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Bubba Phillips

John Melvin Phillips

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder
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 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Tigers 1955-1964

Final Game: September 18, 1964
Died: June 22, 1993 in Hattiesburg, MS
Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Philadelphia, MS
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1650. Endy Chavez… #1651. Mark Lemke… #1652. Jack Warner… #1653. BUBBA PHILLIPS… #1654. Lou Criger… #1655. Derrel Thomas… #1656. Lee Handley… 

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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 /5
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 /5
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 5
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 5
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 5
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 5/6
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 *5/4
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/
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/
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 27 DET AL 205 -10 1 2 1 2 -3 6 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /5
1956 28 CHW AL 107 -2 -1 0 2 0 -1 3 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /5
1957 29 CHW AL 431 -8 0 2 2 15 1 12 24 2.4 9 0.9 1.5 $ 5
1958 30 CHW AL 286 -5 2 1 -1 7 -1 8 10 1.0 4 0.4 0.6 $ 5
1959 31 CHW AL 415 -5 1 -1 1 5 1 12 15 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $ 5
1960 32 CLE AL 330 -22 1 1 1 -8 1 9 -17 -1.8 -9 -0.9 -0.9 $ 5/6
1961 33 CLE AL 590 -11 2 3 0 -6 4 16 8 0.8 14 1.4 -0.6 $ *5 MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 599 -19 0 -2 0 1 4 17 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ *5/4
1963 35 DET AL 502 -22 -2 1 -2 0 3 14 -8 -1.1 -8 -0.9 -0.2 $ *5/
1964 36 DET AL 99 -1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 5/
10 Seasons 3564 -105 4 7 4 16 9 100 36 3.0 19 1.8 1.2 $
CHW (4 yrs) 1239 -20 2 2 4 27 0 35 51 5.1 23 2.3 2.8 $
CLE (3 yrs) 1519 -52 3 2 1 -14 9 42 -9 -1.1 5 0.5 -1.6 $
DET (3 yrs) 806 -33 -1 3 -1 3 0 23 -6 -1.0 -9 -1.0 -0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
1955 DET AL 27 OF 65 131 128 2 1 0 .992 2 2.00 .982 2.38
1955 DET AL 27 3B 4 14 3 9 2 1 .857 -1 3.00 .950 3.15
1955 DET AL 27 LF 60 33 27 354.0 113 111 1 1 0 .991 1 4 2.85 1.87 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 DET AL 27 RF 4 1 1 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 1.88 1.25 .980 2.06 2.02
1955 DET AL 27 CF 3 1 0 14.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 137 4.50 2.33 .986 2.89 2.87
1956 CHW AL 28 OF 35 61 59 2 0 1 1.000 -0 1.74 .979 2.32
1956 CHW AL 28 3B 2 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0 2.00 .950 3.20
1956 CHW AL 28 RF 22 18 9 140.0 43 42 1 0 1 1.000 2 16 2.76 1.95 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 CHW AL 28 CF 7 5 3 42.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -69 2.79 1.86 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 CHW AL 28 LF 6 0 0 17.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 28 3.71 1.17 .977 2.12 2.08
1957 CHW AL 29 3B 97 332 91 227 14 18 .958 11 3.28 .951 3.24
1957 CHW AL 29 OF 20 59 56 3 0 0 1.000 4 2.95 .980 2.25
1957 CHW AL 29 CF 13 9 8 103.0 39 36 3 0 0 1.000 3 37 3.41 3.00 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 CHW AL 29 RF 8 7 4 61.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1 22 2.80 2.38 .976 1.92 1.92
1957 CHW AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1958 CHW AL 30 3B 47 130 38 86 6 12 .954 3 2.64 .951 3.08
1958 CHW AL 30 OF 37 87 84 1 2 1 .977 4 2.30 .982 2.25
1958 CHW AL 30 LF 18 15 9 128.0 41 40 1 0 1 1.000 5 51 2.88 2.28 .979 2.09 2.07
1958 CHW AL 30 CF 15 11 10 115.1 36 33 1 2 0 .944 -3 -31 2.65 2.27 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 CHW AL 30 RF 5 4 2 33.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 47 2.73 2.00 .980 1.99 1.96
