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Frank Hiller
Frank Walter Hiller (Dutch)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School Lafayette College

Debut May 25, 1946
Final Game June 23, 1953
Born July 13, 1920 in Newark, NJ
Died January 8, 1987 in West Chester, PA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 25 NYY AL   0   2   3   1   0   0   1  0   11.3   13    7    6   2    6    4   0   0    50       1  4.76  3.47   73 1.676
 1948 27 NYY AL   5   2  22   5   1   0   5  0   62.3   59   29   28   8   30   25   1   0   276       0  4.04  4.07  101 1.428
 1949 28 NYY AL   0   2   4   0   0   0   2  1    7.7    9    5    5   0    7    3   0   0    38       0  5.87  4.07   69 2.087
 1950 29 CHC NL  12   5  38  17   9   2  11  1  153.0  153   68   60  16   32   55   4   2   636       2  3.53  4.18  119 1.209
 1951 30 CHC NL   6  12  24  21   6   2   1  1  141.3  147   83   76  17   31   50   9   3   594       1  4.84  4.08   84 1.259
 1952 31 CIN NL   5   8  28  15   6   1   4  1  124.3  129   67   64   7   37   50   6   0   524       1  4.63  3.77   81 1.335
 1953 32 NYG NL   2   1  19   1   0   0  10  0   33.7   43   29   23   6   15   10   4   1   163       1  6.15  4.32   70 1.723
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .484  30  32 138  60  22   5  34  4  533.7  553  288  262  56  158  197  24   6  2281       6  4.42  4.04   91 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  47  20   7   1  11  1  183.0  189   98   89  19   54   67   8   2   783   0   2  4.42  4.04   91 1.332
 Career High     12  12  38  21   9   2  11  1  153.0  153   83   76  17   37   55   9   3   636   0   2  3.53  4.18  119 1.209

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 25 NYY AL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   39    1   1           0   0
 1948 27 NYY AL  22   16    1    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   2  .375  .375  .438  117    7   1           0   0
 1949 28 NYY AL   4    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  165    1   0           0   0
 1950 29 CHC NL  38   44    2    5   0  0   0    1   0      1   7  .114  .133  .114  -34    5   4           0   2
 1951 30 CHC NL  24   48    4    6   0  0   0    2   1  0   1   9  .125  .143  .125  -28    6   1           0   0
 1952 31 CIN NL  29   30    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  1   5   8  .167  .286  .167   28    5   7           0   0
 1953 32 NYG NL  19    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  160    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      139  148   10   26   1  0   0    9   1  1   7  26  .176  .213  .182    7   27  14   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        172   12   30   1  0   0   10   1  1   8  30  .176  .213  .182    7   31  16   0   0   0   2
 Career High     38   48    4    6   1  0   0    4   1  1   5   9                           7   7   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 25 NYY AL    5    4    0   0.0    96| .250  .265| .250  .339| .250  .381| .500  .720|  39  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1948 27 NYY AL   17   11    3   7.3   105| .375  .272| .375  .357| .438  .393| .813  .749| 117  .697   0.3   0.0   0%
 1949 28 NYY AL    2    1    1  26.6   107| .500  .270| .500  .362| .500  .394|1.000  .756| 165  .962   0.2   0.0   0%
 1950 29 CHC NL   49   45    1   0.6   107| .114  .268| .133  .345| .114  .416| .247  .761| -34  .022  -8.7  -0.9     
 1951 30 CHC NL   50   43    1   0.6   105| .125  .270| .143  .344| .125  .409| .268  .753| -28  .026  -8.9  -0.9 100%
 1952 31 CIN NL   42   33    1   0.8    97| .167  .262| .286  .335| .167  .389| .453  .724|  28  .048  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1953 32 NYG NL    4    2    1  13.2   112| .500  .276| .500  .348| .500  .431|1.000  .779| 160  .863   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       169  139    8   1.5   104| .176  .268| .213  .344| .182  .405| .395  .749|   7  .123 -19.9  -2.1     

* 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 ------+
1946 25 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.00 1.59 1.99 1 11.3 1948 27 NYY AL P 22 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.64 0.91 2.02 2.02 5 62.3 1949 28 NYY AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.00 1.17 2.10 0 7.7 1950 29 CHC NL P 38 14 29 1 0 .977 .962 1.13 0.97 2.53 2.12 17 153.0 1951 30 CHC NL P 24 13 30 1 2 .977 .962 1.79 0.96 2.74 2.14 21 141.3 1952 31 CIN NL P 28 9 25 1 0 .971 .952 1.21 0.98 2.46 2.18 15 124.3 1953 32 NYG NL P 19 5 10 2 0 .882 .955 0.79 0.87 4.01 2.06 1 33.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 25 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.00 1.59 1.99 1 11.3 1948 27 NYY AL P 22 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.64 0.91 2.02 2.02 5 62.3 1949 28 NYY AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.00 1.17 2.10 0 7.7 1950 29 CHC NL P 38 14 29 1 0 .977 .962 1.13 0.97 2.53 2.12 17 153.0 1951 30 CHC NL P 24 13 30 1 2 .977 .962 1.79 0.96 2.74 2.14 21 141.3 1952 31 CIN NL P 28 9 25 1 0 .971 .952 1.21 0.98 2.46 2.18 15 124.3 1953 32 NYG NL P 19 5 10 2 0 .882 .955 0.79 0.87 4.01 2.06 1 33.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 138 44 108 5 2 .968 .960 1.10 0.95 2.56 2.12 60 533.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 138 44 108 5 2 .968 .960 1.10 0.95 2.56 2.12 60 534
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1950 NL-.706-3

Shutouts
1950 NL-2-9

Hit Batsmen
1951 NL-9-1
1952 NL-6-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1600) (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.


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Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 10, 1950: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees.

January 3, 1952: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Willie Ramsdell.

October 13, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Gail Henley.

October 8, 1953: Traded by the New York Giants with Chuck Diering, Adrian Zabala, and $60,000 to the San Francisco (PCL) for Windy McCall.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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