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Bubba Phillips

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Full Name: John Melvin Phillips Primary Position: 3B,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/180 First Game: April 30, 1955
Birthdate: February 24, 1928 Final Game: September 18, 1964
Birthplace: West Point, Mississippi MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: June 22, 1993
Deathplace: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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

Bubba Phillips (John Melvin Phillips) was born on February 24, 1928 in West Point, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on April 30, 1955 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .234 with 3 home runs and 23 RBI. Phillips played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Bubba Phillips's best season was 1961, when he slugged 18 home runs and knocked in 72 runs.

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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
1955 DET A 95 184 18 43 3 23 .234 .289 .304 4 0 14 20 2 1 2 1 3
1956 CHI A 67 99 16 27 2 11 .273 .321 .394 6 0 6 12 1 1 1 0 0
1957 CHI A 121 393 38 106 7 42 .270 .322 .372 13 3 28 32 3 5 5 3 5
1958 CHI A 84 260 26 71 5 30 .273 .310 .369 10 0 15 14 1 5 3 3 10
1959 CHI A 117 379 43 100 5 40 .264 .319 .380 27 1 27 28 4 4 1 7 8
1960 CLE A 113 304 34 63 4 33 .207 .249 .299 14 1 14 37 4 5 1 3 6
1961 CLE A 143 546 64 144 18 72 .264 .305 .408 23 1 29 61 5 7 1 4 14
1962 CLE A 148 562 53 145 10 54 .258 .289 .358 26 0 20 55 7 4 4 0 17
1963 DET A 128 464 42 114 5 45 .246 .276 .310 11 2 19 42 4 5 6 1 16
1964 DET A 46 87 14 22 3 6 .253 .327 .368 1 0 10 13 0 1 1 2 2
Total 1062 3278 348 835 62 356 .255 .297 .358 135 8 182 314 31 38 25 24 81

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 DET A 3B 4 0 0 3 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1955 DET A OF 65 0 0 128 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1956 CHI A OF 35 0 0 59 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CHI A 3B 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI A 3B 97 92 799 91 227 14 18 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1957 CHI A RF 8 7 61 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI A OF 20 16 165 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1957 CHI A CF 13 9 103 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A CF 15 11 115.1 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1958 CHI A OF 37 30 276.1 84 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1958 CHI A RF 5 4 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A LF 18 15 128 40 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A 3B 47 42 356 38 86 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1959 CHI A OF 23 17 154.2 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A RF 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A CF 14 11 93.2 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A 3B 101 86 791 90 202 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 .951
1959 CHI A LF 8 5 52 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A LF 15 3 34 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 CLE A 3B 85 74 678.1 87 135 11 18 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1960 CLE A RF 7 6 50 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1960 CLE A OF 25 10 93 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1960 CLE A CF 3 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1961 CLE A 3B 143 143 1273 188 246 19 23 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1962 CLE A CF 3 3 26 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1962 CLE A OF 3 3 26 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1962 CLE A 3B 145 144 1272 175 243 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1962 CLE A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1963 DET A 3B 117 112 1014.1 116 226 14 26 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1963 DET A CF 5 3 27 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1963 DET A OF 5 3 27 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1964 DET A 3B 22 19 175 18 40 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1964 DET A LF 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 DET A OF 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 43 24 224 62 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 763 712 6358.2 808 1416 92 133 1 0 0 0 0 .960
Total OF 214 80 751 403 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total CF 53 38 374 112 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
Total RF 21 18 153 42 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Virgil Trucks (November 30, 1955).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with John Romano and Norm Cash to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Minnie Minoso, Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese and Jake Striker (December 6, 1959).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ron Nischwitz and Gordon Seyfried (November 27, 1962).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (February 16, 1965).

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