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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1888 KCC AA 22 OF 35 51 45 4 2 0 .961 1.40 .902 1.79 3-0-32
1889 KCC AA 23 OF 137 259 202 20 37 6 .857 1.62 .908 1.96 7-0-130
1890 PHI NL 24 OF 123 289 232 23 34 4 .882 2.07 .917 1.89 123-0-0
1891 PHI NL 25 OF 133 335 287 17 31 7 .907 2.29 .913 1.88 133-0-0
1892 PHI NL 26 OF 139 345 291 26 28 7 .919 2.28 .911 1.86 138-1-0
1893 PHI NL 27 OF 82 252 228 8 16 6 .937 2.88 .913 2.14 19-63-0
1894 PHI NL 28 OF 129 390 361 15 14 4 .964 2.91 .911 2.24 0-129-0
1895 PHI NL 29 OF 123 355 313 11 31 5 .913 2.63 .917 2.14 3-120-0
1896 BSN NL 30 OF 131 304 276 8 20 2 .934 2.17 .933 2.12 6-125-0
1897 BSN NL 31 OF 126 318 296 10 12 0 .962 2.43 .933 2.06 0-126-0
1898 BSN NL 32 OF 110 218 189 8 21 2 .904 1.79 .939 2.03 0-110-0
1899 BSN NL 33 OF 81 186 166 11 9 2 .952 2.19 .944 2.11 2-78-1
1900 BSN NL 34 OF 136 359 326 14 19 6 .947 2.50 .940 2.13 0-136-0
1901 BSN NL 35 OF 99 253 232 7 14 4 .945 2.41 .942 2.03 0-98-1
14 Seasons OF 1584 3914 3444 182 288 55 .926 2.29 .923 2.03 434-986-164
14 Seasons TOT 1584 3914 3444 182 288 55 .926 2.29 .850 2.03 434-986-164

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 2.6%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1961 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1961 by Veteran's Committee

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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  5. Ichiro Suzuki (780)
  6. Hugh Duffy (778) *
  7. Jesse Burkett (776) *
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  9. Tom Brown (772)
  10. Patsy Donovan (772)
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  7. Jesse Burkett (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Burkett (871) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Keeler (857) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Keeler (850) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Willie Keeler (839) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 31, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from Worcester (New England).

January 7, 1890: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Kansas City Cowboys for $5000 or $6000.

November 14, 1895: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Boston Beaneaters for Billy Nash.

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