Bob Tillman
John Robert Tillman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 24, 1937 in Nashville, TN
High School: Litton (Nashville, TN)
Schools: Georgia Institute of Technology, Middle Tennessee State University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1962
Final Game: October 1, 1970
Died: June 23, 2000 in Gallatin, TN
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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
1962 25 BOS AL 81 272 249 28 57 6 4 14 38 0 0 19 65 .229 .283 .454 .737 93 113 7 1 0 3 0 2
1963 26 BOS AL 96 343 307 24 69 10 2 8 32 0 0 34 64 .225 .304 .349 .653 81 107 5 1 1 0 8 2
1964 27 BOS AL 131 479 425 43 118 18 1 17 61 0 0 49 74 .278 .352 .445 .796 116 189 12 0 4 1 11 *2
1965 28 BOS AL 111 413 368 20 79 10 3 6 35 0 0 40 69 .215 .288 .307 .595 66 113 13 0 0 5 3 2
1966 29 BOS AL 78 229 204 12 47 8 0 3 24 0 0 22 35 .230 .303 .314 .616 70 64 5 0 1 2 3 2
1967 30 TOT AL 52 138 127 9 28 2 0 3 13 0 0 10 35 .220 .275 .307 .582 71 39 4 0 0 1 1 2
1967 30 BOS AL 30 67 64 4 12 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 18 .188 .224 .250 .474 35 16 2 0 0 0 0 2
1967 30 NYY AL 22 71 63 5 16 1 0 2 9 0 0 7 17 .254 .324 .365 .689 108 23 2 0 0 1 1 2
1968 31 ATL NL 86 257 236 16 52 4 0 5 20 1 0 16 55 .220 .278 .301 .579 74 71 8 3 2 0 2 2
1969 32 ATL NL 69 209 190 18 37 5 0 12 29 0 0 18 47 .195 .263 .411 .674 86 78 6 0 0 1 1 2
1970 33 ATL NL 71 245 223 19 53 5 0 11 30 0 0 20 66 .238 .299 .408 .707 84 91 2 0 1 1 4 2
9 Seasons 775 2585 2329 189 540 68 10 79 282 1 0 228 510 .232 .300 .371 .671 85 865 62 5 9 14 33
162 Game Avg. 162 540 487 40 113 14 2 17 59 0 0 48 107 .232 .300 .371 .671 85 181 13 1 2 3 7
BOS (6 yrs) 527 1803 1617 131 382 53 10 49 194 0 0 167 325 .236 .307 .372 .679 86 602 44 2 6 11 25
ATL (3 yrs) 226 711 649 53 142 14 0 28 79 1 0 54 168 .219 .281 .370 .651 81 240 16 3 3 2 7
NYY (1 yr) 22 71 63 5 16 1 0 2 9 0 0 7 17 .254 .324 .365 .689 108 23 2 0 0 1 1
AL (6 yrs) 549 1874 1680 136 398 54 10 51 203 0 0 174 342 .237 .307 .372 .679 86 625 46 2 6 12 26
NL (3 yrs) 226 711 649 53 142 14 0 28 79 1 0 54 168 .219 .281 .370 .651 81 240 16 3 3 2 7

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
1962 25 BOS AL 272 202 31 4.1 105 .249 .229 .266 .283 .339 .454 .415 .737 .755 93 .455 -4.5 -0.4 .668 .301 .225 .0
1963 26 BOS AL 343 244 33 3.6 97 .260 .225 .259 .304 .325 .349 .399 .653 .725 81 .436 -8.3 -0.9 .584 .235 .124 .0
1964 27 BOS AL 479 324 65 5.4 100 .301 .278 .261 .352 .331 .445 .406 .796 .736 116 .609 9.4 1.0 .746 .282 .167 .0
1965 28 BOS AL 413 307 32 2.8 97 .245 .215 .257 .288 .328 .307 .394 .595 .723 66 .341 -17.1 -1.8 .507 .201 .092 .0
1966 29 BOS AL 229 165 20 3.3 98 .262 .230 .260 .303 .328 .314 .401 .616 .729 70 .419 -7.7 -0.8 .531 .191 .083 .0
1967 30 TOT AL 138 104 10 2.6 86 .278 .220 .245 .275 .314 .307 .368 .582 .682 71 .340 -4.8 -0.5 .476 .165 .087 .0
1967 30 BOS AL 67 54 3 1.5 91 .244 .188 .253 .224 .323 .250 .379 .474 .702 35 .158 -5.6 -0.6 .352 .109 .063 .0
1967 30 NYY AL 71 50 7 3.8 80 .311 .254 .238 .324 .306 .365 .356 .689 .662 108 .505 0.8 0.1 .612 .222 .111 .0
1968 31 ATL NL 257 194 19 2.6 82 .267 .220 .253 .278 .311 .301 .357 .579 .668 74 .366 -8.0 -0.9 .474 .153 .081 1.7
1969 32 ATL NL 209 160 19 3.2 95 .189 .195 .260 .263 .331 .411 .386 .674 .717 86 .378 -4.9 -0.5 .604 .311 .216 .0
