Hillis
Layne
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 23, 1918 in Usa, TN, WHITWELL
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 23 BRK NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 9 9
1942 24 BRK NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
1945 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 9
1946 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 29 BRK NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 30 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1949 31 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1950 32 MON NL $ 700,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1951 33 BSN NL $ 380,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 23 AA   137 518 48 154 21 4 3 61 17 8 55 39 .297 .365 .371 .735 70.9  
1942 24 AAA   111 456 62 138 15 7 3 70 12 9 33 32 .303 .350 .386 .736 58.9  
    AA   18 67 9 23 5 1 0 6 2 0 6 7 .343 .397 .448 .845 11.3  
1943 25 BRK NL 13 26 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .346 .393 .346 .739 3.3 0.7
    AAA   106 430 71 145 19 5 8 57 10 9 55 27 .337 .412 .460 .873 77.2  
1944 26 BRK NL 41 81 10 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 2 .235 .303 .309 .612 6.4 0.3
1945 27 BRK NL 65 112 21 39 3 3 1 17 0 0 9 6 .348 .402 .455 .857 18.0 4.3
1946 28 BRK NL 68 136 17 32 5 1 1 17 0 1 16 8 .235 .312 .309 .621 12.5 0.9
1947 29 BRK NL 70 106 12 28 2 2 0 4 0 0 10 6 .264 .345 .321 .665 12.6 1.8
1948 30 BRK NL 77 101 15 29 4 2 0 14 0 0 8 5 .287 .333 .366 .700 12.4 1.5
1949 31 BRK NL 143 481 55 140 16 6 6 60 0 0 44 25 .291 .350 .387 .737 62.8 8.5
1950 32 MON NL 28 66 11 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 3 .303 .378 .348 .727 6.8 0.9
1951 33 AA   137 506 67 139 19 4 8 42 8 7 89 33 .275 .383 .375 .759 77.6  
8 Years Sim 505 1109 144 316 34 15 9 126 0 1 104 55 .285 .348 .367 .715 134.7 18.8
2 Years AAA 217 886 133 283 34 12 11 127 22 18 88 59 .319 .380 .422 .803 136.0  
3 Years AA 292 1091 124 316 45 9 11 109 27 15 150 79 .290 .381 .378 .759 159.8  
5 Years Minors 509 1977 257 599 79 21 22 236 49 33 238 138 .303 .381 .398 .779 295.8  
162 Game Average 355 46 101 10 4 2 40 0 0 33 17 .285 .348 .367 .715 43.2  
Career Highs 143 481 55 140 16 6 6 60 0 1 44 25 .348 .402 .455 .857 62.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   841 114 245 25 11 6 98 0 1 81 36 .291 .357 .369 .725 109.6
vs LH   268 30 71 9 4 3 28 0 0 23 19 .265 .320 .362 .682 31.4
Home 256 562 79 152 12 7 6 60 0 0 49 28 .270 .333 .349 .682 65.4
Away 249 547 65 164 22 8 3 66 0 1 55 27 .300 .362 .386 .748 75.6
RISP   283 0 83 8 6 3 112 0 0 34 12 .293 .360 .396 .756 41.7
Pinch Hitting   129 21 33 5 4 0 13 0 0 12 9 .256 .315 .357 .671 14.6
Close/Late   134 20 34 4 0 1 14 0 0 9 9 .254 .299 .306 .605 12.3
Mar/Apr 78 157 12 35 5 1 0 11 0 0 19 8 .223 .315 .268 .582 13.9
May 82 196 28 63 7 1 2 19 0 0 18 13 .321 .378 .398 .776 28.8
June 82 176 24 54 6 2 1 23 0 0 18 6 .307 .372 .381 .753 24.7
July 77 156 25 52 9 3 0 21 0 0 21 7 .333 .410 .429 .840 26.8
August 107 250 29 65 4 3 2 29 0 0 19 15 .260 .313 .324 .637 25.6
Sep/Oct 79 174 26 47 3 5 4 23 0 1 9 6 .270 .310 .414 .724 21.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 25 BRK NL 3B 9 7 60.0 7 22 2 4 .935 4.35   0.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1944 26 BRK NL 3B 25 20 185.0 9 54 4 7 .940 3.06   0.6
    SS 7 0 16.3 1 9 0 3 1.000 5.51   0.2
    2B 5 0 8.7 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.20   0.0
1945 27 BRK NL 3B 25 24 191.0 12 51 0 3 1.000 2.97   1.0
    2B 15 0 41.7 17 20 3 7 .925 7.99   0.3
    SS 15 0 24.7 4 7 1 2 .917 4.01   0.1
1946 28 BRK NL 3B 36 30 253.7 12 78 8 7 .918 3.19   0.5
    2B 8 0 14.7 5 4 0 2 1.000 5.53   0.1
    SS 8 0 14.3 5 11 0 3 1.000 10.05   0.2
1947 29 BRK NL 3B 18 17 129.0 11 42 3 5 .946 3.70   0.5
    SS 12 4 51.0 9 32 0 6 1.000 7.24   0.5
    2B 5 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
1948 30 BRK NL 3B 17 16 116.7 12 31 3 4 .935 3.32   0.6
    2B 12 0 22.0 9 8 0 7 1.000 6.95   0.1
    SS 8 0 17.0 1 7 1 1 .889 4.24   0.1
1949 31 BRK NL 3B 86 86 731.0 48 191 5 16 .980 2.94   2.8
    2B 56 53 447.7 140 206 1 47 .997 6.96   1.7
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1950 32 MON NL 3B 17 14 121.7 6 35 1 2 .976 3.03   0.5
    SS 7 5 43.3 8 18 1 3 .963 5.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 233 214 1788.0 117 504 26 48 .960 3.13   7.1
  2B 103 53 547.6 178 247 4 64 .991 6.98   2.4
  SS 58 9 169.7 28 86 3 18 .974 6.05   1.1
Career Totals   394 276 2505.3 323 837 33 130 .972 4.17   10.5
Career Highs   143 139 1181.7 188 399 8 63 .990 4.72    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1945 27 BRK NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1949-4-6
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Del Unser (949)
  6. Don Lang (948)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1941
Injured on 7/19/1941 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Injured on 4/7/1942 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/5/1942 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/4/1943, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1944, off Stu Flythe (SDP)
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/8/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/11/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $380,000 per year
Injured on 8/10/1951 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days