Billy Hitchcock

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: July 31, 1916 in Inverness, AL us

Died: April 9, 2006 in Opelika, AL

Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL

High School: Union Springs HS (Union Springs, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 25-257d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 27, 1953 (Age 37-027d)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: William Clyde Hitchcock

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Hitchcock

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-5.4

2249

547

.243

231

RBI

257

OBP

.310

SLG

.299

OPS

.609

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-54 / in Starts: 21-46
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	61 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 302 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	144 (71-45-28) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 302 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	198 (103-63-31)

Most Driven In
J Heath	6
V Stephens	4
P Lehner	3
R Coleman	2
W Judnich	2
B Dillinger	1
A Zarilla	1
S Zoldak	1

Most Driven In By
L Moss	4
B Dillinger	4
A Zarilla	3
J Heath	2
Self	1
V Stephens	1
W Brown	1
C Fannin	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	187	10 (9)	Apr 27 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	188	12 (1)	May 1	SLB		WSH	W,14-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.50	PH
3	189	14 (1)	May 4 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7						2B
4	190	15	May 4 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	7	.21	-0.021	.47	-0.03%	0.31	2B
5	191	16	May 6	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	7	1.09	0.069	1.91	0.07%	0.28	2B
6	192	19 (2)	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	3	1.41	-0.197	1.71	-0.14%	-1.07	2B
7	193	20	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.333	.693	3	1.50	0.385	1.62	0.25%	2.12	2B
8	194	21	May 11	SLB		CLE	L,1-16	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.333	.713	3	.37	0.027	.44	0.02%	0.38	2B
9	195	22	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.321	.688	3	.03	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.30	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	196	39 (16)	Jun 4	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.310	.355	.310	.665	9						PH
11	197	40	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.355	.310	.665	2						2B
12	198	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.273	.587	6	1.38	-0.148	1.69	-0.11%	-0.95	SS
13	199	42	Jun 8 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.265	.570	5	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.15	SS
14	200	47 (4)	Jun 13	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.237	.512	7	1.33	-0.112	1.65	-0.08%	-1.06	SS
15	201	48	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.220	.273	.220	.492	7	.20	0.030	.29	0.03%	0.25	SS
16	202	49	Jun 15 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.271	.222	.493	7	.49	-0.040	.65	-0.03%	-0.37	SS
17	203	50	Jun 15 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.208	.478	7	1.94	-0.117	2.10	-0.08%	-0.28	SS
18	204	51	Jun 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	2-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.255	.196	.451	7	1.46	-0.111	1.17	-0.05%	-0.63	PR 2B
19	205	52	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG(15)	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.259	.517	7	2.62	0.495	1.93	0.22%	0.97	2B
20	206	53	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.246	.246	.492	7	.63	-0.047	.34	-0.02%	-0.52	2B
21	207	54	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.261	.262	.522	7	1.47	0.101	.61	0.03%	0.48	2B
22	208	55	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.274	.275	.549	7	1.69	0.172	.62	0.04%	0.76	2B
23	209	56	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.284	.566	7	.52	0.053	.16	0.01%	-0.20	2B
24	210	57	Jun 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.277	.269	.546	7	.42	-0.019	.13	0.00%	-1.00	2B
25	211	58	Jun 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.276	.268	.544	7	.93	0.019	.38	0.01%	0.47	2B
26	212	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.264	.256	.520	7	.88	-0.093	.29	-0.02%	-1.46	2B
27	213	60	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.284	.261	.546	7	1.04	0.078	.30	0.01%	0.81	2B
28	214	61	Jun 29 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.228	.283	.261	.544	7	1.38	-0.112	.27	-0.01%	-1.02	2B
29	215	62	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.282	.260	.542	7	.58	0.010	.09	0.00%	-0.30	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	216	63	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.271	.250	.521	7	1.28	-0.129	.12	-0.01%	-1.11	2B
31	217	64	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.221	.270	.250	.520	7						2B
32	218	65	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.270	.250	.520	7						2B
33	219	66	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.268	.554	7	.56	0.137	.04	0.01%	2.41	2B
34	220	67	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.276	.259	.535	7	.66	-0.062	.04	0.00%	-0.95	2B
35	221	68	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.229	.278	.254	.532	7						2B
36	222	69	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.285	.279	.563	7	1.16	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.07	2B
37	223	70	Jul 11	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.284	.278	.561	7	1.76	-0.058	.05	0.00%	-0.19	2B
38	224	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.238	.283	.277	.560	2	.40	-0.040	.01	0.00%	-0.26	3B
