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Proper Name
William Clyde Hitchcock
High Level
MLB (1942-1953)
Positions
3B (240) ... 2B (201) ... SS (142) ... 1B (48)
Ht / Wt
6-1 / 185
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
place
Inverness,Alabama
Died
4/9/2006
Cause of Death
-
High School
Union Springs (Union Springs,AL)
colleges
Auburn University (Auburn,AL),
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
DET [3] PHA [3] BOS [2] WS1 [1] SLA [1]
TBC#
12848
mlbam id
115983
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [1942-1953].243.6092249231547525715
Speed
60
Power
30
Contact
66
XBH
30
RBIs
55
Runs
50
Hitting
53
Durability
51
Team
.489
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year tranx date end date mlb org level Transaction Description status minor team 40man age
1953 1953-10-13 current -- -- Released by Tigers Hist -- No 37.074
1953 1953-01-29 1953-10-13 DET MLB Traded from Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers for Don Kolloway Hist -- No 36.182
1949 1949-10-08 1953-01-29 PHA MLB Traded from Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Athletics for Buddy Rosar Hist -- No 33.069
1947 1947-11-18 1949-10-08 BOS MLB Traded from St. Louis Browns with Ellis Kinder to Boston Red Sox for Sam Dente, Clem Dreisewerd and Bill Sommers Hist -- No 31.109
1947 1947-02-08 1947-11-18 SLA MLB Sold by Washington Senators I to St. Louis Browns Hist -- No 30.191
1946 1946-05-16 1947-02-08 WS1 MLB Sold by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators I Hist -- No 29.289
1941 1941-09-08 1946-05-16 DET MLB Traded from New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers for Tuck Stainback (12/4/1941) and Boyd Perry (12/4/1941) Hist -- No 25.039
1939 1939-01-01 1941-09-08 NYA MLB Signed as undrafted free agent (Auburn) Hist -- No 22.153
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