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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 DET AL 27 OF 65 35 392.0 131 128 2 1 0 .992 2.3 7.0 3.3 2.1 1.1 -1 2.98 2.00 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 DET AL 27 LF 60 33 354.0 113 111 1 1 0 .991 1.1 3.7 2.1 1.6 0.5 -1 2.85 1.87 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 DET AL 27 3B 4 4 36.0 14 3 9 2 1 .857 -0.7 -23.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .957 3.18 2.72
1955 DET AL 27 RF 4 1 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -20.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.88 1.25 .980 2.06 1.72
1955 DET AL 27 CF 3 1 14.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 137.1 1.6 0.5 1.0 0 4.50 2.33 .986 2.89 2.53
1956 CHW AL 28 OF 35 23 199.0 61 59 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -0.6 2.9 1.3 1.4 -3 2.76 1.74 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 CHW AL 28 RF 22 18 140.0 43 42 1 0 1 1.000 1.9 16.3 3.9 2.9 1.0 -2 2.76 1.95 .972 2.09 1.80
1956 CHW AL 28 CF 7 5 42.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -68.6 -1.4 -1.3 -0.2 -1 2.79 1.86 .985 2.79 2.50
1956 CHW AL 28 LF 6 0 17.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 28.2 0.4 -0.3 0.6 0 3.71 1.17 .971 2.12 1.68
1956 CHW AL 28 3B 2 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 5.14 2.00 .950 3.21 2.80
1957 CHW AL 29 3B 97 92 799.0 332 91 227 14 18 .958 10.7 16.1 11.7 2.5 9.2 -1 3.58 3.28 .951 3.23 2.77
1957 CHW AL 29 OF 20 16 165.0 59 56 3 0 0 1.000 4.3 31.3 2.3 -0.1 2.5 2 3.22 2.95 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 CHW AL 29 CF 13 9 103.0 39 36 3 0 0 1.000 3.2 37.3 1.2 0.7 0.5 2 3.41 3.00 .982 2.72 2.40
1957 CHW AL 29 RF 8 7 61.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 21.6 1.1 -0.8 2.0 0 2.80 2.38 .974 1.93 1.68
1957 CHW AL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1958 CHW AL 30 3B 47 42 356.0 130 38 86 6 12 .954 3.2 10.8 2.2 3.8 -1.6 1 3.13 2.64 .951 3.11 2.59
1958 CHW AL 30 OF 37 30 276.1 87 84 1 2 1 .977 3.7 16.1 3.7 2.8 1.0 0 2.77 2.30 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 CHW AL 30 LF 18 15 128.0 41 40 1 0 1 1.000 5.4 50.6 4.4 1.6 2.8 1 2.88 2.28 .978 2.09 1.62
1958 CHW AL 30 CF 15 11 115.1 36 33 1 2 0 .944 -3.0 -31.2 -2.0 0.1 -2.0 -1 2.65 2.27 .986 2.68 2.29
1958 CHW AL 30 RF 5 4 33.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 47.3 1.3 1.1 0.2 0 2.73 2.00 .980 1.99 1.68
1959 CHW AL 31 3B 100 86 791.0 307 90 202 15 13 .951 5.5 8.3 6.5 0.0 6.5 -1 3.32 2.92 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 CHW AL 31 OF 23 17 154.2 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -3.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.2 0 2.15 1.61 .978 2.22 1.96
1959 CHW AL 31 CF 14 11 93.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.8 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 2.31 1.71 .983 2.72 2.44
1959 CHW AL 31 LF 8 5 52.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 11.5 0.5 -0.3 0.9 0 2.25 1.63 .977 2.06 1.68
1959 CHW AL 31 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 1.90 1.60
1960 CLE AL 32 3B 85 74 678.1 233 87 135 11 18 .953 -8.1 -14.3 -8.1 -2.1 -6.0 0 2.95 2.61 .952 3.14 2.72
1960 CLE AL 32 OF 25 10 93.0 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -0.3 -3.9 0.7 1.0 -0.3 -1 2.13 0.88 .983 2.25 1.95
1960 CLE AL 32 LF 15 3 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 28.2 0.8 1.2 -0.4 0 2.38 0.60 .989 2.14 1.67
1960 CLE AL 32 RF 7 6 50.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.6 14.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.16 1.71 .977 1.94 1.69
1960 CLE AL 32 CF 3 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.7 -226.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 -1 1.00 0.33 1.000 2.70 2.30
1960 CLE AL 32 SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1961 CLE AL 33 3B 143 143 1273.0 453 188 246 19 23 .958 -6.1 -5.8 -6.1 1.1 -7.3 0 3.07 3.03 .950 3.18 2.79 MVP-17
1962 CLE AL 34 3B 145 144 1272.0 428 175 243 10 16 .977 2.3 2.2 2.3 4.2 -1.9 0 2.96 2.88 .951 3.08 2.79
1962 CLE AL 34 CF 3 3 26.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1.5 -69.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -1 2.77 2.67 .989 2.56 2.17
1962 CLE AL 34 OF 3 3 26.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1.5 -69.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -1 2.77 2.67 .978 2.18 1.93
1962 CLE AL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1963 DET AL 35 3B 117 112 1014.1 356 116 226 14 26 .961 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 -2.8 2.4 0 3.03 2.92 .946 3.02 2.85
1963 DET AL 35 CF 5 3 27.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.7 31.1 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 3.33 2.00 .991 2.57 2.20
1963 DET AL 35 OF 5 3 27.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.7 31.1 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 3.00 1.80 .980 2.17 1.92
1964 DET AL 36 3B 22 19 175.0 59 18 40 1 5 .983 1.4 9.6 1.4 -0.7 2.1 0 2.98 2.64 .954 3.03 2.76
1964 DET AL 36 LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1964 DET AL 36 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.80
10 Seasons 3B 762 717 6401.2 2316 808 1416 92 133 .960 8.2 1.5 9.2 5.3 3.9 -1 3.13 2.92 .950 3.13 2.77
9 Seasons OF 214 138 1342.0 418 403 8 7 2 .983 8.3 7.4 12.3 6.1 6.1 -4 2.76 1.92 .981 2.30 2.00
7 Seasons LF 109 57 595.0 183 179 3 1 1 .995 7.8 15.7 7.8 3.8 4.0 0 2.75 1.67 .979 2.19 1.72
8 Seasons CF 63 44 430.0 141 132 4 5 0 .965 -4.1 -11.4 -2.1 -1.1 -1.2 -2 2.85 2.16 .985 2.70 2.37
6 Seasons RF 47 37 317.0 92 89 2 1 1 .989 4.6 17.4 6.6 3.4 3.3 -2 2.58 1.94 .975 2.02 1.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1 Season SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
10 Seasons TOT 978 855 7745.0 2734 1211 1424 99 135 .964 16.3 2.5 21.3 11.3 9.9 -4 -1 3.06 2.69 .919 2.99 2.60
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1339th)

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 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (2100), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Paul Schaal (923)
  7. Barry Bonnell (923)
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  10. Jerry Hairston (921)
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  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
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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Sent from Stroudsburg (North Atlantic) to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.

November 30, 1955: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Virgil Trucks.

December 6, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Norm Cash and Johnny Romano to the Cleveland Indians for Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese, Minnie Minoso and Jake Striker.

November 27, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Ron Nischwitz and Gordon Seyfried.

February 16, 1965: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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