39	225	72	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.244	.287	.281	.568	2	1.13	0.034	.01	0.00%	1.22	3B
40	226	73	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.237	.279	.273	.552	2						3B
41	227	74	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.296	.277	.573	2	1.25	0.116	.00	0.00%	0.88	3B
42	228	75	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.295	.594	2	.24	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.66	3B
43	229	76	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.292	.287	.579	2						3B
44	230	77	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.289	.284	.573	2						3B
45	231	78	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.282	.277	.559	2						3B
46	232	79	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-16	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.236	.289	.280	.569	2						3B
47	233	80	Jul 18	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.292	.279	.571	2						3B
48	234	81	Jul 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.291	.278	.569	2	1.10	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.31	3B
49	235	82	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.233	.286	.273	.560	2	.67	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.20	3B
50	236	83	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.289	.277	.566	2	.79	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.23	3B
51	237	84	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.289	.276	.565	2	.78	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.58	3B
52	238	85	Jul 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.237	.286	.274	.561	2	.54	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.48	3B
53	239	86	Jul 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.230	.279	.267	.546	2	.25	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-1.67	3B
54	240	90 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.288	.287	.576	2						3B
55	241	93 (2)	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.287	.286	.573	6	.12	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	242	98 (4)	Aug 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.286	.284	.570	9						PH
57	243	105 (6)	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.284	.283	.567	7	.36	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.73	PH 2B
58	244	107 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.233	.286	.277	.563	2	.86	0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.09	2B
59	245	108	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.233	.285	.277	.562	2						2B
60	246	109	Aug 13 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.280	.271	.551	2						2B
61	247	111 (1)	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.284	.276	.560	2	.70	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.67	2B
62	248	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.283	.272	.555	2	1.30	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.31	2B
63	249	116 (3)	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.228	.281	.269	.550	3	.48	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.78	2B
64	250	119 (2)	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.280	.266	.546	7	.60	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.57	2B
65	251	120	Aug 24 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.280	.265	.545	7	.26	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.15	2B
66	252	121	Aug 24 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.279	.262	.541	7	.73	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.13	2B
67	253	122	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.280	.263	.543	7	1.14	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.25	2B
68	254	123	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.283	.267	.550	7	1.19	0.137	.00	0.00%	1.15	2B
69	255	124	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.283	.267	.550	7	1.72	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.29	2B
70	256	125	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.286	.270	.557	7						2B
71	257	126	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.286	.270	.556	7	1.52	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.62	2B
72	258	127	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.285	.270	.555	7						2B
73	259	128	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.281	.266	.547	7						2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
74	260	129	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.230	.283	.265	.547	7	.93	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.36	2B
75	261	130	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.279	.261	.539	7	1.52	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.34	2B
76	262	140 (9)	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.277	.259	.535	6	1.10	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH 1B
77	263	143 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.226	.283	.260	.544	6	.56	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.34	1B
78	264	150 (6)	Sep 24	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.280	.257	.538	6	.09	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.60	PH 1B
79	265	151	Sep 25	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.276	.254	.530	6	.99	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1B
80	266	152	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.277	.255	.532	6	2.18	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1B
							26-54		302	275	25	61	2	2	1	28	21	0	34	0	6		2	10	3	0	.222	.277	.255	.532		.97	0.265	.37	0.10%	-6.06

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