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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-19	GF	37	6.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	39 (27)	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-8	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 2B
3	40	Jun 2 (2)	PHA		DET	L,5-16	CG	57	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
4	41	Jun 3	PHA		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
5	42	Jun 4 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
6	43	Jun 4 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
7	44	Jun 6	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	45	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	5	1	11	4
9	46	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
10	47	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
11	48	Jun 10	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
12	49	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
13	50	Jun 11 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-6	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
14	58 (7)	Jun 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	59	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	60	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
17	61	Jun 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
18	62	Jun 25 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
19	63	Jun 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	64	Jun 27	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	GS	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
21	65	Jun 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
22	66	Jun 29	PHA		BOS	L,14-22	GS	24	2.0	0	1	2	3	0	2B
23	67	Jun 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
24	68	Jun 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	69	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
26	70	Jul 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
27	71	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
28	72	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	2B
29	73	Jul 7	PHA		WSH	L,5-7	CG	49	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
30	74	Jul 8	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
31	75	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
32	76	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
33	77	Jul 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	78	Jul 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	79	Jul 15	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	6	5	1	12	4	2B
36	80	Jul 16 (1)	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
37	81	Jul 16 (2)	PHA		DET	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
38	82	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
39	83	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
40	84	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
41	85	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
42	86	Jul 20	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
43	87	Jul 21	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	88	Jul 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
45	89	Jul 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
46	90	Jul 23 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
47	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
48	92	Jul 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	4	5	1	10	4	2B
49	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
50	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
51	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
52	96	Jul 30	PHA	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	97	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
54	98	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
55	99	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
56	100	Aug 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	101	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	5	3	1	9	1
59	103	Aug 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
60	104	Aug 9	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
61	105	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
62	106	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
63	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	7	1	10	0
64	108	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
65	109	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
66	110	Aug 15 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	2	6	1	9	2	2B
67	111	Aug 16 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
68	112	Aug 16 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
69	113	Aug 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
70	114	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
71	115	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
72	116	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
73	117	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
74	118	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
75	120 (1)	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	4	2B
76	121	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
77	122	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
78	123	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
79	124	Aug 28	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
80	125	Aug 30 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
81	126	Aug 30 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	129	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
85	130	Sep 2	PHA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
86	131	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
87	132	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
88	133	Sep 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
89	134	Sep 7	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
90	135	Sep 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
91	136	Sep 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	138 (1)	Sep 10	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
93	139	Sep 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	140	Sep 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
95	141	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
96	142	Sep 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
97	143	Sep 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	3
98	144	Sep 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-9	CG	53	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
99	145	Sep 19	PHA	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
100	146	Sep 20	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
101	147	Sep 21	PHA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
102	148	Sep 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
103	149	Sep 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	150	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
105	151	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	5	1	12	4
106	152	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
107	153	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	50	10.0	4	3	1	8	0
108	154	Oct 1	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
							108gm		923.2	299	319	22	640	105