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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
3	3	Apr 11	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
10	10	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	56	14.2	4	5	0	9	1	3B
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 24	DET		LAA	W,4-3	CG	60	15.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
15	15	Apr 25	DET		LAA	L,5-7	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19 (3)	May 1	DET		WSA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
17	20	May 2	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	22 (1)	May 4	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
19	23	May 5	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	24	May 6	DET		NYY	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
21	25	May 7	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
22	26	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	27	May 10	DET		CLE	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
24	28	May 11	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
25	29	May 12	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	30	May 14	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
27	37 (6)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	38	May 24	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46 (7)	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
30	51 (4)	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,2-6	GS	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B CF
32	53	Jun 10	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
33	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	56 (1)	Jun 13	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	57	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	58	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	59	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	60	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
39	61	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
40	62	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
41	63	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
42	64	Jun 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
43	65	Jun 22	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
44	66	Jun 23	DET	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	67	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	68	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
47	69	Jun 26	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
48	70	Jun 27	DET	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
49	71	Jun 28 (1)	DET		LAA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
50	72	Jun 28 (2)	DET		LAA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	73	Jun 29	DET		LAA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	74	Jun 30	DET		LAA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	75	Jul 2	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	76	Jul 3	DET		MIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
55	77	Jul 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	78	Jul 4 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
57	79	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
58	80	Jul 6	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	81	Jul 7 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
60	82	Jul 7 (2)	DET		KCA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
61	83	Jul 11	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	84	Jul 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
63	85	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
64	86	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	87	Jul 17	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	88	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,6-8	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
67	89	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
68	90	Jul 20	DET	@	LAA	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	91	Jul 21	DET	@	LAA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	92	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
71	93	Jul 23 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
72	94	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	95	Jul 25	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
74	96	Jul 26	DET		WSA	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
75	97	Jul 27	DET		WSA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
76	98	Jul 28 (1)	DET		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	99	Jul 28 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	100	Jul 29	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	101	Jul 30	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
80	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	103	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
82	104	Aug 3	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
83	106 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
84	107	Aug 6	DET		BOS	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	110 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	111	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
87	112	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	113	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	114	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
90	115	Aug 13	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
91	116	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	117	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
93	118	Aug 16	DET	@	LAA	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
94	120 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	121	Aug 20	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
96	124 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	DET		KCA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
97	127 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
98	129 (1)	Aug 28	DET		LAA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
99	132 (2)	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
101	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	3B
102	136 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
103	137	Sep 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	64	15.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
104	138	Sep 4	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
105	139	Sep 5	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	143 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GF	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	144	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	145	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	WSA	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
109	146	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
110	147	Sep 11	DET	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
111	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
112	149	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
113	150	Sep 15	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	151	Sep 17	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
115	152	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
116	153	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	53	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
117	155 (1)	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	157 (1)	Sep 23	DET		WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	160 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
120	161	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
121	162	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
							122gm		1041.1	126	226	15	367	26