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Billy Hitchcock
Billy Hitchcock
Full name William Clyde Hitchcock
Born July 31, 1916, Inverness, Alabama
Died April 9, 2006, Opelika, Alabama
Buried at Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama
First Game: April 14, 1942 ; Final Game: August 27, 1953
Managed First Game: August 3, 1960 ; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1967
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 185
Brother of Jim Hitchcock
Ejections as player: 1952 (2), 1953 (1). Total: 3 Ejections as coach: 1955 (2), 1956 (1), 1958 (1), 1960 (1). Total: 5 Ejections as manager: 1962 (6) , 1963 (3), 1966 (1), 1967 (3). Total: 13 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1942 DET A Daily Splits 85 280 27 59 8 1 0 29 26 0 21 1 3 0 8 8 2 2 .211 .280 .246 -2.1 1942 DET A
1946 DET A Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0.0 1946 DET A
1946 WAS A Daily Splits 98 354 27 75 8 3 0 25 26 5 52 1 4 0 7 10 2 4 .212 .268 .251 -3.7 1946 WAS A
1946 TOT A 101 357 27 75 8 3 0 25 27 5 52 1 4 0 7 10 2 4 .210 .268 .249 -3.7 1946 TOT A
1947 STL A Daily Splits 80 275 25 61 2 2 1 28 21 0 34 0 6 0 4 9 3 0 .222 .277 .255 -1.0 1947 STL A
1948 BOS A Daily Splits 49 124 15 37 3 2 1 20 7 0 9 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 .298 .341 .379 0.2 1948 BOS A
1949 BOS A Daily Splits 55 147 22 30 6 1 0 9 17 0 11 1 5 0 3 7 2 3 .204 .291 .259 -1.7 1949 BOS A
1950 PHI A Daily Splits 115 399 35 109 22 5 1 54 45 2 32 0 3 0 8 30 3 1 .273 .347 .361 0.0 1950 PHI A
1951 PHI A Daily Splits 77 222 27 68 10 4 1 36 21 0 23 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 .306 .371 .401 1.1 1951 PHI A
1952 PHI A Daily Splits 119 407 45 100 8 4 1 56 39 4 45 4 10 0 11 8 1 1 .246 .318 .292 -2.1 1952 PHI A
1953 DET A Daily Splits 22 38 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .211 .268 .211 -0.3 1953 DET A
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 703 2249 231 547 67 22 5 257 206 11 230 10 37 0 46 82 15 11 .243 .310 .299 -9.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1942 DET A Daily Splits SS 80 76 70 679.2 157 199 21 39 0 .944
1942 DET A 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1946 DET A Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1946 WAS A Daily Splits SS 53 52 48 464 112 142 9 27 0 .966
1946 WAS A 3B 46 45 41 393.1 53 87 12 7 0 .921
1947 STL A Daily Splits 2B 46 42 41 390.1 127 127 6 31 0 .977
1947 STL A 3B 17 17 17 152 25 42 5 5 0 .931
1947 STL A SS 7 5 5 49 12 19 1 5 0 .969
1947 STL A 1B 5 3 3 34 45 2 2 4 0 .959
1948 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 15 13 12 116.2 23 35 0 3 0 1.000
1948 BOS A 2B 15 15 15 136 31 47 4 12 0 .951
1949 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 29 28 28 257 256 15 2 28 0 .993
1949 BOS A 2B 8 8 8 66 21 15 1 5 0 .973
1950 PHI A Daily Splits 2B 107 105 102 917.2 297 319 21 105 0 .967
1950 PHI A SS 1 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 .667
1951 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 45 38 34 356.2 45 99 11 14 0 .929
1951 PHI A 2B 23 15 14 143.1 47 51 3 16 0 .970
1951 PHI A 1B 1 1 1 9 8 0 0 1 0 1.000
1952 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 104 101 97 896 105 222 20 26 0 .942
1952 PHI A 1B 13 11 11 108 97 13 2 8 0 .982
1953 DET A Daily Splits 3B 12 6 6 65.1 9 17 2 1 0 .929
1953 DET A SS 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1.000
1953 DET A 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 3B 240 220 207 1981 260 502 50 56 0 .938
Total ( 7 Years) 2B 201 185 180 1658.1 524 561 35 169 0 .969
Total ( 5 Years) SS 142 133 123 1200.2 284 361 32 72 0 .953
Total ( 4 Years) 1B 48 43 43 408 406 30 6 41 0 .986
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1960 DET A 1 1 0 1.000 12 2 8- 3 8- 3 6 6 6
1962 BAL A 162 77 85 .475 652 680 7
1963 BAL A 162 86 76 .531 644 621 4
1966 ATL N 51 33 18 .647 252 189 8- 9 7 5
1967 ATL N 159 77 82 .484 627 629 9-28 7 7
Total ( 5 Years) 535 274 261 .512 2187 2121
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1955 DET A Third base 4-12 9-25
1956 DET A Third base 4-17 9-30
1957 DET A Third base 4-16 9-29
1958 DET A Third base 4-15 9-28
1959 DET A Third base 4-10 9-27
1960 DET A Third base 4-19 8- 2
1960 DET A Third base 8- 4 10- 2
1966 ATL N Coach 4-12 8- 8
Total ( 7 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-28-1952 BOX PHI A Bill McGowan Fighting
9- 3-1952 BOX PHI A Eddie Hurley Call at 2B
5- 3-1953 BOX DET A Eddie Hurley Interference call
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-10-1962(1) BOX BAL A Harry Schwarts Call at 2B
6-11-1962 BOX BAL A Charlie Berry Fighting
7- 8-1962(2) BOX BAL A Red Flaherty Catch/trap call (Shoved umpire)
7-22-1962 BOX BAL A Bob Stewart Call at 3B
8-14-1962(2) BOX BAL A Charlie Berry Call at 1B
9-12-1962 BOX BAL A Nestor Chylak Call at 1B
5- 3-1963 BOX BAL A Jim Honochick Balls and strikes
6- 5-1963 BOX BAL A Joe Paparella Interference non-call
9- 6-1963(1) BOX BAL A Johnny Stevens Fair/foul call
8-29-1966 BOX ATL N Stan Landes Unknown reason
5-18-1967 BOX ATL N Bob Engel Balls and strikes
8-23-1967 BOX ATL N Ken Burkhart Alleged spitball
9-26-1967 BOX ATL N Frank Dezelan Balls and strikes (Reversed)
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-22-1955 BOX DET A Charlie Berry Balls and strikes
7-31-1955(2) BOX DET A Eddie Rommel Bench jockeying
5-16-1956 BOX DET A Charlie Berry Fair/foul call
7-14-1958 BOX DET A John Rice Called third strike
5- 3-1960 BOX DET A Eddie Hurley Call at 3B
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
Traded by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers in exchange for 2 players to be named
later (September 8, 1941 ); New York Yankees received Tuck Stainback and Boyd Perry
(December 4, 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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