Bubba Phillips
John Melvin Phillips
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 24, 1928 in West Point, MS
School: University of Southern Mississippi (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1955
Final Game: September 18, 1964
Died: June 22, 1993 in Hattiesburg, MS
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Standard Batting

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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
1955 27 DET AL 95 205 184 18 43 4 0 3 23 2 1 14 20 .234 .289 .304 .594 62 56 3 2 1 4 1 7/598
1956 28 CHW AL 67 107 99 16 27 6 0 2 11 1 2 6 12 .273 .321 .394 .715 88 39 0 1 1 0 0 9/875
1957 29 CHW AL 121 431 393 38 106 13 3 7 42 5 3 28 32 .270 .322 .372 .693 89 146 5 3 5 2 3 58/97
1958 30 CHW AL 84 286 260 26 71 10 0 5 30 3 0 15 14 .273 .310 .369 .679 87 96 10 1 5 5 3 578/9
1959 31 CHW AL 117 415 379 43 100 27 1 5 40 1 1 27 28 .264 .319 .380 .699 92 144 8 4 4 1 7 58/79
1960 32 CLE AL 113 330 304 34 63 14 1 4 33 1 0 14 37 .207 .249 .299 .549 50 91 6 4 5 3 3 57/986
1961 33 CLE AL 143 590 546 64 144 23 1 18 72 1 0 29 61 .264 .305 .408 .714 92 223 14 5 7 3 4 *5 MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 148 599 562 53 145 26 0 10 54 4 0 20 55 .258 .289 .358 .647 76 201 17 7 4 6 0 *5/84
1963 35 DET AL 128 502 464 42 114 11 2 5 45 6 2 19 42 .246 .276 .310 .586 62 144 16 4 5 10 1 *5/8
1964 36 DET AL 46 99 87 14 22 1 0 3 6 1 2 10 13 .253 .327 .368 .694 92 32 2 0 1 1 2 5/7
10 Seasons 1062 3564 3278 348 835 135 8 62 356 25 11 182 314 .255 .297 .358 .655 79 1172 81 31 38 35 24
162 Game Avg. 162 544 500 53 127 21 1 9 54 4 2 28 48 .255 .297 .358 .655 79 179 12 5 6 5 4
CHW (4 yrs) 389 1239 1131 123 304 56 4 19 123 10 6 76 86 .269 .318 .376 .694 90 425 23 9 15 8 13
CLE (3 yrs) 404 1519 1412 151 352 63 2 32 159 6 0 63 153 .249 .287 .365 .651 77 515 37 16 16 12 7
DET (3 yrs) 269 806 735 74 179 16 2 11 74 9 5 43 75 .244 .285 .316 .601 66 232 21 6 7 15 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1955 27 DET AL 205 150 17 3.0 101 .242 .234 .264 .289 .343 .304 .393 .594 .736 62 .320 -9.9 -1.0 .503 .152 .071 2.4
1956 28 CHW AL 107 75 13 4.6 107 .294 .273 .269 .321 .351 .394 .410 .715 .760 88 .484 -2.1 -0.2 .608 .172 .121 1.3
1957 29 CHW AL 431 302 48 4.3 100 .278 .270 .264 .322 .336 .372 .399 .693 .735 89 .489 -7.1 -0.7 .607 .178 .102 5.8
1958 30 CHW AL 286 209 29 3.7 97 .268 .273 .260 .310 .329 .369 .396 .679 .725 87 .434 -4.4 -0.5 .578 .165 .096 3.8
1959 31 CHW AL 415 293 45 4.1 98 .274 .264 .259 .319 .330 .380 .396 .699 .726 92 .471 -3.7 -0.4 .608 .187 .116 1.7
1960 32 CLE AL 330 255 23 2.4 99 .222 .207 .260 .249 .333 .299 .398 .549 .730 50 .245 -21.6 -2.2 .445 .141 .092 1.6
1961 33 CLE AL 590 426 66 4.1 101 .268 .264 .260 .305 .335 .408 .405 .714 .740 92 .446 -8.0 -0.8 .620 .200 .145 1.9
1962 34 CLE AL 599 444 56 3.4 100 .268 .258 .260 .289 .331 .358 .404 .647 .736 76 .368 -19.7 -2.0 .535 .142 .100 5.7
1963 35 DET AL 502 383 38 2.7 97 .255 .246 .259 .276 .325 .310 .399 .586 .725 62 .305 -24.0 -2.5 .465 .114 .065 5.5
1964 36 DET AL 99 71 10 3.8 98 .264 .253 .258 .327 .327 .368 .401 .694 .727 92 .449 -1.0 -0.1 .594 .218 .115 1.5
10 Seasons 3564 2608 345 3.6 99 .263 .255 .261 .297 .333 .358 .400 .655 .733 79 .397 -101.4 -10.4 .552 .163 .103 35.6
162 Game Avg. 544 398 53 3.6 99 .263 .255 .261 .297 .333 .358 .400 .655 .733 79 .397 -101.4 -10.4 .552 .163 .103 5
CHW (4 yrs) 1239 879 135 4.1 99 .276 .269 .262 .318 .334 .376 .398 .694 .732 90 .470 -17.3 -1.8 .600 .178 .107 13.1
CLE (3 yrs) 1519 1125 145 3.5 100 .258 .249 .260 .287 .333 .365 .403 .651 .736 77 .374 -49.2 -5.0 .547 .164 .115 10.1
