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Billy Zitzmann
William Arthur Zitzmann

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1919
Final Game September 25, 1929
Born November 19, 1895 in Long Island City, NY
Died May 29, 1985 in Passaic, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 23 TOT NL  13   27    5    5   1  0   0    2   2      0   6  .185  .185  .222   20    6   1           0    
         PIT NL  11   26    5    5   1  0   0    2   2      0   6  .192  .192  .231   25    6   1           0    
         CIN NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1925 29 CIN NL 104  301   53   76  13  3   0   21  11 11  35  22  .252  .342  .316   71   95   2           6    
 1926 30 CIN NL  53   94   21   23   2  1   0    3   3      6   7  .245  .304  .287   61   27   3           2    
 1927 31 CIN NL  88  232   47   66  10  4   0   24   9     20  18  .284  .352  .362   94   84  17           4    
 1928 32 CIN NL 101  266   53   79   9  3   3   33  13     13  22  .297  .337  .387   90  103  14           3    
 1929 33 CIN NL  47   84   18   19   3  0   0    6   4      9  10  .226  .309  .262   46   22   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      406 1004  197  268  38 11   3   89  42 11  83  85  .267  .333  .336   77  337  39   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        401   79  107  15  4   1   36  17  4  33  34  .267  .333  .336   77  134  16   0   0   6   0
 Career High    104  301   53   79  13  4   3   33  13 11  35  22  .297  .352  .387   94  103  17   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 23 TOT NL   28   23    1   1.2    85| .185  .269| .185  .323| .222  .353| .407  .676|  20  .117  -2.7  -0.3     
         PIT NL   27   22    1   1.2    85| .192  .269| .192  .324| .231  .353| .423  .677|  25  .125  -2.4  -0.3     
         CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0    80| .000  .262| .000  .316| .000  .344| .000  .660|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1925 29 CIN NL  344  238   30   3.4   112| .252  .298| .342  .355| .316  .425| .658  .780|  71  .317 -11.8  -1.1  50%
 1926 30 CIN NL  105   74    8   2.9   101| .245  .284| .304  .344| .287  .394| .591  .739|  61  .305  -5.1  -0.5     
 1927 31 CIN NL  273  183   29   4.2   102| .284  .286| .352  .344| .362  .395| .714  .739|  94  .465  -1.4  -0.1     
 1928 32 CIN NL  296  201   34   4.6   107| .297  .288| .337  .352| .387  .409| .724  .761|  90  .473  -4.3  -0.4     
 1929 33 CIN NL   96   67    7   2.8   116| .226  .298| .309  .361| .262  .434| .571  .795|  46  .224  -6.7  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1142  786  109   3.7   107| .267  .290| .333  .351| .336  .410| .669  .760|  77  .381 -31.9  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 23 TOT NL OF 9 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.22 2.18 9 0 0 PIT NL OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.38 2.17 8 0 0 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1925 29 CIN NL OF 89 135 5 6 0 .959 .967 1.57 2.33 80 4 7 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1926 30 CIN NL OF 31 55 0 2 0 .965 .965 1.77 2.26 22 5 2 1927 31 CIN NL OF 60 135 2 6 0 .958 .970 2.28 2.35 17 36 7 SS 8 12 17 3 0 .906 .945 3.62 5.17 3B 3 2 5 2 0 .778 .946 2.33 2.83 1928 32 CIN NL OF 78 155 4 7 2 .958 .972 2.04 2.31 46 12 23 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1929 33 CIN NL OF 22 47 0 3 0 .940 .973 2.14 2.38 15 0 7 1B 5 30 0 2 1 .938 .990 6.00 10.26
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 33 CIN NL 1B 5 30 0 2 1 .938 .990 6.00 10.26 1927 31 CIN NL 3B 3 2 5 2 0 .778 .946 2.33 2.83 1928 32 CIN NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1919 23 TOT NL OF 9 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.22 2.18 9 0 0 PIT NL OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.38 2.17 8 0 0 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1925 29 CIN NL OF 89 135 5 6 0 .959 .967 1.57 2.33 80 4 7 1926 30 CIN NL OF 31 55 0 2 0 .965 .965 1.77 2.26 22 5 2 1927 31 CIN NL OF 60 135 2 6 0 .958 .970 2.28 2.35 17 36 7 1928 32 CIN NL OF 78 155 4 7 2 .958 .972 2.04 2.31 46 12 23 1929 33 CIN NL OF 22 47 0 3 0 .940 .973 2.14 2.38 15 0 7 1925 29 CIN NL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1927 31 CIN NL SS 8 12 17 3 0 .906 .945 3.62 5.17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 289 538 11 25 2 .956 .969 1.90 2.32 189 57 46 SS 9 13 18 3 0 .912 .945 3.44 5.18 1B 5 30 0 2 1 .938 .990 6.00 10.26 3B 4 2 6 2 0 .800 .941 2.00 2.88 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 307 583 35 32 3 .951 .969 2.01 2.54
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1928 NL-13-10

Hit By Pitch
1925 NL-6-7

Caught Stealing
1925 NL-11-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June, 1919: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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