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Bill Phillips
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, New Brunswick, CAN
Died October 7, 1900 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1879 22 CLV NL  81  365   58   99  15  4   0   29          2  20  .271  .275  .334  100  122                    
 1880 23 CLV NL  85  334   41   85  14 10   1   36          6  29  .254  .268  .365  114  122                    
 1881 24 CLV NL  85  357   51   97  18 10   1   44          5  19  .272  .282  .387  111  138                    
 1882 25 CLV NL  78  335   40   87  17  7   4   47          7  18  .260  .275  .388  113  130                    
 1883 26 CLV NL  97  382   42   94  29  8   2   40          8  49  .246  .262  .380   92  145                    
 1884 27 CLV NL 111  464   58  128  25 12   3   46         18  80  .276  .303  .401  117  186                    
 1885 28 BRO AA  99  391   65  118  16 11   3   63   0     27      .302  .364  .422  148  165              11    
 1886 29 BRO AA 141  585   68  160  26 15   0   72  13     33      .274  .313  .369  114  216               1    
 1887 30 BRO AA 132  533   82  142  34 11   2  101  16     45      .266  .330  .383   97  204               6    
 1888 31 KCC AA 129  509   57  120  20 10   1   56  10     27      .236  .284  .320   88  163               7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1038 4255  562 1130 214 98  17  534  39  0 178 215  .266  .299  .374  109 1591   0   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        664   88  176  33 15   3   83   6  0  28  34  .266  .299  .374  109  248   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    141  585   82  160  34 15   4  101  16  0  45  80  .302  .364  .422  148  216   0   0   0  11   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1879 22 CLV NL  367  266   34   3.5    66| .271  .259| .275  .274| .334  .335| .609  .609| 100  .495  -0.2   0.0     
 1880 23 CLV NL  340  249   33   3.5    60| .254  .244| .268  .267| .365  .322| .633  .589| 114  .550   3.9   0.5     
 1881 24 CLV NL  362  260   39   4.0    71| .272  .259| .282  .289| .387  .339| .669  .628| 111  .539   3.6   0.4     
 1882 25 CLV NL  342  248   36   3.9    68| .260  .250| .275  .278| .388  .341| .663  .619| 113  .529   4.3   0.5     
 1883 26 CLV NL  390  288   38   3.5    80| .246  .267| .262  .294| .380  .368| .642  .662|  92  .440  -3.6  -0.4     
 1884 27 CLV NL  482  336   56   4.4    76| .276  .254| .303  .294| .401  .351| .704  .646| 117  .583   8.3   0.9     
 1885 28 BRO AA  429  273   57   5.6    73| .302  .251| .364  .297| .422  .337| .786  .634| 148  .708  21.9   2.5     
 1886 29 BRO AA  619  425   67   4.1    74| .274  .246| .313  .309| .369  .327| .682  .636| 114  .578   7.5   0.8     
 1887 30 BRO AA  584  391   66   4.4    98| .266  .281| .330  .345| .383  .379| .713  .725|  97  .496  -2.6  -0.3     
 1888 31 KCC AA  543  389   45   3.1    75| .236  .251| .284  .309| .320  .331| .604  .641|  88  .475  -7.4  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4458 3125  471   4.0    75| .266  .256| .299  .300| .374  .344| .673  .644| 109  .542  35.6   4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1879 22 CLV NL 1B 75 726 22 36 23 .954 .953 9.97 10.89 C 11 48 10 18 2 .763 .890 5.27 6.24 26 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.50 1.85 0 1 1 1880 23 CLV NL 1B 85 842 25 33 37 .963 .959 10.20 10.24 1881 24 CLV NL 1B 85 806 24 29 51 .966 .960 9.76 10.43 1882 25 CLV NL 1B 78 827 24 25 55 .971 .958 10.91 10.30 C 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 6.50 0 1883 26 CLV NL 1B 97 953 22 33 53 .967 .961 10.05 10.31 1884 27 CLV NL 1B 111 1107 30 48 59 .959 .962 10.24 9.01 1885 28 BRO AA 1B 99 1109 24 32 40 .973 .966 11.44 10.10 1886 29 BRO AA 1B 141 1395 33 32 65 .978 .968 10.13 7.09 1887 30 BRO AA 1B 132 1299 46 24 62 .982 .971 10.19 7.58 1888 31 KCC AA 1B 129 1476 55 32 66 .980 .976 11.87 7.75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1879 22 CLV NL 1B 75 726 22 36 23 .954 .953 9.97 10.89 1880 23 CLV NL 1B 85 842 25 33 37 .963 .959 10.20 10.24 1881 24 CLV NL 1B 85 806 24 29 51 .966 .960 9.76 10.43 1882 25 CLV NL 1B 78 827 24 25 55 .971 .958 10.91 10.30 1883 26 CLV NL 1B 97 953 22 33 53 .967 .961 10.05 10.31 1884 27 CLV NL 1B 111 1107 30 48 59 .959 .962 10.24 9.01 1885 28 BRO AA 1B 99 1109 24 32 40 .973 .966 11.44 10.10 1886 29 BRO AA 1B 141 1395 33 32 65 .978 .968 10.13 7.09 1887 30 BRO AA 1B 132 1299 46 24 62 .982 .971 10.19 7.58 1888 31 KCC AA 1B 129 1476 55 32 66 .980 .976 11.87 7.75 1879 22 CLV NL C 11 48 10 18 2 .763 .890 5.27 6.24 26 1882 25 CLV NL C 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 6.50 0 1879 22 CLV NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.50 1.85 0 1 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1032 10540 305 324 511 .971 .965 10.51 9.09 C 12 51 11 18 2 .775 .891 5.17 6.26 26 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.50 1.85 0 1 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1046 10592 316 342 513 .970 .964 10.43 9.04
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.

Batting Average
1885 AA-.302-7

On-base %
1885 AA-.364-5

Slugging %
1885 AA-.422-8

OPS
1885 AA-.786-7

Games
1880 NL-85-9
1881 NL-85-1
1886 AA-141-1

At Bats
1879 NL-365-6
1881 NL-357-7
1886 AA-585-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1879 NL-367-10
1886 AA-619-7

Hits
1886 AA-160-5

Total Bases
1886 AA-216-6

Doubles
1884 NL-25-10
1886 AA-26-9
1887 AA-34-6

Triples
1880 NL-10-5
1881 NL-10-2
1884 NL-12-4
1886 AA-15-6

Home Runs
1882 NL-4-8

RBI
1885 AA-63-9
1886 AA-72-9
1887 AA-101-9

Strikeouts
1883 NL-49-10
1884 NL-80-4

Singles
1886 AA-119-9

Adjusted OPS+
1885 AA-148-8

Runs Created
1885 AA-57-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1885 AA-22-8

Batting Wins
1885 AA-2.5-8

Extra-Base Hits
1881 NL-29-8
1886 AA-41-9
1887 AA-47-9

Offensive Win%
1885 AA-.708-7

Hit By Pitch
1885 AA-11-2

Outs
1879 NL-266-5
1881 NL-260-6
1884 NL-336-10
1886 AA-425-7

 

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 42 (580) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.2 (2503) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 3, 1885: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the Cleveland Blues.

January 15, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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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