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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1942	DET	AL	25	SS	80	76	70		377	157	199	21	39	.944				4.45	.949		5.01
1942	DET	AL	25	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0					0.00			3.20
1946	DET	AL	29	2B	1	0	0		3	1	2	0	0	1.000				3.00	.970		5.50
1946	WSH	AL	29	SS	53	52	48		263	112	142	9	27	.966				4.79	.954		4.97
1946	WSH	AL	29	3B	46	45	41		152	53	87	12	7	.921				3.04	.948		3.06
1947	SLB	AL	30	2B	46	42	41		260	127	127	6	31	.977				5.52	.978		5.46
1947	SLB	AL	30	3B	17	17	17		72	25	42	5	5	.931				3.94	.959		3.01
1947	SLB	AL	30	SS	7	5	5		32	12	19	1	5	.969				4.43	.964		5.13
1947	SLB	AL	30	1B	5	3	3		49	45	2	2	4	.959				9.40	.990		9.64
1948	BOS	AL	31	2B	15	15	15		82	31	47	4	12	.951				5.20	.976		5.62
1948	BOS	AL	31	3B	15	13	12		58	23	35	0	3	1.000				3.87	.958		3.04
1949	BOS	AL	32	1B	29	28	28		273	256	15	2	28	.993				9.34	.989		9.77
1949	BOS	AL	32	2B	8	8	8		37	21	15	1	5	.973				4.50	.974		5.49
1950	PHA	AL	33	2B	107	105	102	917.2	637	297	319	21	105	.967			6.04	5.76	.976	5.86	5.76
1950	PHA	AL	33	SS	1	0	0	6.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667			3.00	2.00	.960	5.10	5.00
1951	PHA	AL	34	3B	45	38	34	356.2	155	45	99	11	14	.929			3.63	3.20	.950	3.17	3.15
1951	PHA	AL	34	2B	23	15	14	143.1	101	47	51	3	16	.970			6.15	4.26	.978	5.72	5.69
1951	PHA	AL	34	1B	1	1	1	9.0	8	8	0	0	1	1.000			8.00	8.00	.990	9.70	9.70
1952	PHA	AL	35	3B	104	101	97	897.0	347	105	222	20	26	.942			3.28	3.14	.953	3.29	3.29
1952	PHA	AL	35	1B	13	11	11	108.0	112	97	13	2	8	.982			9.17	8.46	.988	9.63	9.62
1953	DET	AL	36	3B	12	6	6	65.1	28	9	17	2	1	.929	-2	-37	3.58	2.17	.957	3.38	3.36
1953	DET	AL	36	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.60
1953	DET	AL	36	SS	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.965	4.95	5.10
	7 Seasons			3B	240	220	207	1319.0	812	260	502	50	56	.938	-2	-2	3.39	3.18	.953	3.26	3.19
	7 Seasons			2B	201	185	180	1062.0	1120	524	561	35	169	.969	0	0	6.05	5.40	.977	5.84	5.66
	5 Seasons			SS	142	133	123	8.0	677	284	361	32	72	.953	0	0	4.50	4.54	.952	5.06	5.00
	4 Seasons			1B	48	43	43	117.0	442	406	30	6	41	.986			9.08	9.08	.989	9.64	9.71
	9 Seasons			TOT	631	581	553	2506.0	3051	1474	1454	123	338	.960	-2	-1	4.79	4.64	.966	4.66	4.88
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	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.

