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Billy Southworth
William Harold Southworth
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 9, 1893 in Harvard, NE
High School: Harvard (Harvard, NE) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1913
Final Game: July 9, 1929
Died: November 15, 1969 in Columbus, OH
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 2008.
Relatives: Cousin of Bill Southworth
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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
1913 20 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /O
1915 22 CLE AL 60 214 177 25 39 2 5 0 8 2 4 36 12 .220 .352 .288 .640 90 51 0 1 O
1918 25 PIT NL 64 275 246 37 84 5 7 2 43 19 26 9 .341 .409 .443 .852 156 109 2 1 O
1919 26 PIT NL 121 502 453 56 127 14 14 4 61 23 32 22 .280 .329 .400 .729 115 181 1 16 *O
1920 27 PIT NL 146 617 546 64 155 17 13 2 53 23 25 52 20 .284 .348 .374 .722 105 204 2 17 *O
1921 28 BSN NL 141 642 569 86 175 25 15 7 79 22 20 36 13 .308 .351 .441 .792 114 251 2 35 *O
1922 29 BSN NL 43 182 158 27 51 4 4 4 18 4 1 18 1 .323 .392 .475 .867 127 75 0 6 O
1923 30 BSN NL 153 692 611 95 195 29 16 6 78 14 16 61 23 .319 .383 .448 .831 123 274 2 18 *O/4
1924 31 NYG NL 94 325 281 40 72 13 0 3 36 1 6 32 16 .256 .332 .335 .667 81 94 0 12 O
1925 32 NYG NL 123 537 473 79 138 19 5 6 44 6 13 51 11 .292 .363 .391 .754 96 185 2 11 *O
1926 33 TOT NL 135 566 507 99 162 28 7 16 99 14 33 10 .320 .365 .497 .862 127 252 3 23 *O MVP-19
1926 33 NYG NL 36 127 116 23 38 6 1 5 30 1 7 1 .328 .366 .526 .892 139 61 0 4 O
1926 33 STL NL 99 439 391 76 124 22 6 11 69 13 26 9 .317 .364 .488 .853 124 191 3 19 O
1927 34 STL NL 92 341 306 52 92 15 5 2 39 10 23 7 .301 .350 .402 .752 98 123 0 12 O
1929 36 STL NL 19 34 32 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .188 .235 .250 .485 20 8 0 0 /O
13 Seasons 1192 4927 4359 661 1296 173 91 52 561 138 85 402 148 .297 .359 .415 .773 111 1807 14 152
162 Game Avg. 162 670 592 90 176 24 12 7 76 19 55 20 .297 .359 .415 .773 111 246 2 21
NYG (3 yrs) 253 989 870 142 248 38 6 14 110 8 19 90 28 .285 .353 .391 .744 97 340 2 27
PIT (3 yrs) 331 1394 1245 157 366 36 34 8 157 65 25 110 51 .294 .354 .397 .750 118 494 5 34
BSN (3 yrs) 337 1516 1338 208 421 58 35 17 175 40 37 115 37 .315 .371 .448 .819 120 600 4 59
STL (3 yrs) 210 814 729 129 222 39 11 13 111 23 51 20 .305 .352 .442 .794 108 322 3 31
CLE (2 yrs) 61 214 177 25 39 2 5 0 8 2 4 36 12 .220 .352 .288 .640 90 51 0 1
NL (11 yrs) 1131 4713 4182 636 1257 171 86 52 553 136 81 366 136 .301 .359 .420 .779 112 1756 14 151
AL (2 yrs) 61 214 177 25 39 2 5 0 8 2 4 36 12 .220 .352 .288 .640 90 51 0 1

