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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1937 23 2TM NAL 0.3 17 67 60 11 19 4 0 1 11 1 6 .317 .379 .433 .812 123 .375 123 26 0 1 /789
1937 23 SL2 NAL 0.2 6 28 22 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 5 .318 .444 .364 .808 125 .396 135 8 0 1 /89
1937 23 DTS NAL 0.1 11 39 38 7 12 3 0 1 8 1 1 .316 .333 .474 .807 120 .361 115 18 0 0 /79
1938 24 3TM 2LG 0.0 16 63 59 14 18 4 2 1 12 2 4 .305 .349 .492 .841 121 .380 115 29 0 0 7/9
1938 24 2TM NN2 0.1 15 59 55 14 17 4 2 1 10 2 4 .309 .356 .509 .865 126 .390 120 28 0 0 7/9
1938 24 MRS NAL -0.1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 .236 46 1 0 0 /7
1938 24 SEN NN2 0.2 2 9 9 4 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 .556 .556 1.000 1.556 303 .676 290 9 0 0 /79
1938 24 BEG NN2 -0.1 13 50 46 10 12 2 1 1 8 2 4 .261 .320 .413 .733 92 .339 89 19 0 0 7
1939 25 BEG NN2 1.3 30 122 107 23 40 6 2 2 25 1 14 .374 .451 .523 .974 158 .447 158 56 1 7/9
1940 26 BEG NN2 1.2 49 198 175 36 60 10 4 8 40 8 21 .343 .413 .583 .996 157 .448 150 102 0 2 *7/945
1941 27 3TM 2LG 2.3 54 231 208 56 69 8 7 12 50 6 18 .332 .396 .611 1.006 179 .447 168 127 4 1 *7/98 AS
1941 27 2TM NN2 2.3 53 227 204 55 68 8 7 12 50 6 18 .333 .398 .618 1.016 181 .451 170 126 4 1 *7/98
1941 27 MRS NAL 0.0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 .239 47 1 0 0 /7
1941 27 BEG NN2 2.5 52 223 200 55 68 8 7 12 50 6 18 .340 .405 .630 1.035 187 .459 175 126 4 1 *7/98
1941 27 NBY NN2 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -100 0 0 0 /7
1942 28 BEG NN2 1.0 51 199 183 23 54 8 5 3 27 5 13 .295 .345 .443 .788 124 .369 119 81 1 2 *7/38
1943 29 BEG NN2 0.1 36 152 139 15 38 4 3 0 21 1 10 .273 .331 .345 .676 81 .327 82 48 2 1 *7/4
1944 30 BEG NN2 1.6 31 132 120 25 47 6 4 5 23 0 11 .392 .443 .633 1.076 186 .489 184 76 0 1 7/9
1945 31 BEG NN2 1.4 50 205 185 32 58 7 7 5 44 3 16 .314 .374 .508 .882 145 .407 141 94 2 2 *7
1946 32 2TM NN2 0.7 53 204 181 28 52 8 6 0 30 2 22 .287 .365 .398 .762 113 .364 112 72 0 1 *7/9
1946 32 BEG NN2 0.8 44 171 151 27 46 8 6 0 27 2 19 .305 .382 .437 .819 128 .388 126 66 0 1 *7/9
1946 32 NBY NN2 0.0 9 33 30 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 .200 .273 .200 .473 33 .244 39 6 0 0 /79
WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
10 Yrs 9.9 387 1573 1417 263 455 65 40 37 283 29 135 .321 .384 .502 .886 141 .407 136 711 10 11 *79/8435
162 Game Avg 4.1 162 658 593 110 190 27 17 15 118 12 57 .321 .384 .502 .886 141 .407 136 298 4
BEG (9 Yrs) 9.7 356 1452 1306 246 423 59 39 36 265 28 126 .324 .388 .511 .899 145 .413 139 668 10 10 *79/4835
NBY (2 Yrs) -0.2 10 37 34 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 .176 .243 .176 .420 18 .218 23 6 0 0 /79
MRS (2 Yrs) -0.1 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 .237 47 2 0 0 /7
DTS (1 Yr) 0.1 11 39 38 7 12 3 0 1 8 1 1 .316 .333 .474 .807 120 .361 115 18 0 0 /79
SL2 (1 Yr) 0.2 6 28 22 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 5 .318 .444 .364 .808 125 .396 135 8 0 1 /89
SEN (1 Yr) 0.2 2 9 9 4 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 .556 .556 1.000 1.556 303 .676 290 9 0 0 /79
NN2 (9 Yrs) 9.6 368 1498 1349 251 434 61 40 36 270 28 129 .322 .385 .506 .891 143 .410 138 683 10 10 *79/4835
NAL (3 Yrs) 0.2 19 75 68 12 21 4 0 1 13 1 6 .309 .365 .412 .777 115 .361 116 28 0 1 7/89
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1937 23 CAG NAL 3 10 9 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 .556 .600 .889 1.489 8 0 0 0
1939 25 BEG NN2 9 33 30 8 14 2 1 0 7 1 3 .467 .515 .600 1.115 18 0 0 0
