Billy Hamilton

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-6, 165lb (168cm, 74kg)

Born: February 15, 1866 in Newark, NJ us

Died: December 15, 1940 in Worcester, MA

Buried: Eastwood Cemetery, Lancaster, MA

Debut: July 31, 1888 (Age 22-167d, 1,290th in major league history)

Last Game: September 16, 1901 (Age 35-213d)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1961. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Billy Hamilton's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1888 season

Full Name: William Robert Hamilton

Nicknames: Sliding Billy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.2

6283

2164

.344

1697

RBI

742

914

OBP

.455

SLG

.432

OPS

.888

OPS+

141

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	2	Apr 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 26	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-8	CG	0	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 30	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 3	BSN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	May 4	BSN		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 6	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	11	May 8	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 9	BSN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 11	BSN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 13	BSN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 14	BSN		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 15	BSN		STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 16	BSN		STL	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
18	18	May 17	BSN		STL	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 21	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 22	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 23	BSN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 24	BSN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 25	BSN		PIT	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
24	24	May 30 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
25	25	May 30 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	26	Jun 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	Jun 3	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	Jun 4	BSN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
29	29	Jun 6	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	Jun 7	BSN	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	34 (3)	Jun 13	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	35	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	36	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	37	Jun 17	BSN		PHI	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	38	Jun 18	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	39	Jun 19 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
37	40	Jun 19 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	41	Jun 20 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	42	Jun 20 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	43	Jun 21	BSN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	44	Jun 22 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	Jun 22 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	46	Jun 24	BSN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	47	Jun 25	BSN		PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	Jun 26	BSN		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	49	Jun 27	BSN		STL	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	3	1	2	6	0
47	50	Jun 28	BSN		STL	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	51	Jun 29	BSN		CIN	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	52	Jul 1 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	53	Jul 1 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	54	Jul 2	BSN		CIN	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	55	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	56	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	57	Jul 5	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
55	58	Jul 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jul 8	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	60	Jul 9	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	66 (5)	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	67	Jul 17 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	68	Jul 17 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	69	Jul 18	BSN	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	70	Jul 19	BSN	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	71	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	72	Jul 22	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	73	Jul 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	74	Jul 24	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	75	Jul 25	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	76	Jul 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	77	Jul 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	78	Jul 29	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	99 (20)	Aug 19	BSN		NYG	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	100	Aug 20	BSN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	101	Aug 21	BSN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	102	Aug 22	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
75	103	Aug 23	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	104	Aug 24	BSN		PHI	L,5-13	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	105	Aug 26	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	106	Aug 27 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	107	Aug 27 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	108	Aug 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	109	Aug 29	BSN		BRO	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	110	Aug 30	BSN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	111	Aug 31	BSN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	112	Sep 2 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	113	Sep 2 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	114	Sep 3	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	115	Sep 4	BSN		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	116	Sep 5	BSN		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	117	Sep 6	BSN		STL	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	118	Sep 7 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	119	Sep 7 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	120	Sep 9	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
93	121	Sep 10	BSN		CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	122	Sep 11	BSN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	123	Sep 13 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	124	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	125	Sep 14	BSN		NYG	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	126	Sep 16 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	127	Sep 16 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							99gm			232	7	14	253	4