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Billy Hamilton

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Billy Hamilton

Full name William Robert Hamilton
Born February 15, 1866, Newark, New Jersey
Died December 15, 1940, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried at Eastwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Massachusetts (Border Ave.- Lot 207- Grave 15)
First Game: July 31, 1888; Final Game: September 16, 1901
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 6" Weight: 165
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1961
Ejections: 1899 (1)
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1888 KC  a                   35   129   21   34   4   4   0   11    4   13   4           19  .264  .307  .357   0.0 1888 KC  a
1889 KC  a                  137   534  144  161  17  12   3   77   87   41  14          111  .301  .413  .395   0.8 1889 KC  a
1890 PHI N                  123   496  133  161  13   9   2   49   83   37   9          102  .325  .430  .399   2.6 1890 PHI N
1891 PHI N                  133   527  141  179  23   7   2   60  102   28   7          111  .340  .453  .421   4.0 1891 PHI N
1892 PHI N                  139   554  132  183  21   7   3   53   81   29   8           57  .330  .423  .410   3.7 1892 PHI N
1893 PHI N                   82   355  110  135  22   7   5   44   63    7  13           43  .380  .490  .524   3.0 1893 PHI N
1894 PHI N                  132   558  198  225  25  15   4   90  128   19   9   7      100  .403  .521  .523   4.5 1894 PHI N
1895 PHI N                  123   517  166  201  22   6   7   74   96   30   7   9       97  .389  .490  .495   3.1 1895 PHI N
1896 BOS N                  131   524  153  192  24  10   3   55  110   29   2   6       83  .366  .478  .468   1.6 1896 BOS N
1897 BOS N                  127   507  152  174  17   5   3   61  105   30   6   4       66  .343  .461  .414   1.0 1897 BOS N
1898 BOS N                  110   417  110  154  16   5   3   50   87   30   2   2       54  .369  .480  .453   1.4 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N                   84   297   63   92   7   1   1   33   72   16   1   5       19  .310  .446  .350   0.0 1899 BOS N
1900 BOS N                  136   520  103  173  20   5   1   47  107   22   3   5       32  .333  .449  .396   1.1 1900 BOS N
1901 BOS N    Daily Splits  102   348   71  100  11   2   3   38   64   31   4   9   0   20  .287  .404  .356   0.4 1901 BOS N
Total NL (12 Years)        1422  5620 1532 1969 221  79  37  654 1098  308  71  47i  0i 784  .350  .462  .438  26.4 Total NL
Total AA ( 2 Years)         172   663  165  195  21  16   3   88   91   54  18          130  .294  .394  .388   0.8 Total AA
Total    (14 Years) Splits 1594  6283 1697 2164 242  95  40  742 1189  362  89  47i  0i 914  .344  .455  .432  27.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1888 KC  a               OF   35                      45    4    2    0      .961     3    0   32 
1889 KC  a               OF  137                     202   20   37    6      .857     7    0  130 
1890 PHI N               OF  123                     232   23   34    4      .882   123    0    0 
1891 PHI N               OF  133                     287   17   31    7   0  .907   133    0    0 
1892 PHI N               OF  139                     291   26   28    7      .919   138    1    0 
1893 PHI N               OF   82                     228    8   16    6      .937    19   63    0 
1894 PHI N               OF  132                     370   15   15    4   0  .963     0  132    0 
1895 PHI N               OF  123                     313   11   31    5   0  .913     3  120    0 
1896 BOS N               OF  131                     276    8   20    2      .934     6  125    0 
1897 BOS N               OF  126                     296   10   12    0   0  .962     0  126    0 
1898 BOS N               OF  110                     189    8   21    2   0  .904     0  110    0 
1899 BOS N               OF   81                     166   11    9    2      .952     2   78    1 
1900 BOS N               OF  136                     326   14   19    6      .947     0  136    0 
1901 BOS N Daily Splits  OF   99   99   99   886.1   232    7   14    4   0  .945     0   99    0 
1901 BOS N               CF   99   99   99   886.1   232    7   14    4   0  .945
Total (14 Years) Splits  OF 1587   99i  99i  886.1i 3453  182  289   55   0i .926   434  990  163 
Total ( 1 Year )         CF   99i  99i  99i  886.1i  232i   7i  14i   4i  0i .945
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-17-1899(1)       BOS N  Arlie Latham        Unknown reason

Transaction Information

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).

Released by Boston Beaneaters (April 12, 1902).
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