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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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1942	DET	AL	25	SS
1942	DET	AL	25	3B
1946	DET	AL	29	2B
1946	WSH	AL	29	SS
1946	WSH	AL	29	3B
1947	SLB	AL	30	2B
1947	SLB	AL	30	3B
1947	SLB	AL	30	SS
1947	SLB	AL	30	1B
1948	BOS	AL	31	2B
1948	BOS	AL	31	3B
1949	BOS	AL	32	1B
1949	BOS	AL	32	2B
1950	PHA	AL	33	2B
1950	PHA	AL	33	SS
1951	PHA	AL	34	3B
1951	PHA	AL	34	2B
1951	PHA	AL	34	1B
1952	PHA	AL	35	3B
1952	PHA	AL	35	1B
1953	DET	AL	36	3B	-2	-37	-2	-1	-2	0
1953	DET	AL	36	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	DET	AL	36	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			3B	-2	-2	-2	-1	-2	0
	7 Seasons			2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			1B
	9 Seasons			TOT	-2	-1	-2	-1	-2	0
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1942	DET	AL	25	85	76	85	81	0	0	1	80	0	5
1946	WSH	AL	29	98	97	98	98	0	0	46	53	0	0
1946	DET	AL	29	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
1947	SLB	AL	30	80	67	80	75	5	46	17	7	5	0
1948	BOS	AL	31	49	28	49	30	0	15	15	0	13	6
1949	BOS	AL	32	55	36	55	37	29	8	0	0	18	0
1950	PHA	AL	33	115	105	115	108	0	107	0	1	8	0
1951	PHA	AL	34	77	54	77	66	1	23	45	0	13	0
1952	PHA	AL	35	119	112	119	116	13	0	104	0	4	0
1953	DET	AL	36	22	6	22	14	0	1	12	1	7	3
	9 Seasons			703	581	703	626	48	201	240	142	70	14

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.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	BOS	AL	31	406	59%	84%	32%	45	100%	0	16	14	1	1	31	23	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	100%
1951	PHA	AL	34	1409	59%	84%	29%	142	87%	0	41	37	0	4	92	63	20	1	2	9	0	8	1	8	12	9	0	10	2	2	0	6	67%
1952	PHA	AL	35	3423	61%	84%	26%	298	89%	3	93	65	14	15	204	150	47	2	4	17	2	14	1	12	22	16	2	19	2	1	0	15	60%
1953	DET	AL	36	317	61%	83%	25%	23	87%	0	7	5	0	2	16	12	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	100%
	4 Seasons			5555	60%	84%	27%	508	89%	3	157	121	15	22	343	248	77	3	10	28	2	24	2	22	37	27	2	31	5	4	0	25	68%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								69%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	BOS	AL	31	462	61%	83%	24%	52	92%	1	27	15	11	1	38	33	4	1	0	3	0	2	1	3	9	2	2	3	2	9	5	4	0	0	0
1949	BOS	AL	32	196	69%	86%	24%	12	100%	1	13	5	5	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1950	PHA	AL	33	2827	63%	82%	24%	254	91%	2	203	67	120	16	218	173	36	1	3	13	0	11	2	9	73	30	10	15	3	65	19	42	7	3	3
1951	PHA	AL	34	624	61%	84%	24%	66	86%	0	47	17	22	8	51	42	7	0	3	3	0	3	0	2	16	6	5	2	1	15	4	11	1	0	1
1953	DET	AL	36	3	67%	67%	67%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			4112	63%	83%	24%	384	91%	4	290	104	158	28	314	254	48	2	6	19	0	16	3	14	100	38	18	21	6	91	29	58	8	3	4
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1949	BOS	AL	32	1084	60%	82%	28%	51	92%	0	248	13	230	6	19	15	9	6	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	29	2	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	3	100%
1951	PHA	AL	34	38	68%	84%	26%	2	100%	0	7	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PHA	AL	35	366	56%	81%	21%	18	83%	0	64	4	58	2	5	7	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	1	1	100%
	3 Seasons			1488	59%	81%	26%	71	90%	0	319	18	294	8	24	23	13	7	0	0	4	1	3	0	3	38	2	0	0	33	2	3	1	2	4	100%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											85%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1950	PHA	AL	33	37	57%	81%	24%	3	33%	0	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1953	DET	AL	36	8	63%	100%	25%	0		0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			45	58%	84%	24%	3	33%	0	5	1	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y 1952 AL 22 (5th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1950 AL 21 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1946 AL 12 (3rd) 1952 AL 20 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1950 AL 6.04 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1950 AL 5.76 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 1952 AL 3.28 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL 3.14 (4th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1942 AL .944 (5th)

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