William B. Phillips

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Full Name: William B. Phillips	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/202	First Game: May 1, 1879
Birthdate: April , 1857	Final Game: October 14, 1888
Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick (Canada)	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 7, 1900
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
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

Bill Phillips (William B. Phillips) was born on April , 1857 in St. John, New Brunswick (Canada). He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1879 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1879, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 0 home runs and 29 RBI. Phillips played for the Cleveland Spiders, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers and Kansas City Cowboys over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Phillips's best season was 1887, when he knocked in 101 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1879	CLE	N	81	365	58	99	0	29	.271	.275	.334	15	4	2	20	0	0	0	0	0
1880	CLE	N	85	334	41	85	1	36	.254	.268	.365	14	10	6	29	0	0	0	0	0
1881	CLE	N	85	357	51	97	1	44	.272	.282	.387	18	10	5	19	0	0	0	0	0
1882	CLE	N	78	335	40	87	4	47	.260	.275	.388	17	7	7	18	0	0	0	0	0
1883	CLE	N	97	382	42	94	2	40	.246	.262	.380	29	8	8	49	0	0	0	0	0
1884	CLE	N	111	464	58	128	3	46	.276	.303	.401	25	12	18	80	0	0	0	0	0
1885	BRO	a	99	391	65	118	3	63	.302	.364	.422	16	11	27	0	11	0	0	0	0
1886	BRO	a	141	585	68	160	0	72	.274	.313	.369	26	15	33	0	1	0	13	0	0
1887	BRO	a	132	533	82	142	2	101	.266	.330	.383	34	11	45	0	6	0	16	0	0
1888	KC	a	129	509	57	120	1	56	.236	.284	.320	20	10	27	0	7	0	10	0	0
Total	NL		537	2237	290	590	11	242	.264	.279	.377	118	51	46	215	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AA		501	2018	272	540	6	292	.268	.320	.371	96	47	132	0	25	0	39	0	0
Total			1038	4255	562	1130	17	534	.266	.299	.374	214	98	178	215	25	0	39	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1879	CLE	N	C	11	0	0	48	10	18	2	0	26	0	0	0	.763
1879	CLE	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1879	CLE	N	1B	75	0	0	726	22	36	23	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1880	CLE	N	1B	85	0	0	842	25	33	37	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1881	CLE	N	1B	85	0	0	806	24	29	51	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1882	CLE	N	1B	78	0	0	827	24	25	55	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1882	CLE	N	C	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1883	CLE	N	1B	97	0	0	953	22	33	53	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1884	CLE	N	1B	111	0	0	1107	30	48	59	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1885	BRO	a	1B	99	0	0	1109	24	32	40	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1886	BRO	a	1B	141	0	0	1395	33	32	65	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1887	BRO	a	1B	132	0	0	1299	46	24	62	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1888	KC	a	1B	129	0	0	1476	55	32	66	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			1B	1032	0	0	10540	305	324	511	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			C	12	0	0	51	11	18	2	0	26	0	0	0	.775
Total			OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Cleveland Spiders to Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers with Doc Bushong, John Harkins, Pete Hotaling, Bill Krieg, George Pinkney and Germany Smith for at least $4000 (for the pick of the team) (January 3, 1885).
Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Kansas City Cowboys with Jim Donahue, Bill Fagan, Frank Hankinson, Henry Porter and Steve Toole for $7000 (@January 15, 1888).

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