Billy Southworth
William Harold Southworth
 
 
Born: March 9, 1893 in Harvard, NE
Died: November 15, 1969 - 76 years old
Bats: L Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 170
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Manager in 2008
- High School: Harvard (Harvard, NE)
- Visit Southworth's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Right Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Babe Ruth
1914 - 1935
RF
183.8
Pl
 
155.2
-2.3
20.6
-10.3
2 Harry Heilmann
1914 - 1932
RF
72.2
Pl
WW1
 
76.8
-13.9
0.0
-9.3
3 Harry Hooper
1909 - 1925
RF
53.6
Pl
 
45.2
-4.4
0.1
-12.6
4 Sam Rice
1915 - 1934
RF
52.9
Pl
WW1
 
47.1
-4.0
0.1
-9.7
5 Kiki Cuyler
1921 - 1938
RF
46.7
Pl
WW1
 
45.8
-5.5
0.0
-6.4
6 Gavvy Cravath
1908 - 1920
RF
32.9
 
35.9
-9.5
0.0
-6.5
7 Ross Youngs
1917 - 1926
RF
32.2
Pl
 
30.9
-4.7
0.0
-6.0
8 Bing Miller
1921 - 1936
RF
28.8
WW1
 
25.6
-3.7
0.0
-7.0
9 Curt Walker
1919 - 1930
RF
21.9
WWB
 
20.0
-3.6
0.0
-5.5
10 Billy Southworth
1913 - 1929
RF
21.0
Ma
 
17.5
-1.7
0.0
-5.2
11 Casey Stengel
1912 - 1925
RF
20.0
Ma
WW1
 
20.5
-6.6
0.0
-6.1
12 Jack Tobin
1914 - 1927
RF
19.9
 
22.4
-9.9
0.0
-7.3
13 George Harper
1916 - 1929
RF
18.4
 
17.8
-3.5
0.0
-4.1
14 Braggo Roth
1914 - 1921
RF
16.8
 
19.8
-6.7
0.0
-3.6
15 Elmer Smith
1914 - 1925
RF
13.6
 
13.5
-4.5
0.0
-4.6
16 Bill Hinchman
1905 - 1920
RF
13.3
 
14.6
-5.7
0.0
-4.4
17 Max Flack
1914 - 1925
RF
11.6
 
11.0
-7.0
0.0
-7.6
18 Shano Collins
1910 - 1925
RF
11.2
 
8.2
-5.3
0.0
-8.3
19 Cliff Heathcote
1918 - 1932
RF
10.7
 
6.0
0.1
0.0
-4.7
20 Dave Robertson
1912 - 1922
RF
10.6
 
11.2
-4.9
0.0
-4.3
21 Eddie Murphy
1912 - 1926
RF
9.1
 
13.0
-7.1
0.0
-3.3
22 Frank Brower
1920 - 1924
RF
7.7
 
7.7
-2.0
0.4
-1.7
23 Al Wickland
1913 - 1919
RF
7.6
 
5.8
-0.7
0.0
-2.5
24 Tommy Griffith
1913 - 1925
RF
7.3
 
10.9
-10.9
0.0
-7.3
25 Lance Richbourg
1921 - 1932
RF
6.2
WW1
 
5.3
-1.7
0.0
-2.6
26 Greasy Neale
1916 - 1924
RF
6.2
 
4.2
-2.2
0.0
-4.1
27 Ike Boone
1922 - 1932
RF
5.9
 
7.3
-2.7
0.0
-1.3
28 Bill Barrett
1921 - 1930
RF
5.5
 
7.0
-2.8
-0.1
-1.4
29 Ray Demmitt
1909 - 1919
RF
5.1
WW1
 
6.4
-3.7
0.0
-2.4
30 Homer Summa
1920 - 1930
RF
4.2
 
5.8
-5.1
0.0
-3.5
31 Frank Welch
1919 - 1927
RF
4.0
 
4.7
-3.1
0.0
-2.5
32 Frank Gilhooley
1911 - 1919
RF
3.8
 
3.9
-1.6
0.0
-1.6
33 Ben Paschal
1915 - 1929
RF
3.2
 
4.2
-2.0
0.0
-0.9
34 Beauty McGowan
1922 - 1937
RF
1.9
 
0.9
-0.3
0.0
-1.3
35 Showboat Fisher
1923 - 1932
RF
1.4
 
1.8
-0.7
0.0
-0.4
36 Joe Wilhoit
1916 - 1919
RF
1.4
 
1.7
-1.7
0.0
-1.4
37 Joe Schultz
1912 - 1925
RF
1.3
 
3.6
-4.1
0.0
-1.9
38 Chick Shorten
1915 - 1924
RF
0.8
WW1
 
1.8
-2.4
0.0
-1.5
39 Walter French
1923 - 1929
RF
0.7
WWB
 
0.3
-0.6
0.0
-1.1
40 Pat McNulty
1922 - 1927
RF
0.6
 
1.5
-1.8
0.0
-0.9
41 Benny Meyer
1913 - 1925
RF
0.2
 
1.1
-2.6
0.0
-1.6
42 Tod Sloan
1913 - 1919
RF
0.1
 
0.5
-1.0
0.0
-0.6
43 John Donahue
1923 - 1923
RF
0.1
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
44 George Orme
1920 - 1920
RF
0.1
 
0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
45 Bert Griffith
1922 - 1924
RF
0.1
 
0.3
-0.8
0.0
-0.6
46 Ray Rohwer
1921 - 1922
RF
0.1
 
0.4
-0.5
0.0
-0.2
47 Earl Pruess
1920 - 1920
RF
0.1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
48 Ed Goebel
1922 - 1922
RF
0.0
 
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
49 Mose Solomon
1923 - 1923
RF
0.0
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
50 Joe Connolly
1921 - 1924
RF
0.0
WW1
 
0.5
-0.7
0.0
-0.2
 
  Billy Southworth
1913 - 1929
RF
21.0
Ma
 
17.5
-1.7
0.0
-5.2
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