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Billy Hitchcock
William Clyde Hitchcock

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Auburn

MLB Debut April 14, 1942
Final Game August 27, 1953
Born July 31, 1916 in Inverness, AL
Died April 9, 2006 (age 89)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 25 CIN NL   47  133    7   19   2   0   0    7   2   1    6   13  .143  .179  .158  .336    50    21   1   1   0   0   5  
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BON NL   66  204   12   33   2   1   0   11   1   2   12   37  .162  .206  .181  .388    57    37   1   2   0   0   8  
 1947 30 CHA AL  109  356   29   74   3   3   1   28   4   3   23   52  .208  .257  .242  .498    69    86   1   2   1   1   6  
 1948 31 SLN NL   56  135   25   49   4   2   2   23   0   0    5    7  .363  .380  .467  .847   111    63   0   2   0   0   4  
 1949 32 SLN NL   30  110   23   26   4   0   0    8   1   0   13   13  .236  .315  .273  .587    78    30   0   1   0   0   1  
 1950 33 SLN NL  114  381   46  106  17   4   0   33   0   0   38   35  .278  .342  .344  .686    91   131   4   2   0   0  12  
 1951 34 SLN NL  107  229   30   68  11   2   4   34   2   0   31   22  .297  .380  .415  .795   105    95   0   2   5   1   5  
 1952 35 SLN NL   98  349   35   86   7   2   3   32   1   1   29   60  .246  .304  .304  .608    87   106   2   5  10   2   9  
 1953 36 BRN NL    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      628 1898  207  461  50  14  10  176  11   7  157  239  .243  .300  .300  .599         569   9  17  16   4  50
 Per 600 PA           546   60  133  14   4   3   51   3   2   45   69                                 164   3   5   5   1  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      405 1204  159  335  43  10   9  130   4   1  116  137  .278  .340  .353  .693         425   6  12  15   3  31
   With CHA      109  356   29   74   3   3   1   28   4   3   23   52  .208  .257  .242  .498          86   1   2   1   1   6
   With BON       66  204   12   33   2   1   0   11   1   2   12   37  .162  .206  .181  .388          37   1   2   0   0   8
   With CIN       47  133    7   19   2   0   0    7   2   1    6   13  .143  .179  .158  .336          21   1   1   0   0   5
   With BRN        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      703 2249  231  547  67  22   5  257  15  11  206  230  .243  .310  .299  .609         673  37          10  82
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1942 25 CIN NL  33    3    .7   1   0   0  .000   2   20   15  .750    0    0  .000  3B   4e31     -190   
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BON NL  49    6   1.0   1   0   0  .000  19   52   22  .423    0    0  .000  UT            -129   
 1947 30 CHA AL  28   22   2.0   3   0   0  .000  18   50   24  .480    0    0  .000  1B   4e30      -33   
 1948 31 SLN NL  27   23   6.8  20   8   0  .400   8   31   18  .581    0    0  .000  2B   3e44      127   
 1949 32 SLN NL  84   10   3.3   2   1   0  .500   4   33   25  .758    0    0  .000  2B   3e22       38   
 1950 33 SLN NL  42   44   4.1   7   3   0  .429  19  104   67  .644    0    0  .000  2B   3e32      -22   
 1951 34 SLN NL  38   37   6.0  41  15   0  .366  10   24   11  .458    0    0  .000  3B   4e37       23   
 1952 35 SLN NL  44   31   3.1   2   1   0  .500  17   59   30  .508    0    0  .000  3B   4e29       -3   
 1953 36 BRN NL 100    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -479   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          180   3.2  78  28   0  .359  97  373  212  .568    0    0  .000                 -23   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 0.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1942 25 CIN NL  3B    33    30    59    2    3   .978    31   254.0   3.15
                 SS     8     2    17    0    3  1.000     5    44.0   3.89
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 29 BON NL  2B    31    90    81    9   21   .950    31   278.1   5.53
                 3B    13    23    35    2    3   .967    13   115.0   4.54
                 SS    16    21    28    8    7   .860    11   107.2   4.10
 1947 30 CHA AL  1B    87   774    66   17   65   .980    83   734.0  10.30
                 SS    12    17    29    1    8   .979    11    94.0   4.40
                 2B    11     8    13    0    3  1.000     3    35.2   5.30
                 3B     3     3     8    0    0  1.000     3    25.0   3.96
 1948 31 SLN NL  2B    35    60    72    8   22   .943    25   238.0   4.99
 1949 32 SLN NL  2B    28    63    69    4   21   .971    26   233.1   5.09
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1950 33 SLN NL  2B   102   260   282   17   89   .970    97   860.0   5.67
                 3B     1     1     2    2    0   .600     1     8.0   3.38
 1951 34 SLN NL  3B    40    50    85   10   13   .931    38   346.2   3.50
                 2B    20    17    20    0    3  1.000     5    74.0   4.50
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1952 35 SLN NL  3B    95    87   218   17   17   .947    94   836.2   3.28
                 1B     1     9     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0  11.57
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   227   498   537   38  159   .965   187  1719.1   5.42
                 3B   185   194   407   33   36   .948   180  1585.1   3.41
                 1B    90   784    66   17   65   .980    84   743.0  10.30
                 SS    37    40    74    9   18   .927    27   247.2   4.14
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1948 WS    SLN BOA   L    1   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1942  CIN   70-84   John Storer, Larry Cupp
 1946  BON   50-104  Jim Pardee
 1947  CHA   71-83   Robert Rescigno
 1948  SLN   97-57   Mike Rescigno
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 1950  SLN   69-85   Mike Rescigno
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