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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1888 22 KCC AA 0.2 35 137 129 21 34 4 4 0 11 19 4 13 .264 .307 .357 .663 108 .325 105 46 4 O
1889 23 KCC AA 2.9 137 635 534 144 161 17 12 3 77 111 87 41 .301 .413 .395 .808 125 .412 127 211 14 *O
1890 24 PHI NL 4.4 123 588 496 133 161 13 9 2 49 102 83 37 .325 .430 .399 .829 139 .426 139 198 9 *O
1891 25 PHI NL 6.6 133 636 527 141 179 23 7 2 60 111 102 28 .340 .453 .421 .874 155 .449 154 222 7 *O
1892 26 PHI NL 6.1 139 643 554 132 183 21 7 3 53 57 81 29 .330 .423 .410 .833 152 .417 149 227 8 *O
1893 27 PHI NL 5.0 82 431 355 110 135 22 7 5 44 43 63 7 .380 .490 .524 1.014 167 .493 164 186 13 O
1894 28 PHI NL 8.2 132 702 558 198 225 25 15 4 90 100 128 19 .403 .521 .523 1.044 157 .508 165 292 9 7 *O
1895 29 PHI NL 6.1 123 629 517 166 201 22 6 7 74 97 96 30 .389 .490 .495 .985 153 .484 155 256 7 9 *O
1896 30 BSN NL 5.8 131 642 524 153 192 24 10 3 55 83 110 29 .366 .478 .468 .946 145 .468 148 245 2 6 *O
1897 31 BSN NL 4.9 127 622 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 66 105 30 .343 .461 .414 .875 127 .440 134 210 6 4 *O
1898 32 BSN NL 4.6 110 508 417 110 154 16 5 3 50 54 87 30 .369 .480 .453 .933 162 .465 160 189 2 2 *O
1899 33 BSN NL 1.9 84 375 297 63 92 7 1 1 33 19 72 16 .310 .446 .350 .796 111 .400 121 104 1 5 O
1900 34 BSN NL 4.2 136 635 520 103 173 20 5 1 47 32 107 22 .333 .449 .396 .845 123 .415 130 206 3 5 *O
1901 35 BSN NL 2.4 102 426 348 71 100 11 2 3 38 20 64 31 .287 .404 .356 .760 113 .373 118 124 4 9 *8/H
14 Yrs 63.2 1594 7609 6283 1697 2164 242 95 40 742 914 1189 362 .344 .455 .432 .888 141 .442 145 2716 89 47 *O8/H
162 Game Avg 6.4 162 773 639 172 220 25 10 4 75 93 121 37 .344 .455 .432 .888 141 .442 145 276 9
PHI (6 Yrs) 36.4 732 3629 3007 880 1084 126 51 23 370 510 553 150 .360 .468 .459 .927 154 .462 155 1381 53 16 *O
BSN (6 Yrs) 23.7 690 3208 2613 652 885 95 28 14 284 274 545 158 .339 .456 .413 .868 132 .431 137 1078 18 31 *O8/H
KCC (2 Yrs) 3.1 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 54 .294 .394 .388 .781 123 .396 124 257 18 O
NL (12 Yrs) 60.1 1422 6837 5620 1532 1969 221 79 37 654 784 1098 308 .350 .462 .438 .900 143 .448 147 2459 71 47 *O8/H
AA (2 Yrs) 3.1 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 54 .294 .394 .388 .781 123 .396 124 257 18 O
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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
1888 22 KCC AA 137 1 1 0 -1 -2 -2 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.3 -0.3 2 O
1889 23 KCC AA 635 27 6 0 -6 -8 19 1.5 13 32 2.9 .511 .510 3.3 -1.1 38 *O
1890 24 PHI NL 588 32 7 0 0 -8 32 2.5 18 50 4.4 .522 .517 4.7 -0.9 50 *O
1891 25 PHI NL 636 49 8 0 6 -9 55 4.5 20 75 6.6 .536 .529 6.3 -0.4 69 *O
1892 26 PHI NL 643 42 2 0 9 -9 44 4.0 21 65 6.1 .529 .525 5.4 0.0 56 *O
1893 27 PHI NL 431 45 2 0 6 -5 49 3.7 13 61 5.0 .545 .523 4.5 0.1 55 O
1894 28 PHI NL 702 82 8 0 6 -7 89 6.1 21 110 8.2 .547 .538 7.8 -0.1 104 *O
1895 29 PHI NL 629 57 8 0 -2 -7 56 4.2 19 75 6.1 .534 .526 6.3 -0.7 77 *O
1896 30 BSN NL 642 47 7 0 0 -7 46 3.7 20 66 5.8 .529 .523 5.8 -0.6 66 *O
1897 31 BSN NL 622 32 5 0 6 -6 36 2.9 19 55 4.9 .524 .518 4.4 -0.1 49 *O
1898 32 BSN NL 508 40 3 0 -6 -5 32 2.9 16 48 4.6 .527 .518 5.3 -1.1 54 *O
1899 33 BSN NL 375 11 -2 0 2 -4 8 0.6 12 20 1.9 .508 .504 1.8 -0.2 18 O
1900 34 BSN NL 635 26 -2 0 6 -6 24 2.1 20 44 4.2 .516 .513 3.7 0.0 38 *O
1901 35 BSN NL 426 9 -1 0 4 -3 9 0.8 14 23 2.4 .509 .506 2.1 0.0 19 *8/H
14 Yrs 7609 498 53 0 30 -86 495 39.3 230 725 63.2 .525 .519 61.6 -5.2 695 *O8/H
162 Game Avg 773 51 5 0 3 -9 50 4.0 23 74 6.4 .525 .519 6.3 -0.5 71
BSN (6 Yrs) 3208 164 9 0 12 -31 155 13.1 102 256 23.7 .519 .515 23.0 -1.9 245 *O8/H
PHI (6 Yrs) 3629 306 36 0 25 -44 323 24.8 112 435 36.4 .535 .527 35.0 -2.0 410 *O
KCC (2 Yrs) 772 28 7 0 -7 -11 17 1.4 16 33 3.1 .508 .507 3.6 -1.4 40 O
NL (12 Yrs) 6837 471 45 0 37 -75 478 37.9 214 691 60.1 .527 .521 58.0 -3.8 654 *O8/H
AA (2 Yrs) 772 28 7 0 -7 -11 17 1.4 16 33 3.1 .508 .507 3.6 -1.4 40 O

