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Bob Tillman
John Robert Tillman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.
Schools Georgia Institute of Technology, Middle Tennessee State University

Debut April 15, 1962
  vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1970
Born March 24, 1937 in Nashville, TN
Died June 23, 2000 in Gallatin, TN

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 25 BOS AL  81  249   28   57   6  4  14   38   0  0  19  65  .229  .283  .454   93  113   0   3   0   1   7
 1963 26 BOS AL  96  307   24   69  10  2   8   32   0  0  34  64  .225  .304  .349   81  107   1   0   8   1   5
 1964 27 BOS AL 131  425   43  118  18  1  17   61   0  0  49  74  .278  .352  .445  116  189   4   1  11   0  12
 1965 28 BOS AL 111  368   20   79  10  3   6   35   0  0  40  69  .215  .288  .307   66  113   0   5   3   0  13
 1966 29 BOS AL  78  204   12   47   8  0   3   24   0  0  22  35  .230  .303  .314   70   64   1   2   3   0   5
 1967 30 TOT AL  52  127    9   28   2  0   3   13   0  0  10  35  .220  .275  .307   71   39   0   1   1   0   4
         BOS AL  30   64    4   12   1  0   1    4   0  0   3  18  .188  .224  .250   35   16   0   0   0   0   2
         NYY AL  22   63    5   16   1  0   2    9   0  0   7  17  .254  .324  .365  108   23   0   1   1   0   2
 1968 31 ATL NL  86  236   16   52   4  0   5   20   1  0  16  55  .220  .278  .301   74   71   2   0   2   3   8
 1969 32 ATL NL  69  190   18   37   5  0  12   29   0  0  18  47  .195  .263  .411   86   78   0   1   1   0   6
 1970 33 ATL NL  71  223   19   53   5  0  11   30   0  0  20  66  .238  .299  .408   84   91   1   1   4   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      775 2329  189  540  68 10  79  282   1  0 228 510  .232  .300  .371   85  865   9  14  33   5  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        487   40  113  14  2  17   59   0  0  48 107  .232  .300  .371   85  181   2   3   7   1  13
 Career High    131  425   43  118  18  4  17   61   1  0  49  74  .278  .352  .454  116  189   4   5  11   3  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 25 BOS AL  272  202   31   4.1   105| .229  .266| .283  .339| .454  .415| .737  .755|  93  .455  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1963 26 BOS AL  343  244   33   3.6    97| .225  .259| .304  .325| .349  .399| .653  .725|  81  .436  -8.3  -0.9   0%
 1964 27 BOS AL  479  324   65   5.4   100| .278  .261| .352  .331| .445  .406| .797  .736| 116  .609   9.4   1.0   0%
 1965 28 BOS AL  413  307   32   2.8    97| .215  .257| .288  .328| .307  .394| .595  .723|  66  .341 -17.1  -1.8   0%
 1966 29 BOS AL  229  165   20   3.3    98| .230  .260| .303  .328| .314  .401| .617  .729|  70  .419  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1967 30 TOT AL  138  104   10   2.6    86| .220  .245| .275  .314| .307  .368| .582  .682|  71  .340  -4.8  -0.5   0%
         BOS AL   67   54    3   1.5    91| .188  .253| .224  .323| .250  .379| .474  .702|  35  .158  -5.6  -0.6   0%
         NYY AL   71   50    7   3.8    80| .254  .238| .324  .306| .365  .356| .689  .662| 108  .505   0.8   0.1   0%
 1968 31 ATL NL  257  194   19   2.6    82| .220  .253| .278  .311| .301  .357| .579  .668|  74  .366  -8.0  -0.9 100%
