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John Hiller
John Frederick Hiller

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 6, 1965
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 27, 1980
Born April 8, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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I missed the early years of John Hiller's career but I was a fan in 1973 when he finished 4th in the MVP award and the Cy Young award. Outstanding.

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 22 DET AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  1    6.0    5    0    0   0    1    4   0   0    23   0   0  0.00  3.49  inf 1.000
 1966 23 DET AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    2    2   0    2    1   0   0    10   0   0  9.00  3.51   39 2.000
 1967 24 DET AL   4   3  23   6   2   2  11  3   65.0   57   20   19   4    9   49   0   0   256   0   0  2.63  3.26  124 1.015
 1968 25 DET AL   9   6  39  12   4   1  13  2  128.0   92   37   34   9   51   78   0   2   518   4   0  2.39  3.01  126 1.117
 1969 26 DET AL   4   4  40   8   1   1  13  4   99.3   97   50   44  13   44   74   1   3   431   2   0  3.99  3.77   95 1.419
 1970 27 DET AL   6   6  47   5   1   1  18  3  104.0   82   39   35  12   46   89   2   3   432   4   0  3.03  3.76  124 1.231
 1972 29 DET AL   1   2  24   3   1   0   8  3   44.3   39   13   10   4   13   26   3   2   186   2   0  2.03  3.16  156 1.173
 1973 30 DET AL  10   5  65   0   0   0  60 38  125.3   89   21   20   7   39  124   0   1   498   7   0  1.44  4.09  285 1.021 MVP-4,CYA-4
 1974 31 DET AL  17  14  59   0   0   0  52 13  150.0  127   51   44  10   62  134   3   7   633  19   0  2.64  3.77  143 1.260 MVP-20,CYA-7,AS
 1975 32 DET AL   2   3  36   0   0   0  34 14   70.7   52   20   17   6   36   87   0   1   295   4   0  2.17  4.02  186 1.245
 1976 33 DET AL  12   8  56   1   1   1  46 13  121.0   93   37   32   7   67  117   2   6   510   9   0  2.38  3.70  155 1.322
 1977 34 DET AL   8  14  45   8   3   0  27  7  124.0  120   59   49  15   61  115   1   6   539   8   0  3.56  4.28  120 1.460
 1978 35 DET AL   9   4  51   0   0   0  46 15   92.3   64   27   24   6   35   74   0   3   363   4   0  2.34  3.89  166 1.072
 1979 36 DET AL   4   7  43   0   0   0  30  9   79.3   83   47   46  14   55   46   0   4   372   7   0  5.22  4.36   84 1.739
 1980 37 DET AL   1   0  11   0   0   0   2  0   30.7   38   15   15   3   14   18   0   1   140   1   1  4.40  4.12   94 1.696
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Years            76      43       6    125        1040       391      535       12  39  5206  71   1  2.83  3.79  134 1.268
 WL%= .534       87     545      13     363    1242.0       438      110      1036
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   8  63   4   1   0  41 14  143.3  120   50   45  12   61  119   1   4   602   8   0  2.83  3.79  134 1.268
 Career High     17  14  65  12   4   2  60 38  150.0  127   59   49  15   67  134   3   7   633  19   1  1.44  4.36  285 1.015
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 24 DET AL  23   15    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   5  .133  .188  .133   -5    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 25 DET AL  39   37    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  14  .081  .081  .081  -51    3   0   0   0   0   1
 1969 26 DET AL  41   21    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .286  .318  .333   79    7   2   0   0   0   0
 1970 27 DET AL  47   23    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .000  .042  .000  -88    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 29 DET AL  24    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 33 DET AL  56    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     546  101    2   11   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  34  .109  .135  .119  -27   12   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         30    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  10  .109  .135  .119  -27    4   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     65   37    1    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  14                           7   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 24 DET AL   17   14    0   0.0    87| .133  .246| .188  .316| .133  .369| .321  .686|  -5  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1968 25 DET AL   37   35    0   0.0    82| .081  .241| .081  .311| .081  .357| .162  .668| -51  .000  -6.9  -0.8   0%
