Billy Hamilton
William Robert Hamilton (Sliding Billy)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 16, 1866 in Newark, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1888
Final Game: September 16, 1901
Died: December 16, 1940 in Worcester, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1961.
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1888 22 KCC AA 35 137 129 21 34 4 4 0 11 19 4 .264 .307 .357 .663 107 46 4 O
1889 23 KCC AA 137 635 534 144 161 17 12 3 77 111 87 41 .301 .413 .395 .808 125 211 14 *O
1890 24 PHI NL 123 588 496 133 161 13 9 2 49 102 83 37 .325 .430 .399 .829 139 198 9 *O
1891 25 PHI NL 133 636 527 141 179 23 7 2 60 111 102 28 .340 .453 .421 .874 152 222 7 *O
1892 26 PHI NL 139 643 554 132 183 21 7 3 53 57 81 29 .330 .423 .410 .833 152 227 8 *O
1893 27 PHI NL 82 431 355 110 135 22 7 5 44 43 63 7 .380 .490 .524 1.014 167 186 13 O
1894 28 PHI NL 129 679 544 192 220 25 15 4 87 98 126 17 .404 .523 .528 1.050 158 287 9 *O
1895 29 PHI NL 123 629 517 166 201 22 6 7 74 97 96 30 .389 .490 .495 .985 154 256 7 9 *O
1896 30 BSN NL 131 641 523 152 191 24 9 3 52 83 110 29 .365 .477 .463 .940 142 242 2 6 *O
1897 31 BSN NL 127 622 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 66 105 .343 .461 .414 .875 126 210 6 4 *O
1898 32 BSN NL 110 508 417 110 154 16 5 3 50 54 87 .369 .480 .453 .933 162 189 2 2 *O
1899 33 BSN NL 84 375 297 63 92 7 1 1 33 19 72 .310 .446 .350 .796 112 104 1 5 O
1900 34 BSN NL 136 635 520 103 173 20 5 1 47 32 107 .333 .449 .396 .845 123 206 3 5 *O
1901 35 BSN NL 102 425 348 71 100 11 2 3 38 20 64 .287 .404 .356 .760 113 124 4 9 *O
14 Seasons 1591 7584 6268 1690 2158 242 94 40 736 912 1187 218 .344 .455 .432 .887 141 2708 89 40
162 Game Avg. 162 772 638 172 220 25 10 4 75 93 121 .344 .455 .432 .887 141 276 9
BSN (6 yrs) 690 3206 2612 651 884 95 27 14 281 274 545 29 .338 .456 .412 .867 131 1075 18 31
PHI (6 yrs) 729 3606 2993 874 1079 126 51 23 367 508 551 148 .361 .468 .460 .928 153 1376 53 9
KCC (2 yrs) 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 41 .294 .394 .388 .781 122 257 18
NL (12 yrs) 1419 6812 5605 1525 1963 221 78 37 648 782 1096 177 .350 .462 .437 .899 143 2451 71 40
AA (2 yrs) 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 41 .294 .394 .388 .781 122 257 18

