#13 Billy Childress, Shortstop, 37 yrs, Washington Senators

#13 Billy Childress, Shortstop, 37 yrs, Washington Senators
Saturday, 10/11/1963

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Billy Childress

12/28/1925
37
Big Run, WV
6"1
210

Shortstop
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1963
16 Year(s), 143 Days (2895 total Days)
172 Day(s)
20 Year(s)

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	7	7	4	4	5

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4
3
6
3
3
Normal

Fielding Ratings
SS : 6 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/3	BOS	L 5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/15	@LAA	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
8/20	@KCA	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
8/22	@KCA	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
8/27	NYA	L 5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
8/30	@BOS	W 3-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
9/2	@CLE	W 5-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9
9/6	CLE	W 5-4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	#9
9/14	CHA	L 6-12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9
9/21	@BAL	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1963

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	30	40	9	2	0	0	5	1	1	7	.225	.262	.275	.537	.419	.050
Projected	30	40	9	2	0	0	5	1	1	7	.225	.262	.275	.537	.419	.050

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	7	43	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	.0	3.1	2.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.333	.400	.733
vs. RHP	35	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	6	0	1	0	.229	.250	.257	.507
Close/Late	11	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	.364	.333	.545	.879
Scoring Position	9	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.444	.400	.556	.956
Pinch Hitting	13	6	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	.462	.429	.615	1.044

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	12	15	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	.333	.412	.400	.812
Road	18	25	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	.160	.154	.200	.354
March/April	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
May	6	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.158	.158	.158	.316
June	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.286	.167	.452
July	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667
August	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Sept/Oct	4	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.000	.750	1.333	2.083

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1947	55	201	52	9	1	3	22	24	11	0	1	12	0	0	.259	.296	.358	.654	PIT
1948	146	555	153	29	8	9	77	78	36	2	3	42	0	0	.276	.320	.405	.726	PIT,NL
1949	139	487	127	22	4	8	83	65	44	1	6	49	0	1	.261	.320	.372	.691	PIT
1950	133	433	122	26	7	9	84	62	37	0	4	44	0	0	.282	.335	.436	.772	PIT,NL
1951	144	570	151	29	8	11	83	84	50	1	2	50	1	0	.265	.324	.402	.726	PIT,NL
1952	141	502	133	26	5	13	62	78	53	0	4	54	0	0	.265	.333	.414	.747	PIT,NL
1953	144	491	134	24	4	13	65	62	56	3	2	48	0	0	.273	.350	.418	.767	PIT
1954	144	501	134	24	2	4	53	63	50	1	5	63	0	1	.267	.332	.347	.679	PIT
1955	91	365	93	12	5	7	39	51	41	0	2	36	0	0	.255	.328	.373	.701	PIT CHA
1956	85	322	86	17	3	9	42	50	39	2	1	36	4	2	.267	.349	.422	.771	CHA BRO
1957	143	530	139	22	5	14	63	76	44	0	3	69	8	9	.262	.317	.402	.719	BRO
1958	145	528	152	28	2	22	64	76	50	2	4	69	12	14	.288	.349	.473	.823	BRO,NL
1959	146	547	158	26	4	13	71	92	59	2	5	59	0	1	.289	.357	.422	.780	BRO WSH,AL
1960	146	579	174	32	3	14	68	90	43	1	2	83	0	0	.301	.349	.439	.787	WSH,AL
1961	145	561	149	21	1	13	57	81	45	0	4	65	0	0	.266	.318	.376	.694	WSH
1962	113	353	81	8	2	4	41	33	27	3	2	49	0	0	.229	.288	.297	.586	WSH
1963	30	40	9	2	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	.225	.262	.275	.537	WSH
Total	2090	7565	2047	357	64	166	979	1066	686	19	50	835	25	28	.271	.331	.401	.731

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1946, A	66	227	61	11	1	1	26	25	25	14	10	2	.269	.339	.339	.678
1946, AA	41	173	43	5	0	3	15	21	12	16	4	3	.249	.296	.329	.625
1946, AAA	17	54	11	0	1	0	2	4	2	5	2	2	.204	.232	.241	.473
1947, AAA	87	337	102	17	2	13	72	54	38	29	11	9	.303	.364	.481	.844

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	7	29	10	4	0	0	5	2	1	4	0	0	.345	.367	.483	.849
1951	5	21	6	2	1	0	3	3	1	7	0	0	.286	.318	.476	.794
1960	4	15	4	2	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713
1961	4	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748
Total	20	76	23	9	1	0	10	9	5	15	0	0	.303	.346	.447	.793

Fielding Stats 1963

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Shortstop

.935

66.0

4.23

Player History

Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 5/16/1946 (Going to PIT: SS Billy Childress, C Doyle Savage, 1B Conrad Slate. Going to NYA: P Alan Oglethorpe)...
Had first career hit on 7/17/1947, off Hurley Hazel (BSN)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/7/1947, off Lex Carpathian (CHN)...
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/22/1948...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1948, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1948...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .367 with 4 HR, 26 RBI...
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1951...
Hit for the cycle against New York (N) on 6/17/1952...
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1952...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1954...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Chicago (A) on 3/1/1955 (Going to PIT: P Melvin Beckman, SS Reggie Greengrass, C Hamilton Porter, P Martin Zolotow. Going to CHA: P Sid Weiner, C Rufus Watkins, SS Bill
y Childress, P Johnny Dellarocco, P Bill Honeywood)...
Injured on 6/26/1955 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Brooklyn on 7/1/1956 (Going to BRO: SS Billy Childress. Going to CHA: 3B Dan Dreiberg)...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1957...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1958, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
Traded from Brooklyn to Washington on 3/1/1959 (Going to BRO: P Earvin Bollinger, P Cesar Cervantes, C Chuckie Sullivan. Going to WSH: LF Stephen Saylor, SS Billy Childress, 2B Boyle McKiernan)...
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 8/30/1959...
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game...
Won WORLD SERIES with Washington in 1961...
Had 2000th career hit on 6/10/1962, off Mike Heinz (DET)...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1960 - .301 - 5th

Hits
1960 - 174 - 3rd

Doubles
1958 - 28 - 7th
1960 - 32 - 6th

Runs
1959 - 92 - 7th
1960 - 90 - 9th

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