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Billy Hitchcock

William Clyde Hitchcock

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 31, 1916 in Inverness, AL
High School: Union Springs HS (Union Springs, AL)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/RedSox/Senators/Browns 1942-1953

Final Game: August 27, 1953
Died: April 9, 2006 in Opelika, AL
Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
Relatives: Brother of Jim Hitchcock
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Standard Batting

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
1942 25 DET AL 85 309 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3 6/5
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 29 TOT AL 101 389 357 27 75 8 3 0 25 2 4 27 52 .210 .268 .249 .517 49 89 10 1 4 65/4
1946 29 DET AL 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0 /4
1946 29 WSH AL 98 385 354 27 75 8 3 0 25 2 4 26 52 .212 .268 .251 .519 49 89 10 1 4 65
1947 30 SLB AL 80 302 275 25 61 2 2 1 28 3 0 21 34 .222 .277 .255 .532 47 70 9 0 6 45/63
1948 31 BOS AL 49 134 124 15 37 3 2 1 20 0 0 7 9 .298 .341 .379 .720 87 47 4 1 2 45
1949 32 BOS AL 55 170 147 22 30 6 1 0 9 2 3 17 11 .204 .291 .259 .549 41 38 7 1 5 3/4
1950 33 PHA AL 115 447 399 35 109 22 5 1 54 3 1 45 32 .273 .347 .361 .708 83 144 30 0 3 *4/6
1951 34 PHA AL 77 249 222 27 68 10 4 1 36 2 0 21 23 .306 .371 .401 .772 108 89 2 2 4 54/3
1952 35 PHA AL 119 460 407 45 100 8 4 1 56 1 1 39 45 .246 .318 .292 .610 66 119 8 4 10 *53
1953 36 DET AL 22 41 38 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .211 .268 .211 .479 32 8 4 0 0 5/46
9 Yrs 703 2501 2249 231 547 67 22 5 257 15 11 206 230 .243 .310 .299 .609 65 673 82 10 37
162 Game Avg. 162 576 518 53 126 15 5 1 59 3 3 47 53 .243 .310 .299 .609 65 155 19 2 9
PHA (3 yrs) 311 1156 1028 107 277 40 13 3 146 6 2 105 100 .269 .341 .342 .683 82 352 40 6 17
DET (3 yrs) 110 354 321 35 67 8 1 0 29 2 2 30 24 .209 .278 .240 .518 42 77 12 1 3
BOS (2 yrs) 104 304 271 37 67 9 3 1 29 2 3 24 20 .247 .313 .314 .627 62 85 11 2 7
WSH (1 yr) 98 385 354 27 75 8 3 0 25 2 4 26 52 .212 .268 .251 .519 49 89 10 1 4
SLB (1 yr) 80 302 275 25 61 2 2 1 28 3 0 21 34 .222 .277 .255 .532 47 70 9 0 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 25 DET AL 85 309 -20 -0 0 -6 5 -21 -2.3 6 -15 -1.6 .473 .486 -1.0 -0.1 -9 $ 6/5
1946 29 DET AL 3 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /4
1946 29 WSH AL 98 385 -22 -1 0 -8 4 -27 -3.1 10 -18 -2.1 .469 .481 -1.2 -0.5 -9 $ 65
1947 30 SLB AL 80 302 -19 1 0 -3 2 -19 -2.1 8 -11 -1.4 .474 .487 -1.0 -0.1 -8 $ 45/63
1948 31 BOS AL 49 134 -2 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 45
1949 32 BOS AL 55 170 -13 0 -1 -1 -1 -16 -1.6 4 -11 -1.2 .471 .490 -1.1 -0.2 -10 $ 3/4
1950 33 PHA AL 115 447 -9 -0 -3 -4 5 -12 -1.0 12 0 0.1 .491 .493 0.5 0.1 4 $ *4/6
1951 34 PHA AL 77 249 3 0 -0 -1 1 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .503 .502 1.0 0.0 10 $ 54/3
1952 35 PHA AL 119 460 -18 -0 -0 0 -1 -19 -2.1 12 -6 -0.8 .482 .487 -0.9 -0.1 -6 $ *53
1953 36 DET AL 22 41 -2 1 -1 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .481 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 5/46
9 Seasons 703 2501 -104 1 -6 -25 16 -118 -12.7 64 -54 -6.3 .482 .492 -3.7 -0.9 -29 $
PHA (3 yrs) 311 1156 -24 -0 -4 -5 5 -28 -2.9 31 3 0.2 .491 .494 0.6 0.1 8 $
DET (3 yrs) 110 354 -23 1 -1 -8 5 -26 -2.8 8 -18 -1.9 .475 .494 -1.1 -0.3 -10 $
BOS (2 yrs) 104 304 -15 0 -2 -1 -0 -18 -1.8 8 -10 -1.1 .483 .494 -1.0 -0.1 -9 $
WSH (1 yr) 98 385 -22 -1 0 -8 4 -27 -3.1 10 -18 -2.1 .469 .481 -1.2 -0.5 -9 $
SLB (1 yr) 80 302 -19 1 0 -3 2 -19 -2.1 8 -11 -1.4 .474 .487 -1.0 -0.1 -8 $

