Bill Hinchman
1905–1920 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates
908G
.261AVG
.336OBP
.368SLG
More career statistics
793H
20HR
369RBI
85SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,043 | 3,044 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 17 | 67 |
| Batting · Doubles | 128 | 130 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 48 | 53 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 174 | 403 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,485 | 3,498 |
| Batting · RBI | 369 | 377 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 85 | 86 |
| Batting · Walks | 298 | 305 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 | 3,485 | 3,043 | 364 | 793 | 128 | 69 | 20 | 369 | 298 | 174 | 85 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 1,119 | .261 | .336 | .368 | .704 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1915-08-25 to 1915-09-03
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1908-04-17 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1915-09-18 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1915-09-05 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 474 | 1826 | 440 | 7 | 203 | 149 | 199 | .276 | .323 | .382 |
| Away | 434 | 1672 | 353 | 13 | 174 | 156 | 204 | .244 | .304 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 91 | 351 | 71 | 2 | 34 | 44 | 44 | .241 | .328 | .353 |
| May | 169 | 616 | 134 | 3 | 59 | 62 | 77 | .254 | .318 | .374 |
| June | 165 | 656 | 136 | 4 | 78 | 64 | 79 | .244 | .305 | .346 |
| July | 158 | 634 | 144 | 3 | 73 | 36 | 64 | .251 | .284 | .346 |
| August | 152 | 565 | 139 | 2 | 61 | 45 | 66 | .281 | .326 | .386 |
| September | 151 | 590 | 151 | 6 | 63 | 43 | 64 | .287 | .329 | .403 |
| October | 22 | 86 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 9 | .257 | .337 | .371 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 81 | 305 | 76 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 22 | .298 | .370 | .408 |
| chicago-cubs | 72 | 264 | 62 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 37 | .271 | .341 | .424 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 69 | 272 | 67 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 35 | .272 | .305 | .325 |
| new-york-giants | 65 | 252 | 67 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 25 | .293 | .337 | .445 |
| st-louis-browns | 65 | 262 | 47 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 18 | .221 | .294 | .286 |
| cincinnati-reds | 65 | 262 | 71 | 3 | 37 | 26 | 23 | .311 | .370 | .443 |
| boston-braves | 63 | 250 | 52 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 30 | .235 | .272 | .321 |
| chicago-white-sox | 63 | 240 | 60 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 38 | .280 | .325 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Cincinnati Reds | 17 | 51 | 13 | – | 3 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1906 | Cincinnati Reds | 18 | 54 | 11 | – | – | 2 | .204 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 515 | 118 | 1 | 41 | 15 | .229 | – | – |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 464 | 107 | 6 | 69 | 10 | .231 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 139 | 457 | 117 | 2 | 58 | 22 | .256 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 156 | 577 | 177 | 5 | 79 | 16 | .307 | – | – |
| 1916 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 555 | 175 | 4 | 80 | 10 | .315 | – | – |
| 1917 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 244 | 46 | 2 | 31 | 6 | .189 | – | – |
| 1918 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 111 | 26 | – | 13 | 1 | .234 | – | – |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 16 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .188 | – | – |