Billy Hamilton (William Robert Hamilton) was born on February 16, 1866 in Newark, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on July 31, 1888 for the Kansas City Cowboys. In 1889, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 3 home runs and 77 RBI. Hamilton played for the Kansas City Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Billy Hamilton's best season was 1894, when he stole 98 bases, hit for a .404 average and knocked in 87 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1888
KC
a
35
129
21
34
0
11
.264
.307
.357
4
4
4
0
4
0
19
0
0
1889
KC
a
137
534
144
161
3
77
.301
.413
.395
17
12
87
41
14
0
111
0
0
1890
PHI
N
123
496
133
161
2
49
.325
.430
.399
13
9
83
37
9
0
102
0
0
1891
PHI
N
133
527
141
179
2
60
.340
.453
.421
23
7
102
28
7
0
111
0
0
1892
PHI
N
139
554
132
183
3
53
.330
.423
.410
21
7
81
29
8
0
57
0
0
1893
PHI
N
82
355
110
135
5
44
.380
.490
.524
22
7
63
7
13
0
43
0
0
1894
PHI
N
129
544
192
220
4
87
.404
.523
.528
25
15
126
17
9
7
98
0
0
1895
PHI
N
123
517
166
201
7
74
.389
.490
.495
22
6
96
30
7
9
97
0
0
1896
BOS
N
131
523
152
191
3
52
.365
.477
.463
24
9
110
29
2
6
83
0
0
1897
BOS
N
127
507
152
174
3
61
.343
.461
.414
17
5
105
0
6
4
66
0
0
1898
BOS
N
110
417
110
154
3
50
.369
.480
.453
16
5
87
0
2
2
54
0
0
1899
BOS
N
84
297
63
92
1
33
.310
.446
.350
7
1
72
0
1
5
19
0
0
1900
BOS
N
136
520
103
173
1
47
.333
.449
.396
20
5
107
0
3
5
32
0
0
1901
BOS
N
102
348
71
100
3
38
.287
.404
.356
11
2
64
0
4
9
20
0
0
Total
NL
1419
5605
1525
1963
37
648
.350
.462
.437
221
78
1096
177
71
47
782
0
0
Total
AA
172
663
165
195
3
88
.294
.394
.388
21
16
91
41
18
0
130
0
0
Total
1591
6268
1690
2158
40
736
.344
.455
.432
242
94
1187
218
89
47
912
0
0
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1888
KC
a
OF
35
0
0
45
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1889
KC
a
OF
137
0
0
202
20
37
6
0
0
0
0
0
.857
1890
PHI
N
OF
123
0
0
232
23
34
4
0
0
0
0
0
.882
1891
PHI
N
OF
133
0
0
287
17
31
7
0
0
0
0
0
.907
1892
PHI
N
OF
139
0
0
291
26
28
7
0
0
0
0
0
.919
1893
PHI
N
OF
82
0
0
228
8
16
6
0
0
0
0
0
.937
1894
PHI
N
OF
129
0
0
361
15
14
4
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1895
PHI
N
OF
123
0
0
313
11
31
5
0
0
0
0
0
.913
1896
BOS
N
OF
131
0
0
276
8
20
2
0
0
0
0
0
.934
1897
BOS
N
OF
126
0
0
296
10
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1898
BOS
N
OF
110
0
0
189
8
21
2
0
0
0
0
0
.904
1899
BOS
N
OF
81
0
0
166
11
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1900
BOS
N
OF
136
0
0
326
14
19
6
0
0
0
0
0
.947
1901
BOS
N
OF
99
0
0
232
7
14
4
0
0
0
0
0
.945
Total
OF
1584
0
0
3444
182
288
55
0
0
0
0
0
.926
Transactions[]
Sold by Worcester (New England) to Kansas City Cowboys (July 31, 1888).
Sold by Kansas City Cowboys to Philadelphia Phillies for $5000 or $6000 (January 7, 1890).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Billy Nash (November 14, 1895).
