464 378  .296  .368  .414  113 1764  61   0   0  19  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   81  147  25  9   5   53  15  0  54  44  .296  .368  .414  113  205   7   0   0   2   7
 Career High    139  527  106  177  35 12  11   72  21  1  58  63  .339  .426  .528  151  263  12   0   0   5   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 STL NL    5    2    2  26.6   108| .500  .288| .600  .354| .750  .411|1.350  .765| 252  .962   1.0   0.1     
 1940 23 STL NL  163  116   18   4.2   103| .270  .279| .315  .344| .388  .401| .703  .745|  88  .480  -3.1  -0.3     
 1941 24 STL NL  509  326   73   6.0   100| .303  .274| .378  .345| .436  .386| .814  .731| 122  .663  13.7   1.4     
 1942 25 STL NL  354  237   40   4.6    93| .258  .265| .334  .338| .382  .368| .716  .706| 103  .580   0.9   0.1     
 1943 26 STL NL  272  195   22   3.0    93| .224  .270| .297  .340| .307  .367| .604  .707|  71  .382  -9.3  -1.0     
 1944 27 STL NL  591  360  106   7.9    96| .336  .270| .404  .338| .499  .380| .903  .718| 151  .761  36.8   3.7     
 1945 28 STL NL  505  328   63   5.1    99| .289  .277| .363  .347| .395  .382| .758  .729| 108  .583   5.3   0.5     
 1946 29 BSN NL  492  312   74   6.4    93| .333  .264| .386  .339| .440  .369| .826  .708| 133  .696  19.0   2.0     
 1947 30 BSN NL  502  326   57   4.6   104| .288  .272| .376  .346| .358  .403| .734  .749|  97  .501   1.2   0.1     
 1948 31 PIT NL  435  293   52   4.7   104| .278  .271| .345  .346| .385  .401| .730  .747|  96  .526  -3.2  -0.3     
 1949 32 TOT NL  425  277   60   5.8   106| .306  .273| .367  .347| .408  .408| .775  .755| 106  .606   3.1   0.3 100%
         PIT NL   62   44    5   3.0   106| .218  .273| .306  .347| .309  .408| .615  .755|  64  .321  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         BRO NL   14   14    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .000  .349| .000  .412| .000  .761|-100  .000  -4.1  -0.4     
         PIT NL  349  219   55   6.7   106| .335  .273| .393  .347| .443  .408| .836  .755| 122  .669  10.0   1.0     
 1950 33 TOT     397  237   76   8.6   111| .339  .273| .426  .351| .528  .423| .954  .774| 146  .746  25.4   2.4  87%
         PIT NL  362  217   69   8.5   111| .340  .273| .420  .350| .522  .424| .942  .774| 143  .745  21.7   2.1     
         NYY AL   35   20    7   9.3   111| .333  .275| .486  .361| .593  .412|1.079  .773| 178  .759   3.7   0.3   0%
 1951 34 NYY AL   73   51    6   3.2    99| .206  .263| .306  .343| .317  .385| .623  .728|  71  .343  -2.5  -0.3 100%
 1952 35 TOT AL   81   60    4   1.8    95| .197  .258| .288  .338| .211  .377| .499  .715|  41  .178  -5.5  -0.6 100%
         NYY AL   28   22    1   1.2    91| .160  .253| .250  .332| .160  .369| .410  .701|  19  .097  -2.6  -0.3 100%
         DET AL   53   38    3   2.1    97| .217  .261| .308  .341| .239  .381| .547  .723|  53  .228  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     4804 3120  653   5.6   100| .296  .271| .368  .344| .414  .389| .782  .733| 113  .619  82.8   8.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 22 STL NL 1B 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 .986 3.50 10.00 1940 23 STL NL OF 39 86 1 3 0 .967 .978 2.23 2.17 12 27 0 1B 10 43 3 1 4 .979 .989 4.60 10.08 1941 24 STL NL OF 91 213 4 4 1 .982 .975 2.38 2.15 58 23 10 1B 39 329 17 4 23 .989 .989 8.87 9.73 1942 25 STL NL 1B 88 746 44 14 68 .983 .989 8.98 9.66 1943 26 STL NL OF 52 113 1 6 3 .950 .977 2.19 2.27 40 12 0 1B 27 173 16 6 13 .969 .992 7.00 9.99 1944 27 STL NL OF 131 316 2 1 1 .997 .980 2.43 2.31 1 130 0 1B 6 36 2 0 0 1.000 .990 6.33 9.67 1945 28 STL NL OF 104 244 5 5 2 .980 .978 2.39 2.33 2 26 89 1B 15 131 11 2 11 .986 .990 9.47 9.74 1946 29 BSN NL 1B 68 535 42 11 44 .981 .991 8.49 9.28 AS OF 58 135 3 0 1 1.000 .977 2.38 2.16 1 57 0 AS 1947 30 BSN NL OF 125 296 2 6 0 .980 .977 2.38 2.19 0 123 2 1948 31 PIT NL OF 80 192 3 0 1 1.000 .978 2.44 2.20 1 71 8 1B 25 211 18 1 21 .996 .990 9.16 8.94 1949 32 TOT NL 1B 79 