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Bill Phillips

William B. Phillips

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: April, 1857 in St. John, New Brunswick, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): Blues/Grays/Cowboys 1879-1888

Final Game: October 14, 1888
Died: October 7, 1900 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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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
1879 22 CLV NL 81 367 365 58 99 15 4 0 29 2 20 .271 .275 .334 .609 98 122 0 *32/O
1880 23 CLV NL 85 340 334 41 85 14 10 1 36 6 29 .254 .268 .365 .633 114 122 0 *3
1881 24 CLV NL 85 362 357 51 97 18 10 1 44 5 19 .272 .282 .387 .668 112 138 0 *3
1882 25 CLV NL 78 342 335 40 87 17 7 4 47 7 18 .260 .275 .388 .663 113 130 0 *3/2
1883 26 CLV NL 97 390 382 42 94 29 8 2 40 8 49 .246 .262 .380 .641 92 145 0 *3
1884 27 CLV NL 111 482 464 58 128 25 12 3 46 18 80 .276 .303 .401 .704 117 186 0 *3
1885 28 BRO AA 99 429 391 65 118 16 11 3 63 27 .302 .364 .422 .786 146 165 11 *3
1886 29 BRO AA 141 619 585 68 160 26 15 0 72 13 33 .274 .313 .369 .683 115 216 1 *3
1887 30 BRO AA 132 584 533 82 142 34 11 2 101 16 45 .266 .330 .383 .713 97 204 6 *3
1888 31 KCC AA 129 543 509 57 120 20 10 1 56 10 27 .236 .284 .320 .604 90 163 7 *3
10 Yrs 1038 4458 4255 562 1130 214 98 17 534 39 178 215 .266 .299 .374 .673 109 1591 25
162 Game Avg. 162 696 664 88 176 33 15 3 83 28 .266 .299 .374 .673 109 248 4
CLV (6 yrs) 537 2283 2237 290 590 118 51 11 242 46 215 .264 .279 .377 .655 108 843 0
BRO (3 yrs) 372 1632 1509 215 420 76 37 5 236 29 105 .278 .333 .388 .720 116 585 18
KCC (1 yr) 129 543 509 57 120 20 10 1 56 10 27 .236 .284 .320 .604 90 163 7
NL (6 yrs) 537 2283 2237 290 590 118 51 11 242 46 215 .264 .279 .377 .655 108 843 0
AA (4 yrs) 501 2175 2018 272 540 96 47 6 292 39 132 .268 .320 .371 .691 110 748 25

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
1879 22 CLV NL 81 367 0 0 0 -7 1 -6 -0.7 11 5 0.5 .493 .496 1.3 -0.6 12 $ *32/O
1880 23 CLV NL 85 340 5 0 0 2 0 7 0.6 10 17 1.7 .508 .504 1.6 0.2 15 $ *3
1881 24 CLV NL 85 362 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.4 11 17 1.6 .507 .503 1.7 -0.0 17 $ *3
1882 25 CLV NL 78 342 6 0 0 6 0 12 1.0 10 22 2.1 .514 .507 1.6 0.5 16 $ *3/2
1883 26 CLV NL 97 390 -6 0 0 -2 0 -8 -0.8 12 4 0.4 .493 .496 0.8 -0.2 6 $1,250 *3
1884 27 CLV NL 111 482 5 0 0 -11 0 -6 -0.8 15 9 0.8 .495 .497 2.0 -1.1 20 $ *3
1885 28 BRO AA 99 429 22 0 0 -1 0 21 1.9 7 28 2.6 .519 .512 2.7 -0.1 29 $ *3
1886 29 BRO AA 141 619 8 -2 0 -3 0 4 0.2 10 14 1.3 .502 .502 1.6 -0.3 16 $ *3
1887 30 BRO AA 132 584 -5 -4 0 -4 0 -12 -0.9 9 -3 0.1 .493 .494 0.3 -0.2 1 $ *3
1888 31 KCC AA 129 543 -8 -3 0 -7 0 -18 -1.8 9 -10 -0.8 .487 .489 -0.2 -0.6 -2 $ *3
10 Seasons 1038 4458 34 -9 0 -27 1 -1 -0.8 104 103 10.3 .500 .500 13.4 -2.5 130 $1,250
CLV (6 yrs) 537 2283 16 0 0 -12 1 5 -0.2 69 74 7.1 .501 .501 9.0 -1.4 86 $1,250
BRO (3 yrs) 372 1632 26 -6 0 -8 0 12 1.2 26 38 4.0 .503 .503 4.6 -0.5 46 $
KCC (1 yr) 129 543 -8 -3 0 -7 0 -18 -1.8 9 -10 -0.8 .487 .489 -0.2 -0.6 -2 $

