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Billy Hitchcock

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Full Name: William Clyde Hitchcock Primary Position: 3B,2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185 First Game: April 14, 1942
Birthdate: July 31, 1916 Final Game: August 27, 1953
Birthplace: Inverness, Alabama MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: April 9, 2006
Deathplace: Opelika, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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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
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Hitchcock (William Clyde Hitchcock) was born on July 31, 1916 in Inverness, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1942 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .211 with 0 home runs and 29 RBI. Hitchcock played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Billy Hitchcock's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1950, when he knocked in 54 runs. However, others believe that it was 1952, when he knocked in 56 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1942 DET A 85 280 27 59 0 29 .211 .280 .246 8 1 26 21 1 3 2 0 8
1946 WAS A 98 354 27 75 0 25 .212 .268 .251 8 3 26 52 1 4 2 0 10
1946 DET A 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 TOT A 101 357 27 75 0 25 .210 .268 .249 8 3 27 52 1 4 2 0 10
1947 STL A 80 275 25 61 1 28 .222 .277 .255 2 2 21 34 0 6 3 0 9
1948 BOS A 49 124 15 37 1 20 .298 .341 .379 3 2 7 9 1 2 0 0 4
1949 BOS A 55 147 22 30 0 9 .204 .291 .259 6 1 17 11 1 5 2 0 7
1950 PHI A 115 399 35 109 1 54 .273 .347 .361 22 5 45 32 0 3 3 0 30
1951 PHI A 77 222 27 68 1 36 .306 .371 .401 10 4 21 23 2 4 2 0 2
1952 PHI A 119 407 45 100 1 56 .246 .318 .292 8 4 39 45 4 10 1 0 8
1953 DET A 22 38 8 8 0 0 .211 .268 .211 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4
Total 703 2249 231 547 5 257 .243 .310 .299 67 22 206 230 10 37 15 0 82

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 DET A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 DET A SS 80 0 0 157 199 21 39 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1946 WAS A 3B 46 0 0 53 87 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1946 WAS A SS 53 0 0 112 142 9 27 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1946 DET A 2B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 STL A SS 7 0 0 12 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1947 STL A 2B 46 0 0 127 127 6 31 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1947 STL A 1B 5 0 0 45 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1947 STL A 3B 17 0 0 25 42 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1948 BOS A 2B 15 0 0 31 47 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1948 BOS A 3B 15 0 0 23 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 BOS A 2B 8 0 0 21 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1949 BOS A 1B 29 0 0 256 15 2 28 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1950 PHI A 2B 107 0 0 297 319 21 105 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1950 PHI A SS 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1951 PHI A 3B 45 0 0 45 99 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1951 PHI A 2B 23 0 0 47 51 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1951 PHI A 1B 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PHI A 3B 104 0 0 105 222 20 26 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1952 PHI A 1B 13 0 0 97 13 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1953 DET A SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 DET A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 DET A 3B 12 0 0 9 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total 2B 201 0 0 524 561 35 169 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total 3B 240 0 0 260 502 50 56 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total 1B 48 0 0 406 30 6 41 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total SS 142 0 0 284 361 32 72 0 0 0 0 0 .953

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
  • Sold by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers (September 8, 1941).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators (May 16, 1946).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns (February 8, 1947).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Ellis Kinder to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Sam Dente, Clem Dreisewerd, Bill Sommers and $65000 (November 18, 1947).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Buddy Rosar (October 8, 1949).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Don Kolloway (January 29, 1953).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (October 13, 1953).

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