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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
2	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	0	6	1	7	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (17)	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
5	22	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
6	23	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-12	GS	48	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 1B
7	24	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	25	May 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	26	May 18 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
10	27	May 21	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	28	May 25 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
12	29	May 25 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
13	30	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
14	31	May 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
15	32	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
16	33	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	57	14.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
17	34	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	35	Jun 2	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
19	36	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
20	37	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
21	38	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
22	39	Jun 6	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
23	46 (6)	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-2	GF	19	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
24	47	Jun 15 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
25	48	Jun 15 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	3	3	0	6	0
26	49	Jun 17 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
27	50	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	2	4	0	6	0	3B
28	51	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
29	52	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	53	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	54	Jun 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	0	6	0	6	2
32	55	Jun 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-0	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	59 (3)	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
34	60	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	61	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	62	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	63	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
38	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
39	65	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	66	Jul 5	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	67	Jul 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	68	Jul 6 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
43	69	Jul 10	PHA		CLE	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	3B
44	70	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
45	71	Jul 12	PHA		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
46	72	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
47	73	Jul 13 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
48	74	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	45	10.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
49	75	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	76	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	77	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	78	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
53	79	Jul 18	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	80	Jul 19	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	81	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	82	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		DET	T,3-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
57	83	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
58	84	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	85	Jul 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	86	Jul 25 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	87	Jul 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	98 (9)	Aug 3 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	103 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
65	104	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	105	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	106	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
68	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	108	Aug 13	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
70	109	Aug 14 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	56	12.0	3	7	0	10	1	3B
71	110	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
72	111	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
73	112	Aug 16	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	3B
74	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	3B
75	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
76	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
77	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
78	117	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	118	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	119	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
81	120	Aug 23	PHA		SLB	L,11-12	CG	51	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
82	121	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
83	122	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	123	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
85	124	Aug 27	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
86	125	Aug 28	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	126	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
88	127	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
89	128	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	129	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	130	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
92	131	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
93	132	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	133	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
95	134	Sep 3	PHA		NYY	W,3-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	135	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	L,2-12	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	136	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	137	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
99	138	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
100	139	Sep 7	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	140	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	141	Sep 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
103	142	Sep 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
104	143	Sep 12	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
105	144	Sep 13	PHA	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	145	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
107	146	Sep 14 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
108	147	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	148	Sep 16 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
110	149	Sep 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
111	150	Sep 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
112	151	Sep 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
113	152	Sep 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
114	153	Sep 26	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
115	154	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
116	155	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
							117gm		1004.0	202	235	22	459	34