643 45 7 69 .990 .991 8.71 8.98 TOT NL OF 20 39 2 1 0 .976 .976 2.05 2.25 5 0 15 PIT NL OF 7 12 1 1 0 .929 .977 1.86 2.26 2 0 5 1B 6 49 4 3 4 .946 .991 8.83 8.98 BRO NL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.25 1 0 3 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.00 PIT NL 1B 71 593 40 4 65 .994 .991 8.92 8.98 OF 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 2.24 2 0 7 1950 33 TOT 1B 82 572 34 6 62 .990 .990 7.39 8.95 TOT OF 13 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.92 2.23 8 2 3 PIT NL 1B 70 534 32 6 61 .990 .990 8.09 9.02 OF 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 .979 2.00 2.14 2 2 3 NYY AL 1B 12 38 2 0 1 1.000 .990 3.33 8.51 OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 2.33 6 0 0 1951 34 NYY AL 1B 25 121 5 1 10 .992 .990 5.04 8.49 1952 35 TOT AL 1B 13 53 5 0 8 1.000 .988 4.46 8.88 NYY AL 1B 12 52 5 0 8 1.000 .988 4.75 8.88 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.17 4 0 0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 22 STL NL 1B 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 .986 3.50 10.00 1940 23 STL NL 1B 10 43 3 1 4 .979 .989 4.60 10.08 1941 24 STL NL 1B 39 329 17 4 23 .989 .989 8.87 9.73 1942 25 STL NL 1B 88 746 44 14 68 .983 .989 8.98 9.66 1943 26 STL NL 1B 27 173 16 6 13 .969 .992 7.00 9.99 1944 27 STL NL 1B 6 36 2 0 0 1.000 .990 6.33 9.67 1945 28 STL NL 1B 15 131 11 2 11 .986 .990 9.47 9.74 1946 29 BSN NL 1B 68 535 42 11 44 .981 .991 8.49 9.28 1948 31 PIT NL 1B 25 211 18 1 21 .996 .990 9.16 8.94 1949 32 TOT NL 1B 79 643 45 7 69 .990 .991 8.71 8.98 PIT NL 1B 6 49 4 3 4 .946 .991 8.83 8.98 BRO NL 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.00 PIT NL 1B 71 593 40 4 65 .994 .991 8.92 8.98 1950 33 TOT 1B 82 572 34 6 62 .990 .990 7.39 8.95 PIT NL 1B 70 534 32 6 61 .990 .990 8.09 9.02 NYY AL 1B 12 38 2 0 1 1.000 .990 3.33 8.51 1951 34 NYY AL 1B 25 121 5 1 10 .992 .990 5.04 8.49 1952 35 TOT AL 1B 13 53 5 0 8 1.000 .988 4.46 8.88 NYY AL 1B 12 52 5 0 8 1.000 .988 4.75 8.88 DET AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90 1940 23 STL NL OF 39 86 1 3 0 .967 .978 2.23 2.17 12 27 0 1941 24 STL NL OF 91 213 4 4 1 .982 .975 2.38 2.15 58 23 10 1943 26 STL NL OF 52 113 1 6 3 .950 .977 2.19 2.27 40 12 0 1944 27 STL NL OF 131 316 2 1 1 .997 .980 2.43 2.31 1 130 0 1945 28 STL NL OF 104 244 5 5 2 .980 .978 2.39 2.33 2 26 89 1946 29 BSN NL OF 58 135 3 0 1 1.000 .977 2.38 2.16 1 57 0 1947 30 BSN NL OF 125 296 2 6 0 .980 .977 2.38 2.19 0 123 2 1948 31 PIT NL OF 80 192 3 0 1 1.000 .978 2.44 2.20 1 71 8 1949 32 TOT NL OF 20 39 2 1 0 .976 .976 2.05 2.25 5 0 15 PIT NL OF 7 12 1 1 0 .929 .977 1.86 2.26 2 0 5 BRO NL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.25 1 0 3 PIT NL OF 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 2.24 2 0 7 1950 33 TOT OF 13 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.92 2.23 8 2 3 PIT NL OF 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 .979 2.00 2.14 2 2 3 NYY AL OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 2.33 6 0 0 1952 35 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.17 4 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 717 1664 24 26 9 .985 .978 2.35 2.23 132 471 127 1B 479 3599 243 53 334 .986 .990 8.02 9.29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1196 5263 267 79 343 .986 .986 4.62 5.06
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   5  17   3   3  0  0  0   0   1   1  .176  .222  .176   0  0   2   0   0 
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   6  27   2   5  0  0  0   0   0   8  .185  .185  .185   0  0   0   0   0 
 1950   WS    NYY PHI     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        4-1  16  50   5   8  0  0  0   0   2  10  .160  .192  .160   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1946   BSN NL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1946 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-8-0.18
1944-NL-18-0.03
1945-NL-15-0.05
1946-NL-12-0.10
Car-524-0.36 shares

