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Jim Hitchcock

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: June 28, 1911 in Inverness, AL us

Died: June 24, 1959 in Montgomery, AL

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL

High School: Union Springs HS (Union Springs, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: August 24, 1938 (Age 27-057d, 8,508th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1938 (Age 27-095d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: James Franklin Hitchcock

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Relatives: Brother of Billy Hitchcock

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

.171

RBI

OBP

.192

SLG

.171

OPS

.363

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-12 / in Starts: 15-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 79 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	44 (22-14-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (27-17-9)

Most Driven In
A Lopez	2
H Maggert	1
J Stripp	1
E Fletcher	1
M West	1

Most Driven In By
D Garms	1
J Cooney	1
J Lanning	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	113 (112)	Aug 24	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.10	3B
2	2	115 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.06	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.04	SS
3	3	116	Aug 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	1.31	-0.088	.05	0.00%	-0.71	SS
4	4	117	Aug 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	.32	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.96	SS
5	5	118	Aug 28 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8	.45	-0.022	.03	0.00%	-0.36	SS
6	6	119	Aug 28 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	8	.72	-0.052	.04	0.00%	-0.64	SS
7	7	121 (1)	Aug 31	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	8	122	Sep 1	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	1.52	-0.039	.20	0.00%	-0.24	SS
9	9	124 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,2-4	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	2						SS
10	10	125	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8						SS
11	11	126	Sep 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	8	.84	0.021	.06	0.00%	0.14	SS
12	12	127	Sep 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.161	.133	.295	8	.22	-0.017	.02	0.00%	-0.33	SS
13	13	128	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.200	.422	8	1.27	0.233	.21	0.02%	1.26	SS
14	14	130 (1)	Sep 8	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.205	.184	.389	8	2.53	-0.191	.14	-0.01%	-1.17	SS
15	15	131	Sep 9	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.184	.389	9						PR
16	16	132	Sep 10	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.238	.256	.238	.494	8	1.18	0.131	.02	0.00%	1.39	SS
17	17	133	Sep 11 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.234	.217	.451	8	.56	-0.048	.01	0.00%	-0.73	SS
18	18	134	Sep 11 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.235	.220	.455	8	1.00	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.09	SS
19	19	135	Sep 13	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.236	.208	.444	8	.98	0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.52	SS
20	20	136	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.220	.193	.413	8	1.01	-0.110	.01	0.00%	-1.08	SS
21	21	138 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,5-4	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.203	.230	.203	.433	8						SS
22	22	141 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	BSN		STL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.206	.231	.206	.437	8	1.49	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.59	SS
23	23	142	Sep 22 (2)	BSN		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.197	.221	.197	.418	8	.40	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.01	SS
24	24	143	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,8-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.217	.194	.411	8	.58	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.21	SS
25	25	148 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.183	.205	.183	.389	6	.75	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.39	SS
26	26	149	Sep 28	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.200	.178	.378	6	.71	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.23	SS
27	27	151 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-8	0-GF(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.173	.195	.173	.368	3						3B
28	28	152	Oct 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.192	.171	.363	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	SS
							16-12		79	76	2	13	0	0	0	7	2	0	11	0	1		4	2	1	1	.171	.192	.171	.363		.92	-0.358	.04	0.01%	-5.97

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