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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB
1879	CLV	NL	22	1B	75	784	726	22	36	23	.954	9.97	.953	11.13
1879	CLV	NL	22	C	11	76	48	10	18	2	.763	5.27	.889	6.45		26
1879	CLV	NL	22	OF	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.840	1.90	0-1-1
1880	CLV	NL	23	1B	85	900	842	25	33	37	.963	10.20	.959	10.55
1881	CLV	NL	24	1B	85	859	806	24	29	51	.966	9.76	.960	10.52
1882	CLV	NL	25	1B	78	876	827	24	25	55	.971	10.91	.958	10.37
1882	CLV	NL	25	C	1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.00	.910	6.80		0
1883	CLV	NL	26	1B	97	1008	953	22	33	53	.967	10.05	.961	10.58
1884	CLV	NL	27	1B	111	1185	1107	30	48	59	.959	10.24	.962	10.47
1885	BRO	AA	28	1B	99	1165	1109	24	32	40	.973	11.44	.966	10.63
1886	BRO	AA	29	1B	141	1460	1395	33	32	65	.978	10.13	.968	10.27
1887	BRO	AA	30	1B	132	1369	1299	46	24	62	.982	10.19	.971	9.88
1888	KCC	AA	31	1B	129	1563	1476	55	32	66	.980	11.87	.976	10.65
	10 Seasons			1B	1032	11169	10540	305	324	511	.971	10.51	.965	10.47
	2 Seasons			C	12	80	51	11	18	2	.775	5.17	.890	6.48		26
	1 Season			OF	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.840	1.90	0-1-1
	10 Seasons			TOT	1046	11250	10592	316	342	513	.970	10.43	.964	10.40	0-1-1	26

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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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	CF	RF	OF
1879	CLV	NL	22	81	81	11	75	1	1	2
1880	CLV	NL	23	85	85	0	85	0	0	0
1881	CLV	NL	24	85	85	0	85	0	0	0
1882	CLV	NL	25	78	78	1	78	0	0	0
1883	CLV	NL	26	97	97	0	97	0	0	0
1884	CLV	NL	27	111	111	0	111	0	0	0
1885	BRO	AA	28	99	99	0	99	0	0	0
1886	BRO	AA	29	141	141	0	141	0	0	0
1887	BRO	AA	30	132	132	0	132	0	0	0
1888	KCC	AA	31	129	129	0	129	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			1038	1038	12	1032	1	1	2

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

Putouts† s c a p y 1879 NL 775 (3rd) 1880 NL 842 (3rd) 1881 NL 806 (4th) 1882 NL 830 (3rd) 1884 NL 1,107 (4th) 1885 AA 1,109 (1st) 1886 AA 1,395 (2nd) 1887 AA 1,299 (2nd) 1888 AA 1,476 (1st)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1879 NL 75 (1st) 1880 NL 85 (1st) 1881 NL 85 (1st) 1882 NL 78 (5th) 1883 NL 97 (5th) 1884 NL 111 (3rd) 1885 AA 99 (3rd) 1886 AA 141 (1st) 1887 AA 132 (2nd) 1888 AA 129 (2nd)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1879 NL 726 (4th) 1880 NL 842 (3rd) 1881 NL 806 (4th) 1882 NL 827 (3rd) 1884 NL 1,107 (4th) 1885 AA 1,109 (1st) 1886 AA 1,395 (2nd) 1887 AA 1,299 (2nd) 1888 AA 1,476 (1st)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1879 NL 22 (2nd) 1880 NL 25 (2nd) 1881 NL 24 (4th) 1882 NL 24 (2nd) 1884 NL 30 (5th) 1885 AA 24 (4th) 1886 AA 33 (5th) 1887 AA 46 (3rd) 1888 AA 55 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1879 NL 36 (3rd) 1880 NL 33 (2nd) 1881 NL 29 (4th) 1882 NL 25 (5th) 1884 NL 48 (3rd) 1885 AA 32 (5th) 1886 AA 32 (4th) 1887 AA 24 (5th) 1888 AA 32 (4th) Career 324 (11th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1882 NL 10.91 (3rd) 1885 AA 11.44 (1st) 1886 AA 10.13 (4th) 1887 AA 10.19 (5th) 1888 AA 11.87 (1st) Career 10.51 (32nd)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1879 NL .954 (4th) 1880 NL .963 (5th) 1881 NL .966 (3rd) 1882 NL .971 (3rd) 1883 NL .967 (2nd) 1885 AA .973 (2nd) 1886 AA .978 (2nd) 1887 AA .982 (1st) 1888 AA .980 (2nd)

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