2 Yrs 12 43 39 12 19 3 2 0 10 1 4 .487 .535 .667 1.202 26 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 580 527 162 256 41 27 0 135 13 54 .487 .535 .667 1.202 351 0 0 0
BEG (1 Yr) 9 33 30 8 14 2 1 0 7 1 3 .467 .515 .600 1.115 18 0 0 0
CAG (1 Yr) 3 10 9 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 .556 .600 .889 1.489 8 0 0 0
NN2 (1 Yr) 9 33 30 8 14 2 1 0 7 1 3 .467 .515 .600 1.115 18 0 0 0
NAL (1 Yr) 3 10 9 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 .556 .600 .889 1.489 8 0 0 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1937 23 2TM NAL 67 2 0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .506 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 /789
1937 23 SL2 NAL 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .518 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /89
1937 23 DTS NAL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 /79
1938 24 3TM 2LG 63 1 0 0 -3 -1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .490 .499 0.2 -0.3 3 7/9
1938 24 2TM NN2 59 2 0 0 -2 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.3 -0.3 3 7/9
1938 24 MRS NAL 4 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .441 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /7
1938 24 SEN NN2 9 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.1 0 2 0.2 .563 .501 0.2 -0.1 3 /79
1938 24 BEG NN2 50 -1 0 0 -2 -1 -3 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 0.0 -0.2 1 7
1939 25 BEG NN2 122 10 0 0 1 -1 10 0.9 4 14 1.3 .530 .505 1.1 0.0 13 7/9
1940 26 BEG NN2 198 15 0 0 -5 -2 8 0.7 7 15 1.2 .513 .504 1.6 -0.6 20 *7/945
1941 27 3TM 2LG 231 21 0 0 0 -2 18 1.6 8 26 2.3 .530 .511 2.3 -0.2 26 *7/98 AS
1941 27 2TM NN2 227 21 0 0 0 -2 19 1.7 8 26 2.3 .531 .511 2.3 -0.2 26 *7/98
1941 27 MRS NAL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /7
1941 27 BEG NN2 223 22 0 0 0 -2 20 1.8 8 28 2.5 .535 .511 2.4 -0.2 27 *7/98
1941 27 NBY NN2 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .355 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /7
1942 28 BEG NN2 199 5 0 0 2 -2 5 0.5 6 11 1.0 .509 .503 0.8 0.0 9 *7/38
1943 29 BEG NN2 152 -4 0 0 3 -1 -3 -0.2 5 2 0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 *7/4
1944 30 BEG NN2 132 14 0 0 0 -1 13 1.2 4 17 1.6 .539 .507 1.5 -0.1 17 7/9
1945 31 BEG NN2 205 11 0 0 1 -2 9 0.8 6 15 1.4 .516 .505 1.3 -0.2 14 *7
1946 32 2TM NN2 204 3 0 0 1 -2 2 0.2 7 9 0.7 .503 .501 0.7 -0.1 8 *7/9
1946 32 BEG NN2 171 6 0 0 -1 -2 3 0.3 6 9 0.8 .506 .502 0.8 -0.3 9 *7/9
1946 32 NBY NN2 33 -3 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .485 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /79
PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
10 Yrs 1573 78 0 0 0 -16 61 5.5 51 112 9.9 .514 .504 9.7 -1.4 112 *79/8435
162 Game Avg 658 32 0 0 0 -7 26 2.3 21 47 4.1 .514 .504 4.1 -0.6 47
BEG (9 Yrs) 1452 77 0 0 1 -15 62 5.7 47 109 9.7 .516 .504 9.5 -1.3 109 *79/4835
MRS (2 Yrs) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .460 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /7
NBY (2 Yrs) 37 -4 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .472 .499 -0.3 0.1 -3 /79
DTS (1 Yr) 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 /79
SL2 (1 Yr) 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .518 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /89
SEN (1 Yr) 9 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.1 0 2 0.2 .563 .501 0.2 -0.1 3 /79
NN2 (9 Yrs) 1498 76 0 0 1 -16 61 5.5 49 110 9.6 .515 .504 9.4 -1.3 108 *79/4835
NAL (3 Yrs) 75 2 0 0 -1 -1 0 0.0 2 3 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 7/89

