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Billy Hamilton
William Robert Hamilton (Sliding Billy)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 31, 1888
Final Game September 16, 1901
Born February 16, 1866 in Newark, NJ
Died December 16, 1940 in Worcester, MA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961.

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 22 KCC AA  35  129   21   34   4  4   0   11  19      4      .264  .307  .357  107   46               4    
 1889 23 KCC AA 137  534  144  161  17 12   3   77 111     87  41  .301  .413  .395  125  211              14    
 1890 24 PHI NL 123  496  133  161  13  9   2   49 102     83  37  .325  .430  .399  139  198               9    
 1891 25 PHI NL 133  527  141  179  23  7   2   60 111    102  28  .340  .453  .421  152  222               7    
 1892 26 PHI NL 139  554  132  183  21  7   3   53  57     81  29  .330  .423  .410  152  227               8    
 1893 27 PHI NL  82  355  110  135  22  7   5   44  43     63   7  .380  .490  .524  167  186              13    
 1894 28 PHI NL 129  544  192  220  25 15   4   87  98    126  17  .404  .523  .528  158  287               9    
 1895 29 PHI NL 123  517  166  201  22  6   7   74  97     96  30  .389  .490  .495  154  256   9           7    
 1896 30 BSN NL 131  523  152  191  24  9   3   52  83    110  29  .365  .477  .463  142  242   6           2    
 1897 31 BSN NL 127  507  152  174  17  5   3   61  66    105      .343  .461  .414  126  210   4           6    
 1898 32 BSN NL 110  417  110  154  16  5   3   50  54     87      .369  .480  .453  162  189   2           2    
 1899 33 BSN NL  84  297   63   92   7  1   1   33  19     72      .310  .446  .350  112  104   5           1    
 1900 34 BSN NL 136  520  103  173  20  5   1   47  32    107      .333  .449  .396  123  206   5           3    
 1901 35 BSN NL 102  348   71  100  11  2   3   38  20     64      .287  .404  .356  113  124   9           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6268      2158     94      736      0     218  .344  .455  .432  141       40   0   0  89   0
               1591      1690      242     40      912   1187                            2708
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638  172  220  25 10   4   75  93  0 121  22  .344  .455  .432  141  276   4   0   0   9   0
 Career High    139  554  192  220  25 15   7   87 111  0 126  41  .404  .523  .528  167  287   9   0   0  14   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 22 KCC AA  137   95   13   3.6    75| .264  .251| .307  .310| .357  .331| .664  .641| 107  .552   0.6   0.1     
 1889 23 KCC AA  635  373   84   5.9    96| .301  .274| .413  .346| .395  .371| .808  .718| 125  .656  23.2   2.4     
 1890 24 PHI NL  588  335   83   6.5    90| .325  .262| .430  .340| .399  .356| .829  .696| 139  .716  30.1   3.1     
 1891 25 PHI NL  636  348   99   7.5    90| .340  .263| .453  .338| .421  .358| .874  .696| 152  .766  43.7   4.5     
 1892 26 PHI NL  643  371   94   6.6    81| .330  .252| .423  .325| .410  .337| .833  .662| 152  .750  39.9   4.3     
 1893 27 PHI NL  431  220   88  10.6   108| .380  .288| .490  .367| .524  .393|1.014  .760| 167  .804  40.1   3.7     
 1894 28 PHI NL  679  324  148  11.9   123| .404  .310| .523  .381| .528  .437|1.051  .818| 158  .778  65.4   5.5     
 1895 29 PHI NL  629  325  124   9.9   112| .389  .302| .490  .369| .495  .408| .985  .777| 154  .767  50.9   4.6     
 1896 30 BSN NL  641  338  115   8.9   112| .365  .305| .477  .371| .463  .407| .940  .778| 142  .751  41.8   3.9     
 1897 31 BSN NL  622  337   96   7.4   112| .343  .306| .461  .371| .414  .407| .875  .778| 126  .688  28.4   2.7     
