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Oral Hildebrand
Oral Clyde Hildebrand

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.
School Butler University

Debut September 8, 1931
Final Game July 28, 1940
Born April 7, 1907 in Indianapolis, IN
Died September 8, 1977 in Southport, IN

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1931 24 CLE AL   2   1   5   2   2   0   1  0   26.7   25   16   13   0   13    6   3   1   121       0  4.39  4.60  105 1.425
 1932 25 CLE AL   8   6  27  15   7   0   8  0  129.3  124   69   53   7   62   49   0   1   568       0  3.69  4.79  130 1.438
 1933 26 CLE AL  16  11  36  31  15   6   2  0  220.3  205  110   92   8   88   90   1   5   936       0  3.76  4.50  120 1.330 AS
 1934 27 CLE AL  11   9  33  28  10   1   4  1  198.0  225  112   99  14   99   72   3   4   914       0  4.50  4.45   99 1.636
 1935 28 CLE AL   9   8  34  20   8   0   9  5  171.3  171   85   75  12   63   49   3   1   736       0  3.94  4.50  114 1.366
 1936 29 CLE AL  10  11  36  21   9   0  12  4  174.7  197  107   95  10   83   65   4   2   796       0  4.90  5.14  105 1.603
 1937 30 SLB AL   8  17  30  27  12   1   2  1  201.3  228  127  115  18   87   75   3   4   904       0  5.14  4.81   94 1.565
 1938 31 SLB AL   8  10  23  23  10   0   0  0  163.0  194  104  103  18   73   66   3   1   735       1  5.69  4.98   88 1.638
 1939 32 NYY AL  10   4  21  15   7   1   5  2  126.7  102   44   43  11   41   50   1   2   515       0  3.06  4.34  142 1.129
 1940 33 NYY AL   1   1  13   0   0   0   8  0   19.3   19    7    4   1   14    5   1   0    88       0  1.86  4.03  216 1.707
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .516  83  78 258 182  80   9  51 13 1430.7 1490  781  692  99  623  527  22  21  6313       1  4.35  4.68  107 1.477
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  39  28  12   1   7  2  221.0  230  120  106  15   96   81   3   3   975   0   0  4.35  4.68  107 1.477
 Career High     16  17  36  31  15   6  12  5  220.3  228  127  115  18   99   90   4   5   936   0   1  3.06  5.14  142 1.129

