Billy Hamilton Stats

Billy Hamilton was born on Thursday, February 15, 1866, in Newark, New Jersey. Hamilton was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 31, 1888, with the Kansas City Blues. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Hamilton baseball stats page.
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Billy Hamilton
 
 
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Birth Name:   William Robert Hamilton
Nickname:   Billy or Sliding Billy
Born On:   02-15-1866  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Newark, New Jersey
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-15-1940 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Worcester, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Eastwood Cemetery, South Lancaster, Massachusetts Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   07-31-1888 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-16-1901
Draft:   Not Applicable
Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1888 22 Blues 35 129 21 34 4 4 0 0 11 4 - - - - 4 - .264 .307 .357
1889 23 Blues 137 534 144 161 17 12 3 0 77 87 - 41 - - 14 - .301 .413 .395
1890 24 Phillies 123 496 133 161 13 9 2 0 49 83 - 37 - - 9 - .325 .430 .399
1891 25 Phillies 133 527 141 179 23 7 2 0 60 102 - 28 - - 7 - .340 .453 .421
1892 26 Phillies 139 554 132 183 21 7 3 1 53 81 - 29 - - 8 - .330 .423 .410
1893 27 Phillies 82 355 110 135 22 7 5 0 44 63 - 7 - - 13 - .380 .490 .524
1894 28 Phillies 129 544 192 220 25 15 4 0 87 126 - 17 7 - 9 - .404 .523 .528
1895 29 Phillies 123 517 166 201 22 6 7 0 74 96 - 30 9 - 7 - .389 .490 .495
1896 30 Beaneaters 131 523 152 191 24 9 3 0 52 110 - 29 6 - 2 - .365 .477 .463
1897 31 Beaneaters 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 0 61 105 - - 4 - 6 - .343 .461 .414
1898 32 Beaneaters 110 417 110 154 16 5 3 0 50 87 - - 2 - 2 - .369 .480 .453
1899 33 Beaneaters 84 297 63 92 7 1 1 0 33 72 - - 5 - 1 - .310 .446 .350
1900 34 Beaneaters 136 520 103 173 20 5 1 0 47 107 - - 5 - 3 - .333 .449 .396
1901 35 Beaneaters 102 348 71 100 11 2 3 0 38 64 - - 9 - 4 - .287 .404 .356
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,591 6,268 1,690 2,158 242 94 40 1 736 1,187 - 218 47 - 89 - .344 .455 .432
Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1888 Blues OF 35 - - 51 1.5 49 45 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00
1889 Blues OF 137 - - 259 1.9 222 202 20 37 6 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1890 Phillies OF 123 - - 289 2.3 255 232 23 34 4 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00
1891 Phillies OF 133 - - 335 2.5 304 287 17 31 7 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00
1892 Phillies OF 139 - - 345 2.5 317 291 26 28 7 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00
1893 Phillies OF 82 - - 252 3.1 236 228 8 16 6 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00
1894 Phillies OF 129 - - 390 3.0 376 361 15 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00
1895 Phillies OF 123 - - 355 2.9 324 313 11 31 5 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00
1896 Beaneaters OF 131 - - 304 2.3 284 276 8 20 2 n/a n/a n/a .934 0.00
1897 Beaneaters CF 126 - - 318 2.5 306 296 10 12 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00
1898 Beaneaters CF 110 - - 218 2.0 197 189 8 21 2 n/a n/a n/a .904 0.00
1899 Beaneaters OF 81 - - 186 2.3 177 166 11 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00
1900 Beaneaters CF 136 - - 359 2.6 340 326 14 19 6 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00
1901 Beaneaters OF 99 - - 253 2.6 239 232 7 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
OF Totals 1,212 0 0 3,019 2.5 2,783 2,633 150 236 47 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00
CF Totals 372 0 0 895 2.4 843 811 32 52 8 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00
14 Years 1,584 - - 3,914 2.5 3,626 3,444 182 288 55 n/a n/a n/a .926 0.00
Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1888 Blues 19 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 11.7 - - -
1889 Blues 111 - - 0 0 n/a 178.0 13.0 6.9 - - -
1890 Phillies 102 - - 0 0 n/a 248.0 13.4 10.1 - - -
1891 Phillies 111 - - 0 0 n/a 263.5 18.8 8.8 - - -
1892 Phillies 57 - - 0 0 n/a 184.7 19.1 10.5 - - -
1893 Phillies 43 - - 0 0 n/a 71.0 50.7 8.1 - - -
1894 Phillies 98 - - 0 0 n/a 136.0 32.0 6.3 - - -
1895 Phillies 97 - - 0 0 n/a 73.9 17.2 7.0 - - -
1896 Beaneaters 83 - - 0 0 n/a 174.3 18.0 10.1 - - -
1897 Beaneaters 66 - - 0 0 n/a 169.0 0.0 8.3 - - -
1898 Beaneaters 54 - - 0 0 n/a 139.0 0.0 8.3 - - -
1899 Beaneaters 19 - - 0 0 n/a 297.0 0.0 9.0 - - -
1900 Beaneaters 32 - - 0 0 n/a 520.0 0.0 11.1 - - -
1901 Beaneaters 20 - - 0 0 n/a 116.0 0.0 9.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 912 - - 0 0 n/a 156.7 28.8 8.5 - - -
Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1888 Kansas City Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Kansas City Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $3,400.00 n/a n/a
1893 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $1,800.00 n/a n/a
1894 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,100.00 n/a n/a
1895 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Boston Beaneaters n/a $2,400.00 n/a n/a
1900 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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