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1888 22 KCC AA 137 95 13 3.6 75 .264 .264 .251 .307 .310 .357 .331 .663 .641 107 .552 0.6 0.1 .768 .271 .093 .0
1889 23 KCC AA 635 373 84 5.9 96 .322 .301 .274 .413 .346 .395 .371 .808 .718 125 .656 23.2 2.4 1.134 .464 .094 5.8
1890 24 PHI NL 588 335 83 6.5 90 .348 .325 .262 .430 .340 .399 .356 .829 .696 139 .716 30.1 3.1 1.170 .448 .075 3.9
1891 25 PHI NL 636 348 99 7.5 90 .356 .340 .263 .453 .338 .421 .358 .874 .696 152 .766 43.7 4.5 1.270 .486 .082 3.9
1892 26 PHI NL 643 371 94 6.6 81 .345 .330 .252 .423 .325 .410 .337 .833 .662 152 .750 39.9 4.3 1.005 .329 .079 5.7
1893 27 PHI NL 431 220 88 10.6 108 .379 .380 .288 .490 .367 .524 .393 1.014 .760 167 .804 40.1 3.7 1.386 .442 .144 9.0
1894 28 PHI NL 679 324 148 11.9 123 .413 .404 .310 .523 .381 .528 .437 1.050 .818 158 .778 65.4 5.5 1.605 .535 .123 7.7
1895 29 PHI NL 629 325 124 9.9 112 .404 .389 .302 .490 .369 .495 .408 .985 .777 154 .766 50.9 4.6 1.443 .480 .106 13.1
1896 30 BSN NL 641 338 115 8.9 112 .383 .365 .305 .477 .371 .463 .407 .940 .778 142 .752 41.8 3.9 1.316 .467 .098 5.8
1897 31 BSN NL 622 337 96 7.4 112 .339 .343 .306 .461 .371 .414 .407 .875 .778 126 .688 28.4 2.7 1.162 .408 .071 5.7
1898 32 BSN NL 508 265 90 8.8 95 .365 .369 .284 .480 .349 .453 .364 .933 .713 162 .814 42.1 4.3 1.262 .422 .084 5.7
1899 33 BSN NL 375 210 46 5.6 107 .307 .310 .301 .446 .364 .350 .392 .796 .756 112 .622 11.1 1.1 .956 .347 .040 1.9
1900 34 BSN NL 635 352 92 6.8 108 .331 .333 .301 .449 .364 .396 .397 .845 .761 123 .703 25.8 2.6 1.003 .331 .063 1.9
1901 35 BSN NL 425 257 49 5.1 95 .281 .287 .286 .404 .342 .356 .373 .760 .715 113 .612 10.6 1.1 .855 .310 .069 5.2
14 Seasons 7584 4150 1221 7.7 102 .352 .344 .286 .455 .355 .432 .384 .887 .739 141 .732 453.6 43.8 1.191 .423 .088 76.6
162 Game Avg. 772 423 124 7.7 102 .352 .344 .286 .455 .355 .432 .384 .887 .739 141 .732 46 4 1.191 .423 .088 8
BSN (6 yrs) 3206 1759 488 7.2 106 .339 .338 .298 .456 .361 .412 .392 .867 .753 131 .713 159.7 15.7 1.106 .387 .073 26.6
PHI (6 yrs) 3606 1923 636 8.7 101 .374 .361 .279 .468 .353 .460 .381 .928 .734 153 .762 270.2 25.7 1.300 .453 .099 44.0
KCC (2 yrs) 772 468 97 5.4 92 .310 .294 .269 .394 .340 .388 .364 .781 .704 122 .638 23.7 2.4 1.060 .427 .094 5.9
NL (12 yrs) 6812 3682 1124 8.0 103 .357 .350 .288 .462 .357 .437 .386 .899 .743 143 .740 429.9 41.4 1.208 .422 .087 70.7
AA (2 yrs) 772 468 97 5.4 92 .310 .294 .269 .394 .340 .388 .364 .781 .704 122 .638 23.7 2.4 1.060 .427 .094 5.9

