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Billy Hulen

William Franklin Hulen

Positions: Shortstop and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 148 lb.

Born: March 12, 1870 in Dixon, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1896
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Senators 1896-1899

Final Game: May 12, 1899
Died: October 2, 1947 in Santa Rosa, CA
Buried: Cypress Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, CA
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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
1896 PHI NL 26 SS 73 405 149 205 51 33 .874 4.85 .903 5.58
1896 PHI NL 26 OF 12 37 31 1 5 0 .865 2.67 .933 2.16 0-12-0
1896 PHI NL 26 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .940 5.55
1899 WHS NL 29 SS 19 102 25 67 10 2 .902 4.84 .910 5.65
2 Seasons SS 92 507 174 272 61 35 .880 4.85 .904 5.59
1 Season OF 12 37 31 1 5 0 .865 2.67 .933 2.16 0-12-0
1 Season 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .940 5.55
2 Seasons TOT 106 548 207 275 66 35 .880 4.55 .907 5.20 0-12-0
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
1896 PHI NL 26 88 88 0 0 0 2 0 73 0 12 0 12 0
1899 WHS NL 29 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 107 107 0 0 0 2 0 92 0 12 0 12 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.

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