Billy Consolo

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Full Name: William Angelo Consolo	Primary Position: SS,2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: April 20, 1953
Birthdate: August 18, 1934	Final Game: September 30, 1962
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Consolo (William Angelo Consolo) was born on August 18, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1953 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .227 with 1 home run and 11 RBI. Consolo played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1953	BOS	A	47	65	9	14	1	6	.215	.239	.323	2	1	2	23	0	0	1	0	0
1954	BOS	A	91	242	23	55	1	11	.227	.324	.277	7	1	33	69	2	1	2	0	4
1955	BOS	A	8	18	4	4	0	0	.222	.391	.222	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	1
1956	BOS	A	48	11	13	2	0	1	.182	.357	.182	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	A	68	196	26	53	4	19	.270	.345	.372	6	1	23	48	0	2	1	0	4
1958	BOS	A	46	72	13	9	0	5	.125	.192	.181	2	1	6	14	0	0	0	0	3
1959	WAS	A	79	202	25	43	0	10	.213	.332	.267	5	3	36	54	0	6	1	0	3
1959	BOS	A	10	14	3	3	0	0	.214	.313	.286	1	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0
1959	TOT	A	89	216	28	46	0	10	.213	.331	.269	6	3	38	59	0	7	1	0	3
1960	WAS	A	100	174	23	36	3	15	.207	.310	.305	4	2	25	29	1	3	1	1	5
1961	MIN	A	11	5	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1962	PHI	N	13	5	3	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	LA	A	28	20	4	2	0	0	.100	.217	.100	0	0	3	11	0	0	2	0	1
1962	KC	A	54	154	11	37	0	16	.240	.337	.292	4	2	23	33	0	5	1	2	2
1962	Total		95	179	18	41	0	16	.229	.325	.274	4	2	26	45	0	5	3	2	3
1962	TOT	A	82	174	15	39	0	16	.224	.323	.270	4	2	26	44	0	5	3	2	3
Total	NL		13	5	3	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		590	1173	155	258	9	83	.220	.315	.288	31	11	161	296	3	18	9	3	24
Total			603	1178	158	260	9	83	.221	.315	.289	31	11	161	297	3	18	9	3	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1953	BOS	A	3B	16	0	0	3	18	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.808
1953	BOS	A	2B	11	0	0	23	29	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1954	BOS	A	SS	50	0	0	79	123	10	24	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1954	BOS	A	3B	18	0	0	10	41	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1954	BOS	A	2B	12	0	0	24	20	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1955	BOS	A	2B	4	0	0	11	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1956	BOS	A	2B	25	0	0	9	14	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1957	BOS	A	2B	16	14	118.2	29	37	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1957	BOS	A	3B	2	1	12.2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	BOS	A	SS	42	38	350.2	61	149	15	30	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1958	BOS	A	2B	13	8	79	20	17	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.925
1958	BOS	A	SS	11	11	94.2	17	38	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1958	BOS	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	WAS	A	SS	75	66	561.1	111	229	17	44	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1959	WAS	A	2B	4	4	27	9	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BOS	A	SS	2	2	18	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1959	TOT	A	SS	77	68	579.1	117	232	19	45	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1960	WAS	A	SS	83	47	469.1	83	158	16	36	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1960	WAS	A	2B	12	4	61.2	14	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1960	WAS	A	3B	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	MIN	A	2B	4	0	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	MIN	A	SS	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	MIN	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	PHI	N	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	LA	A	2B	1	0	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	3B	20	1	43.2	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1962	LA	A	SS	4	1	16	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1962	KC	A	SS	48	42	381.2	72	120	10	25	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1962	Total		3B	21	1	45.2	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1962	TOT	A	SS	52	43	397.2	73	130	12	25	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			3B	61	2	66.1	19	70	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	.908
Total			SS	318	207	1896.2	430	830	74	169	0	0	0	0	0	.945
Total			2B	102	30	300.1	145	160	13	44	0	0	0	0	0	.959

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Boston Red Sox (February 2, 1953).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Murray Wall to Washington Senators in exchange for Herb Plews and Dick Hyde (June 11, 1959); Dick Hyde returned to Washington Senators and Murray Wall returned to Boston Red Sox (June 14, 1959).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Billy Martin (June 1, 1961).
Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Milwaukee Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1961).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Los Angeles Angels (May 8, 1962).
Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Athletics from Los Angeles Angels (June 26, 1962).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (November 2, 1962).

[edit] Trivia

Broke into the league at 18 and was the fourth youngest player in 1953

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