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Fred Lynn League
9-19-2072
Billy Hitchcock Shortstop
Retired (1963, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .211 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .588 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 104 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 12-21-1929
HR 7 Drafted Round 4, Pick 53
(1951)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(122 games)
RBI 50
SB 23
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B- Endurance   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (92.3%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B D- (4.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1952 CIN-DET
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1953 DET
28
78
6
18
3
1
1
8
9
12 0 0
4
0 6
.644
.310
.333
.103
.231
1954 DET
38
87
7
19
1
0
1
6
4
10 2 1
4
0 2
.530
.266
.264
.046
.218
1955 DET-CHA
39
130
12
25
3
4
2
12
11
26 2 0
4
1 1
.589
.266
.323
.131
.192
1956 CHA
12
17
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4 0 0
0
0 0
.235
.118
.118
.000
.118
1959 BAL
26
33
5
8
0
0
1
10
6
7 0 2
2
0 1
.675
.341
.333
.091
.242
1960 BAL
23
48
5
11
2
1
1
5
6
8 0 0
4
2 1
.690
.315
.375
.146
.229
1961 BAL
32
49
5
9
2
0
0
3
5
15 2 1
3
0 1
.505
.281
.224
.041
.184
1962 BAL
12
39
6
9
2
0
1
4
2
8 0 0
2
0 1
.627
.268
.359
.128
.231
1963 BAL
19
12
0
3
0
1
0
2
1
3 0 1
0
0 0
.702
.286
.417
.167
.250
Total
230
494
46
104
13
7
7
50
44
93 6 5
23
3 13
.588
.281
.308
.097
.211
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Billy Hitchcock has retired from the Baltimore Buzzards
1958-10-01The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Dick Gakeler to the major league team. The Baltimore Buzzards have designated Fred Olsen for assignment. The Baltimore Buzzards have sent Henry Fusselman to the minors.
1958-07-23The Baltimore Buzzards have acquired Billy Hitchcock from the waiver wire.
1957-04-01The Chicago Thugs have waived Billy Hitchcock.
1956-09-01The Chicago Thugs have promoted Gene Strampe to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1956-08-29The Chicago Thugs have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have sent Dal Damaska to the minors.
1956-05-16The Chicago Thugs have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1956-04-08The Chicago Thugs have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have designated Craig Beard for assignment.
1956-04-01The Chicago Thugs have promoted Craig Beard to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1955-09-23The Chicago Thugs have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have designated Craig Beard for assignment.
1955-09-01The Chicago Thugs have promoted Gene Strampe to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1955-08-22The Chicago Thugs have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have designated Craig Beard for assignment.
1955-08-08The Chicago Thugs have promoted Ray Andrews to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1955-06-06The Chicago Thugs have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Chicago Thugs have designated Craig Beard for assignment.
1955-05-09The Chicago Thugs have acquired Billy Hitchcock from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Detroit Spiders have waived Billy Hitchcock.
1955-04-01The Detroit Spiders have promoted Orlando Goss to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1954-04-19The Detroit Spiders have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team.
1953-10-03The Detroit Spiders have promoted Earl Torgeson to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1953-09-24The Detroit Spiders have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Frank Bolling to the minors.
1953-06-18The Detroit Spiders have promoted Frank Bolling to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1953-05-24The Detroit Spiders have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Ben Broussard for assignment.
1953-05-16The Detroit Spiders have sent Billy Hitchcock to the minors.
1953-04-18The Detroit Spiders have promoted Billy Hitchcock to the major league team.
1953-04-04The Detroit Spiders have renamed Jack Gibson to Billy Hitchcock.
1952-05-03The Detroit Spiders have promoted Bill Bruton to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Jack Gibson to the minors.
1952-04-24A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Big Red Machine II and the Detroit Spiders. The Detroit Spiders receive Jack Gibson from the Cincinnati Big Red Machine II in exchange for Draft Pick - 1953 Round 3 (DET).
1951-06-13The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Lob Beiber to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Buddy Bell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Frank Robinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Jack Gibson to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Joe Drake to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Johnnie Walker to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Chris Mackenzie to the minors.
1951-06-10The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pee Wee Reese to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Jack Gibson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Joe Drake to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Johnnie Walker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Mackenzie to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Gus Bell to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Buddy Bell to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Frank Robinson to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Roy McMillan to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Lob Beiber to the minors.