Bill Hoskins - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Bill Hoskins

William Charles Hoskins
(Big Bill)

Born: March 14, 1914
in Tallahatchie County, MS

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 192

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Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	MULT	MULT	23	LF	21	83	74	18	28	5	1	2	16	2	0	7			0	2			.378	.432	.554	.986	159
1938	MULT	NN2/NAL	24	LF	15	58	54	14	16	4	2	1	11	2	0	4			0	0			.296	.345	.500	.845	122
1939	BEG	MULT	25	LF	33	132	119	28	48	7	2	2	29	2		11				2			.403	.454	.546	1.000	170
1940	BEG	NN2	26	LF	45	177	158	32	55	8	4	6	37	7		15				4			.348	.405	.563	.968	154
1941	MULT	MULT	27	LF	45	189	175	48	63	8	6	10	43	2	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.360	.404	.646	1.050	203
1942	BEG	NN2	28	LF	45	176	159	20	50	7	6	2	22	5		14				3			.314	.370	.472	.842	141
1943	KCM/BEG	NAL/NN2	29	LF	37	155	142	15	40	4	3	0	23	1		10			2	1	0		.282	.338	.352	.690	81
1944	BEG	NN2	30	LF	28	119	109	23	42	5	3	5	21	0		8				2			.385	.427	.624	1.051	175
1945	BEG	NN2	31	LF	45	186	168	31	52	7	6	5	41	1		14		0	2	2			.310	.370	.512	.881	140
1946	BEG/NBY	NN2	32	LF	52	199	177	26	50	8	6	0	30	2		21		0	0	1			.282	.359	.395	.754	106
10	10			LF	366	1474	1335	255	444	63	39	33	273	24	0	117	2	0	4	18	0	0	.333	.388	.512	.900	145
162 Game Average						652	591	113	197	28	17	15	121	12	0	52	324	0	4	8	0	0	.333	.388	.512	.900	145

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	North All Stars			CF	1	6	6	3	4	0	0	1	2	1		0			0	0			.667	.667	1.167	1.833	213
1	Chicago American Giants			LF	3	10	9	4	5	1	1	0	3	0		1			0	0			.556	.600	.889	1.489	393
1	Detroit Stars II			LF	11	39	37	7	12	3	0	1	8	1		1			0	1			.324	.342	.486	.829	125
1	St. Louis Stars II			CF	6	28	22	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5			0	1			.318	.444	.364	.808	115
1	Washington Black Senators			LF	2	9	9	4	5	2	1	0	2	0		0			0	0			.556	.556	1.000	1.556	311
2	Memphis Red Sox			LF	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	49
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			LF	330	1332	1205	230	400	56	37	31	247	22		107		0	4	16	0		.332	.388	.517	.905	146
1	East All Stars			-	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	21
1	Kansas City Monarchs			LF	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0	0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	220
1	New York Black Yankees			-	9	33	30	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		3		0	0	0			.200	.273	.200	.473	35

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	MULT	MULT	83		.434	.342		8.4%				7.4%					2.4%	0.9%		.176	.123
1938	MULT	NN2/NAL	58		.377	.342		6.9%				9.2%					1.7%	1.5%		.204	.126
1939	BEG	MULT	132		.452	.340		8.3%				8.5%					1.5%	1.8%		.143	.113
1940	BEG	NN2	177		.423	.347		8.5%	9.5%								3.4%	1.4%		.215	.121
1941	MULT	MULT	189		.465	.316		6.9%			1.1%	8.0%		6.50			5.3%	1.2%		.286	.102
1942	BEG	NN2	176		.388	.332		8.0%	9.8%								1.1%	1.0%		.157	.095
1943	KCM/BEG	NAL/NN2	155		.331	.363		6.5%				9.8%					0.0%	0.7%		.070	.106
1944	BEG	NN2	119		.467	.351		6.7%	8.8%								4.2%	0.9%		.239	.107
1945	BEG	NN2	186		.402	.343		7.5%	9.0%								2.7%	0.9%		.202	.102
1946	BEG/NBY	NN2	199		.360	.347		10.6%				9.5%					0.0%	1.0%		.113	.098
10	10		1474		.408	.342		7.9%	9.0%		40.0%	14.1%		0.00	0.18		2.2%	1.1%		.180	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	North All Stars		6		.717	.475		0.0%	4.5%								16.7%	2.3%		.500	.253
1	St. Louis Stars II		28		.383	.347		17.9%	8.1%								0.0%	0.9%		.045	.120
1	Detroit Stars II		39		.363	.334		2.6%	7.8%								2.6%	0.9%		.162	.116
1	Chicago American Giants		10		.684	.285		10.0%	6.1%								0.0%	0.3%		.333	.075
1	Washington Black Senators		9		.674	.337		0.0%	9.1%								0.0%	1.6%		.444	.126
2	Memphis Red Sox		8		.239	.317		0.0%	8.0%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.088
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		1332		.411	.342		8.0%	9.2%								2.3%	1.1%		.185	.106
1	East All Stars		5		.184	.302		0.0%	2.6%		40.0%	14.1%		0.00	0.18		0.0%	1.3%		.000	.107
1	Kansas City Monarchs		4		.481	.301		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.073
1	New York Black Yankees		33		.245	.335		9.1%	9.2%								0.0%	1.0%		.000	.094

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James