Billy Hamilton
1897–1901 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves
1,591G
.344AVG
.455OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
2,159H
40HR
739RBI
912SB
8Rare feats
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 | 1,591 | 559 |
| Batting · At bats | 6,269 | 2,095 |
| Batting · Doubles | 242 | 71 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,159 | 693 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 89 | 20 |
| Batting · Home runs | 40 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 218 | 109 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,592 | 2,578 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,691 | 499 |
| Batting · RBI | 739 | 229 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 912 | 190 |
| Batting · Triples | 95 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,187 | 434 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,591 | 7,592 | 6,269 | 1,691 | 2,159 | 242 | 95 | 40 | 739 | 1,187 | 218 | 912 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 2,711 | .344 | .455 | .432 | .887 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1898-05-10 to 1898-06-02
43longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1900-06-25 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1898-09-12 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1897-05-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 303 | 1395 | 383 | 7 | 150 | 278 | 65 | .351 | .474 | .417 |
| Away | 256 | 1183 | 310 | 4 | 79 | 156 | 44 | .309 | .394 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 240 | 71 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 8 | .350 | .442 | .424 |
| May | 89 | 426 | 114 | 3 | 29 | 76 | 13 | .335 | .446 | .406 |
| June | 96 | 447 | 125 | 3 | 54 | 81 | 21 | .348 | .461 | .421 |
| July | 91 | 397 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 14 | .270 | .370 | .334 |
| August | 104 | 480 | 136 | 2 | 49 | 73 | 20 | .340 | .435 | .420 |
| September | 102 | 464 | 136 | 1 | 49 | 85 | 28 | .368 | .476 | .419 |
| October | 28 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 5 | .237 | .387 | .289 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 67 | 308 | 80 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 10 | .319 | .422 | .386 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 66 | 303 | 84 | 2 | 37 | 55 | 13 | .351 | .459 | .431 |
| chicago-cubs | 66 | 293 | 81 | 3 | 28 | 40 | 11 | .329 | .413 | .407 |
| cincinnati-reds | 64 | 295 | 82 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 12 | .336 | .437 | .414 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 61 | 267 | 68 | 1 | 18 | 46 | 16 | .312 | .427 | .362 |
| new-york-giants | 61 | 284 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 58 | 17 | .247 | .394 | .297 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 58 | 279 | 78 | 2 | 27 | 44 | 7 | .338 | .437 | .416 |
| cleveland-spiders | 32 | 148 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 3 | .366 | .426 | .443 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 127 | 509 | 174 | 3 | 61 | 65 | .342 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 110 | 419 | 154 | 3 | 50 | 54 | .368 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 84 | 297 | 92 | 1 | 33 | 20 | .310 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 136 | 522 | 173 | 1 | 47 | 31 | .331 | – | – |
| 1901 | Boston Braves | 102 | 348 | 100 | 3 | 38 | 20 | .287 | – | – |