DET (3 yrs) 806 604 65 2.9 98 .253 .244 .260 .285 .330 .316 .398 .601 .728 66 .327 -34.8 -3.6 .490 .136 .072 9.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 31 CHW AL WS LAD L 3 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 4 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 4 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1955 27 DET AL 205 1.5% 9.8% 6.8% 3.4% 16% 1.43 9.2 61.3 8.0 0.81 80%
1956 28 CHW AL 107 1.9% 11.2% 5.6% 7.5% 30% 2.00 8.3 49.5 9.0 0.76 79%
1957 29 CHW AL 431 1.6% 7.4% 6.5% 5.3% 22% 1.14 12.3 56.1 9.4 0.98 83%
1958 30 CHW AL 286 1.8% 4.9% 5.2% 5.2% 21% 0.93 18.6 52.0 8.7 1.04 86%
1959 31 CHW AL 415 1.2% 6.8% 6.5% 8.0% 33% 1.04 13.5 75.8 9.5 1.02 84%
1960 32 CLE AL 330 1.2% 11.2% 4.2% 5.8% 30% 2.64 8.2 76.0 9.2 0.82 81%
1961 33 CLE AL 590 3.1% 10.3% 4.9% 7.1% 29% 2.10 9.0 30.3 7.6 0.82 80%
1962 34 CLE AL 599 1.7% 9.2% 3.3% 6.0% 25% 2.75 10.2 56.2 10.4 0.80 84%
1963 35 DET AL 502 1.0% 8.4% 3.8% 3.6% 16% 2.21 11.0 92.8 10.3 0.69 85%
1964 36 DET AL 99 3.0% 13.1% 10.1% 4.0% 18% 1.30 6.7 29.0 14.5 0.43 73%
10 Seasons 3564 1.7% 8.8% 5.1% 5.8% 25% 1.73 10.4 52.9 9.2 0.84 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1955 27 DET AL 5 0 27% 104 2 1 67% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 50% 16 9 7 2 0 2 8 4 4
1956 28 CHW AL 1 0 44% 60 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 39% 9 6 3 2 2 0 7 3 4
1957 29 CHW AL 9 0 24% 190 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 39% 25 17 7 2 1 1 17 7 9
1958 30 CHW AL 5 0 26% 109 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 67% 18 8 10 1 0 1 8 1 7
1959 31 CHW AL 6 0 30% 181 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 54% 22 14 8 3 1 2 14 3 11
1960 32 CLE AL 6 0 39% 130 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 44% 19 13 6 3 2 1 14 4 9
1961 33 CLE AL 13 0 29% 227 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 45% 40 25 14 5 3 2 15 2 11
1962 34 CLE AL 6 0 27% 236 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 44% 29 19 9 4 2 2 19 7 12
1963 35 DET AL 8 0 28% 194 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 42% 38 24 12 4 3 1 13 1 10
1964 36 DET AL 0 0 38% 47 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 4
10 Seasons 59 0 29% 1478 25 11 69% 25 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 33 77 47% 222 139 78 26 14 12 119 32 81
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1955 27 DET AL 205 61% 43 19 2 0 3 0.86 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 51 3 6% 21 7 33% 148 22 15% 10 8 80% 8 3 38% 0
1956 28 CHW AL 107 75% 27 13 4 0 3 1.12 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 33% 29 0 0% 10 3 30% 74 10 14% 5 2 40% 6 2 33% 0
1957 29 CHW AL 431 42% 106 3 0 0 0 2.06 7 0 11 4 3 1 6 0 9 5 56% 76 5 7% 30 12 40% 281 35 12% 25 15 60% 28 12 43% 0
1958 30 CHW AL 286 41% 71 4 0 0 1 0.57 5 0 7 5 0 2 3 1 6 5 83% 62 10 16% 27 12 44% 171 27 16% 18 10 56% 14 7 50% 0
1959 31 CHW AL 415 34% 100 1 0 0 1 1.28 5 0 9 2 3 3 2 0 7 4 57% 80 8 10% 34 13 38% 277 35 13% 22 9 41% 20 9 45% 0
1960 32 CLE AL 330 24% 63 4 0 0 0 0.69 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 5 5 100% 64 6 9% 36 11 31% 212 30 14% 15 9 60% 19 9 47% 0
1961 33 CLE AL 590 21% 144 0 0 0 0 18 2 16 12 6 7 11 0 9 7 78% 127 14 11% 47 13 28% 420 60 14% 30 19 63% 29 13 45% 0
1962 34 CLE AL 599 29% 145 1 0 0 0 1.38 10 0 20 8 2 7 3 0 5 4 80% 136 17 13% 55 19 35% 363 47 13% 27 19 70% 24 9 38% 0
1963 35 DET AL 502 27% 114 6 2 1 1 1.31 5 0 12 2 3 2 3 0 5 5 100% 100 16 16% 55 24 44% 313 47 15% 38 26 68% 24 13 54% 0