1970 33 ATL NL 245 174 28 4.3 108 .286 .238 .274 .299 .348 .408 .418 .707 .766 84 .467 -6.6 -0.7 .645 .260 .170 .0
9 Seasons 2585 1874 257 3.7 97 .263 .232 .260 .300 .329 .371 .396 .671 .725 85 .446 -52.5 -5.5 .594 .238 .140 2.0
162 Game Avg. 540 392 54 3.7 97 .263 .232 .260 .300 .329 .371 .396 .671 .725 85 .446 -52.5 -5.5 .594 .238 .140
BOS (6 yrs) 1803 1296 184 3.8 99 .266 .236 .260 .307 .330 .372 .402 .679 .732 86 .460 -33.7 -3.5 .603 .239 .136 .0
ATL (3 yrs) 711 528 66 3.4 95 .251 .219 .262 .281 .330 .370 .387 .651 .716 81 .408 -19.5 -2.1 .570 .236 .151 1.9
NYY (1 yr) 71 50 7 3.8 80 .311 .254 .238 .324 .306 .365 .356 .689 .662 108 .505 0.8 0.1 .612 .222 .111 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1874 1346 191 3.8 98 .267 .237 .259 .307 .329 .372 .400 .679 .729 86 .462 -33.0 -3.4 .603 .239 .135 .0
NL (3 yrs) 711 528 66 3.4 95 .251 .219 .262 .281 .330 .370 .387 .651 .716 81 .408 -19.5 -2.1 .570 .236 .151 1.9

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
1969 32 ATL NL NLCS NYM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1962 25 BOS AL 272 5.2% 23.9% 7.0% 8.8% 42% 3.42 3.8 17.8 6.6 1.32 64%
1963 26 BOS AL 343 2.3% 18.7% 9.9% 5.8% 29% 1.88 4.8 38.4 9.6 1.14 69%
1964 27 BOS AL 479 3.6% 15.5% 10.2% 7.5% 31% 1.51 5.7 25.0 7.0 1.19 70%
1965 28 BOS AL 413 1.5% 16.7% 9.7% 4.6% 24% 1.73 5.3 61.3 10.5 1.52 72%
1966 29 BOS AL 229 1.3% 15.3% 9.6% 4.8% 23% 1.59 5.8 68.0 8.5 1.02 73%
1967 30 TOT AL 138 2.2% 25.4% 7.3% 3.6% 18% 3.50 3.6 42.3 9.8 1.19 65%
1967 30 BOS AL 67 1.5% 26.9% 4.5% 3.0% 17% 6.00 3.6 64.0 16.0 1.33 67%
1967 30 NYY AL 71 2.8% 23.9% 9.9% 4.2% 19% 2.43 3.7 31.5 7.0 1.06 63%
1968 31 ATL NL 257 2.0% 21.4% 6.2% 3.5% 17% 3.44 4.3 47.2 11.8 1.20 68%
1969 32 ATL NL 209 5.7% 22.5% 8.6% 8.1% 46% 2.61 4.0 15.8 6.6 0.74 63%
1970 33 ATL NL 245 4.5% 26.9% 8.2% 6.5% 30% 3.30 3.4 20.3 7.4 0.96 60%
9 Seasons 2585 3.1% 19.7% 8.8% 6.1% 29% 2.24 4.6 29.5 8.3 1.17 68%
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
1962 25 BOS AL 2 0 22% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 19% 11 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 1
1963 26 BOS AL 7 0 17% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 20% 15 13 2 1 1 0 14 10 4
1964 27 BOS AL 5 0 17% 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 33% 15 15 0 3 3 0 12 2 10
1965 28 BOS AL 5 0 12% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 19% 13 12 1 4 4 0 10 5 4
1966 29 BOS AL 4 0 14% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 30% 13 12 1 1 1 0 6 1 5
1967 30 TOT AL 1 0 17% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 56% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 2
1967 30 BOS AL 1 0 21% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
1967 30 NYY AL 0 0 14% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1968 31 ATL NL 2 0 17% 75 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 15 12 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
1969 32 ATL NL 2 0 14% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1970 33 ATL NL 2 0 13% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 11% 8 7 0 0 0 0 10 6 2
9 Seasons 30 0 16% 860 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 42 26% 101 89 11 12 10 2 67 28 34
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
1962 25 BOS AL 271 32% 57 16 3 2 4 1.10 14 0 7 11 3 8 6 0 1 0 0% 60 7 12% 29 8 28% 199 24 12% 15 8 53% 19 7 37% 2
