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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	14	Apr 26 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	15	Apr 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
4	16	Apr 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
5	17	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
6	18	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
8	20	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	21	May 3 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	22	May 3 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
12	24	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
13	26 (1)	May 9	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	27	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	28	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
16	29	May 11	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
17	30	May 13	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
18	31	May 16 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
19	32	May 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
20	33	May 17	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
21	34	May 18	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	35	May 19	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	36	May 20	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
24	37	May 21	DET		PHA	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
25	38	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
26	39	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	51 (11)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
28	52	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	1	1	2	0
29	54 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	58 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
31	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	8.1	3	1	0	4	1
32	60	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	61	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	0	1	1	2	1
34	62	Jun 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
35	63	Jun 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
36	64	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
37	65	Jun 18	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
38	66	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	67	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
40	68	Jun 21 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	69	Jun 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	70	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	71	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	72	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	73	Jun 26	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
46	74	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	4	4	0	8	1
47	75	Jun 28 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	76	Jun 28 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	77	Jul 1	DET		SLB	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
50	78	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
51	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	80	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	81	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
54	82	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
55	83	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	84	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	1	1	0	2	0
57	85	Jul 10	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
58	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	87	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	55	12.1	3	4	0	7	1
60	88	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
61	89	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
62	90	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	3	2	0	5	1
63	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
64	92	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
65	93	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	3
66	94	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	95	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
68	96	Jul 22	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	97	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
70	98	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
71	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-7	GS	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	102 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	104 (1)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-9	GS	46	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
76	106	Aug 2 (1)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	107	Aug 2 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
79	109	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	4	0	8	4
80	110	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	114 (3)	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
							81gm		675.0	157	199	21	377	39