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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Cotton Hill Second Base
Retired (1979, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .283 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .833 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 2684 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 08-09-1940
HR 425 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1959)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(65 games)
RBI 1573
SB 250
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B+ (74.5%) Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF F  (1.5%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 4
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 11
3B F  (0.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1962 2B BRO 57 57 519.2 322 126 185 11 33 -7 5.39 .966
1963 2B BRO 140 140 1256.0 742 307 418 17 86 -11 5.20 .977
SS BRO 6 6 50.0 26 9 15 2 5 +1 4.32 .923
1964 2B BRO 148 147 1321.0 772 312 448 12 98 -18 5.18 .984
1965 2B BRO 149 149 1333.0 797 319 468 10 115 0 5.31 .987
1966 SS BRO 141 141 1248.0 716 243 462 11 106 +1 5.08 .985
2B BRO 5 5 43.0 31 18 13 0 6 +1 6.49 1.000
1B BRO 3 3 25.0 25 22 3 0 3 -1 9.00 1.000
1967 SS BRO-CHA 91 91 813.1 411 128 269 14 52 -3 4.39 .966
2B BRO-CHA 58 58 522.2 337 141 194 2 37 +3 5.77 .994
1968 2B CHA 113 113 1018.1 642 256 381 5 84 +14 5.63 .992
SS CHA 36 36 323.0 166 56 107 3 14 +2 4.54 .982
1969 2B CHA 126 126 1127.1 670 269 397 4 72 +7 5.32 .994
1970 2B CHA 149 149 1337.2 743 273 456 14 90 +9 4.90 .981
1971 2B CHA 149 149 1345.2 868 330 517 21 124 +4 5.66 .976
1972 2B CHA-BRO 146 146 1301.2 769 317 442 10 103 +8 5.25 .987
1973 2B BRO 141 140 1246.0 705 243 442 20 67 +22 4.95 .972
1B BRO 3 3 27.0 35 32 0 3 3 0 10.67 .914
SS BRO 3 3 27.0 14 6 8 0 1 -1 4.67 1.000
1974 2B BRO-BOS 118 118 1067.2 622 258 354 10 81 +1 5.16 .984
SS BRO-BOS 26 26 225.0 117 34 78 5 13 -1 4.48 .957
1975 2B BOS 95 95 848.0 468 182 280 6 52 +20 4.90 .987
SS BOS 31 31 274.0 135 44 89 2 16 -4 4.37 .985
1976 1B SF-BRO 114 114 1010.0 1109 1073 31 5 69 -4 9.84 .995
SS SF-BRO 15 15 132.1 67 23 42 2 6 -5 4.42 .970
LF SF-BRO 10 10 88.1 24 24 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
2B SF-BRO 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1977 SS BRO 144 144 1257.2 645 233 385 27 74 -18 4.42 .958
1B BRO 2 2 18.0 23 23 0 0 1 0 11.50 1.000
1978 SS BRO-MIN 41 41 364.1 197 75 113 9 22 -10 4.64 .954
1B BRO-MIN 30 30 263.0 276 265 11 0 26 +2 9.44 1.000
3B BRO-MIN 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1979 1B MIN-BRO 79 79 705.0 747 717 28 2 46 +5 9.51 .997
3B MIN-BRO 4 4 38.0 17 2 12 3 0 -2 3.32 .824
LF MIN-BRO 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
Pos Total 2B 1595 1592 14289.2 8489 3352 4995 142 1048 +53 5.26 .983
SS 534 534 4714.2 2494 851 1568 75 309 -38 4.62 .970
1B 231 231 2048.0 2215 2132 73 10 148 +2 9.69 .995
LF 11 11 96.1 26 26 0 0 0 0 2.43 1.000
3B 5 5 47.0 21 3 15 3 0 -2 3.45 .857
Total 2376 2373 21195.2 13245 6364 6651 230 1505 +15 5.53 .983
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Cotton Hill has retired from the Brooklyn Robins
1979-08-24Cotton Hill of the Brooklyn Robins is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1979-05-22A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Minnesota Maulers. The Minnesota Maulers receive Randy Errickson, Draft Pick 1980 Round 4 BRO (Watty Clarkson) from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Cotton Hill. Protest This Trade.
1978-06-18The Minnesota Maulers have removed Cotton Hill from the trade block.
1978-05-22The Minnesota Maulers have placed Cotton Hill on the trade block.
1978-05-22A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Minnesota Maulers. The Minnesota Maulers receive Cotton Hill, Jake Karp from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Ed Roser.
1976-04-03A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Seals and the Brooklyn Robins. The Brooklyn Robins receive Cotton Hill from the San Francisco Seals in exchange for Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 BRO (Dick Smith).
1976-04-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Bulldogs and the San Francisco Seals. The San Francisco Seals receive Joe Linares, Cotton Hill, Tom Viola, Hi Moreno, Craig Carreno, Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 BOS (Punch Judith) from the Boston Bulldogs in exchange for Randy Errickson, Art Gaston, Brian Werley, Chet Cusick.
1975-08-30Cotton Hill of the Boston Bulldogs is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1974-05-03A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Boston Bulldogs. The Boston Bulldogs receive Cotton Hill from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Draft Pick 1975 Round 1 CHA (Dick Gerhart).
1974-04-30The Brooklyn Robins have placed Cotton Hill on the trade block.
1974-04-08The Brooklyn Robins have removed Cotton Hill from the trade block.
1974-04-04The Brooklyn Robins have placed Cotton Hill on the trade block.
1972-05-19A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cardinals and the Brooklyn Robins. The Brooklyn Robins receive Orber Pitts, Izzy Lyons, Cotton Hill, Joe Nealon, Monte Anderson, Nate Daley from the Chicago Cardinals in exchange for John Cochran, Jack Coombs, Tom Siemer, Jim Foster, Larry Schwamb.
1969-07-15Cotton Hill of the Chicago Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1967-04-27A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Chicago Cardinals. The Chicago Cardinals receive Cotton Hill from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for John LaRoche, Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CHA (Doc Elster).
1962-07-24The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Cotton Hill to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have designated Bob Penny for assignment.
1962-04-20The Brooklyn Robins have renamed Tom Todt to Cotton Hill.