 1898 32 BSN NL  508  265   90   8.8    95| .369  .284| .480  .349| .453  .364| .933  .713| 162  .814  42.1   4.3     
 1899 33 BSN NL  375  210   46   5.6   107| .310  .301| .446  .365| .350  .392| .796  .756| 112  .622  11.1   1.1     
 1900 34 BSN NL  635  352   92   6.8   108| .333  .301| .449  .364| .396  .397| .845  .761| 123  .703  25.8   2.6     
 1901 35 BSN NL  425  257   49   5.1    95| .287  .286| .404  .342| .356  .373| .760  .715| 113  .612  10.6   1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7584 4150 1221   7.7   102| .344  .286| .455  .355| .432  .384| .887  .739| 141  .732 453.6  43.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1888 22 KCC AA  OF   35     45    4    2    0  .961  .907  1.40  1.79                3    0   32
 1889 23 KCC AA  OF  137    202   20   37    6  .857  .903  1.62  1.96                7    0  130
 1890 24 PHI NL  OF  123    232   23   34    4  .882  .914  2.07  1.89              123    0    0
 1891 25 PHI NL  OF  133    287   17   31    7  .907  .912  2.29  1.88              133    0    0
 1892 26 PHI NL  OF  139    291   26   28    7  .919  .912  2.28  1.86              138    1    0
 1893 27 PHI NL  OF   82    228    8   16    6  .937  .915  2.88  2.14               19   63    0
 1894 28 PHI NL  OF  129    361   15   14    4  .964  .915  2.91  2.24                0  129    0
 1895 29 PHI NL  OF  123    313   11   31    5  .913  .917  2.63  2.14                3  120    0
 1896 30 BSN NL  OF  131    276    8   20    2  .934  .933  2.17  2.12                6  125    0
 1897 31 BSN NL  OF  126    296   10   12    0  .962  .935  2.43  2.06                0  126    0
 1898 32 BSN NL  OF  110    189    8   21    2  .904  .937  1.79  2.03                0  110    0
 1899 33 BSN NL  OF   81    166   11    9    2  .952  .944  2.19  2.11                2   78    1
 1900 34 BSN NL  OF  136    326   14   19    6  .947  .940  2.50  2.13                0  136    0
 1901 35 BSN NL  OF   99    232    7   14    4  .945  .942  2.41  2.03                0   98    1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1888 22 KCC AA  OF   35     45    4    2    0  .961  .907  1.40  1.79                3    0   32
 1889 23 KCC AA  OF  137    202   20   37    6  .857  .903  1.62  1.96                7    0  130
 1890 24 PHI NL  OF  123    232   23   34    4  .882  .914  2.07  1.89              123    0    0
 1891 25 PHI NL  OF  133    287   17   31    7  .907  .912  2.29  1.88              133    0    0
 1892 26 PHI NL  OF  139    291   26   28    7  .919  .912  2.28  1.86              138    1    0
 1893 27 PHI NL  OF   82    228    8   16    6  .937  .915  2.88  2.14               19   63    0
 1894 28 PHI NL  OF  129    361   15   14    4  .964  .915  2.91  2.24                0  129    0
 1895 29 PHI NL  OF  123    313   11   31    5  .913  .917  2.63  2.14                3  120    0
 1896 30 BSN NL  OF  131    276    8   20    2  .934  .933  2.17  2.12                6  125    0
 1897 31 BSN NL  OF  126    296   10   12    0  .962  .935  2.43  2.06                0  126    0
 1898 32 BSN NL  OF  110    189    8   21    2  .904  .937  1.79  2.03                0  110    0
 1899 33 BSN NL  OF   81    166   11    9    2  .952  .944  2.19  2.11                2   78    1
 1900 34 BSN NL  OF  136    326   14   19    6  .947  .940  2.50  2.13                0  136    0
 1901 35 BSN NL  OF   99    232    7   14    4  .945  .942  2.41  2.03                0   98    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1584   3444  182  288   55  .926  .923  2.29  2.03              434  986  164
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1584   3444  182  288   55  .926  .923  2.29  2.03

