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Bill Hinchman

William White Hinchman

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 4, 1883 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Midwest City HS (Midwest City, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1905
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Naps/Reds 1905-1920

Final Game: July 23, 1920
Died: February 20, 1963 in Columbus, OH
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, OH
Relatives: Brother of Harry Hinchman
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1905 CIN NL 22 OF 12 21 18 1 2 1 .905 1.58 .955 1.97 12-0-0
1905 CIN NL 22 3B 4 11 3 5 3 0 .727 2.00 .921 3.20
1905 CIN NL 22 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .981 10.80
1906 CIN NL 23 OF 16 27 23 3 1 2 .963 1.63 .959 1.89 8-0-8
1907 CLE AL 24 OF 148 260 231 18 11 3 .958 1.68 .959 1.85 128-14-8
1907 CLE AL 24 1B 4 51 47 4 0 3 1.000 12.75 .982 11.15
1907 CLE AL 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1908 CLE AL 25 OF 75 122 106 13 3 1 .975 1.59 .954 1.84 23-1-51
1908 CLE AL 25 SS 51 306 88 185 33 26 .892 5.35 .927 5.54
1908 CLE AL 25 1B 4 45 42 3 0 0 1.000 11.25 .984 11.35
1909 CLE AL 26 OF 131 282 241 18 23 1 .918 1.98 .951 1.85 87-38-6
1909 CLE AL 26 SS 6 30 8 18 4 3 .867 4.33 .925 5.35
1915 PIT NL 32 OF 156 287 261 17 9 5 .969 1.78 .959 2.12 6-0-151
1916 PIT NL 33 OF 124 239 222 8 9 2 .962 1.85 .967 2.15 23-0-101
1916 PIT NL 33 1B 31 293 274 12 7 10 .976 9.23 .987 10.80
1917 PIT NL 34 OF 48 110 99 5 6 0 .945 2.17 .963 2.20 41-8-0
1917 PIT NL 34 1B 20 194 176 13 5 10 .974 9.45 .988 10.92
1918 PIT NL 35 OF 40 22 19 36 28 8 0 0 1.000 0.90 .962 2.26 2-0-32
1918 PIT NL 35 RF 23 22 19 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 .962 1.86
1918 PIT NL 35 1B 3 3 2 28 23 2 3 0 .893 8.33 .987 11.23
1918 PIT NL 35 LF 1 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 .966 2.20
9 Seasons OF 750 22 19 1384 1229 91 64 15 .954 1.76 .959 2.00 331-61-380
6 Seasons 1B 63 3 2 621 572 34 15 23 .976 9.62 .987 10.92
2 Seasons SS 57 336 96 203 37 29 .890 5.25 .927 5.52
1 Season (incomplete) RF 23 22 19 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 .962 1.86
1 Season 3B 4 11 3 5 3 0 .727 2.00 .921 3.20
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1 Season (incomplete) LF 1 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 .966 2.20
10 Seasons TOT 875 25 21 2352 1900 333 119 67 .949 2.55 .961 2.88 331-61-380
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1905 CIN NL 22 17 17 0 0 1 0 4 0 12 0 0 12 0
1906 CIN NL 23 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 16 0
1907 CLE AL 24 152 152 0 0 4 1 0 0 128 14 8 148 0
1908 CLE AL 25 137 137 0 0 4 0 0 51 23 1 51 75 0
1909 CLE AL 26 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 6 87 38 6 131 0
1915 PIT NL 32 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 151 156 0
1916 PIT NL 33 152 152 0 0 31 0 0 0 23 0 101 124 0
1917 PIT NL 34 69 69 0 0 20 0 0 0 41 8 0 48 0
1918 PIT NL 35 50 50 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 32 40 0
1920 PIT NL 37 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
10 Seasons 908 0 908 0 0 0 63 1 4 57 330 61 357 750 0 18 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1915 NL  156 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1909 AL  241 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1909 AL  23 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1920 NL  born 1883-04-04 (5th)

                                         

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