Bill Hill

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Full Name: William Cicero Hill	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/201	First Game: April 18, 1896
Birthdate: August 2, 1874	Final Game: September 13, 1899
Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: January 28, 1938
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on August 2, 1874 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Bill Hill (William Cicero Hill) played for the Louisville Colonels, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Spiders, Brooklyn Superbas and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 4 year career. Hill broke into the bigs on April 18, 1896 with the Louisville Colonels, and put up a 4.31 ERA in 319.2 innings pitched in 1896, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Hill's best season was 1898, when he posted a 3.98 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 75 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1896	LOU	N	43	39	9	28	4.31	104	229	153	32	0	2	319.2	353	14	155	0	9	0
1897	LOU	N	27	26	7	17	3.62	55	127	80	20	1	0	199	209	6	69	0	1	20
1898	CIN	N	33	32	13	14	3.98	75	146	116	26	2	0	262	261	3	119	0	5	17
1899	CLE	N	11	10	3	6	6.97	26	67	56	7	0	0	72.1	96	0	39	0	2	4
1899	BRO	N	2	1	1	0	.82	3	3	1	1	0	1	11	11	0	6	0	0	0
1899	BAL	N	8	7	3	4	3.25	17	35	22	6	0	0	61	64	1	18	0	3	3
1899	TOT	N	21	18	7	10	4.93	46	105	79	14	0	1	144.1	171	1	63	0	5	7
Total			124	115	36	69	4.16	280	607	428	92	3	3	925	994	24	406	0	20	44

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1896	LOU	N	P	43	0	0	13	95	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1897	LOU	N	P	27	0	0	14	53	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1898	CIN	N	P	33	0	0	6	67	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1899	CLE	N	P	11	0	0	1	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1899	BRO	N	P	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1899	BAL	N	P	8	0	0	3	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1899	TOT	N	P	21	0	0	4	40	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.846
Total			P	124	0	0	37	255	34	15	0	0	0	0	0	.896

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1896	LOU	N	43	116	11	24	0	5	.207	.240	.207	0	0	5	23	0	4	1	0	0
1897	LOU	N	27	74	5	7	0	4	.095	.141	.122	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0
1898	CIN	N	33	98	10	13	0	3	.133	.190	.143	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
1899	CLE	N	11	31	2	4	0	0	.129	.156	.129	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1899	BRO	N	2	5	1	3	0	2	.600	.600	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1899	BAL	N	8	24	2	7	0	4	.292	.346	.292	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1899	TOT	N	21	60	5	14	0	6	.233	.270	.267	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			124	348	31	58	0	18	.167	.210	.181	1	2	17	23	2	6	2	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Louisville Colonels to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Red Ehret, Dummy Hoy and Claude Ritchey (February 3, 1898).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with $3500 to St. Louis Perfectos in exchange for Jack Taylor (October 11, 1898).
Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Kid Carsey, Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Joe Sugden, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker (March 29, 1899).

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