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
1879 22 CLV NL 367 266 34 3.5 67 .287 .271 .261 .275 .277 .334 .338 .609 .614 98 .495 -0.9 -0.1 .063
1880 23 CLV NL 340 249 33 3.5 60 .276 .254 .243 .268 .266 .365 .321 .633 .587 114 .550 4.2 0.5 .111
1881 24 CLV NL 362 260 39 4.0 70 .285 .272 .258 .282 .288 .387 .338 .668 .625 112 .539 4.0 0.4 .115
1882 25 CLV NL 342 248 36 3.9 68 .265 .260 .250 .275 .278 .388 .341 .663 .619 113 .529 4.3 0.5 .128
1883 26 CLV NL 390 288 38 3.5 80 .278 .246 .267 .262 .294 .380 .368 .641 .662 92 .441 -3.6 -0.4 .134
1884 27 CLV NL 482 336 56 4.4 76 .328 .276 .254 .303 .294 .401 .351 .704 .646 117 .584 8.3 0.9 .125
1885 28 BRO AA 429 273 57 5.6 74 .296 .302 .252 .364 .298 .422 .339 .786 .637 146 .708 21.5 2.4 .120
1886 29 BRO AA 619 425 67 4.1 73 .274 .274 .244 .313 .308 .369 .326 .683 .634 115 .578 8.1 0.9 .619 .174 .096 .0
1887 30 BRO AA 584 391 66 4.4 98 .264 .266 .281 .330 .345 .383 .379 .713 .725 97 .496 -2.6 -0.3 .693 .231 .116 3.6
1888 31 KCC AA 543 389 45 3.1 74 .234 .236 .249 .284 .307 .320 .328 .604 .636 90 .475 -6.6 -0.8 .532 .157 .084 1.8
10 Yrs 4458 3125 471 4.0 75 .277 .266 .256 .299 .299 .374 .343 .673 .643 109 .542 36.7 4.1 .587 .159 .108 23.7
162 Game Avg. 696 488 74 4.0 75 .277 .266 .256 .299 .299 .374 .343 .673 .643 109 .542 6 1 .587 .159 .108 4
CLV (6 yrs) 2283 1647 236 3.8 71 .288 .264 .256 .279 .284 .377 .344 .655 .627 108 .525 16.3 1.8 .113
BRO (3 yrs) 1632 1089 190 4.6 82 .276 .278 .259 .333 .319 .388 .348 .720 .667 116 .584 27.0 3.0 .490 .149 .109 9.4
KCC (1 yr) 543 389 45 3.1 74 .234 .236 .249 .284 .307 .320 .328 .604 .636 90 .476 -6.6 -0.8 .532 .157 .084 1.8
NL (6 yrs) 2283 1647 236 3.8 71 .288 .264 .256 .279 .284 .377 .344 .655 .627 108 .525 16.3 1.8 .113
AA (4 yrs) 2175 1478 235 4.2 80 .265 .268 .257 .320 .316 .371 .343 .691 .659 110 .561 20.4 2.3 .501 .151 .103 11.1