1963 26 BOS AL 342 35% 69 2 1 0 1 1.45 8 0 5 5 3 4 4 0 1 1 100% 53 5 9% 16 2 13% 181 24 13% 9 5 56% 21 6 29% 1
1964 27 BOS AL 479 26% 118 0 0 0 0 17 2 12 13 4 13 4 0 4 4 100% 91 12 13% 47 10 21% 305 46 15% 24 10 42% 29 8 28% 0
1965 28 BOS AL 413 30% 79 6 1 0 0 1.26 6 0 12 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 83 13 16% 39 10 26% 266 31 12% 23 15 65% 22 6 27% 0
1966 29 BOS AL 229 23% 47 9 2 0 1 1.77 3 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 100% 44 5 11% 26 5 19% 167 22 13% 13 8 62% 16 9 56% 0
1967 30 TOT AL 138 41% 28 10 2 0 0 1.44 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 19 4 21% 9 2 22% 77 12 16% 5 2 40% 8 1 13% 0
1967 30 BOS AL 67 22% 12 5 0 0 0 1.18 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 5 1 20% 33 5 15% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1967 30 NYY AL 71 58% 16 5 2 0 0 1.70 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 20% 4 1 25% 44 7 16% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0
1968 31 ATL NL 227 33% 52 9 2 0 1 1.58 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 100% 46 8 17% 18 3 17% 114 15 13% 6 0 0% 12 1 8% 30
1969 32 ATL NL 199 42% 37 1 0 0 0 1.03 12 1 4 6 6 5 7 0 0 0 44 6 14% 16 3 19% 133 17 13% 13 4 31% 14 3 21% 10
1970 33 ATL NL 235 37% 53 1 0 0 0 0.04 11 0 8 8 3 5 6 0 2 1 50% 41 2 5% 20 4 20% 138 21 15% 15 7 47% 11 1 9% 10
9 Seasons 2533 32% 540 54 11 2 7 1.37 79 3 63 54 25 44 35 0 11 9 82% 481 62 13% 220 47 21% 1580 212 13% 123 59 48% 152 42 28% 53
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
1962 25 81 272 249 28 57 6 4 14 38 0 0 19 65 .229 .283 .454 .737 93 113 7 1 0 3 0
1963 26 177 615 556 52 126 16 6 22 70 0 0 53 129 .227 .295 .396 .690 86 220 12 2 1 3 8
1964 27 308 1094 981 95 244 34 7 39 131 0 0 102 203 .249 .320 .417 .736 99 409 24 2 5 4 19
1965 28 419 1507 1349 115 323 44 10 45 166 0 0 142 272 .239 .311 .387 .698 90 522 37 2 5 9 22
1966 29 497 1736 1553 127 370 52 10 48 190 0 0 164 307 .238 .310 .377 .687 88 586 42 2 6 11 25
1967 30 549 1874 1680 136 398 54 10 51 203 0 0 174 342 .237 .307 .372 .679 86 625 46 2 6 12 26
1968 31 635 2131 1916 152 450 58 10 56 223 1 0 190 397 .235 .304 .363 .667 85 696 54 5 8 12 28
1969 32 704 2340 2106 170 487 63 10 68 252 1 0 208 444 .231 .300 .368 .668 85 774 60 5 8 13 29
1970 33 775 2585 2329 189 540 68 10 79 282 1 0 228 510 .232 .300 .371 .671 85 865 62 5 9 14 33

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
1962 25 81 269 247 27 55 6 4 14 37 0 18 65 .223 .275 .449 .724 30 81
1963 26 96 346 310 25 72 10 2 8 34 0 35 64 .232 .312 .355 .667 35 96
1964 27 130 474 424 45 119 18 1 17 63 0 49 74 .281 .354 .448 .803 68 131
1965 28 111 415 369 21 80 10 3 6 37 0 41 69 .217 .292 .309 .601 34 111
1966 29 78 230 206 12 48 8 0 3 25 0 22 35 .233 .304 .316 .620 20 78
1967 30 52 142 130 11 31 2 0 3 16 0 11 35 .238 .296 .323 .619 13 52
1968 31 85 263 242 20 59 5 0 6 25 1 18 55 .244 .304 .339 .643 24 86
1969 32 69 209 190 19 37 5 0 12 31 0 18 47 .195 .263 .411 .674 21 69
1970 33 71 241 221 18 51 5 0 11 28 0 19 66 .231 .290 .403 .693 26 71
9 Seasons 773 2589 2339 198 552 69 10 80 296 1 231 510 .236 .304 .377 .681 271 775
162 Game Avg. 162 543 490 41 116 14 2 17 62 0 48 107 .236 .304 .377 .681 57 775

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--8--6th
1964 AL--11--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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