Advanced Batting

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
1942 25 DET AL 309 234 19 2.2 101 .228 .211 .275 .280 .351 .246 .385 .527 .735 44 .238 -21.7 -2.3 .416 .129 .036 .0
1946 29 TOT AL 389 300 23 2.0 91 .246 .210 .257 .268 .330 .249 .369 .517 .699 49 .215 -24.5 -2.6 .389 .109 .039 .0
1946 29 DET AL 4 3 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .272 .250 .347 .000 .391 .250 .738 -28 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1946 29 WSH AL 385 297 23 2.1 91 .248 .212 .257 .268 .330 .251 .369 .519 .699 49 .218 -24.0 -2.5 .389 .107 .040 .0
1947 30 SLB AL 302 229 20 2.3 98 .250 .222 .265 .277 .345 .255 .381 .532 .726 47 .256 -20.8 -2.2 .422 .120 .033 1.5
1948 31 BOS AL 134 93 16 4.6 110 .316 .298 .279 .341 .365 .379 .403 .720 .768 87 .497 -3.0 -0.3 .604 .137 .081 .0
1949 32 BOS AL 170 132 10 2.0 113 .221 .204 .280 .291 .374 .259 .407 .549 .781 41 .182 -13.2 -1.3 .433 .163 .054 .0
1950 33 PHA AL 447 324 50 4.1 112 .295 .273 .276 .347 .363 .361 .414 .708 .776 83 .413 -9.8 -0.9 .595 .206 .088 1.5
1951 34 PHA AL 249 160 33 5.5 103 .338 .306 .269 .371 .350 .401 .394 .772 .744 108 .593 2.4 0.2 .731 .198 .095 1.3
1952 35 PHA AL 460 326 37 3.1 101 .274 .246 .267 .318 .348 .292 .390 .610 .738 66 .364 -19.1 -2.0 .513 .143 .047 1.0
1953 36 DET AL 41 34 2 1.6 101 .229 .211 .267 .268 .343 .211 .393 .479 .736 32 .130 -3.7 -0.4 .324 .079 .000
9 Yrs 2501 1832 210 3.1 102 .269 .243 .269 .310 .351 .299 .391 .609 .742 65 .342 -113.1 -11.7 .497 .149 .056 7.5
162 Game Avg. 576 422 48 3.1 102 .269 .243 .269 .310 .351 .299 .391 .609 .742 65 .342 -113.1 -11.7 .497 .149 .056 2
PHA (3 yrs) 1156 810 120 4.0 106 .296 .269 .271 .341 .354 .342 .400 .683 .754 82 .439 -26.4 -2.7 .589 .179 .073 4.0
DET (3 yrs) 354 271 21 2.1 101 .226 .209 .274 .278 .350 .240 .386 .518 .735 42 .220 -25.8 -2.7 .403 .125 .031 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 304 225 26 3.1 112 .264 .247 .280 .313 .370 .314 .405 .627 .775 62 .325 -16.1 -1.6 .505 .151 .066 1.3
WSH (1 yr) 385 297 23 2.1 91 .248 .212 .257 .268 .330 .251 .369 .519 .699 49 .218 -24.0 -2.5 .389 .107 .040 .0
SLB (1 yr) 302 229 20 2.3 98 .250 .222 .265 .277 .345 .255 .381 .532 .726 47 .256 -20.8 -2.2 .422 .120 .033 1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 25 DET AL 309 0.0% 6.8% 8.4% 2.9% 15% 0.81 13.3 9.7 84%
1946 29 TOT AL 389 0.0% 13.4% 6.9% 2.8% 15% 1.93 6.9 14.3 78%
1946 29 DET AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 75%
