MLB / Players

Bill Hill

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 201 lb
BornAugust 2, 1874 · Chattanooga, TN, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 1896
Final gameSeptember 13, 1899
Seasons4 (1896–1899)

Louisville Colonels 1896–1897; Cincinnati Reds 1898; Baltimore Orioles 1899; Brooklyn Superbas 1899; Cleveland Spiders 1899

Percentile snapshot

1898 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
33.3
GS
32
39.6
W
13
31.3
L
14
45.8
SV
0
0
CG
26
33.3
SHO
2
60.4
H
261
72.9
ER
116
37.5
BB
119
12.5
SO
75
58.3
HR
3
62.5
IP
262.0
39.6
ERA
3.98
18.8
WHIP
1.450
16.7
K/9
2.58
68.8
FIP
3.90
18.8
FIP-
108.3
18.8
ERA+
90.4
19.1
sWAR
1.0
18.8

of 49 qualified 1898 pitchers (min 157 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
6.3
82

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1896431251161124000552310.207.240.207.44728.918.2.2202.9
189727807457010441610.095.141.122.263-15.4-30.4.1352.6
189833105981013100351500.133.190.143.3336.5-4.3.1751.0
1899216360514010631100.233.270.267.53751.346.8.262-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18964339928232035315315510414319.74.311.5892.934.83110.9101.22.9
1897272671702012098069556199.03.621.3972.494.46103.6118.92.6
1898333213140262261116119753262.03.981.4502.583.90108.390.41.0
1899211871011401717963461144.34.931.6212.873.8599.978.1-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
124
PA
373
AB
348
R
31
H
58
2B
1
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
18
BB
17
SO
65
SB
2
BA
.1667
OBP
.2098
SLG
.1810
OPS
.3908

Pitching

G (P)
124
GS
115
W
36
L
69
SV
3
CG
92
464th-most career CG
SHO
3
IP
925
SO (P)
280
BB allowed
406
ERA
4.164
WHIP
1.5135
K/9
2.72

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.