Bill Hoskins
1937–1947 · bats L / throws R · ASE, BFA, Baltimore Elite Giants, Chicago American Giants, DT2, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, Memphis Red Sox
396G
.321AVG
.384OBP
.502SLG
More career statistics
455H
37HR
283RBI
29SB
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 · Games | 396 | 331 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,417 | 1,155 |
| Batting · Doubles | 65 | 54 |
| Batting · Hits | 455 | 377 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 37 | 32 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,574 | 1,286 |
| Batting · Runs | 263 | 228 |
| Batting · RBI | 283 | 187 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 29 | 14 |
| Batting · Triples | 40 | 37 |
| Batting · Walks | 135 | 112 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 396 | 1,574 | 1,417 | 263 | 455 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 283 | 135 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 711 | .321 | .384 | .502 | .886 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1939-05-28 to 1939-07-08
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1939-06-04 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1941-06-01 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1940-05-12 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 176 | 666 | 210 | 20 | 113 | 66 | 3 | .356 | .414 | .575 |
| Away | 155 | 620 | 167 | 12 | 74 | 46 | 2 | .296 | .344 | .464 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 74 | 302 | 90 | 3 | 34 | 28 | 0 | .333 | .391 | .463 |
| June | 70 | 264 | 86 | 11 | 61 | 24 | 1 | .364 | .417 | .648 |
| July | 86 | 334 | 82 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 1 | .279 | .344 | .449 |
| August | 69 | 266 | 77 | 8 | 34 | 17 | 2 | .310 | .353 | .492 |
| September | 31 | 115 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 1 | .382 | .426 | .627 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 79 | 323 | 107 | 11 | 64 | 25 | 0 | .361 | .409 | .622 |
| homestead-grays | 71 | 265 | 68 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 2 | .293 | .362 | .418 |
| newark-eagles | 69 | 282 | 74 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .405 |
| new-york-cubans | 43 | 166 | 42 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 1 | .284 | .343 | .547 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 39 | 153 | 52 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 2 | .397 | .451 | .672 |
| chicago-american-giants | 7 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .381 | .619 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .556 |
| IN6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | DT2, SSA | 22 | 63 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .317 | – | – |
| 1938 | Baltimore Elite Giants, WBS | 12 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | .310 | – | – |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants, NAS | 26 | 97 | 37 | – | 13 | – | .381 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 33 | 115 | 40 | 6 | 27 | 5 | .348 | – | – |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 32 | 120 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 1 | .375 | – | – |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 35 | 122 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 3 | .311 | – | – |
| 1943 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 28 | 95 | 28 | 2 | 11 | – | .295 | – | – |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 45 | 161 | 56 | 6 | 29 | 2 | .348 | – | – |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 47 | 171 | 53 | 4 | 21 | 1 | .310 | – | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants, New York Black Yankees | 51 | 169 | 47 | – | 20 | 1 | .278 | – | – |