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1890 NL-.325-2
1891 NL-.340-1
1892 NL-.330-2
1893 NL-.380-1
1894 NL-.404-5
1895 NL-.389-6
1896 NL-.365-6
1898 NL-.369-2
1900 NL-.333-9
Car-.344-8

On-base %
1889 AA-.413-5
1890 NL-.430-2
1891 NL-.453-1
1892 NL-.423-3
1893 NL-.490-1
1894 NL-.523-1
1895 NL-.490-2
1896 NL-.477-1
1897 NL-.461-6
1898 NL-.480-1
1900 NL-.449-3
1901 NL-.404-7
Car-.455-4

Slugging %
1891 NL-.421-8
1893 NL-.524-5
1898 NL-.453-5

OPS
1889 AA-.808-10
1890 NL-.829-6
1891 NL-.874-2
1892 NL-.833-7
1893 NL-1.014-1
1894 NL-1.050-6
1895 NL-.985-8
1896 NL-.940-10
1898 NL-.933-1
1900 NL-.845-10
Car-.887-79

At Bats
1894 NL-544-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1889 AA-635-7
1891 NL-636-5
1894 NL-679-1
1895 NL-629-4
1896 NL-641-2
1897 NL-622-5
1900 NL-635-5

Runs
1889 AA-144-4
1890 NL-133-3
1891 NL-141-1
1892 NL-132-2
1894 NL-192-1
1895 NL-166-1
1896 NL-152-3
1897 NL-152-1
Car-1690-25

Hits
1890 NL-161-6
1891 NL-179-1
1892 NL-183-4
1894 NL-220-2
1895 NL-201-5
1896 NL-191-8
1900 NL-173-10

Total Bases
1891 NL-222-8
1894 NL-287-8

Triples
1889 AA-12-7

Bases on Balls
1889 AA-87-4
1890 NL-83-5
1891 NL-102-1
1894 NL-126-1
1895 NL-96-1
1896 NL-110-1
1897 NL-105-1
1898 NL-87-3
1899 NL-72-5
1900 NL-107-2
1901 NL-64-5
Car-1187-57

Stolen Bases
1889 AA-111-1
1890 NL-102-1
1891 NL-111-1
1892 NL-57-6
1894 NL-98-1
1895 NL-97-1
1896 NL-83-3
1897 NL-66-3
1898 NL-54-2
Car-912-3

Singles
1889 AA-129-8
1890 NL-137-1
1891 NL-147-1
1892 NL-152-1
1894 NL-176-1
1895 NL-166-4
1896 NL-155-4
1897 NL-149-9
1900 NL-147-6
Car-1782-85

Adjusted OPS+
1890 NL-139-8
1891 NL-152-2
1892 NL-152-6
1893 NL-167-1
1894 NL-158-6
1895 NL-154-7
1896 NL-142-10
1898 NL-162-1
Car-141-71

Runs Created
1889 AA-84-9
1890 NL-83-8
1891 NL-99-3
1892 NL-94-7
1894 NL-148-3
1895 NL-124-5
1896 NL-115-5
1900 NL-92-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1890 NL-30-6
1891 NL-44-1
1892 NL-40-5
1893 NL-40-5
1894 NL-65-2
1895 NL-51-3
1896 NL-42-8
1897 NL-28-9
1898 NL-42-4
1900 NL-26-7
Car-454-57

Batting Wins
1890 NL-3.1-6
1891 NL-4.5-1
1892 NL-4.3-4
1893 NL-3.7-4
1894 NL-5.5-2
1895 NL-4.6-3
1896 NL-3.9-8
1897 NL-2.7-9
1898 NL-4.3-4
1900 NL-2.6-6
Car-43.9-56

Times on Base
1889 AA-262-4
1890 NL-253-2
1891 NL-288-1
1892 NL-272-4
1894 NL-355-1
1895 NL-304-2
1896 NL-303-1
1897 NL-285-1
1900 NL-283-2

Offensive Win%
1889 AA-.656-10
1890 NL-.716-6
1891 NL-.766-1
1892 NL-.750-6
1893 NL-.804-1
1894 NL-.778-6
1895 NL-.767-6
1896 NL-.751-7
1898 NL-.814-1
1900 NL-.703-9
Car-.732-41