1959 CHW AL 31 3B 100 307 90 202 15 13 .951 6 2.92 .952 3.19
1959 CHW AL 31 OF 23 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.61 .980 2.21
1959 CHW AL 31 CF 14 11 5 93.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.31 1.71 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 CHW AL 31 LF 8 5 5 52.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 2.25 1.63 .980 2.06 2.05
1959 CHW AL 31 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 2.00 .975 1.90 1.90
1960 CLE AL 32 3B 85 233 87 135 11 18 .953 -8 2.61 .952 3.14
1960 CLE AL 32 OF 25 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -0 0.88 .982 2.25
1960 CLE AL 32 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 5.10
1960 CLE AL 32 LF 15 3 1 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 28 2.38 0.60 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 CLE AL 32 RF 7 6 3 50.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1 14 2.16 1.71 .974 1.94 1.94
1960 CLE AL 32 CF 3 1 0 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -2 -227 1.00 0.33 .985 2.70 2.67
1961 CLE AL 33 3B 143 453 188 246 19 23 .958 -6 3.03 .950 3.15 MVP-17
1962 CLE AL 34 3B 145 428 175 243 10 16 .977 2 2.88 .952 3.07
1962 CLE AL 34 OF 3 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2 2.67 .980 2.17
1962 CLE AL 34 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 5.20
1962 CLE AL 34 CF 3 3 3 26.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2 -69 2.77 2.67 .986 2.60 2.57
1963 DET AL 35 3B 117 356 116 226 14 26 .961 -0 2.92 .947 3.02
1963 DET AL 35 OF 5 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1 1.80 .981 2.16
1963 DET AL 35 CF 5 3 2 27.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1 31 3.33 2.00 .986 2.57 2.58
1964 DET AL 36 3B 22 59 18 40 1 5 .983 1 2.64 .955 3.02
1964 DET AL 36 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.00
1964 DET AL 36 LF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -53 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
10 Seasons 3B 762 2316 808 1416 92 133 .960 8 2.92 .951 3.12
9 Seasons OF 214 418 403 8 7 2 .983 8 1.92 .981 2.29
7 Seasons LF 109 57 43 595.0 183 179 3 1 1 .995 8 16 2.75 1.67 .980 2.19 2.18
8 Seasons CF 63 44 31 430.0 141 132 4 5 0 .965 -4 -11 2.85 2.16 .984 2.70 2.69
6 Seasons RF 47 37 20 317.0 92 89 2 1 1 .989 5 17 2.58 1.94 .975 2.02 2.01
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 5.20
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 5.10
10 Seasons TOT 978 2734 1211 1424 99 135 .964 16 2.69 .955 2.94
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.
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (1362nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 AL  1.5 (2nd)

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)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1957 AL  15 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  97 (4th)
1959 AL  100 (4th)
1961 AL  143 (3rd)
1962 AL  145 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  91 (5th)
1959 AL  90 (5th)
1961 AL  188 (1st)
1962 AL  175 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  227 (2nd)
1959 AL  202 (4th)
1961 AL  246 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (5th)
1959 AL  15 (5th)
1961 AL  19 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  11 (1st)
1959 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.58 (1st)
1959 AL  3.32 (3rd)
1961 AL  3.07 (4th)
1963 AL  3.03 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  3.28 (2nd)
1961 AL  3.04 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  .958 (3rd)
1960 AL  .953 (5th)
1961 AL  .958 (3rd)
1962 AL  .977 (2nd)
1963 AL  .961 (3rd)
Career  .960 (57th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1915), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Dick Williams (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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