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 23 2TM NAL 67 .375 123 .305 .117 1.5 9.0 41.7 /789
1937 23 SL2 NAL 28 .396 135 .318 .045 0.0 17.9 33.3 /89
1937 23 DTS NAL 39 .361 115 .297 .158 2.6 2.6 50.0 /79
1938 24 3TM 2LG 63 .380 115 .293 .186 1.6 6.3 61.9 7/9
1938 24 2TM NN2 59 .390 120 .296 .200 1.7 6.8 65.0 7/9
1938 24 MRS NAL 4 .236 46 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /7
1938 24 SEN NN2 9 .676 290 .556 .444 0.0 0.0 80.0 /79
1938 24 BEG NN2 50 .339 89 .244 .152 2.0 8.0 60.0 7
1939 25 BEG NN2 122 .447 158 .362 .150 1.6 11.5 39.6 7/9
1940 26 BEG NN2 198 .448 150 .311 .240 4.0 10.6 38.4 *7/945
1941 27 3TM 2LG 231 .447 168 .291 .279 5.2 7.8 55.7 *7/98 AS
1941 27 2TM NN2 227 .451 170 .292 .284 5.3 7.9 55.1 *7/98
1941 27 MRS NAL 4 .239 47 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0 /7
1941 27 BEG NN2 223 .459 175 .298 .290 5.4 8.1 55.1 *7/98
1941 27 NBY NN2 4 .000 -100 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /7
1942 28 BEG NN2 199 .369 119 .283 .148 1.5 6.5 30.8 *7/38
1943 29 BEG NN2 152 .327 82 .273 .072 0.0 6.6 30.0 *7/4
1944 30 BEG NN2 132 .489 184 .365 .242 3.8 8.3 37.7 7/9
1945 31 BEG NN2 205 .407 141 .294 .195 2.4 7.8 38.0 *7
1946 32 2TM NN2 204 .364 112 .287 .110 0.0 10.8 37.8 *7/9
1946 32 BEG NN2 171 .388 126 .305 .132 0.0 11.1 41.5 *7/9
1946 32 NBY NN2 33 .244 39 .200 .000 0.0 9.1 11.1 /79
Batting Batting Ratios
PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
10 Yrs 1573 .407 136 .303 .181 2.4 8.6 40.1 *79/8435
MLB Average .329 100 .278 .107 1.2 8.8 33.1
Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 23 CAG NAL 10 .556 .333 0.0 10.0 66.7
1939 25 BEG NN2 33 .467 .133 0.0 9.1 47.1
2 Yrs 43 .487 .179 0.0 9.3 52.2
MLB Average .251 .105 1.4 7.3 32.1
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Standard Fielding

