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Billy Zitzmann
	William Arthur Zitzmann


	Born: November 19, 1895 in Long Island City, NY
	Died: May 29, 1985 - 89 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'10"	Wt: 175

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from PIT in 1919

Comparison

Left Fielders				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Al Simmons	1924 - 1944	LF	68.6	Pl		62.3	-1.1	0.0	-7.5
2	Goose Goslin	1921 - 1938	LF	66.1	Pl		61.3	-4.7	0.0	-9.5
3	Zack Wheat	1909 - 1927	LF	60.0	Pl		54.5	-7.0	0.0	-12.5
4	Bobby Veach	1912 - 1925	LF	47.7			44.6	-6.3	-0.0	-9.4
5	Heinie Manush	1923 - 1939	LF	45.8	Pl		45.9	-7.7	0.0	-7.6
6	Ken Williams	1915 - 1929	LF	42.5			40.4	-3.6	0.0	-5.7
7	George Burns	1911 - 1925	LF	39.4			32.2	-2.6	0.0	-9.8
8	Riggs Stephenson	1921 - 1934	LF	32.1			34.0	-5.2	0.0	-3.3
9	Chick Hafey	1924 - 1937	LF	30.1	Pl		31.3	-5.6	0.0	-4.4
10	Bob Meusel	1920 - 1930	LF	27.7			26.8	-4.8	0.0	-5.6
11	Lefty O'Doul	1919 - 1934	LF	25.3			28.8	-5.3	-1.7	-3.5
12	Charlie Jamieson	1915 - 1932	LF	22.7			22.0	-6.0	-1.1	-7.8
13	Bibb Falk	1920 - 1931	LF	22.5		WW2	22.5	-5.7	0.0	-5.7
14	Irish Meusel	1914 - 1927	LF	21.7			22.9	-7.2	0.0	-5.9
15	Rube Bressler	1914 - 1932	LF	20.2			18.0	-3.4	1.2	-4.4
16	Ray Blades	1922 - 1932	LF	15.0		WW1	14.2	-2.0	0.0	-2.8
17	Bob Fothergill	1922 - 1933	LF	14.2			15.7	-5.1	0.0	-3.7
18	Les Mann	1913 - 1928	LF	13.8			14.2	-7.2	0.0	-6.8
19	Carson Bigbee	1916 - 1926	LF	11.7		WW1	8.6	-2.0	0.0	-5.1
20	Pat Duncan	1915 - 1924	LF	9.4		WW1	8.4	-2.4	0.0	-3.4
21	Clyde Barnhart	1920 - 1928	LF	8.8			8.3	-1.3	0.0	-1.9
22	Howie Shanks	1912 - 1925	LF	8.6			9.2	-0.9	0.0	-0.3
23	Walton Cruise	1914 - 1924	LF	8.4		WW1	9.8	-4.8	0.0	-3.4
24	Freddy Leach	1923 - 1932	LF	8.1			9.4	-4.7	0.0	-3.4
25	Al Wingo	1919 - 1928	LF	6.5			7.6	-2.6	0.0	-1.5
26	Hack Miller	1916 - 1925	LF	5.7			5.8	-1.5	0.0	-1.4
27	Joe Evans	1915 - 1925	LF	3.1			3.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
28	Bill Lamar	1917 - 1927	LF	2.6			3.4	-2.9	0.0	-2.1
29	Cliff Lee	1919 - 1926	LF	2.6			4.6	-3.5	0.0	-1.4
30	Gus Felix	1923 - 1927	LF	1.7			1.7	-2.1	0.0	-2.1
31	Johnny Mokan	1921 - 1927	LF	0.6			4.0	-5.8	0.0	-2.4
32	Wally Shaner	1923 - 1929	LF	0.5			0.8	-1.0	0.0	-0.7
33	Denver Grigsby	1923 - 1925	LF	0.2			-0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.8
34	Spoke Emery	1924 - 1924	LF	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Bill Bagwell	1923 - 1925	LF	-0.0		WW1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
36	Butch Weis	1922 - 1925	LF	-0.1			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
37	Fred Bratschi	1921 - 1927	LF	-0.3			-0.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
38	Frank Wilson	1924 - 1928	LF	-0.7			-0.7	-0.6	0.0	-0.6
39	Bevo LeBourveau	1919 - 1929	LF	-0.7			0.6	-2.4	0.0	-1.1
40	Wattie Holm	1924 - 1932	LF	-0.8			-0.1	-1.4	0.0	-0.7
41	Ed Clough	1924 - 1926	LF	-0.9			-0.3	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0
42	Herschel Bennett	1923 - 1927	LF	-0.9		WW1	-0.5	-1.3	0.0	-0.9
43	Fritz Henrich	1924 - 1924	LF	-1.5			-0.9	-0.8	0.0	-0.2
44	Denny Williams	1921 - 1928	LF	-1.6			-1.2	-0.8	0.0	-0.3
45	Marty Callaghan	1922 - 1930	LF	-1.7			-1.2	-1.2	0.0	-0.8
46	Billy Zitzmann	1919 - 1929	LF	-1.8			-0.7	-2.1	0.0	-1.1
47	Cedric Durst	1922 - 1930	LF	-2.5			-2.5	-1.4	0.0	-1.3

	Billy Zitzmann	1919 - 1929	LF	-1.8			-0.7	-2.1	0.0	-1.1

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com