Billy Clingman
1897–1903 · bats B / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Louisville Colonels, Washington Senators (1901-60)
816G
.246AVG
.323OBP
.306SLG
More career statistics
697H
8HR
301RBI
98SB
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 | 816 | 584 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,839 | 2,013 |
| Batting · Doubles | 86 | 58 |
| Batting · Hits | 697 | 493 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 24 | 28 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 94 | 160 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,227 | 2,298 |
| Batting · Runs | 410 | 285 |
| Batting · RBI | 301 | 218 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 98 | 60 |
| Batting · Triples | 31 | 26 |
| Batting · Walks | 303 | 205 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 816 | 3,227 | 2,839 | 410 | 697 | 86 | 31 | 8 | 301 | 303 | 94 | 98 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 869 | .246 | .323 | .306 | .629 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1898-05-07 to 1898-05-25
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1901-09-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1898-05-27 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1899-04-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 274 | 1070 | 217 | 1 | 98 | 108 | 67 | .234 | .304 | .275 |
| Away | 310 | 1228 | 276 | 5 | 120 | 97 | 93 | .254 | .304 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 176 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 13 | .204 | .256 | .268 |
| May | 100 | 406 | 93 | 0 | 43 | 36 | 21 | .261 | .318 | .326 |
| June | 89 | 355 | 58 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 38 | .187 | .251 | .210 |
| July | 111 | 426 | 95 | 0 | 45 | 37 | 28 | .253 | .310 | .314 |
| August | 111 | 432 | 90 | 3 | 41 | 45 | 31 | .241 | .312 | .316 |
| September | 104 | 407 | 101 | 2 | 34 | 35 | 17 | .285 | .334 | .377 |
| October | 26 | 96 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 12 | .279 | .333 | .326 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 220 | 51 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 19 | .264 | .314 | .342 |
| boston-braves | 43 | 171 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 12 | .193 | .298 | .229 |
| cincinnati-reds | 41 | 155 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 7 | .184 | .245 | .248 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 154 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 9 | .287 | .351 | .353 |
| cleveland-spiders | 38 | 156 | 39 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 7 | .285 | .340 | .350 |
| new-york-giants | 38 | 149 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 15 | .218 | .268 | .271 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 37 | 151 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 18 | .306 | .344 | .373 |
| chicago-cubs | 35 | 134 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 15 | .287 | .343 | .348 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Louisville Colonels | 115 | 404 | 92 | 2 | 47 | 14 | .228 | – | – |
| 1898 | Louisville Colonels | 154 | 538 | 138 | – | 50 | 15 | .257 | – | – |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 110 | 369 | 97 | 2 | 45 | 13 | .263 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 47 | 159 | 32 | – | 11 | 6 | .201 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 137 | 479 | 116 | 2 | 58 | 10 | .242 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Cleveland Guardians | 21 | 64 | 18 | – | 7 | 2 | .281 | – | – |