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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1937 23 DTS NAL LF 9 9 68.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 .934 1.72 1.58 1.44 1.04
1937 23 SL2 NAL CF 5 5 44.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 .935 2.45 2.09 2.40 1.40
1937 23 2TM NAL RF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.80 1.62 1.50 1.10
1937 23 SL2 NAL RF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .940 2.57 1.67 2.00 1.10
1937 23 DTS NAL RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.13 1.58 1.00 1.10
1938 24 3TM 2LG LF 15 15 122.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 .947 1.25 1.78 1.13 1.24
1938 24 2TM NN2 LF 14 14 113.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 .947 1.27 1.80 1.14 1.26
1938 24 MRS NAL LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.00 1.50 1.00 0.90
1938 24 SEN NN2 LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.30
1938 24 BEG NN2 LF 13 13 104.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 .947 1.38 1.80 1.23 1.26
1938 24 SEN NN2 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .950 2.00 1.80 2.00 1.30
1939 25 BEG NN2 LF 17 17 138.0 32 28 1 3 0 .906 .943 1.89 1.80 1.71 1.17
1939 25 BEG NN2 RF 14 13 103.0 28 22 3 3 2 .893 .963 2.18 1.82 1.79 1.18
1940 26 BEG NN2 LF 45 40 347.0 48 43 3 2 0 .958 .962 1.19 1.68 1.02 1.93
1940 26 BEG NN2 RF 2 2 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .965 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.75
1940 26 BEG NN2 2B 1 1 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .960 1.80 5.76 1.00 6.70
1940 26 BEG NN2 3B 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .935 2.25 2.81 2.00 3.20
1941 27 3TM 2LG LF 49 49 401.2 79 73 2 4 0 .949 .938 1.68 1.82 1.53 2.35 AS
1941 27 2TM NN2 LF 48 48 392.2 77 71 2 4 0 .948 .938 1.67 1.82 1.52 2.38
1941 27 MRS NAL LF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .940 2.00 1.60 2.00 0.70
1941 27 BEG NN2 LF 47 47 383.0 76 70 2 4 0 .947 .938 1.69 1.82 1.53 2.38
1941 27 NBY NN2 LF 1 1 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 0.93 1.86 1.00 2.40
1941 27 BEG NN2 RF 4 4 30.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 .936 1.50 1.56 1.25 2.03 AS
1941 27 BEG NN2 CF 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .973 2.70 2.34 1.50 3.05 AS
1942 28 BEG NN2 LF 48 47 393.1 78 69 3 6 0 .923 .952 1.65 1.62 1.50 2.41
1942 28 BEG NN2 1B 2 0 3.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .983 10.80 10.53 2.00 15.60
1942 28 BEG NN2 CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .960 1.13 2.48 1.00 3.70
1943 29 BEG NN2 LF 34 34 281.1 72 65 5 2 1 .972 .934 2.24 1.70 2.06 2.25
1943 29 BEG NN2 2B 2 2 18.0 11 6 4 1 0 .909 .946 5.00 5.50 5.00 7.25
1944 30 BEG NN2 LF 30 29 259.0 50 45 1 4 0 .920 .950 1.60 1.52 1.53 1.44
1944 30 BEG NN2 RF 2 2 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .960 0.75 1.58 0.50 1.45
1945 31 BEG NN2 LF 49 49 423.1 73 64 4 5 1 .932 .921 1.45 1.42 1.39 1.47
1946 32 2TM NN2 LF 48 47 386.0 84 77 1 6 0 .929 .964 1.82 1.79 1.63 1.75
1946 32 BEG NN2 LF 42 41 337.0 64 60 0 4 0 .938 .964 1.60 1.79 1.43 1.75
1946 32 NBY NN2 LF 6 6 49.0 20 17 1 2 0 .900 .964 3.31 1.78 3.00 1.75
1946 32 2TM NN2 RF 3 3 24.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .950 1.88 1.58 1.67 1.57
1946 32 BEG NN2 RF 1 1 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .950 3.86 1.54 3.00 1.60
1946 32 NBY NN2 RF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .950 1.06 1.59 1.00 1.55
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
3 Yrs 6 4 34.1 18 10 7 1 0 .944 .954 4.46 5.40 2.83 9.27
LF (10 Yrs) LF 344 336 2819.2 547 494 20 33 2 .940 .945 1.64 1.66 1.49 1.86
RF (7 Yrs) RF 28 27 205.0 46 37 6 3 2 .935 .957 1.89 1.70 1.54 1.40
CF (3 Yrs) CF 8 7 62.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 .944 2.32 2.18 2.00 2.10
2B (2 Yrs) 2B 3 3 23.0 12 6 5 1 0 .917 .948 4.30 5.56 3.67 7.07
1B (1 Yr) 1B 2 0 3.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .983 10.80 10.53 2.00 15.60
3B (1 Yr) 3B 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .935 2.25 2.81 2.00 3.20
Standard Fielding Table
Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G CS Awards
1937 23 CAG NAL LF 2 2 0 51.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 1.50 0
1937 23 CAG NAL PH 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
1939 25 BEG NN2 LF 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
2 Yrs 12 2 0 51.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.25 0
LF (2 Yrs) LF 11 2 0 51.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.27 0
PH (1 Yr) PH 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Hoskins born?

Bill Hoskins was born on March 14, 1914.

Where was Bill Hoskins born?

Bill Hoskins was born in Tallahatchie County, MS.

How tall was Bill Hoskins?

Bill Hoskins was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Hoskins weigh when playing?

Bill Hoskins weighed 192 lbs (87 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Hoskins play?

Bill Hoskins played 10 seasons.

Is Bill Hoskins in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Hoskins has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Hoskins play?

Bill Hoskins was a Leftfielder.

How many hits did Bill Hoskins have?

Bill Hoskins had 455 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Bill Hoskins have?

Bill Hoskins had 37 home runs over his career.

What was Bill Hoskins' average?

Bill Hoskins had a .321 average over his career.

How many teams has Bill Hoskins played for?

Bill Hoskins played for 6 teams; the Baltimore Elite Giants, Detroit Stars, Memphis Red Sox, New York Black Yankees, Washington Black Senators and St. Louis Stars.

How many World Series has Bill Hoskins won?

Bill Hoskins never won a World Series.

When did Bill Hoskins retire?

Bill Hoskins last played in 1946.

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