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Pete Hill
John Preston Hill
 
 
Born: October 12, 1882 in Buena, VA
Died: December 19, 1951 - 69 years old in Buffalo, NY
Bats: L Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 170
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Player in 2006
- Visit Hill's Managerial Page
- Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; Alsip, IL

Comparison

Comparison
Center Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Cristóbal Torriente
1913 - 1928
CF
237.3
 
188.4
27.9
21.1
-
2 Pete Hill
1904 - 1924
CF
215.4
 
179.8
34.8
0.8
-
3 Oscar Charleston
1915 - 1933
CF
199.3
 
165.7
28.4
5.3
-
4 Heliodoro Hidalgo
1903 - 1916
CF
76.9
 
53.8
23.1
0.0
-
5 Bernardo Baró
1915 - 1928
CF
60.3
 
41.4
9.0
9.8
-
6 Spottswood Poles
1909 - 1923
CF
58.5
 
47.7
10.7
0.0
-
7 Jelly Gardner
1917 - 1928
CF
58.4
 
46.0
12.4
0.0
-
8 Charles Earle
1906 - 1919
CF
54.1
 
32.7
5.5
15.9
-
9 Jules Thomas
1908 - 1924
CF
52.9
 
44.9
7.9
0.2
-
10 Valentín González
1903 - 1913
CF
36.2
 
26.7
9.5
0.0
-
11 Sam Bennett
1907 - 1923
CF
33.5
 
29.0
4.5
0.0
-
12 Ricardo Hernández
1905 - 1914
CF
31.3
 
21.6
9.7
0.0
-
13 Jacinto Calvo
1913 - 1917
CF
26.3
 
18.8
7.5
0.0
-
14 Sandy Thompson
1917 - 1933
CF
24.0
 
19.0
5.0
0.0
-
15 George Brown
1910 - 1921
CF
23.9
 
18.5
5.4
0.0
-
16 Alejandro Oms
1917 - 1933
CF
22.9
 
19.0
3.8
0.0
-
17 Ramiro Ramírez
1916 - 1933
CF
20.7
 
15.9
4.8
0.0
-
18 Joe Scotland
1907 - 1919
CF
10.6
 
4.4
4.1
2.1
-
19 Joe Green
1902 - 1921
CF
6.8
 
5.0
1.8
0.0
-
20 James Lynch
1912 - 1919
CF
6.7
 
4.6
0.5
1.5
-
21 Estéban Santa Cruz
1904 - 1911
CF
5.3
 
1.7
3.6
0.0
-
22 Amos Strunk
1913 - 1913
CF
4.8
 
4.0
0.7
0.0
-
23 James Robinson
1899 - 1914
CF
3.5
 
1.9
0.8
0.9
-
24 Sam Crawford
1911 - 1911
CF
3.4
 
2.9
0.6
0.0
-
25 Mike Donlin
1912 - 1912
CF
3.1
 
2.5
0.7
0.0
-
26 Casey Stengel
1914 - 1914
CF
2.9
 
2.3
0.5
0.0
-
27 Bill Land
1908 - 1914
CF
2.3
 
2.0
0.4
0.0
-
28 Sherman Barton
1899 - 1911
CF
2.2
 
1.3
0.9
0.0
-
29 Lem Williams
1907 - 1914
CF
2.0
 
1.6
0.3
0.0
-
30 Frank Crockett
1916 - 1923
CF
1.7
 
1.3
0.4
0.0
-
31 John Burke
1912 - 1912
CF
1.7
 
1.4
0.3
0.0
-
32 Jesse Briscoe
1910 - 1914
CF
1.5
 
1.2
0.3
0.0
-
33 Genaro Camps
1904 - 1912
CF
1.3
 
0.4
0.3
0.6
-
34 Mike Brown
1912 - 1914
CF
1.2
 
0.6
0.6
0.0
-
35 Bert Woods
1911 - 1911
CF
0.9
 
0.9
0.0
0.0
-
36 Tomm
1917 - 1918
CF
0.8
 
0.0
0.7
0.0
-
37 Azcárraga
1915 - 1915
CF
0.8
 
0.6
0.1
0.0
-
38 Babe Herron
1907 - 1913
CF
0.5
 
0.2
0.3
0.0
-
39 K. Addison
1911 - 1911
CF
0.4
 
0.0
0.4
0.0
-
40 Andrés Hernández
1916 - 1916
CF
0.4
 
0.2
0.2
0.0
-
41 Bris Lord
1911 - 1911
CF
0.3
 
0.0
0.3
0.0
-
42 Acea
1910 - 1915
CF
0.3
 
0.3
0.0
0.0
-
43 B. Johnson
1914 - 1914
CF
0.2
 
0.2
0.0
0.0
-
44 Floyd Lawyer
1913 - 1913
CF
0.2
 
0.1
0.1
0.0
-
45 Norman Triplett
1917 - 1917
CF
0.1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
-
46 S. Campos
1915 - 1915
CF
0.1
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
-
47 Jay Valentine
1914 - 1917
CF
0.1
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
-
48 Murphy
1915 - 1915
CF
0.1
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
-
49 Hamilton
1910 - 1913
CF
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
50 Alexander
1913 - 1914
CF
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
                   
  Pete Hill
1904 - 1924
CF
215.4
 
179.8
34.8
0.8
-

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