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Billy Southworth
William Harold Southworth

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 4, 1913
Final Game July 9, 1929
Born March 9, 1893 in Harvard, NE
Died November 15, 1969 in Columbus, OH

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Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 20 CLE AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
 1915 22 CLE AL  60  177   25   39   2  5   0    8   2  4  36  12  .220  .352  .288   90   51   1           0    
 1918 25 PIT NL  64  246   37   84   5  7   2   43  19     26   9  .341  .409  .443  156  109   1           2    
 1919 26 PIT NL 121  453   56  127  14 14   4   61  23     32  22  .280  .329  .400  115  181  16           1    
 1920 27 PIT NL 146  546   64  155  17 13   2   53  23 25  52  20  .284  .348  .374  105  204  17           2    
 1921 28 BSN NL 141  569   86  175  25 15   7   79  22 20  36  13  .308  .351  .441  114  251  35           2    
 1922 29 BSN NL  43  158   27   51   4  4   4   18   4  1  18   1  .323  .392  .475  126   75   6           0    
 1923 30 BSN NL 153  611   95  195  29 16   6   78  14 16  61  23  .319  .383  .448  122  274  18           2    
 1924 31 NYG NL  94  281   40   72  13  0   3   36   1  6  32  16  .256  .332  .335   81   94  12           0    
 1925 32 NYG NL 123  473   79  138  19  5   6   44   6 13  51  11  .292  .363  .391   96  185  11           2    
 1926 33 TOT NL 135  507   99  162  28  7  16   99  14     33  10  .320  .365  .497  127  252  23           3     MVP-19
         NYG NL  36  116   23   38   6  1   5   30   1      7   1  .328  .366  .526  139   61   4           0    
         STL NL  99  391   76  124  22  6  11   69  13     26   9  .317  .364  .488  124  191  19           3    
 1927 34 STL NL  92  306   52   92  15  5   2   39  10     23   7  .301  .350  .402   98  123  12           0    
 1929 36 STL NL  19   32    1    6   2  0   0    3   0      2   4  .188  .235  .250   20    8   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1192 4359  661 1296 173 91  52  561 138 85 402 148  .297  .359  .415  111 1807 152   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   90  176  24 12   7   76  19 12  55  20  .297  .359  .415  111  246  21   0   0   2   0
 Career High    153  611   99  195  29 16  16   99  23 25  61  23  .341  .409  .497  156  274  35   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 20 CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1915 22 CLE AL  214  143   17   3.2    85| .220  .257| .352  .336| .288  .338| .640  .674|  90  .467  -0.9  -0.1  33%
 1918 25 PIT NL  275  163   44   7.3    82| .341  .265| .409  .323| .443  .342| .852  .664| 156  .799  17.0   1.9     
 1919 26 PIT NL  502  342   59   4.7    85| .280  .269| .329  .324| .400  .353| .729  .677| 115  .622   6.7   0.7     
 1920 27 PIT NL  617  433   66   4.2    93| .284  .280| .348  .334| .374  .372| .722  .706| 105  .533   3.6   0.4  47%
 1921 28 BSN NL  642  449   83   5.0   101| .308  .290| .351  .340| .441  .400| .792  .740| 114  .533  10.6   1.0  52%
 1922 29 BSN NL  182  114   30   7.0   108| .323  .296| .392  .354| .475  .412| .867  .765| 126  .657   6.2   0.6  80%
 1923 30 BSN NL  692  450  101   6.0   104| .319  .288| .383  .346| .448  .401| .831  .748| 122  .608  20.4   2.0  46%
 1924 31 NYG NL  325  227   30   3.6   101| .256  .286| .332  .341| .335  .399| .667  .740|  81  .387  -6.0  -0.6  14%
 1925 32 NYG NL  537  359   63   4.7   111| .292  .295| .363  .352| .391  .421| .754  .774|  96  .461  -1.1  -0.1  31%
 1926 33 TOT NL  566  368   91   6.6   105| .320  .290| .365  .351| .497  .403| .862  .754| 127  .665  17.8   1.8     
         NYG NL  127   82   22   7.1   102| .328  .286| .366  .346| .526  .396| .892  .742| 139  .698   5.7   0.6     
         STL NL  439  286   69   6.4   106| .317  .292| .364  .353| .488  .405| .852  .757| 124  .655  12.1   1.2     
 1927 34 STL NL  341  226   43   5.1   107| .301  .294| .350  .353| .402  .405| .752  .758|  98  .548  -1.1  -0.1     
 1929 36 STL NL   34   26    2   2.0   122| .188  .306| .235  .370| .250  .445| .485  .815|  20  .142  -4.1  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4927 3300  629   5.1    99| .297  .285| .359  .342| .415  .390| .774  .731| 111  .572  69.0   7.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1913 20 CLE AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00            
 1915 22 CLE AL  OF   44     90    7    6    3  .942  .958  2.20  1.98               10   30    4
 1918 25 PIT NL  OF   64    137   12    3    4  .980  .962  2.33  2.13                0    0   64
 1919 26 PIT NL  OF  121    253   17    9    5  .968  .964  2.23  2.18               75    0   46
 1920 27 PIT NL  OF  142    337   12    3    3  .991  .964  2.46  2.21                0    0  142
 1921 28 BSN NL  OF  141    288   25    8    6  .975  .965  2.22  2.24                0    0  141
 1922 29 BSN NL  OF   41    100    7    5    0  .955  .962  2.61  2.26                0    0   41
 1923 30 BSN NL  OF  151    326   22   21    6  .943  .964  2.30  2.28                0    0  151
                 2B    2      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  3.50  5.55            
 1924 31 NYG NL  OF   75    167    5   12    2  .935  .965  2.29  2.24                1   51   19
 1925 32 NYG NL  OF  119    289    7   11    1  .964  .967  2.49  2.33                0  117    2
 1926 33 TOT NL  OF  128    290    7    9    1  .971  .965  2.32  2.26                7   16  107
         NYG NL  OF   29     62    2    2    1  .970  .965  2.21  2.26                7   16    8
         STL NL  OF   99    228    5    7    0  .971  .965  2.35  2.26                0    0   99
 1927 34 STL NL  OF   83    153    6    5    2  .970  .970  1.92  2.35                0    0   83
 1929 36 STL NL  OF    5     12    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.40  2.38                0    0    5

