Billy Gil
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730 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 16 Sep
Billy Gil’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So he wins four batting titles.
He has a career 300 average.
He was good.
He has World Series that he won with the Pirates.
He didn't even get 5% of the Hall of Fame vote and was gone off the ballot after one year.
Because apparently he was so difficult with the media and he was such a jerk to umpires that I guess they sent him this point.
I mean, he has over 2,000 hits, but it was like 1,800 games.
So it's not the best, but
In a baseball season now where you have like five guys hitting over 300, the idea that you have a career 300 hitter with four batting titles that didn't even make the second year ballot in the Hall of Fame is crazy.
In 1996, so 93 was when he was up.
He didn't make it past.
In 96, the Veterans Committee or whatever, the Baseball Writers Association, they got together and petitioned for him and like three other guys, including Larry Boa,
who didn't make a second year after a second year of election.
They wanted to put like five guys back on the ballot who hadn't gotten the 5%.
They approved it.
Then the ballot came out and they changed their mind.
They just left them off the ballot.
So they said, you know what?
We approved this, but no, we're not going to ever vote you into the Hall of Fame.
Well, Don Mattingly's not in either, right?
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