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
1924 31 NYG NL WS WSH L 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926 33 STL NL WS NYY W 7 30 29 6 10 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 .345 .345 .552 .897 16 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 31 30 7 10 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .533 .867 16 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 12 31 30 7 10 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .533 .867 16 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1913 CLE AL 20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-0
1915 CLE AL 22 OF 44 103 90 7 6 3 .942 2.20 .958 1.98 10-30-4
1918 PIT NL 25 OF 64 152 137 12 3 4 .980 2.33 .961 2.13 0-0-64
1919 PIT NL 26 OF 121 279 253 17 9 5 .968 2.23 .964 2.18 75-0-46
1920 PIT NL 27 OF 142 352 337 12 3 3 .991 2.46 .963 2.21 0-0-142
1921 BSN NL 28 OF 141 321 288 25 8 6 .975 2.22 .964 2.24 0-0-141
1922 BSN NL 29 OF 41 112 100 7 5 0 .955 2.61 .962 2.26 0-0-41
1923 BSN NL 30 OF 151 369 326 22 21 6 .943 2.30 .965 2.28 0-0-151
1923 BSN NL 30 2B 2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 3.50 .962 5.55
1924 NYG NL 31 OF 75 184 167 5 12 2 .935 2.29 .966 2.24 1-51-19
1925 NYG NL 32 OF 119 307 289 7 11 1 .964 2.49 .967 2.33 0-117-2
1926 TOT NL 33 OF 128 306 290 7 9 1 .971 2.32 .965 2.26 7-16-107 MVP-19
1926 NYG NL 33 OF 29 66 62 2 2 1 .970 2.21 .965 2.26 7-16-8
1926 STL NL 33 OF 99 240 228 5 7 0 .971 2.35 .965 2.26 0-0-99
1927 STL NL 34 OF 83 164 153 6 5 2 .970 1.92 .970 2.35 0-0-83
1929 STL NL 36 OF 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 .975 2.38 0-0-5
13 Seasons OF 1115 2661 2442 127 92 33 .965 2.30 .965 2.24 93-214-805
1 Season 2B 2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 3.50 .962 5.55
13 Seasons TOT 1117 2669 2445 131 93 33 .965 2.31 .930 2.25 93-214-805

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1949 BBWAA ( 4.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1958 BBWAA ( 6.8%)
2008 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 2008 by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (19, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Batting Average s c a p y
Career  .297 (244th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .497 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1923 NL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1923 NL  611 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1923 NL  692 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL  99 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  195 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1923 NL  274 (10th)
1926 NL  252 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1919 NL  14 (1st)
1920 NL  13 (8th)
1921 NL  15 (8th)
1923 NL  16 (4th)
Career  91 (204th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  16 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1919 NL  61 (8th)
1926 NL  99 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1920 NL  52 (8th)
1923 NL  61 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1920 NL  23 (7th)
1921 NL  22 (6th)
1926 NL  14 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1923 NL  144 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 NL  91 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1918 NL  1.9 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  51 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1923 NL  258 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  35 (2nd)
1923 NL  18 (10th)
1926 NL  23 (10th)
Career  152 (163rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 NL  25 (1st)
1921 NL  20 (3rd)
1923 NL  16 (8th)
1925 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  85 (174th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1921 NL  10.6 (9th)
1926 NL  14.9 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1921 NL  43.8 (3rd)
1925 NL  43.0 (2nd)
1926 NL  50.7 (3rd)
Career  29.5 (26th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1926 NL  31.7 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1921 NL  449 (9th)
1923 NL  450 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 37 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1067), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Roy Johnson (948)
  3. Fred Schulte (944)
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  5. Harry Rice (938)
  6. Mike Kreevich (937)
  7. Ethan Allen (936)
  8. Johnny Hopp (936)
  9. Rip Radcliff (932)
  10. Rube Bressler (931)
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  5. Pat Duncan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Emmet Heidrick (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bake McBride (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Casey Stengel (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Fred Schulte (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

January 23, 1921: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Walter Barbare, Fred Nicholson and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Rabbit Maranville.

November 12, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Joe Oeschger to the New York Giants for Dave Bancroft, Bill Cunningham and Casey Stengel.

June 14, 1926: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Heinie Mueller.

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