1946 29 WSH AL 385 0.0% 13.5% 6.8% 2.9% 15% 2.00 6.8 14.2 78%
1947 30 SLB AL 302 0.3% 11.3% 7.0% 1.7% 8% 1.62 8.1 275.0 9.8 79%
1948 31 BOS AL 134 0.8% 6.7% 5.2% 4.5% 16% 1.29 13.8 124.0 6.2 1.48 85%
1949 32 BOS AL 170 0.0% 6.5% 10.0% 4.1% 23% 0.65 13.4 16.3 1.47 80%
1950 33 PHA AL 447 0.2% 7.2% 10.1% 6.3% 26% 0.71 12.5 399.0 7.4 1.11 82%
1951 34 PHA AL 249 0.4% 9.2% 8.4% 6.0% 22% 1.10 9.7 222.0 6.2 0.91 80%
1952 35 PHA AL 460 0.2% 9.8% 8.5% 2.8% 13% 1.15 9.0 407.0 7.3 1.27 78%
1953 36 DET AL 41 0.0% 7.3% 7.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 12.7 1.33 85%
9 Yrs 2501 0.2% 9.2% 8.2% 3.8% 17% 1.12 9.8 449.8 8.8 1.20 81%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.4% 6.1% 27% 1.02 9.3 57.1 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 25 DET AL -21.7 -2.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 TOT AL -24.5 -2.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 WSH AL -24.0 -2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 SLB AL -20.8 -2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 BOS AL -3.0 -0.3 109 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 .91 -0.5 0.0 -5.5 -0.5 0.99 -5.1 0.68 6
1949 32 BOS AL -13.2 -1.3 157 -1.5 2.1 -3.7 1.19 -1.1 -0.2 -15.6 -1.5 1.00 -13.7 1.63 15
1950 33 PHA AL -9.8 -0.9 310 -0.9 5.5 -6.4 1.10 -0.5 -0.4 -2.9 -0.3 1.01 -6.4 1.80 6
1951 34 PHA AL 2.4 0.2 236 0.4 4.4 -4.0 .99 -0.3 0.7 3.2 0.3 0.99 -3.7 0.96 9
1952 35 PHA AL -19.1 -2.0 414 1.0 7.7 -6.7 1.06 -1.0 1.9 1.6 0.2 0.98 -9.5 2.13 4
1953 36 DET AL -3.7 -0.4 43 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .86 -0.2 -0.3 -2.2 -0.2 0.94 -2.9 1.71 7
9 Yrs -113.1 -11.7 1269 -1.9 21.5 -23.4 1.05 -3.5 1.7 -21.3 -2.0 0.99 -41.3 1.46 47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 BOS AL 1 0 32% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 46% 8 7 1 0 0 0 5 0 5
1949 32 BOS AL 2 0 46% 68 2 3 40% 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 29% 7 7 0 1 1 0 9 4 5
1950 33 PHA AL 3 0 22% 113 3 1 75% 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 40% 19 13 5 1 0 1 10 3 6
1951 34 PHA AL 2 0 29% 96 2 0 100% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 41% 18 13 4 1 1 0 13 4 9
1952 35 PHA AL 7 0 31% 155 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 43% 23 20 3 3 2 1 16 1 14
1953 36 DET AL 2 0 73% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 3
9 Yrs 17 0 30% 498 15 11 58% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 14 18 41% 78 63 13 7 4 3 56 12 42

