Billy Hitchcock
1942–1953 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
703G
.243AVG
.310OBP
.299SLG
More career statistics
547H
5HR
257RBI
15SB
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 · Caught stealing | 11 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 230 | 232 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,502 | 2,501 |
| Batting · Walks | 206 | 205 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | 2,502 | 2,249 | 231 | 547 | 67 | 22 | 5 | 257 | 206 | 230 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 673 | .243 | .310 | .299 | .609 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1946-06-23 to 1946-07-05
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1951-09-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1946-09-15 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1946-06-09 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 371 | 1305 | 288 | 1 | 156 | 105 | 121 | .245 | .301 | .306 |
| Away | 332 | 1196 | 259 | 4 | 101 | 100 | 111 | .241 | .300 | .291 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | .275 | .351 | .420 |
| May | 104 | 324 | 58 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 30 | .199 | .250 | .233 |
| June | 149 | 526 | 125 | 1 | 52 | 40 | 44 | .262 | .314 | .308 |
| July | 152 | 559 | 119 | 0 | 53 | 51 | 60 | .240 | .304 | .302 |
| August | 149 | 543 | 108 | 1 | 55 | 44 | 54 | .222 | .280 | .273 |
| September | 118 | 466 | 116 | 1 | 66 | 37 | 33 | .274 | .328 | .337 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 112 | 366 | 81 | 1 | 40 | 24 | 39 | .239 | .287 | .280 |
| boston-red-sox | 97 | 374 | 91 | 3 | 39 | 26 | 37 | .265 | .313 | .347 |
| st-louis-browns | 94 | 324 | 69 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 35 | .236 | .284 | .301 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 92 | 350 | 77 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 27 | .244 | .306 | .292 |
| chicago-white-sox | 90 | 333 | 74 | 0 | 26 | 33 | 20 | .257 | .321 | .302 |
| cleveland-guardians | 86 | 283 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 30 | .220 | .304 | .282 |
| detroit-tigers | 79 | 290 | 69 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 27 | .265 | .328 | .323 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 53 | 181 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 17 | .192 | .238 | .234 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Detroit Tigers | 85 | 280 | 59 | – | 29 | 2 | .211 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 101 | 357 | 75 | – | 25 | 2 | .210 | – | – |
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 80 | 275 | 61 | 1 | 28 | 3 | .222 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 49 | 124 | 37 | 1 | 20 | – | .298 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 55 | 147 | 30 | – | 9 | 2 | .204 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 115 | 399 | 109 | 1 | 54 | 3 | .273 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 77 | 222 | 68 | 1 | 36 | 2 | .306 | – | – |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 119 | 407 | 100 | 1 | 56 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 38 | 8 | – | – | – | .211 | – | – |