Billy Hamilton

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Full Name: William Robert Hamilton	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/165	First Game: July 31, 1888
Birthdate: February 16, 1866	Final Game: September 16, 1901
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: December 16, 1940
Deathplace: Worcester, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961

Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Billy Hamilton (William Robert Hamilton) was born on February 16, 1866 in Newark, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on July 31, 1888 for the Kansas City Cowboys. In 1889, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 3 home runs and 77 RBI. Hamilton played for the Kansas City Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Hamilton's best season was 1894, when he stole 98 bases, hit for a .404 average and knocked in 87 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1888	KC	a	35	129	21	34	0	11	.264	.307	.357	4	4	4	0	4	0	19	0	0
1889	KC	a	137	534	144	161	3	77	.301	.413	.395	17	12	87	41	14	0	111	0	0
1890	PHI	N	123	496	133	161	2	49	.325	.430	.399	13	9	83	37	9	0	102	0	0
1891	PHI	N	133	527	141	179	2	60	.340	.453	.421	23	7	102	28	7	0	111	0	0
1892	PHI	N	139	554	132	183	3	53	.330	.423	.410	21	7	81	29	8	0	57	0	0
1893	PHI	N	82	355	110	135	5	44	.380	.490	.524	22	7	63	7	13	0	43	0	0
1894	PHI	N	129	544	192	220	4	87	.404	.523	.528	25	15	126	17	9	7	98	0	0
1895	PHI	N	123	517	166	201	7	74	.389	.490	.495	22	6	96	30	7	9	97	0	0
1896	BOS	N	131	523	152	191	3	52	.365	.477	.463	24	9	110	29	2	6	83	0	0
1897	BOS	N	127	507	152	174	3	61	.343	.461	.414	17	5	105	0	6	4	66	0	0
1898	BOS	N	110	417	110	154	3	50	.369	.480	.453	16	5	87	0	2	2	54	0	0
1899	BOS	N	84	297	63	92	1	33	.310	.446	.350	7	1	72	0	1	5	19	0	0
1900	BOS	N	136	520	103	173	1	47	.333	.449	.396	20	5	107	0	3	5	32	0	0
1901	BOS	N	102	348	71	100	3	38	.287	.404	.356	11	2	64	0	4	9	20	0	0
Total	NL		1419	5605	1525	1963	37	648	.350	.462	.437	221	78	1096	177	71	47	782	0	0
Total	AA		172	663	165	195	3	88	.294	.394	.388	21	16	91	41	18	0	130	0	0
Total			1591	6268	1690	2158	40	736	.344	.455	.432	242	94	1187	218	89	47	912	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1888	KC	a	OF	35	0	0	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1889	KC	a	OF	137	0	0	202	20	37	6	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1890	PHI	N	OF	123	0	0	232	23	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1891	PHI	N	OF	133	0	0	287	17	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	.907
1892	PHI	N	OF	139	0	0	291	26	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1893	PHI	N	OF	82	0	0	228	8	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1894	PHI	N	OF	129	0	0	361	15	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1895	PHI	N	OF	123	0	0	313	11	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1896	BOS	N	OF	131	0	0	276	8	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1897	BOS	N	OF	126	0	0	296	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1898	BOS	N	OF	110	0	0	189	8	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1899	BOS	N	OF	81	0	0	166	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1900	BOS	N	OF	136	0	0	326	14	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1901	BOS	N	OF	99	0	0	232	7	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	.945
Total			OF	1584	0	0	3444	182	288	55	0	0	0	0	0	.926

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Worcester (New England) to Kansas City Cowboys (July 31, 1888).
Sold by Kansas City Cowboys to Philadelphia Phillies for $5000 or $6000 (January 7, 1890).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Billy Nash (November 14, 1895).

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