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1923 30 BSN NL  2B    2      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  3.50  5.55            

 1913 20 CLE AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00            
 1915 22 CLE AL  OF   44     90    7    6    3  .942  .958  2.20  1.98               10   30    4
 1918 25 PIT NL  OF   64    137   12    3    4  .980  .962  2.33  2.13                0    0   64
 1919 26 PIT NL  OF  121    253   17    9    5  .968  .964  2.23  2.18               75    0   46
 1920 27 PIT NL  OF  142    337   12    3    3  .991  .964  2.46  2.21                0    0  142
 1921 28 BSN NL  OF  141    288   25    8    6  .975  .965  2.22  2.24                0    0  141
 1922 29 BSN NL  OF   41    100    7    5    0  .955  .962  2.61  2.26                0    0   41
 1923 30 BSN NL  OF  151    326   22   21    6  .943  .964  2.30  2.28                0    0  151
 1924 31 NYG NL  OF   75    167    5   12    2  .935  .965  2.29  2.24                1   51   19
 1925 32 NYG NL  OF  119    289    7   11    1  .964  .967  2.49  2.33                0  117    2
 1926 33 TOT NL  OF  128    290    7    9    1  .971  .965  2.32  2.26                7   16  107
         NYG NL  OF   29     62    2    2    1  .970  .965  2.21  2.26                7   16    8
         STL NL  OF   99    228    5    7    0  .971  .965  2.35  2.26                0    0   99
 1927 34 STL NL  OF   83    153    6    5    2  .970  .970  1.92  2.35                0    0   83
 1929 36 STL NL  OF    5     12    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.40  2.38                0    0    5

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1115   2442  127   92   33  .965  .965  2.30  2.24               93  214  805
                 2B    2      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  3.50  5.55            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1117   2445  131   93   33  .965  .965  2.31  2.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   5   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   7  29   6  10  1  1  1   4   0   0  .345  .345  .552   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  12  30   7  10  1  1  1   4   0   0  .333  .333  .533   1  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-19-0.06
Car-1033-0.06 shares

Slugging %
1926 NL-.497-8

Games
1923 NL-153-4

At Bats
1923 NL-611-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1923 NL-692-6

Runs
1926 NL-99-3

Hits
1923 NL-195-6

Total Bases
1923 NL-274-10
1926 NL-252-9

Triples
1919 NL-14-1
1920 NL-13-8
1921 NL-15-8
1923 NL-16-4

Home Runs
1926 NL-16-5

RBI
1919 NL-61-8
1926 NL-99-4

Bases on Balls
1920 NL-52-8
1923 NL-61-8

Stolen Bases
1920 NL-23-7
1921 NL-22-6
1926 NL-14-9

Singles
1923 NL-144-8

Runs Created
1926 NL-91-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1918 NL-17-9

Batting Wins
1918 NL-1.9-9

Extra-Base Hits
1926 NL-51-8

Times on Base
1923 NL-258-6

Sac. Hits
1921 NL-35-2
1923 NL-18-10
1926 NL-23-10

Caught Stealing
1920 NL-25-1
1921 NL-20-3
1923 NL-16-8
1925 NL-13-3

Power/Speed Number
1921 NL-10.6-9
1926 NL-14.9-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1921 NL-43.8-3
1925 NL-43.0-2
1926 NL-50.7-3
Car-29.5-26

At Bats per Home Run
1926 NL-31.7-3

Outs
1921 NL-449-9
1923 NL-450-6

          

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (649) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1053) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 23, 1921: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Walter Barbare, Fred Nicholson, and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Rabbit Maranville.

November 12, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Joe Oeschger to the New York Giants for Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft, and Bill Cunningham.

June 14, 1926: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Heinie Mueller.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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