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
1879 22 81 367 365 58 99 15 4 0 29 2 20 .271 .275 .334 .609 98 122 0
1880 23 166 707 699 99 184 29 14 1 65 8 49 .263 .272 .349 .621 106 244 0
1881 24 251 1069 1056 150 281 47 24 2 109 13 68 .266 .275 .362 .637 108 382 0
1882 25 329 1411 1391 190 368 64 31 6 156 20 86 .265 .275 .368 .643 109 512 0
1883 26 426 1801 1773 232 462 93 39 8 196 28 135 .261 .272 .371 .643 105 657 0
1884 27 537 2283 2237 290 590 118 51 11 242 46 215 .264 .279 .377 .655 108 843 0
1885 28 636 2712 2628 355 708 134 62 14 305 73 215 .269 .292 .384 .676 114 1008 11
1886 29 777 3331 3213 423 868 160 77 14 377 13 106 215 .270 .296 .381 .677 114 1224 12
1887 30 909 3915 3746 505 1010 194 88 16 478 29 151 215 .270 .301 .381 .682 111 1428 18
1888 31 1038 4458 4255 562 1130 214 98 17 534 39 178 215 .266 .299 .374 .673 109 1591 25

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
1879 22 164 724 720 98 181 27 7 0 49 0 4 40 .251 .256 .308 .564 57 81
1880 23 162 646 635 77 160 26 19 2 67 0 11 55 .252 .265 .362 .627 61 85
1881 24 164 689 680 91 179 33 18 2 79 0 9 37 .263 .273 .374 .646 69 85
1882 25 149 635 623 64 150 29 12 7 75 0 12 34 .241 .255 .360 .615 57 78
1883 26 159 614 603 53 132 41 11 3 50 0 11 80 .219 .233 .338 .571 47 97
1884 27 158 656 634 64 157 31 15 4 51 0 22 114 .248 .273 .363 .636 63 111
1885 28 144 598 549 76 151 20 14 4 74 0 35 0 .275 .334 .384 .719 67 99
1886 29 164 691 657 62 162 26 15 0 66 13 33 0 .247 .284 .332 .615 62 141
1887 30 155 638 590 64 131 31 10 2 79 15 42 0 .222 .281 .319 .599 52 132
1888 31 153 623 587 56 127 21 11 1 55 11 29 0 .216 .262 .295 .556 44 129
10 Yrs 1572 6514 6278 705 1530 285 132 25 645 39 208 360 .244 .271 .343 .614 579 1038
162 Game Avg. 162 671 647 73 158 29 14 3 66 21 .244 .271 .343 .614 60 1038

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1885 AA  2.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1885 AA  2.7 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1885 AA  .302 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1885 AA  .364 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1885 AA  .422 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1885 AA  .786 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL  85 (9th)
1881 NL  85 (1st)
1886 AA  141 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1879 NL  365 (6th)
1881 NL  357 (7th)
1886 AA  585 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1879 NL  367 (10th)
1886 AA  619 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1886 AA  160 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1886 AA  216 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1884 NL  25 (10th)
1886 AA  26 (9th)
1887 AA  34 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1880 NL  10 (5th)
1881 NL  10 (2nd)
1884 NL  12 (5th)
1886 AA  15 (6th)
Career  98 (166th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1882 NL  4 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1885 AA  63 (9th)
1886 AA  72 (9th)
1887 AA  101 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1883 NL  49 (10th)
1884 NL  80 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1886 AA  119 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1885 AA  148 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1885 AA  57 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  22 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1885 AA  2.5 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1881 NL  29 (8th)
1886 AA  41 (9th)
1887 AA  47 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1885 AA  .708 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA  11 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1879 NL  266 (5th)
1881 NL  260 (6th)
1884 NL  336 (10th)
1886 AA  425 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 42 (599), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Wes Parker (907)
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  5. Sid Farrar (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chick Gandil (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chick Gandil (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chick Gandil (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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