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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
3	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	2B
6	7 (1)	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14 (6)	May 1	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
8	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	16	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
10	17	May 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	1	5	2	3B
11	18	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	19	May 6 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	20	May 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
14	21	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	10.0	2	3	1	6	2
15	22	May 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
16	23	May 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	24	May 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
18	25	May 15	PHA		SLB	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
19	26	May 16	PHA		SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	27	May 17	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
21	28	May 18	PHA		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
22	29	May 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
23	30	May 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
24	31	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
25	32	May 24	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	2	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	39 (6)	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	40	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	42 (1)	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	70 (27)	Jul 2	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
30	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
31	73	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
32	76 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	77	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
34	90 (12)	Jul 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	101 (10)	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
36	102	Aug 3	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
37	103	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
38	104	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
39	105	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
40	106	Aug 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
41	107	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
42	108	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
43	109	Aug 10	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
44	119 (9)	Aug 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,15-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	133 (13)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	GF	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
46	134	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
48	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B 2B
49	137	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
50	138	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
51	139	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	140	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	GS	46	11.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B 2B
53	141	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
54	142	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	143	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	144	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	145	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
58	146	Sep 18	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	147	Sep 19	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
60	148	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
61	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
62	150	Sep 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	151	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	3B
64	152	Sep 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
65	153	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
66	154	Sep 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
							69gm		509.0	100	150	14	264	31