Bubba Phillips

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: February 24, 1928 in West Point, MS us

Died: June 22, 1993 in Hattiesburg, MS

Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Philadelphia, MS

High School: Macon HS (Macon, MS)

School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 27-047d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 18, 1964 (Age 36-207d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Melvin Phillips

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

3278

835

.255

349

RBI

356

OBP

.297

SLG

.358

OPS

.655

OPS+

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

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	15 (10)	Apr 30	DET		WSH	W,11-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	26 (10)	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	32 (4)	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
7	37 (4)	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
8	38	May 27	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
9	39	May 28	DET		CHW	L,4-16	CG	52	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (2)	Jun 1	DET		WSH	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	44	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	52 (7)	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	55 (2)	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	57 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	63 (5)	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,18-7	GF	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	65 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	68 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (4)	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	GF	41	10.1	6	0	0	6	0	PR LF
21	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	57	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	GF	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
23	77 (1)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	81 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	DET		KCA	W,10-1	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
25	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	84 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	85	Jul 16 (2)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	89 (2)	Jul 21	DET		BAL	W,1-0	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,11-3	GF	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
31	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
32	94 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
33	95	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	96	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
35	98 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	100 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
37	102 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	GS	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
39	104	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	107 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	110 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	111	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
45	115 (2)	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
46	116	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	117	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	118	Aug 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
49	119	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	120	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8		18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
51	123 (2)	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,7-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	125	Aug 25 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	127 (1)	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	128	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	130 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	131	Aug 30	DET		WSH	W,4-0	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
58	132	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	133	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	135 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	KCA	W,17-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	136	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
62	139 (2)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	142 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
64	146 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	148	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	151 (2)	Sep 21	DET		KCA	W,10-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	152	Sep 24 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	154 (1)	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,6-2	GF	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							71gm		428.0	126	10	3	139	1