Bubba Phillips

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: February 24, 1928 in West Point, MS us

Died: June 22, 1993 in Hattiesburg, MS

Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Philadelphia, MS

High School: Macon HS (Macon, MS)

School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 27-047d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 18, 1964 (Age 36-207d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Melvin Phillips

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

3278

835

.255

349

RBI

356

OBP

.297

SLG

.358

OPS

.655

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	60	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 15	CHW		KCA	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	CHW		KCA	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
9	9	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
10	10	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,20-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
11	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	17	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 29	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	18	May 2	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 3	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 5	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	23 (2)	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
22	24	May 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
23	25	May 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
24	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
25	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	28	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	29	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
28	30	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	31	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
30	32	May 17 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
31	33	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	34	May 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	35	May 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	36	May 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
35	37	May 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-16	CG	48	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	38	May 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	39	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
38	40	May 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
39	41	May 29	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	42	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	43	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45 (1)	Jun 1	CHW		KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	46	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	GS	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF 3B
44	47	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	48	Jun 4	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	CG	64	17.0	3	4	2	9	0	3B
46	49	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	50	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	51	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
49	52	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
51	54	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	55	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	56	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	3B
54	57	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B CF
55	58	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
58	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	63 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
63	67	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF 3B
64	68	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	GS	31	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
65	69	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
66	70	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
67	71	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
71	75	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
73	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	79	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
76	80	Jul 10	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
77	81	Jul 11	CHW		KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	82	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	83	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	0	2	3	5	0	3B
80	84	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	85	Jul 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	86	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
83	89 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	94 (4)	Jul 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	65	17.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
85	97 (2)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	98	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	T,4-4	CG	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	103 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
88	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
89	107 (2)	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	T,1-1	GS	37	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
90	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
91	112 (2)	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
92	113	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
93	115 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
94	118 (2)	Aug 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	120 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	121	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	122	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
98	123	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	124	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	127 (2)	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
101	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
102	130 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	140 (9)	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	145 (4)	Sep 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	147 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	CF 3B
107	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
108	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
109	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
110	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF 3B
111	153	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF 3B
112	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	42	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	3B CF
113	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-5	GF	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
114	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
							123gm		945.2	129	202	15	346	13