Bill Phillips (phillbi01)
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William B. Phillips
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 202 lb.
- Debut May 1, 1879
- Final Game October 14, 1888
- Born April, 1857 in St. John, NB CAN
- Died October 7, 1900 in Chicago, IL USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Bill Phillips played a decade, mostly in the 1880's, mostly for the Cleveland Blues, and mostly as a first baseman.
An interesting comparison (according to similarity scores) to Bill Phillips is a much more recent player, Wes Parker. Both were good-fielding first basemen who hit around .265 lifetime but had one season where they placed in the top ten in the league in batting average. But had lifetime Adjusted OPS scores around 110.
Bill was the first major leaguer born in Saint John, NB. The most recent (through 2006) is Matt Stairs, born over a hundred years later.
