Billy Hitchcock

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: July 31, 1916 in Inverness, AL us

Died: April 9, 2006 in Opelika, AL

Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL

High School: Union Springs HS (Union Springs, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 25-257d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 27, 1953 (Age 37-027d)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: William Clyde Hitchcock

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Hitchcock

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-5.4

2249

547

.243

231

RBI

257

OBP

.310

SLG

.299

OPS

.609

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 4 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
2	15	May 4 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
3	16	May 6	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
4	19 (2)	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	54	11.0	5	7	0	12	1
5	20	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
6	21	May 11	SLB		CLE	L,1-16	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	22	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	40 (17)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
10	42	Jun 8 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-2	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
11	47 (4)	Jun 13	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	48	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
13	49	Jun 15 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	50	Jun 15 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
15	51	Jun 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	31	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
16	52	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	65	14.2	5	3	0	8	1
17	53	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	54	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	3	4	0	7	1
19	55	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
20	56	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	57	Jun 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	58	Jun 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
23	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	39	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
24	60	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	61	Jun 29 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
26	62	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	63	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
28	64	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	65	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	66	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	67	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
32	68	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
33	69	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
34	70	Jul 11	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
35	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
36	72	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	73	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
38	74	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	75	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	76	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	77	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	3	2	2	7	1
42	78	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
43	79	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-16	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
44	80	Jul 18	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	81	Jul 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	82	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
47	83	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	84	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	85	Jul 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	86	Jul 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	90 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	105 (14)	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	107 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	108	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
55	109	Aug 13 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
56	111 (1)	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
58	116 (3)	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	119 (2)	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	120	Aug 24 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
61	121	Aug 24 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
62	122	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	123	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
64	124	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	125	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
66	126	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	127	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
68	128	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	129	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	130	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
71	140 (9)	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	143 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
73	150 (6)	Sep 24	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	151	Sep 25	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
75	152	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	2	16	1
							75gm		625.0	209	190	14	413	45