Billy Hamilton vs. Zack Wheat — Career Comparison

Billy Hamilton
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueHall of FameCenter Fielder
Zack Wheat
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameLeft Fielder

Looking at the career totals, Billy Hamilton and Zack Wheat are closely matched on the surface stats. Billy Hamilton posted stronger numbers in OPS (.888 vs .817) and on-base percentage (.455 vs .367). Zack Wheat had the advantage in slugging (.450 vs .432). By the career numbers, Billy Hamilton had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Hamilton and Zack Wheat

Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
1594
125.71
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2410
144.66
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
7608
600
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9996
600
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
6283
495.5
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9106
546.58
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.981
0.981
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.835
0.835
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
2164
170.66
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2884
173.11
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1787
140.93
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2104
126.29
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
242
19.09
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
476
28.57
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
95
7.49
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
10.32
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
40
3.15
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
7.92
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
377
29.73
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
780
46.82
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1642.45
129.53
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
1529.32
91.8
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
2716
214.2
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4100
246.1
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3442
271.45
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3611
216.75
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.888
0.888
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.818
0.818
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.192
1.192
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.802
0.802
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1697
133.83
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
1289
77.37
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
742
58.52
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1248
74.91
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2399
189.2
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2405
144.36
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1625.05
128.16
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1662.45
99.79
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
7.02
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
77
4.62
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1189
93.77
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
650
39.02
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
28.55
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
572
34.33
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.02
21.02
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
17.48
17.48
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
1.14
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
47
3.71
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
9.78
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
914
72.08
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
205
12.3
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
2.94
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
914
72.08
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
254
15.25
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 600 PA
80.71
80.71

Fielding Stats for Billy Hamilton and Zack Wheat

Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1587
1.03
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2337
12.85
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41592
27
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4911
27
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13864
9
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1637
9
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3453
2.24
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4996
27.47
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.12
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.28
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
0.19
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.01
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3924
2.55
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5411
29.75
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3635
2.36
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5228
28.74
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.62
96.62
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.291
2.291
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.237
2.237
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Billy Hamilton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.04
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.3
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hamilton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0