1964 36 DET AL 99 43% 22 17 4 0 0 0.90 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 25 2 8% 13 5 38% 55 3 5% 3 2 67% 7 3 43% 0
10 Seasons 3564 34% 835 68 12 1 9 1.00 62 2 92 40 22 30 32 1 51 38 75% 750 81 11% 328 119 36% 2314 316 14% 193 119 62% 179 80 45% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1955 27 95 205 184 18 43 4 0 3 23 2 1 14 20 .234 .289 .304 .594 62 56 3 2 1 4 1
1956 28 162 312 283 34 70 10 0 5 34 3 3 20 32 .247 .300 .336 .636 71 95 3 3 2 4 1
1957 29 283 743 676 72 176 23 3 12 76 8 6 48 64 .260 .313 .357 .669 81 241 8 6 7 6 4
1958 30 367 1029 936 98 247 33 3 17 106 11 6 63 78 .264 .312 .360 .672 83 337 18 7 12 11 7
1959 31 484 1444 1315 141 347 60 4 22 146 12 7 90 106 .264 .314 .366 .680 86 481 26 11 16 12 14
1960 32 597 1774 1619 175 410 74 5 26 179 13 7 104 143 .253 .302 .353 .655 79 572 32 15 21 15 17
1961 33 740 2364 2165 239 554 97 6 44 251 14 7 133 204 .256 .303 .367 .670 82 795 46 20 28 18 21
1962 34 888 2963 2727 292 699 123 6 54 305 18 7 153 259 .256 .300 .365 .665 81 996 63 27 32 24 21
1963 35 1016 3465 3191 334 813 134 8 59 350 24 9 172 301 .255 .296 .357 .654 78 1140 79 31 37 34 22
1964 36 1062 3564 3278 348 835 135 8 62 356 25 11 182 314 .255 .297 .358 .655 79 1172 81 31 38 35 24

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 27 99 214 193 19 46 4 0 3 24 2 15 21 .238 .294 .306 .600 18 95
1956 28 70 110 103 16 28 6 0 2 11 1 6 13 .272 .318 .388 .707 13 67
1957 29 127 452 417 41 115 14 3 8 45 5 30 34 .276 .327 .381 .709 52 121
1958 30 88 296 274 29 76 11 0 5 34 3 16 15 .277 .314 .372 .686 32 84
1959 31 122 432 398 46 106 29 1 5 43 1 29 29 .266 .322 .382 .704 48 117
1960 32 119 347 324 38 70 16 1 4 37 1 16 39 .216 .259 .309 .568 25 113
1961 33 143 582 545 64 143 23 1 18 72 1 29 61 .262 .304 .407 .711 66 143
1962 34 148 595 562 54 145 26 0 10 55 4 20 55 .258 .289 .358 .647 57 148
1963 35 128 498 465 44 115 11 2 5 47 6 19 42 .247 .277 .312 .589 40 128
1964 36 46 98 87 15 22 1 0 3 7 1 10 13 .253 .327 .368 .694 11 46
10 Seasons 1090 3624 3368 366 866 141 8 63 375 25 190 322 .257 .300 .360 .660 362 1062
162 Game Avg. 162 539 501 54 129 21 1 9 56 4 28 48 .257 .300 .360 .660 54 1062

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-AL-17-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Doubles s c a p y
1959 AL--27--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL--7--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1963 AL--10--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL--7--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1962 AL--17--9th
1963 AL--16--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (2126), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Dick Williams (931) *
  3. John Shelby (927)
  4. Darnell Coles (927)
  5. Andy Carey (925)
  6. Paul Schaal (923)
  7. Barry Bonnell (923)
  8. Bill Stein (923)
  9. Ted Uhlaender (922)
  10. Rich Rollins (921)
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  1. Chris Duffy (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bert Haas (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jolbert Cabrera (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jolbert Cabrera (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Stein (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Delsing (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Williams (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Myril Hoag (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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