Bill Hoskins
Detroit Stars 1937; St. Louis Stars 1937; Baltimore Elite Giants 1938; Memphis Red Sox 1938; Washington Black Senators 1938; Baltimore Elite Giants 1939–1941; Memphis Red Sox 1941; New York Black Yankees 1941; Baltimore Elite Giants 1942–1946; New York Black Yankees 1946
Percentile snapshot
1946 season — qualified batters
of 98 qualified 1946 batters (min 179 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 17 | 67 | 60 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .379 | .433 | .812 | 119.8 | 122.9 | .376 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 15 | 58 | 54 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .296 | .345 | .500 | .845 | 115.1 | 120.0 | .379 | 0.3 |
| 1939 | 28 | 117 | 100 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .390 | .466 | .540 | 1.006 | 156.2 | 166.0 | .460 | 1.2 |
| 1940 | 49 | 198 | 175 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .343 | .413 | .583 | .996 | 144.4 | 157.1 | .448 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 54 | 231 | 208 | 56 | 69 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .332 | .396 | .611 | 1.006 | 163.8 | 179.5 | .449 | 2.5 |
| 1942 | 51 | 200 | 183 | 23 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .295 | .343 | .443 | .786 | 115.1 | 123.4 | .366 | 0.9 |
| 1943 | 36 | 152 | 139 | 15 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .331 | .345 | .676 | 83.4 | 80.8 | .328 | 0.0 |
| 1944 | 31 | 132 | 120 | 25 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .392 | .443 | .633 | 1.076 | 172.3 | 186.0 | .488 | 1.6 |
| 1945 | 50 | 205 | 185 | 32 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .314 | .374 | .508 | .882 | 137.9 | 146.0 | .409 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 53 | 204 | 181 | 28 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .287 | .365 | .398 | .762 | 111.4 | 112.9 | .367 | 0.8 |
Career totals
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.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-06-01 | NYC @ BEG Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 1939-06-04 | BEG @ NYC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1940-05-12 | PHS @ BEG Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1941-04-20 | BEG @ HSL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1941-06-24 | NYC @ BEG Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-05-08 | SLS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-09 | SLS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-09 | DTS @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-10 | DTS @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-10 | SLS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.