Advanced Batting

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1888 22 KCC AA 137 .325 105 .293 .093 0.0 9.5 2.9 50.0 O
1889 23 KCC AA 635 .412 127 .322 .094 0.5 6.5 13.7 54.4 *O
1890 24 PHI NL 588 .426 139 .348 .075 0.3 6.3 14.1 52.2 *O
1891 25 PHI NL 636 .449 154 .356 .082 0.3 4.4 16.0 48.6 *O
1892 26 PHI NL 643 .417 149 .345 .079 0.5 4.5 12.6 48.0 *O
1893 27 PHI NL 431 .493 164 .379 .144 1.2 1.6 14.6 51.0 O
1894 28 PHI NL 702 .508 165 .413 .120 0.6 2.7 18.2 54.2 *O
1895 29 PHI NL 629 .484 155 .404 .106 1.1 4.8 15.3 53.5 *O
1896 30 BSN NL 642 .468 148 .384 .101 0.5 4.5 17.1 49.8 *O
1897 31 BSN NL 622 .440 134 .361 .071 0.5 4.8 16.9 52.8 *O
1898 32 BSN NL 508 .465 160 .393 .084 0.6 5.9 17.1 44.6 *O
1899 33 BSN NL 375 .400 121 .325 .040 0.3 4.3 19.2 37.8 O
1900 34 BSN NL 635 .415 130 .346 .063 0.2 3.5 16.9 36.2 *O
1901 35 BSN NL 426 .373 118 .309 .069 0.7 7.3 15.0 41.2 *8/H
14 Yrs 7609 .442 145 .361 .088 0.5 4.8 15.6 48.7 *O8/H
MLB Average .338 100 .288 .092 0.6 6.9 8.0 42.9

