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Bubba Phillips
John Melvin Phillips

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.
School Southern Mississippi

MLB Debut April 30, 1955
Final Game September 6, 1964
Born February 24, 1928 in West Point, MS
Died June 22, 1993 (age 65)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 27 CHA AL   92  215   15   39   2   0   3    7   3   1   16   30  .181  .241  .233  .474    63    50   0   0   2   1   3  
 1956 28 CHA AL   49   99   12   23   4   0   2    9   4   2    6   16  .232  .294  .333  .627    85    33   0   1   1   3   2  
 1957 29 CHA AL   80  267   22   58   9   2   1   25   6   7   33   25  .217  .306  .277  .583    79    74   2   0   4   1   3  
 1958 30 CHA AL   85  277   18   60  13   0   1   27   8   3   19   21  .217  .267  .274  .541    76    76   4   0   0   0   6  
 1959 31 CHA AL  107  349   38   83  22   2   5   32   3   4   14   20  .238  .266  .355  .622    92   124   2   1   1   0   7  
 1960 32 SLN NL   46  140    9   21   6   0   1   12   0   0    3   18  .150  .185  .214  .399    55    30   1   0   0   3   4  
 1961 33 SLN NL  132  479   48  119  14   0  22   63   1   0   26   51  .248  .292  .415  .707    97   199  18   2   8   4  10  
 1962 34 SLN NL  115  399   42   97   9   0  12   51   1   0   10   45  .243  .273  .356  .629    88   142   1   4   0   8   8  
 1963 35 DEA AL   49   54    5   12   1   0   1    7   0   0    3    6  .222  .263  .296  .559    79    16   1   0   0   0   2  
 1964 36 DEA AL   46   83    5   18   1   0   2    8   0   0    2   13  .217  .235  .301  .536    76    25   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      801 2362  214  530  81   4  50  241  26  17  132  245  .224  .270  .326  .596         769  29   8  16  20  45
 Per 600 PA           556   50  125  19   1  12   57   6   4   31   58                                 181   7   2   4   5  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      413 1207  105  263  50   4  12  100  24  17   88  112  .218  .273  .296  .569         357   8   2   8   5  21
   With SLN      293 1018   99  237  29   0  35  126   2   0   39  114  .233  .270  .364  .634         371  20   6   8  15  22
   With DEA       95  137   10   30   2   0   3   15   0   0    5   19  .219  .246  .299  .546          41   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1062 3278  348  835 135   8  62  356  25  11  182  314  .255  .297  .358  .655        1172  38  35  24  31  81
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1955 27 CHA AL  69   12   1.9   8   0   0  .000   2   28   19  .679    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3  -120   
 1956 28 CHA AL  55    9   3.2  12   4   0  .333   0    5    4  .800    0    0  .000  UT             -88   
 1957 29 CHA AL  26   23   2.8  12   1   0  .083   3   34   15  .441    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7  -110   
 1958 30 CHA AL  15   20   2.4   6   1   0  .167   6   44   30  .682    0    0  .000  UT            -138   
 1959 31 CHA AL  30   30   3.0  17   1   0  .059  13   45   27  .600    0    0  .000  UT             -77   
 1960 32 SLN NL  32    5   1.1   4   1   0  .250   9   24   14  .583    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e25 -149   
 1961 33 SLN NL  31   56   3.9   3   1   0  .333  17   72   50  .694    0    0  .000  3B   2e21       -7   
 1962 34 SLN NL   6   37   3.3   2   1   1  .500  10   60   44  .733    0    0  .000  3B   2e12      -18   
 1963 35 DEA AL  46    3   2.3  35   9   1  .257   0    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  PH             -27   
 1964 36 DEA AL  74    6   2.5   9   1   0  .111   3   19   15  .789    0    0  .000  3B   3e8      -158   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          205   2.9 108  20   2  .185  63  335  220  .657    0    0  .000                 -74   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1955 27 CHA AL  CF    60   104     5    0    0  1.000    46   424.1   2.31
                 3B     7     9    13    2    1   .917     7    56.1   3.51
                 LF     5     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    14.0   1.29
                 RF     9     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    13.0   2.77
 1956 28 CHA AL  3B    15    10    28    0    2  1.000    15   117.1   2.91
                 RF    18    19     1    0    1  1.000    12   106.0   1.70
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
 1957 29 CHA AL  CF    63   122     7    3    0   .977    57   527.2   2.20
                 RF    11    18     0    0    0  1.000     9    83.0   1.95
 1958 30 CHA AL  3B    42    47   105    5   14   .968    41   342.0   4.00
                 CF    35    67     4    1    0   .986    33   298.0   2.14
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   1.06
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1959 31 CHA AL  3B    51    36   105   11   15   .928    41   377.2   3.36
                 CF    40    88     5    2    1   .979    36   331.0   2.53
                 RF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
 1960 32 SLN NL  LF    21    37     0    5    0   .881    17   148.1   2.24
                 RF    17    27     0    4    0   .871    16   135.1   1.80
                 CF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    11.1   1.59
 1961 33 SLN NL  3B   129   102   263   17   31   .955   127  1144.0   2.87
 1962 34 SLN NL  3B   110    74   191   10   22   .964   100   894.1   2.67
 1963 35 DEA AL  3B     8     1     7    0    0  1.000     3    29.2   2.43
                 LF     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   2.77
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   3.37
 1964 36 DEA AL  3B    38    17    56    3    3   .961    17   193.0   3.40
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   400   296   768   48   88   .957   351  3154.1   3.04
                 CF   203   384    21    6    1   .985   173  1595.0   2.29
                 RF    57    70     1    4    1   .947    38   348.1   1.83
                 LF    34    47     0    5    0   .904    20   196.0   2.16
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1964 WS    DEA CIN   L    5   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  2  3  .250  .400  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  CHA   81-73   Robert Rescigno
 1956  CHA   83-71   Robert Rescigno
 1957  CHA   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1958  CHA   67-87   Robert Rescigno
 1959  CHA   65-89   Robert Rescigno
 1960  SLN   64-90   Mike Rescigno
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