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1888 22 35 137 129 21 34 4 4 0 11 19 4 .264 .307 .357 .663 107 46 4
1889 23 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 41 .294 .394 .388 .781 122 257 18
1890 24 295 1360 1159 298 356 34 25 5 137 232 174 78 .307 .410 .393 .802 129 455 27
1891 25 428 1996 1686 439 535 57 32 7 197 343 276 106 .317 .423 .402 .825 136 677 34
1892 26 567 2639 2240 571 718 78 39 10 250 400 357 135 .321 .423 .404 .827 140 904 42
1893 27 649 3070 2595 681 853 100 46 15 294 443 420 142 .329 .433 .420 .853 144 1090 55
1894 28 778 3749 3139 873 1073 125 61 19 381 541 546 159 .342 .449 .439 .888 147 1377 64
1895 29 901 4378 3656 1039 1274 147 67 26 455 638 642 189 .348 .455 .447 .901 148 1633 71 9
1896 30 1032 5019 4179 1191 1465 171 76 29 507 721 752 218 .351 .458 .449 .906 147 1875 73 15
1897 31 1159 5641 4686 1343 1639 188 81 32 568 787 857 218 .350 .458 .445 .903 145 2085 79 19
1898 32 1269 6149 5103 1453 1793 204 86 35 618 841 944 218 .351 .460 .446 .905 146 2274 81 21
1899 33 1353 6524 5400 1516 1885 211 87 36 651 860 1016 218 .349 .459 .440 .899 144 2378 82 26
1900 34 1489 7159 5920 1619 2058 231 92 37 698 892 1123 218 .348 .458 .436 .895 142 2584 85 31
1901 35 1591 7584 6268 1690 2158 242 94 40 736 912 1187 218 .344 .455 .432 .887 141 2708 89 40

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1888 22 41 156 148 21 36 4 4 0 11 20 4 0 .243 .282 .324 .606 13 35
1889 23 159 673 580 115 148 16 11 3 61 102 80 47 .255 .358 .336 .694 67 137
1890 24 148 660 566 122 164 13 9 2 45 104 85 44 .290 .391 .355 .746 77 123
1891 25 156 697 588 129 179 23 7 2 55 111 102 33 .304 .413 .378 .791 90 133
1892 26 146 652 566 121 176 20 7 3 48 55 78 31 .311 .402 .387 .789 86 139
1893 27 101 472 400 90 128 21 7 5 36 41 60 9 .320 .424 .445 .869 72 82
1894 28 158 719 597 148 199 23 14 4 67 89 114 21 .333 .446 .439 .885 114 129
1895 29 150 671 574 135 189 21 6 7 60 91 90 37 .329 .426 .423 .850 101 123
1896 30 161 701 592 130 185 23 9 3 44 80 107 36 .313 .419 .397 .816 98 131
1897 31 152 675 568 130 168 16 5 3 52 64 101 0 .296 .407 .357 .765 82 127
1898 32 116 507 423 99 146 15 5 3 45 51 82 0 .345 .454 .426 .879 81 110
1899 33 88 365 299 52 83 6 1 1 27 17 65 0 .278 .408 .314 .723 38 84
1900 34 155 668 562 89 166 19 5 1 41 31 103 0 .295 .407 .352 .759 80 136
1901 35 118 465 393 72 106 12 2 3 38 21 68 0 .270 .383 .333 .716 50 102
14 Seasons 1849 8081 6856 1453 2073 232 92 40 630 877 1139 258 .302 .408 .381 .789 1049 1591
162 Game Avg. 162 708 601 127 182 20 8 4 55 77 100 .302 .408 .381 .789 92 1591

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1890 NL--.325--2nd
1891 NL--.340--1st
1892 NL--.330--2nd
1893 NL--.380--1st
1894 NL--.404--5th
1895 NL--.389--6th
1896 NL--.365--6th
1898 NL--.369--2nd
1900 NL--.333--9th
Career--.344--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1889 AA--.413--5th
1890 NL--.430--2nd
1891 NL--.453--1st
1892 NL--.423--3rd
1893 NL--.490--1st
1894 NL--.523--1st
1895 NL--.490--2nd
1896 NL--.477--1st
1897 NL--.461--6th
1898 NL--.480--1st
1900 NL--.449--3rd
1901 NL--.404--7th
Career--.455--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1891 NL--.421--8th
1893 NL--.524--5th
1898 NL--.453--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1889 AA--.808--10th
1890 NL--.829--6th
1891 NL--.874--2nd
1892 NL--.833--7th
1893 NL--1.014--1st
1894 NL--1.050--6th
1895 NL--.985--8th
1896 NL--.940--10th
1898 NL--.933--1st
1900 NL--.845--10th
Career--.887--79th