Batting Average
1944 NL-.336-4
1946 NL-.333-2

On-base %
1944 NL-.404-6
1946 NL-.386-7

Slugging %
1944 NL-.499-7
1946 NL-.440-7

OPS
1944 NL-.903-7
1946 NL-.827-7

Runs
1944 NL-106-4

Hits
1944 NL-177-6

Doubles
1944 NL-35-7

Triples
1941 NL-11-3
1942 NL-7-5
1944 NL-9-6
1945 NL-8-8
1946 NL-8-5
1948 NL-12-2

Stolen Bases
1941 NL-15-5
1942 NL-14-4
1943 NL-8-10
1944 NL-15-4
1945 NL-14-7
1946 NL-21-3
1947 NL-13-3
1949 NL-9-9

Singles
1944 NL-122-10
1946 NL-114-8

Adjusted OPS+
1944 NL-151-7
1946 NL-133-6

Runs Created
1944 NL-106-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1944 NL-37-6

Batting Wins
1944 NL-3.7-6

Extra-Base Hits
1944 NL-55-9

Offensive Win%
1944 NL-.761-6
1946 NL-.696-6

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-5-2

Sac. Hits
1941 NL-11-8
1947 NL-12-4

Power/Speed Number
1944 NL-12.7-1

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 44 (559) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.8 (707) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.5 (697) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

February 5, 1946: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Braves for Eddie Joost and $40,000.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Boston Braves with Danny Murtaugh to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Russell, Bill Salkeld, and Al Lyons.

May 18, 1949: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with $25,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Marv Rackley. Trade was voided and players returned on June 7, 1949.

June 7, 1949: Sent by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on May 18, 1949. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Marv Rackley to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny Hopp and $25,000. Trade was voided and players returned on June 7, 1949.

September 5, 1950: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 26, 1952: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 2, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 17, 1952: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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