Billy Hamilton
William Robert Hamilton
(Sliding Billy)
 
Born: February 16, 1866 in Newark, NJ
Died: December 16, 1940 - 74 years old
Bats: L Throws: R Ht: 5'6" Wt: 165
(legend)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1961
- Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from Worcester in 1888

Overall

Multi-Team Years
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr
Tm
Lg
KC2
AA
22.4
RF
137
-
 
0.2
0.3
-0.3
0.0
-0.2
4.4
3.9
0.5
0.0
1.8
1.8
-0.0
0.0
KC2
AA
23.4
RF
635
-
 
3.0
3.4
-1.1
0.0
-0.8
24.5
23.3
1.2
0.0
13.4
13.9
-0.5
0.0
PHI
NL
24.4
LF
588
-
 
4.3
4.6
-0.9
0.0
-0.7
25.2
22.6
2.5
0.0
15.0
14.5
0.5
0.0
PHI
NL
25.4
LF
636
-
 
6.5
6.2
-0.4
0.0
-0.7
35.7
32.3
3.4
0.0
24.1
23.0
1.1
0.0
PHI
NL
26.4
LF
643
-
 
6.1
5.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.8
26.5
22.2
4.3
0.0
14.7
12.7
2.0
0.0
PHI
NL
27.4
CF
431
-
 
5.0
4.5
0.1
0.0
-0.4
20.3
17.9
2.4
0.0
12.3
11.8
0.5
0.0
PHI
NL
28.4
CF
679
-
 
8.2
7.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.5
29.6
26.3
3.3
0.0
16.6
16.7
-0.1
0.0
PHI
NL
29.4
CF
629
-
 
6.2
6.4
-0.7
0.0
-0.5
30.5
28.1
2.4
0.0
18.4
19.2
-0.8
0.0
BSN
NL
30.4
CF
641
-
 
5.7
5.7
-0.6
0.0
-0.6
30.7
26.4
4.3
0.0
18.4
17.0
1.4
0.0
BSN
NL
31.4
CF
622
-
 
4.8
4.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.5
28.5
23.2
5.4
0.0
16.5
14.1
2.4
0.0
BSN
NL
32.4
CF
508
-
 
4.6
5.2
-1.1
0.0
-0.5
28.9
26.8
2.1
0.0
18.9
19.2
-0.3
0.0
BSN
NL
33.4
CF
375
-
 
2.0
1.8
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
13.6
10.9
2.7
0.0
6.3
5.3
1.0
0.0
BSN
NL
34.4
CF
635
-
 
4.2
3.7
0.0
0.0
-0.5
23.7
17.9
5.8
0.0
11.5
8.6
2.9
0.0
BSN
NL
35.4
CF
425
-
 
2.4
2.1
0.0
0.0
-0.3
15.2
10.9
4.4
0.0
6.6
4.4
2.2
0.0
14
3
CF
7584
-
  
63.1
61.2
-5.2
0.0
-7.1
337.3
292.7
44.6
0.0
194.5
182.2
12.2
0.0
162 Game Average
772
-
  
6.4
6.2
-0.5
0.0
-0.7
  
34.3
29.8
4.5
0.0
  
19.8
18.6
1.2
0.0
 
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr Tm    
2
RF
772
-
 
3.1
3.6
-1.4
0.0
-0.9
28.8
27.1
1.7
0.0
15.2
15.8
-0.6
0.0
6
LF
3606
-
 
36.3
34.8
-2.0
0.0
-3.5
167.8
149.5
18.3
0.0
101.0
97.8
3.3
0.0
6
CF
3206
-
 
23.7
22.9
-1.9
0.0
-2.7
140.7
116.1
24.6
0.0
78.2
68.7
9.5
0.0
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James