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Appearances

Standard Fielding

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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1888 22 KCC AA OF 35 261.0 51 45 4 2 0 .961 .907 1.69 1.86 1.40 1.83
1889 23 KCC AA OF 137 1203.0 259 202 20 37 6 .857 .903 1.66 2.07 1.62 2.00
1890 24 PHI NL OF 123 1110.0 289 232 23 34 4 .882 .914 2.07 1.96 2.07 1.91
1891 25 PHI NL OF 133 1186.0 335 287 17 31 7 .907 .912 2.31 1.96 2.29 1.92
1892 26 PHI NL OF 139 1254.0 345 291 26 28 7 .919 .912 2.28 1.95 2.28 1.89
1893 27 PHI NL OF 82 751.0 252 228 8 16 6 .937 .915 2.83 2.23 2.88 2.18
1894 28 PHI NL OF 132 1149.0 400 370 15 15 4 .963 .915 3.02 2.37 2.92 2.28
1895 29 PHI NL OF 123 1059.0 355 313 11 31 5 .913 .917 2.75 2.27 2.63 2.18
1896 30 BSN NL OF 131 1113.0 304 276 8 20 2 .934 .933 2.30 2.24 2.17 2.16
1897 31 BSN NL OF 126 1099.0 318 296 10 12 0 .962 .936 2.51 2.18 2.43 2.09
1898 32 BSN NL OF 110 939.0 218 189 8 21 2 .904 .937 1.89 2.16 1.79 2.08
1899 33 BSN NL OF 81 698.0 186 166 11 9 2 .952 .944 2.28 2.25 2.19 2.15
1900 34 BSN NL OF 136 1168.0 359 326 14 19 6 .947 .940 2.62 2.24 2.50 2.17
1901 35 BSN NL CF 99 99 99 253 232 7 14 4 .945 .946 2.41 2.27
1901 35 BSN NL OF 99 99 99 886.0 253 232 7 14 4 .945 .942 2.43 2.08 2.41 2.06
14 Yrs 1587 99 99 13876.0 3924 3453 182 289 55 .926 .923 2.36 2.14 2.29 2.07
OF (14 Yrs) OF 1587 99 99 13876.0 3924 3453 182 289 55 .926 .923 2.36 2.14 2.29 2.07
CF (1 Yr) CF 99 99 99 253 232 7 14 4 .945 .946 2.41 2.27

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Billy Hamilton born?

Billy Hamilton was born on February 15, 1866.

Where was Billy Hamilton born?

Billy Hamilton was born in Newark, NJ.

How tall was Billy Hamilton?

Billy Hamilton was 5-6 (168 cm) tall.

How much did Billy Hamilton weigh when playing?

Billy Hamilton weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Billy Hamilton play?

Billy Hamilton played 14 seasons.

Is Billy Hamilton in the Hall of Fame?

Billy Hamilton was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1961.

What position did Billy Hamilton play?

Billy Hamilton was an Outfielder.

How many hits did Billy Hamilton have?

Billy Hamilton had 2,164 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Billy Hamilton have?

Billy Hamilton had 40 home runs over his career.

What was Billy Hamilton's average?

Billy Hamilton had a .344 average over his career.

How many teams has Billy Hamilton played for?

Billy Hamilton played for 4 teams; the Kansas City Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston and Boston Nationals.

How many World Series has Billy Hamilton won?

Billy Hamilton never won a World Series.

When did Billy Hamilton retire?

Billy Hamilton last played in 1901.

What are Billy Hamilton's nicknames?

Sliding Billy is a nickname for Billy Hamilton.

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