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	23-26 / in Starts: 19-9
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	89 (47-29-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (46-29-14)

Most Driven In
B Goodman	7
W Moses	4
B Tebbetts	2
B Doerr	1
S Spence	1
S Mele	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D DiMaggio	4
V Stephens	3
J Pesky	2
B Tebbetts	1
T Williams	1
Self	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	267	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	268	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.032	2.93	-0.05%	-0.18	PH
3	269	5 (2)	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.17	-0.004	.36	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
4	270	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.29	0.013	.54	0.02%	0.39	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
5	271	20 (13)	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8						PR
6	272	22 (1)	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	5-GF	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	.24	-0.015	.40	-0.02%	0.49	3B
7	273	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	.69	-0.071	1.24	-0.08%	-1.14	3B
8	274	24	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	1.37	-0.052	2.38	-0.05%	-0.73	3B
9	275	26 (1)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	2	1.43	-0.033	2.17	-0.03%	-0.37	3B
10	276	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	2	.66	-0.030	1.16	-0.03%	-0.11	3B
11	277	28	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	7						PR
12	278	34 (5)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9						PR
13	279	35	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	1	.80	-0.083	.41	-0.03%	-1.04	3B
14	280	36	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.296	.546	2	.46	0.038	.31	0.02%	0.41	3B
15	281	37	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.258	.477	2	1.55	-0.161	1.17	-0.07%	-1.60	3B
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
16	282	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.171	.194	.229	.423	7	.31	-0.039	.19	-0.01%	-0.95	3B
17	283	39	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.205	.237	.442	7	1.26	0.008	.71	0.00%	0.51	3B
18	284	40	Jun 3	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.209	.238	.447	7	.60	-0.022	.29	-0.01%	-0.38	3B
19	285	41	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.234	.283	.517	7	.89	0.034	.57	0.01%	0.67	3B
20	286	42	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.231	.275	.505	7	.40	0.050	.28	0.02%	-0.30	3B
21	287	45 (2)	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.226	.269	.496	9	.69	-0.019	.77	-0.01%	-0.12	PH
22	288	60 (14)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.222	.264	.486	9	.07	-0.002	.16	0.00%	-0.11	PH
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
23	289	78 (17)	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.222	.264	.486	8						PR
24	290	88 (9)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	3-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.246	.273	.518	2	1.49	0.004	8.71	0.01%	0.03	3B
25	291	89	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.230	.254	.484	2	1.38	-0.175	8.98	-0.69%	-1.52	3B
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
26	292	96 (6)	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.226	.250	.476	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.54	PH
27	293	97	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.238	.295	.533	9	.29	0.023	2.21	0.10%	0.68	PH
28	294	105 (7)	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.238	.295	.533	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
29	295	109 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.306	.556	9	1.35	0.059	8.14	0.22%	0.39	PH
30	296	123 (13)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.246	.302	.548	9						PH
31	297	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.242	.275	.333	.609	8						2B
Sep/Oct		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
32	298	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.301	.357	.659	8	1.20	0.100	10.31	0.51%	2.02	2B
33	299	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.286	.338	.624	8	.51	-0.053	4.63	-0.29%	-0.65	2B
34	300	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.385	.681	8	1.57	0.268	14.13	1.45%	0.94	2B
35	301	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.294	.378	.672	8	.84	-0.020	7.41	-0.10%	-0.55	2B
36	302	129	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.308	.372	.680	8	.42	-0.049	3.72	-0.26%	-0.26	2B
37	303	130	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.305	.367	.672	8	.92	-0.010	7.99	-0.05%	-0.05	2B
38	304	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.323	.383	.706	8	.82	0.121	11.93	1.06%	1.54	2B
39	305	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.330	.388	.718	8	.68	0.050	9.00	0.40%	1.03	2B
40	306	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG(10)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.343	.398	.741	8	2.05	0.137	22.89	0.92%	1.29	2B
41	307	134	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.354	.402	.756	8	.38	0.081	3.48	0.44%	1.43	2B
42	308	135	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.345	.391	.736	8	1.54	-0.126	13.23	-0.65%	-1.28	2B
43	309	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.358	.412	.771	8	1.47	0.109	13.33	0.59%	1.44	2B
44	310	137	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.347	.398	.745	8	.54	-0.057	5.49	-0.35%	-1.08	2B
45	311	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.306	.344	.388	.732	8	1.45	-0.100	13.83	-0.57%	-1.13	2B
46	312	142 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.341	.385	.726	9	4.52	-0.119	50.53	-0.80%	-0.46	PH
47	313	147 (4)	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.338	.382	.721	9	.52	-0.014	10.02	-0.16%	-0.25	PH
48	314	149 (1)	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.336	.379	.715	9	2.92	-0.076	61.11	-0.95%	-0.79	PH
49	315	155 (5)	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.341	.379	.720	6	.17	0.006	14.17	0.28%	0.28	PH
							23-26		134	124	15	37	3	2	1	20	7	0	11	1	2		1	4	0	0	.298	.341	.379	.720		.94	-0.261	6.55	0.81%	-2.30

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