 1969 32 ATL NL  209  160   19   3.2    95| .195  .260| .263  .331| .411  .386| .674  .717|  86  .378  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1970 33 ATL NL  245  174   28   4.3   108| .238  .274| .299  .348| .408  .418| .707  .766|  84  .467  -6.6  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2585 1874  257   3.7    97| .232  .260| .300  .329| .371  .396| .671  .725|  85  .446 -52.5  -5.5 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 25 BOS AL C 66 389 19 7 1 .983 .989 6.18 5.57 6.60 6.30 58 556.3 7 17 28 12 1963 26 BOS AL C 95 621 26 5 5 .992 .989 6.81 5.78 7.24 6.64 89 804.7 7 29 43 8 1964 27 BOS AL C 131 897 49 11 5 .989 .990 7.22 6.07 7.91 7.07 120 1077.0 6 39 61 23 1965 28 BOS AL C 106 676 45 9 6 .988 .988 6.80 5.67 7.19 6.96 102 902.7 7 28 50 19 1966 29 BOS AL C 72 372 24 4 5 .990 .988 5.50 5.86 6.87 6.86 56 519.0 3 22 51 16 1967 30 TOT AL C 41 203 24 6 6 .974 .989 5.54 6.15 6.59 7.22 33 310.0 1 14 29 10 BOS AL C 26 120 10 3 3 .977 .989 5.00 6.15 7.13 7.22 18 164.0 1 7 18 4 NYY AL C 15 83 14 3 3 .970 .989 6.47 6.15 5.98 7.22 15 146.0 0 7 11 6 1968 31 ATL NL C 75 359 29 4 7 .990 .990 5.17 6.12 6.00 6.87 66 582.3 7 19 36 15 1969 32 ATL NL C 69 309 15 4 5 .988 .989 4.70 6.25 5.95 7.06 52 490.3 4 11 26 4 1970 33 ATL NL C 70 404 22 5 0 .988 .987 6.09 5.94 6.98 6.85 63 549.3 10 14 47 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 25 BOS AL C 66 389 19 7 1 .983 .989 6.18 5.57 6.60 6.30 58 556.3 7 17 28 12 1963 26 BOS AL C 95 621 26 5 5 .992 .989 6.81 5.78 7.24 6.64 89 804.7 7 29 43 8 1964 27 BOS AL C 131 897 49 11 5 .989 .990 7.22 6.07 7.91 7.07 120 1077.0 6 39 61 23 1965 28 BOS AL C 106 676 45 9 6 .988 .988 6.80 5.67 7.19 6.96 102 902.7 7 28 50 19 1966 29 BOS AL C 72 372 24 4 5 .990 .988 5.50 5.86 6.87 6.86 56 519.0 3 22 51 16 1967 30 TOT AL C 41 203 24 6 6 .974 .989 5.54 6.15 6.59 7.22 33 310.0 1 14 29 10 BOS AL C 26 120 10 3 3 .977 .989 5.00 6.15 7.13 7.22 18 164.0 1 7 18 4 NYY AL C 15 83 14 3 3 .970 .989 6.47 6.15 5.98 7.22 15 146.0 0 7 11 6 1968 31 ATL NL C 75 359 29 4 7 .990 .990 5.17 6.12 6.00 6.87 66 582.3 7 19 36 15 1969 32 ATL NL C 69 309 15 4 5 .988 .989 4.70 6.25 5.95 7.06 52 490.3 4 11 26 4 1970 33 ATL NL C 70 404 22 5 0 .988 .987 6.09 5.94 6.98 6.85 63 549.3 10 14 47 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 725 4230 253 55 40 .988 .989 6.18 5.92 6.97 6.87 639 5791.7 52 193 371 116 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 725 4230 253 55 40 .988 .989 6.18 5.92 6.97 6.87 639 5792
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   NLCS  ATL NYM     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Intentional Walks
1963 AL-8-6
1964 AL-11-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 18, 1958: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

August 8, 1967: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox.

December 7, 1967: Traded by the New York Yankees with Dale Roberts to the Atlanta Braves for Bobby Cox.

December 2, 1970: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Milwaukee Brewers for Hank Allen, John Ryan (minors), and Paul Click (minors).

February 10, 1971: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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