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Billy Zitzmann
William Arthur Zitzmann
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 19, 1895 in Long Island City, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1919
Final Game: September 25, 1929
Died: May 29, 1985 in Passaic, NJ
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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
1919 23 TOT NL 13 28 27 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 .185 .185 .222 .407 20 6 0 1 /O
1919 23 PIT NL 11 27 26 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 .192 .192 .231 .423 25 6 0 1 /O
1919 23 CIN NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O
1925 29 CIN NL 104 344 301 53 76 13 3 0 21 11 11 35 22 .252 .342 .316 .658 71 95 6 2 O/6
1926 30 CIN NL 53 105 94 21 23 2 1 0 3 3 6 7 .245 .304 .287 .591 61 27 2 3 O
1927 31 CIN NL 88 273 232 47 66 10 4 0 24 9 20 18 .284 .352 .362 .714 94 84 4 17 O/65
1928 32 CIN NL 101 296 266 53 79 9 3 3 33 13 13 22 .297 .337 .387 .724 90 103 3 14 O/5
1929 33 CIN NL 47 96 84 18 19 3 0 0 6 4 9 10 .226 .309 .262 .570 46 22 1 2 O/3
6 Seasons 406 1142 1004 197 268 38 11 3 89 42 11 83 85 .267 .333 .336 .668 77 337 16 39
162 Game Avg. 162 456 401 79 107 15 4 1 36 17 33 34 .267 .333 .336 .668 77 134 6 16
CIN (6 yrs) 395 1115 978 192 263 37 11 3 87 40 11 83 79 .269 .336 .338 .675 78 331 16 38
PIT (1 yr) 11 27 26 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 .192 .192 .231 .423 25 6 0 1

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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
1919 TOT NL 23 OF 9 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.22 .967 2.18 9-0-0
1919 PIT NL 23 OF 8 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.38 .967 2.17 8-0-0
1919 CIN NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1925 CIN NL 29 OF 89 146 135 5 6 0 .959 1.57 .967 2.33 80-4-7
1925 CIN NL 29 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.20
1926 CIN NL 30 OF 31 57 55 0 2 0 .965 1.77 .965 2.26 22-5-2
1927 CIN NL 31 OF 60 143 135 2 6 0 .958 2.28 .971 2.35 17-36-7
1927 CIN NL 31 SS 8 32 12 17 3 0 .906 3.63 .947 5.18
1927 CIN NL 31 3B 3 9 2 5 2 0 .778 2.33 .956 2.83
1928 CIN NL 32 OF 78 166 155 4 7 2 .958 2.04 .972 2.31 46-12-23
1928 CIN NL 32 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1929 CIN NL 33 OF 22 50 47 0 3 0 .940 2.14 .974 2.38 15-0-7
1929 CIN NL 33 1B 5 32 30 0 2 1 .938 6.00 .991 10.26
6 Seasons OF 289 574 538 11 25 2 .956 1.90 .970 2.32 189-57-46
2 Seasons SS 9 34 13 18 3 0 .912 3.44 .947 5.18
1 Season 1B 5 32 30 0 2 1 .938 6.00 .991 10.26
2 Seasons 3B 4 10 2 6 2 0 .800 2.00 .950 2.88
6 Seasons TOT 307 650 583 35 32 3 .951 2.01 .920 2.54 189-57-46

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1928 NL--13--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1925 NL--6--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1925 NL--11--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June, 1919: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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