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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-41 / in Starts: 7-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	74 (43-23-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
L Aparicio	2
L Doby	2
W Dropo	2
Self	2
N Fox	1
F Hatfield	1
S Lollar	1
S Esposito	0

Most Driven In By
L Aparicio	3
L Doby	3
F Hatfield	2
R Northey	2
Self	2
N Fox	2
D Donovan	1
J Rivera	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	96	2 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					1						PR RF
2	97	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
3	98	4	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-15	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PR CF
4	99	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	.95	-0.061	2.89	-0.11%	-0.61	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	100	7 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	3						PR
6	101	8	May 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1	.97	0.082	3.09	0.16%	0.96	RF
7	102	10 (1)	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	1.46	-0.143	4.86	-0.29%	-0.93	RF
8	103	11	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	9	.50	-0.013	1.77	-0.03%	-0.24	PH RF
9	104	14 (2)	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	5						PR
10	105	17 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	9						PR
11	106	22 (4)	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	1	1.17	-0.024	4.44	-0.06%	-0.27	CF
12	107	28 (5)	May 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	6						PR
13	108	30 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	9						PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	109	37 (6)	Jun 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	1						LF
15	110	38	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	9	.92	0.041	3.09	0.08%	0.38	PH
16	111	40 (1)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
17	112	41	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	6						PR
18	113	42	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	114	44 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.46	-0.037	7.34	-0.11%	-0.24	PH
20	115	49 (4)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
21	116	50	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-10	2-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.429	.762	9	.80	0.044	3.02	0.10%	1.07	PH
22	117	51	Jun 18	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.429	.762	7						PR
23	118	55 (3)	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	11-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	7	3.49	-0.161	21.82	-0.61%	-0.80	PH 3B
24	119	61 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.375	.667	9	1.82	-0.045	9.96	-0.15%	-0.31	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	120	65 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.375	.667	9						PR
26	121	69 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.360	.640	9	.86	-0.025	4.01	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
27	122	71 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		DET	L,8-12	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.370	.667	9	.24	0.015	1.00	0.04%	0.28	PH CF
28	123	72	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	4-GF	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.367	.552	.918	6	.01	0.001	.04	0.00%	2.76	LF
29	124	76 (3)	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.355	.533	.888	9	.47	-0.013	1.10	-0.02%	-0.33	PH
30	125	78 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.333	.500	.833	6	1.79	-0.075	4.58	-0.12%	-0.71	RF
31	126	79	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.306	.457	.763	6	.44	-0.032	.51	-0.02%	-0.60	CF
32	127	80	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.300	.436	.736	7	.65	-0.015	.65	-0.01%	-0.19	CF
33	128	83 (2)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.279	.405	.684	1	.99	-0.071	.71	-0.03%	-0.70	CF
34	129	85 (1)	Jul 23	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.279	.405	.684	8						PR
35	130	87 (1)	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.273	.395	.668	9	.19	-0.005	.23	0.00%	-0.25	PH
36	131	90 (2)	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-13	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.261	.378	.639	3	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.46	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	132	94 (3)	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.245	.354	.599	1	1.74	-0.148	.12	-0.01%	-1.40	3B
38	133	98 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.229	.245	.354	.599	8	2.34	-0.066	.36	-0.01%	-0.24	PR
39	134	100 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.354	.599	1						PR
40	135	101	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.354	.599	8						LF
41	136	106 (4)	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.245	.346	.591	7	.93	-0.056	.16	-0.01%	-0.59	RF
42	137	109 (2)	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.259	.358	.618	7	.39	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.13	RF
43	138	110	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.259	.358	.618	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
44	139	113 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.281	.364	.644	7	1.10	0.047	.11	0.00%	0.67	RF
45	140	114	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.281	.364	.644	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
46	141	120 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.279	.345	.624	7	.86	0.000	.30	0.00%	0.31	RF
47	142	122 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.290	.356	.646	9	.87	0.046	.27	0.01%	0.66	PH
48	143	124 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.299	.375	.674	7	.65	0.106	.14	0.01%	1.51	RF
49	144	125	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.324	.448	.772	7	2.02	0.169	.37	0.02%	1.29	RF
50	145	126	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.324	.448	.772	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	146	127	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.324	.448	.772	6						PR
52	147	128	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.435	.768	6	.77	0.008	.06	0.00%	-0.02	RF
53	148	129	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,8-11	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.342	.443	.785	1	1.39	0.060	.17	0.01%	1.16	PH RF
54	149	134 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.325	.419	.744	7	1.12	-0.117	.08	-0.01%	-0.90	RF
55	150	135	Sep 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.325	.419	.744	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
56	151	136	Sep 11	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.325	.419	.744	9						PR
57	152	140 (3)	Sep 15	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.329	.413	.743	6	.86	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.22	RF
58	153	141	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.260	.321	.403	.724	5	1.29	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH RF
59	154	143 (1)	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.310	.388	.698	7	1.29	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.14	RF
60	155	146 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		KCA	W,17-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.307	.383	.690	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	LF
61	156	147	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.307	.383	.690	5						PR
62	157	148	Sep 23 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.381	.689	6	.75	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.24	RF
63	158	149	Sep 24	CHW	@	DET	W,14-11	GS-7	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.326	.409	.735	6	.45	0.051	.00	0.00%	1.00	RF
64	159	150	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.407	.733	6	1.09	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.10	RF
65	160	152 (1)	Sep 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.317	.394	.710	7	.66	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.96	RF
66	161	153	Sep 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		1	0	.266	.317	.394	.710	5	1.94	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.22	PR
67	162	154	Sep 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.321	.394	.715	3	1.53	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.29	CF
							26-41		107	99	16	27	6	0	2	11	6	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	.273	.321	.394	.715		1.01	-0.672	1.43	-1.20%	-0.68

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