Billy Southworth

Full Name: William Harold Southworth	Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170	First Game: August 4, 1913
Birthdate: March 9, 1893	Final Game: July 9, 1929
Birthplace: Harvard, Nebraska	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: November 15, 1969
Deathplace: Columbus, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Billy Southworth (William Harold Southworth) was born on March 9, 1893 in Harvard, Nebraska. He made his Major League debut on August 4, 1913 for the Cleveland Naps. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .220 with 0 home runs and 8 RBI. Southworth played for the Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 13 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Billy Southworth's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1926, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .320 average and knocked in 99 runs. However, others believe that it was 1921, when he hit for a .308 average and knocked in 79 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1913	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	CLE	A	60	177	25	39	0	8	.220	.352	.288	2	5	36	12	0	1	2
1918	PIT	N	64	246	37	84	2	43	.341	.409	.443	5	7	26	9	2	1	19
1919	PIT	N	121	453	56	127	4	61	.280	.329	.400	14	14	32	22	1	16	23
1920	PIT	N	146	546	64	155	2	53	.284	.348	.374	17	13	52	20	2	17	23
1921	BOS	N	141	569	86	175	7	79	.308	.351	.441	25	15	36	13	2	35	22
1922	BOS	N	43	158	27	51	4	18	.323	.392	.475	4	4	18	1	0	6	4
1923	BOS	N	153	611	95	195	6	78	.319	.383	.448	29	16	61	23	2	18	14
1924	NY	N	94	281	40	72	3	36	.256	.332	.335	13	0	32	16	0	12	1
1925	NY	N	123	473	79	138	6	44	.292	.363	.391	19	5	51	11	2	11	6
1926	STL	N	99	391	76	124	11	69	.317	.364	.488	22	6	26	9	3	19	13
1926	NY	N	36	116	23	38	5	30	.328	.366	.526	6	1	7	1	0	4	1
1926	TOT	N	135	507	99	162	16	99	.320	.365	.497	28	7	33	10	3	23	14
1927	STL	N	92	306	52	92	2	39	.301	.350	.402	15	5	23	7	0	12	10
1929	STL	N	19	32	1	6	0	3	.188	.235	.250	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		1131	4182	636	1257	52	553	.301	.359	.420	171	86	366	136	14	151	136
Total	AL		61	177	25	39	0	8	.220	.352	.288	2	5	36	12	0	1	2
Total			1192	4359	661	1296	52	561	.297	.359	.415	173	91	402	148	14	152	138

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1913	CLE	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1915	CLE	A	OF	44	0	0	90	7	6	3	.942
1918	PIT	N	OF	64	0	0	137	12	3	4	.980
1919	PIT	N	OF	121	0	0	253	17	9	5	.968
1920	PIT	N	OF	142	0	0	337	12	3	3	.991
1921	BOS	N	RF	141	141	9	288	25	8	6	.975
1921	BOS	N	OF	141	0	0	288	25	8	6	.975
1922	BOS	N	RF	41	41	171.2	100	7	5	0	.955
1922	BOS	N	OF	41	41	171.2	100	7	5	0	.955
1923	BOS	N	OF	151	0	0	326	22	21	6	.943
1923	BOS	N	2B	2	0	0	3	4	1	0	.875
1924	NY	N	OF	75	0	0	167	5	12	2	.935
1925	NY	N	OF	119	0	0	289	7	11	1	.964
1926	STL	N	OF	99	0	0	228	5	7	0	.971
1926	NY	N	OF	29	0	0	62	2	2	1	.970
1926	TOT	N	OF	128	0	0	290	7	9	1	.971
1926	TOT	N	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1927	STL	N	OF	83	0	0	153	6	5	2	.970
1929	STL	N	OF	5	0	0	12	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	2	0	0	3	4	1	0	.875
Total			OF	1115	182	180.2	2442	127	92	33	.965
Total			RF	182	182	180.2	388	32	13	6	.970

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Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Fred Nicholson, Walter Barbare and $15000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Rabbit Maranville (January 23, 1921).
Traded by Boston Braves with Joe Oeschger to New York Giants in exchange for Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft and Bill Cunningham (November 12, 1923).
Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Heinie Mueller (June 14, 1926).

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