At Bats s c a p y
1894 NL--544--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1889 AA--635--7th
1891 NL--636--5th
1894 NL--679--1st
1895 NL--629--4th
1896 NL--641--2nd
1897 NL--622--5th
1900 NL--635--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1889 AA--144--4th
1890 NL--133--3rd
1891 NL--141--1st
1892 NL--132--2nd
1894 NL--192--1st
1895 NL--166--1st
1896 NL--152--3rd
1897 NL--152--1st
Career--1690--25th

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL--161--6th
1891 NL--179--1st
1892 NL--183--4th
1894 NL--220--2nd
1895 NL--201--5th
1896 NL--191--8th
1900 NL--173--10th
Career--2158--180th

Total Bases s c a p y
1891 NL--222--8th
1894 NL--287--8th

Triples s c a p y
1889 AA--12--7th
Career--94--185th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1889 AA--87--4th
1890 NL--83--5th
1891 NL--102--1st
1894 NL--126--1st
1895 NL--96--1st
1896 NL--110--1st
1897 NL--105--1st
1898 NL--87--3rd
1899 NL--72--5th
1900 NL--107--2nd
1901 NL--64--5th
Career--1187--58th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1889 AA--111--1st
1890 NL--102--1st
1891 NL--111--1st
1892 NL--57--6th
1894 NL--98--1st
1895 NL--97--1st
1896 NL--83--3rd
1897 NL--66--3rd
1898 NL--54--2nd
Career--912--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1889 AA--129--8th
1890 NL--137--1st
1891 NL--147--1st
1892 NL--152--1st
1894 NL--176--1st
1895 NL--166--4th
1896 NL--155--4th
1897 NL--149--9th
1900 NL--147--6th
Career--1782--86th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 NL--139--8th
1891 NL--152--2nd
1892 NL--152--6th
1893 NL--167--1st
1894 NL--158--6th
1895 NL--154--7th
1896 NL--142--10th
1898 NL--162--1st
Career--141--70th

Runs Created s c a p y
1889 AA--84--9th
1890 NL--83--8th
1891 NL--99--3rd
1892 NL--94--7th
1894 NL--148--3rd
1895 NL--124--5th
1896 NL--115--5th
1900 NL--92--7th
Career--1221--175th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 NL--30--6th
1891 NL--44--1st
1892 NL--40--5th
1893 NL--40--5th
1894 NL--65--2nd
1895 NL--51--3rd
1896 NL--42--8th
1897 NL--28--9th
1898 NL--42--4th
1900 NL--26--7th
Career--454--58th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 NL--3.1--6th
1891 NL--4.5--1st
1892 NL--4.3--5th
1893 NL--3.7--5th
1894 NL--5.5--2nd
1895 NL--4.6--3rd
1896 NL--3.9--8th
1897 NL--2.7--9th
1898 NL--4.3--4th
1900 NL--2.6--7th
Career--43.8--57th

Times On Base s c a p y
1889 AA--262--4th
1890 NL--253--2nd
1891 NL--288--1st
1892 NL--272--4th
1894 NL--355--1st
1895 NL--304--2nd
1896 NL--303--1st
1897 NL--285--1st
1900 NL--283--2nd
Career--3434--103rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1889 AA--.656--10th
1890 NL--.716--6th
1891 NL--.766--1st
1892 NL--.750--6th
1893 NL--.804--1st
1894 NL--.778--6th
1895 NL--.766--6th
1896 NL--.751--7th
1898 NL--.814--1st
1900 NL--.703--9th
Career--.732--44th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 AA--14--6th
1890 NL--9--6th
1893 NL--13--6th
Career--89--99th

AB per SO s c a p y
1893 NL--50.7--10th
Career--18.6--130th

Oldest s c a p y
1901 NL--born 1866-02-16--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 43 (32), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 132 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 152 (79), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 51 (76), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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