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 24 CLE AL   5   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   -6    2   0           0    
 1932 25 CLE AL  27   48    1    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   5  .146  .163  .167  -17    8   3           0    
 1933 26 CLE AL  36   84    4   16   0  2   0   10   0  0   1   7  .190  .200  .238   13   20   0           0     AS
 1934 27 CLE AL  33   76    5   13   3  0   0    8   0  0   3   5  .171  .203  .211    7   16   4           0    
 1935 28 CLE AL  34   55    9    9   1  1   0    4   0  0   2   7  .164  .193  .218    5   12   6           0    
 1936 29 CLE AL  36   63    7   12   2  0   0    8   0  0   6   7  .190  .261  .222   19   14   2           0    
 1937 30 SLB AL  30   70    9   14   3  0   0    7   0  0   2   2  .200  .222  .243   17   17   9           0    
 1938 31 SLB AL  24   59    3   15   2  0   0    5   0  0   2   6  .254  .279  .288   42   17   4           0    
 1939 32 NYY AL  21   44    5    8   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   5  .182  .200  .205    4    9   3           0   2
 1940 33 NYY AL  13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     259  513   43   96  13  3   0   50   0  0  18  47  .187  .215  .224   11  115  31   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        321   27   60   8  2   0   31   0  0  11  29  .187  .215  .224   11   72  19   0   0   0   1
 Career High     36   84    9   16   3  2   0   10   0  0   6   7                          20   9   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 24 CLE AL   11    9    0   0.0   113| .182  .294| .182  .362| .182  .420| .364  .782|  -6  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1932 25 CLE AL   52   44    1   0.6   118| .146  .295| .163  .367| .167  .433| .330  .800| -17  .021  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1933 26 CLE AL   85   68    4   1.6   110| .190  .287| .200  .359| .238  .413| .438  .772|  13  .117 -11.3  -1.1   0%
 1934 27 CLE AL   83   67    3   1.2   112| .171  .288| .203  .362| .211  .415| .414  .777|   7  .067 -10.9  -1.0   0%
 1935 28 CLE AL   63   52    2   1.0   113| .164  .290| .193  .363| .218  .419| .411  .782|   5  .052  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1936 29 CLE AL   71   53    4   2.0   124| .190  .302| .261  .379| .222  .444| .483  .823|  19  .135  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1937 30 SLB AL   81   65    4   1.6   117| .200  .290| .222  .365| .243  .432| .465  .797|  17  .105  -9.2  -0.8   0%
 1938 31 SLB AL   65   48    5   2.7   118| .254  .290| .279  .369| .288  .432| .567  .801|  42  .232  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1939 32 NYY AL   48   41    2   1.3   113| .182  .285| .200  .360| .205  .422| .405  .782|   4  .076  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1940 33 NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0   107| .000  .274| .000  .347| .000  .416| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      562  450   25   1.5   115| .187  .291| .215  .365| .224  .425| .439  .791|  11  .094 -71.4  -6.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1931 24 CLE AL   P    5      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.18  1.69  2.22    2   26.7
 1932 25 CLE AL   P   27      9   13    1    2  .957  .957  0.81  1.21  1.53  2.24   15  129.3
 1933 26 CLE AL   P   36     11   43    2    4  .964  .959  1.50  1.18  2.21  2.28   31  220.3 AS
 1934 27 CLE AL   P   33      5   44    0    1 1.000  .955  1.48  1.11  2.23  2.14   28  198.0
 1935 28 CLE AL   P   34      6   35    2    1  .953  .949  1.21  1.12  2.15  2.15   20  171.3
 1936 29 CLE AL   P   36      4   26    0    1 1.000  .955  0.83  1.04  1.55  1.99   21  174.7
 1937 30 SLB AL   P   30      5   36    2    1  .953  .953  1.37  1.09  1.83  2.05   27  201.3
 1938 31 SLB AL   P   23      5   14    1    0  .950  .950  0.83  1.12  1.05  2.11   23  163.0
 1939 32 NYY AL   P   21      5   18    1    1  .958  .950  1.10  0.98  1.63  1.92   15  126.7
 1940 33 NYY AL   P   13      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.31  1.05  1.87  2.05    0   19.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1931 24 CLE AL   P    5      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.18  1.69  2.22    2   26.7
 1932 25 CLE AL   P   27      9   13    1    2  .957  .957  0.81  1.21  1.53  2.24   15  129.3
 1933 26 CLE AL   P   36     11   43    2    4  .964  .959  1.50  1.18  2.21  2.28   31  220.3
 1934 27 CLE AL   P   33      5   44    0    1 1.000  .955  1.48  1.11  2.23  2.14   28  198.0
 1935 28 CLE AL   P   34      6   35    2    1  .953  .949  1.21  1.12  2.15  2.15   20  171.3
 1936 29 CLE AL   P   36      4   26    0    1 1.000  .955  0.83  1.04  1.55  1.99   21  174.7
 1937 30 SLB AL   P   30      5   36    2    1  .953  .953  1.37  1.09  1.83  2.05   27  201.3
 1938 31 SLB AL   P   23      5   14    1    0  .950  .950  0.83  1.12  1.05  2.11   23  163.0
 1939 32 NYY AL   P   21      5   18    1    1  .958  .950  1.10  0.98  1.63  1.92   15  126.7
 1940 33 NYY AL   P   13      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.31  1.05  1.87  2.05    0   19.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 258     52  236   10   11  .966  .954  1.12  1.11  1.81  2.12  182 1430.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       258     52  236   10   11  .966  .954  1.12  1.11  1.81  2.12  182   1431

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   1   0.00  0  0  0  0   4     2   0   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933

ERA
1933 AL-3.76-10

Wins
1933 AL-16-4

Won-Loss %
1939 AL-.714-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1933 AL-1.330-8
1935 AL-1.366-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1933 AL-8.37-5
1935 AL-8.98-10

Saves
1935 AL-5-2
1936 AL-4-5

Games Started
1933 AL-31-7

Comp. Games
1933 AL-15-9

Shutouts
1933 AL-6-1

Home Runs Allow.
1937 AL-18-7
1938 AL-18-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1933 AL-88-10
1934 AL-99-10

Losses
1937 AL-17-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1937 AL-115-9
1938 AL-103-10

Wild Pitches
1933 AL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-3-10

Adjusted ERA+
1933 AL-120-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 25 (911) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (908) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
November 29, 1930: Traded by the Indianapolis (American Association) to the Cleveland Indians for Les Barnhart, Zeke Bonura, and Ed Montague.
January 17, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Bill Knickerbocker and Joe Vosmik to the St. Louis Browns for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary, and Moose Solters.
October 26, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Buster Mills to the New York Yankees for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Oral Hildebrand's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1933	ERA 1933 AL-3.76-10	Wins 1933 AL-16-4	Won-Loss % 1939 AL-.714-6	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1933 AL-1.330-8 1935 AL-1.366-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1933 AL-8.37-5 1935 AL-8.98-10
Saves 1935 AL-5-2 1936 AL-4-5	Games Started 1933 AL-31-7	Comp. Games 1933 AL-15-9	Shutouts 1933 AL-6-1	Home Runs Allow. 1937 AL-18-7 1938 AL-18-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1933 AL-88-10 1934 AL-99-10
Losses 1937 AL-17-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1937 AL-115-9 1938 AL-103-10	Wild Pitches 1933 AL-5-10	Hit Batsmen 1934 AL-3-10	Adjusted ERA+ 1933 AL-120-10