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 31 BOS AL 134 32% 37 6 1 0 0 0.68 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 25 4 16% 12 3 25% 76 12 16% 7 7 100% 7 4 57% 0
1949 32 BOS AL 170 20% 30 15 0 0 1 1.63 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 34 7 21% 20 11 55% 112 10 9% 6 4 67% 11 8 73% 0
1950 33 PHA AL 447 38% 109 6 2 1 2 1.80 1 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 76 30 39% 28 10 36% 244 39 16% 22 13 59% 14 6 43% 0
1951 34 PHA AL 249 30% 68 9 2 0 0 0.96 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 100% 33 2 6% 11 3 27% 168 29 17% 10 4 40% 5 5 100% 0
1952 35 PHA AL 460 28% 100 4 0 0 0 2.13 1 0 17 1 0 0 1 0 9 10 111% 82 8 10% 40 18 45% 273 47 17% 33 18 55% 17 12 71% 0
1953 36 DET AL 41 85% 8 7 1 0 0 1.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 3 0 0% 21 2 10% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
9 Yrs 1501 32% 547 47 6 1 3 1.46 5 0 60 2 2 1 3 0 24 37 154% 259 82 32% 114 45 39% 894 139 16% 79 46 58% 56 35 63% 0
MLB Averages 51% 220% 24% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1942 25 85 309 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3
1943 26 85 309 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3
1944 27 85 309 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3
1945 28 85 309 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 2 2 26 21 .211 .280 .246 .527 44 69 8 1 3
1946 29 186 698 637 54 134 16 4 0 54 4 6 53 73 .210 .273 .248 .521 47 158 18 2 7
1947 30 266 1000 912 79 195 18 6 1 82 7 6 74 107 .214 .274 .250 .524 47 228 27 2 13
1948 31 315 1134 1036 94 232 21 8 2 102 7 6 81 116 .224 .282 .265 .548 52 275 31 3 15
1949 32 370 1304 1183 116 262 27 9 2 111 9 9 98 127 .221 .283 .265 .548 50 313 38 4 20
1950 33 485 1751 1582 151 371 49 14 3 165 12 10 143 159 .235 .300 .289 .588 59 457 68 4 23
1951 34 562 2000 1804 178 439 59 18 4 201 14 10 164 182 .243 .309 .303 .611 65 546 70 6 27
1952 35 681 2460 2211 223 539 67 22 5 257 15 11 203 227 .244 .310 .301 .611 65 665 78 10 37
1953 36 703 2501 2249 231 547 67 22 5 257 15 11 206 230 .243 .310 .299 .609 65 673 82 10 37

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 25 90 324 294 27 60 8 1 0 29 2 26 22 .204 .271 .238 .509 19 85
1946 29 106 416 380 32 85 9 3 0 30 2 31 54 .224 .284 .263 .547 28 101
1947 30 83 314 286 27 64 2 2 1 30 3 22 35 .224 .279 .255 .534 21 80
1948 31 51 137 127 14 36 3 2 1 19 0 7 9 .283 .326 .362 .688 15 49
1949 32 57 175 152 21 30 6 1 0 9 2 17 11 .197 .282 .250 .532 10 55
1950 33 120 457 410 33 107 22 5 1 51 3 44 33 .261 .333 .346 .679 47 115
1951 34 81 258 231 27 69 10 4 1 36 2 21 24 .299 .362 .390 .752 33 77
1952 35 124 480 425 47 104 8 4 1 58 1 41 47 .245 .317 .289 .606 39 119
1953 36 23 42 39 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .205 .262 .205 .467 2 22
9 Yrs 735 2603 2344 236 563 68 22 5 262 15 212 238 .240 .306 .294 .600 214 703
162 Game Avg. 162 574 517 52 124 15 5 1 58 3 47 52 .240 .306 .294 .600 47 703

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL  30 (1st)

                           

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