Hit By Pitch
1889 AA-14-6
1890 NL-9-6
1893 NL-13-6
Car-89-98

At Bats per Strikeout
1893 NL-50.7-10

Oldest Player
1901 NL-35-10

Black Ink: Batting - 43 (32) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 132 (130) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 51.0 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 152.0 (78) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 31, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Worcester (New England).
January 7, 1890: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Kansas City Cowboys for $5000 or $6000.
November 14, 1895: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Boston Beaneaters for Billy Nash.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Batting Average 1890 NL-.325-2 1891 NL-.340-1 1892 NL-.330-2 1893 NL-.380-1 1894 NL-.404-5 1895 NL-.389-6 1896 NL-.365-6 1898 NL-.369-2 1900 NL-.333-9 Car-.344-8	On-base % 1889 AA-.413-5 1890 NL-.430-2 1891 NL-.453-1 1892 NL-.423-3 1893 NL-.490-1 1894 NL-.523-1 1895 NL-.490-2 1896 NL-.477-1 1897 NL-.461-6 1898 NL-.480-1 1900 NL-.449-3 1901 NL-.404-7 Car-.455-4	Slugging % 1891 NL-.421-8 1893 NL-.524-5 1898 NL-.453-5	OPS 1889 AA-.808-10 1890 NL-.829-6 1891 NL-.874-2 1892 NL-.833-7 1893 NL-1.014-1 1894 NL-1.050-6 1895 NL-.985-8 1896 NL-.940-10 1898 NL-.933-1 1900 NL-.845-10 Car-.887-79	At Bats 1894 NL-544-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1889 AA-635-7 1891 NL-636-5 1894 NL-679-1 1895 NL-629-4 1896 NL-641-2 1897 NL-622-5 1900 NL-635-5
Runs 1889 AA-144-4 1890 NL-133-3 1891 NL-141-1 1892 NL-132-2 1894 NL-192-1 1895 NL-166-1 1896 NL-152-3 1897 NL-152-1 Car-1690-25	Hits 1890 NL-161-6 1891 NL-179-1 1892 NL-183-4 1894 NL-220-2 1895 NL-201-5 1896 NL-191-8 1900 NL-173-10	Total Bases 1891 NL-222-8 1894 NL-287-8	Triples 1889 AA-12-7	Bases on Balls 1889 AA-87-4 1890 NL-83-5 1891 NL-102-1 1894 NL-126-1 1895 NL-96-1 1896 NL-110-1 1897 NL-105-1 1898 NL-87-3 1899 NL-72-5 1900 NL-107-2 1901 NL-64-5 Car-1187-57	Stolen Bases 1889 AA-111-1 1890 NL-102-1 1891 NL-111-1 1892 NL-57-6 1894 NL-98-1 1895 NL-97-1 1896 NL-83-3 1897 NL-66-3 1898 NL-54-2 Car-912-3
Singles 1889 AA-129-8 1890 NL-137-1 1891 NL-147-1 1892 NL-152-1 1894 NL-176-1 1895 NL-166-4 1896 NL-155-4 1897 NL-149-9 1900 NL-147-6 Car-1782-85	Adjusted OPS+ 1890 NL-139-8 1891 NL-152-2 1892 NL-152-6 1893 NL-167-1 1894 NL-158-6 1895 NL-154-7 1896 NL-142-10 1898 NL-162-1 Car-141-71	Runs Created 1889 AA-84-9 1890 NL-83-8 1891 NL-99-3 1892 NL-94-7 1894 NL-148-3 1895 NL-124-5 1896 NL-115-5 1900 NL-92-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1890 NL-30-6 1891 NL-44-1 1892 NL-40-5 1893 NL-40-5 1894 NL-65-2 1895 NL-51-3 1896 NL-42-8 1897 NL-28-9 1898 NL-42-4 1900 NL-26-7 Car-454-57	Batting Wins 1890 NL-3.1-6 1891 NL-4.5-1 1892 NL-4.3-4 1893 NL-3.7-4 1894 NL-5.5-2 1895 NL-4.6-3 1896 NL-3.9-8 1897 NL-2.7-9 1898 NL-4.3-4 1900 NL-2.6-6 Car-43.9-56	Times on Base 1889 AA-262-4 1890 NL-253-2 1891 NL-288-1 1892 NL-272-4 1894 NL-355-1 1895 NL-304-2 1896 NL-303-1 1897 NL-285-1 1900 NL-283-2
Offensive Win% 1889 AA-.656-10 1890 NL-.716-6 1891 NL-.766-1 1892 NL-.750-6 1893 NL-.804-1 1894 NL-.778-6 1895 NL-.767-6 1896 NL-.751-7 1898 NL-.814-1 1900 NL-.703-9 Car-.732-41	Hit By Pitch 1889 AA-14-6 1890 NL-9-6 1893 NL-13-6 Car-89-98	At Bats per Strikeout 1893 NL-50.7-10	Oldest Player 1901 NL-35-10