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Bill Hill
William Cicero Hill (Still Bill)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 201 lb.

Debut April 18, 1896
Final Game September 13, 1899
Born August 2, 1874 in Chattanooga, TN
Died January 28, 1938 in Cincinnati, OH

Brother of Hugh Hill

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1896 21 LOU NL   9  28  43  39  32   0   3  2  319.7  353  229  153  14  155  104   0   9     0       1  4.31  4.31  100 1.589
 1897 22 LOU NL   7  17  27  26  20   1   1  0  199.0  209  127   80   6   69   55  20   1     0       0  3.62  4.26  118 1.397
 1898 23 CIN NL  13  14  33  32  26   2   1  0  262.0  261  146  116   3  119   75  17   5     0       0  3.98  3.82   96 1.450
 1899 24 TOT NL   7  10  21  18  14   0   3  1  144.3  171  105   79   1   63   46   7   5     0       1  4.93  3.83   78 1.621
         CLV NL   3   6  11  10   7   0   1  0   72.3   96   67   56   0   39   26   4   2     0       0  6.97  3.69   53 1.866
         BLN NL   3   4   8   7   6   0   1  0   61.0   64   35   22   1   18   17   3   3     0       1  3.25  3.96  122 1.344
         BRO NL   1   0   2   1   1   0   1  1   11.0   11    3    1   0    6    3   0   0     0       0  0.82  3.93  480 1.545
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .343  36  69 124 115  92   3   8  3  925.0  994  607  428  24  406  280  44  20     0       2  4.16  4.09   98 1.514
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  19  35  32  26   0   2  0  263.0  282  172  121   6  115   79  12   5     0   0   0  4.16  4.09   98 1.514
 Career High     13  28  43  39  32   2   3  2  319.7  353  229  153  14  155  104  20   9     0   0   1  3.62  4.31  118 1.397

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 21 LOU NL  43  116   11   24   0  0   0    5   1      5  23  .207  .240  .207   20   24   4           0    
 1897 22 LOU NL  27   74    5    7   0  1   0    4   1      4      .095  .141  .122  -30    9   2           0    
 1898 23 CIN NL  33   98   10   13   1  0   0    3   0      5      .133  .190  .143   -7   14   0           2    
 1899 24 TOT NL  21   60    5   14   0  1   0    6   0      3      .233  .270  .267   49   16   0           0    
         CLV NL  11   31    2    4   0  0   0    0   0      1      .129  .156  .129  -18    4   0           0    
         BLN NL   8   24    2    7   0  0   0    4   0      2      .292  .346  .292   72    7   0           0    
         BRO NL   2    5    1    3   0  1   0    2   0      0      .600  .600 1.000  332    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      124  348   31   58   1  2   0   18   2  0  17  23  .167  .210  .181    7   63   6   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        455   41   76   1  3   0   24   3  0  22  30  .167  .210  .181    7   82   8   0   0   3   0
 Career High     43  116   11   24   1  1   0    6   1  0   5  23                          24   4   0   0   2   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 21 LOU NL  125   96    6   1.6   104| .207  .292| .240  .357| .207  .390| .447  .747|  20  .120 -13.4  -1.3     
 1897 22 LOU NL   80   69    1   0.4   105| .095  .295| .141  .358| .122  .392| .263  .750| -30  .010 -14.2  -1.4     
 1898 23 CIN NL  105   85    2   0.6    97| .133  .286| .190  .352| .143  .367| .333  .719|  -7  .032 -14.2  -1.5     
 1899 24 TOT NL   63   46    6   3.4    97| .233  .285| .270  .347| .267  .371| .537  .719|  49  .390  -4.3  -0.5     
         CLV NL   32   27    1   1.0    90| .129  .276| .156  .337| .129  .359| .285  .696| -18  .060  -4.8  -0.5     
         BLN NL   26   17    2   3.0   104| .292  .296| .346  .359| .292  .385| .638  .745|  72  .346  -0.9  -0.1     
         BRO NL    5    2    3  38.7   101| .600  .292| .600  .355|1.000  .381|1.600  .736| 332  .982   1.4   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       373  296   15   1.3   101| .167  .290| .210  .354| .181  .381| .391  .735|   7  .097 -46.0  -4.7     

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 21 LOU NL P 43 13 95 13 5 .893 .916 2.51 2.20 3.04 2.72 39 319.7 1897 22 LOU NL P 27 14 53 12 1 .848 .920 2.48 2.10 3.03 2.55 26 199.0 1898 23 CIN NL P 33 6 67 1 7 .986 .918 2.21 2.25 2.51 2.65 32 262.0 1899 24 TOT NL P 21 4 40 8 2 .846 .909 2.10 2.24 2.74 2.68 18 144.3 CLV NL P 11 1 19 4 1 .833 .909 1.82 2.24 2.49 2.68 10 72.3 BLN NL P 8 3 18 3 1 .875 .909 2.62 2.24 3.10 2.69 7 61.0 BRO NL P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.25 2.45 2.70 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 21 LOU NL P 43 13 95 13 5 .893 .916 2.51 2.20 3.04 2.72 39 319.7 1897 22 LOU NL P 27 14 53 12 1 .848 .920 2.48 2.10 3.03 2.55 26 199.0 1898 23 CIN NL P 33 6 67 1 7 .986 .918 2.21 2.25 2.51 2.65 32 262.0 1899 24 TOT NL P 21 4 40 8 2 .846 .909 2.10 2.24 2.74 2.68 18 144.3 CLV NL P 11 1 19 4 1 .833 .909 1.82 2.24 2.49 2.68 10 72.3 BLN NL P 8 3 18 3 1 .875 .909 2.62 2.24 3.10 2.69 7 61.0 BRO NL P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.25 2.45 2.70 1 11.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 124 37 255 34 15 .896 .917 2.35 2.20 2.84 2.66 115 925.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 124 37 255 34 15 .896 .917 2.35 2.20 2.84 2.66 115 925
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1897 NL-9.45-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1896 NL-2.93-8

Games
1896 NL-43-10

Saves
1896 NL-2-2
1899 NL-1-7

Strikeouts
1896 NL-104-6

Home Runs Allow.
1896 NL-14-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1896 NL-155-3
1898 NL-119-7

Losses
1896 NL-28-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1896 NL-153-9

Hit Batsmen
1897 NL-20-10

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1295) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

February 3, 1898: Traded by the Louisville Colonels to the Cincinnati Reds for Red Ehret, Dummy Hoy, and Claude Ritchey.

October 11, 1898: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with $3,500 to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Taylor.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.


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