 1969 26 DET AL   24   17    2   3.2    99| .286  .260| .318  .337| .333  .392| .651  .730|  79  .372  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1970 27 DET AL   25   24    0   0.0    98| .000  .259| .042  .333| .000  .395| .042  .729| -88  .000  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1972 29 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0    85| .000  .250| .000  .319| .000  .360| .000  .680|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1976 33 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .259| .000  .324| .000  .366| .000  .690|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      108   95    2   0.6    90| .109  .250| .135  .323| .119  .375| .254  .698| -27  .029 -16.8  -1.8   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 ------+
 1965 22 DET AL   P    5      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.76  0.00  2.10    0    6.0
 1966 23 DET AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1967 24 DET AL   P   23      4    9    1    0  .929  .956  0.57  0.74  1.80  1.97    6   65.0
 1968 25 DET AL   P   39     12   15    0    1 1.000  .957  0.69  0.73  1.90  1.89   12  128.0
 1969 26 DET AL   P   40      2   11    1    0  .929  .949  0.33  0.69  1.18  1.88    8   99.3
 1970 27 DET AL   P   47      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.28  0.67  1.12  1.86    5  104.0
 1972 29 DET AL   P   24      1    9    0    2 1.000  .952  0.42  0.75  2.03  1.87    3   44.3
 1973 30 DET AL   P   65      8   16    1    1  .960  .952  0.37  0.86  1.72  1.86    0  125.3
 1974 31 DET AL   P   59      2   11    1    0  .929  .949  0.22  0.83  0.78  1.81    0  150.0 AS
 1975 32 DET AL   P   36      1    8    0    0 1.000  .938  0.25  0.85  1.15  1.87    0   70.7
 1976 33 DET AL   P   56      2   13    1    0  .938  .949  0.27  0.85  1.12  1.87    1  121.0
 1977 34 DET AL   P   45      4   11    2    1  .882  .949  0.33  0.84  1.09  1.95    8  124.0
 1978 35 DET AL   P   51      1    9    0    0 1.000  .952  0.20  0.85  0.98  1.90    0   92.3
 1979 36 DET AL   P   43      4   10    0    0 1.000  .946  0.33  0.81  1.59  1.92    0   79.3
 1980 37 DET AL   P   11      1    4    1    0  .833  .962  0.45  0.77  1.47  1.85    0   30.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1965 22 DET AL   P    5      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.76  0.00  2.10    0    6.0
 1966 23 DET AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1967 24 DET AL   P   23      4    9    1    0  .929  .956  0.57  0.74  1.80  1.97    6   65.0
 1968 25 DET AL   P   39     12   15    0    1 1.000  .957  0.69  0.73  1.90  1.89   12  128.0
 1969 26 DET AL   P   40      2   11    1    0  .929  .949  0.33  0.69  1.18  1.88    8   99.3
 1970 27 DET AL   P   47      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.28  0.67  1.12  1.86    5  104.0
 1972 29 DET AL   P   24      1    9    0    2 1.000  .952  0.42  0.75  2.03  1.87    3   44.3
 1973 30 DET AL   P   65      8   16    1    1  .960  .952  0.37  0.86  1.72  1.86    0  125.3
 1974 31 DET AL   P   59      2   11    1    0  .929  .949  0.22  0.83  0.78  1.81    0  150.0
 1975 32 DET AL   P   36      1    8    0    0 1.000  .938  0.25  0.85  1.15  1.87    0   70.7
 1976 33 DET AL   P   56      2   13    1    0  .938  .949  0.27  0.85  1.12  1.87    1  121.0
 1977 34 DET AL   P   45      4   11    2    1  .882  .949  0.33  0.84  1.09  1.95    8  124.0
 1978 35 DET AL   P   51      1    9    0    0 1.000  .952  0.20  0.85  0.98  1.90    0   92.3
 1979 36 DET AL   P   43      4   10    0    0 1.000  .946  0.33  0.81  1.59  1.92    0   79.3
 1980 37 DET AL   P   11      1    4    1    0  .833  .962  0.45  0.77  1.47  1.85    0   30.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 545     45  136    8    5  .958  .951  0.33  0.80  1.31  1.88   43 1242.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       545     45  136    8    5  .958  .951  0.33  0.80  1.31  1.88   43   1242

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   2   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   2     6   3   3   1 
 1972   ALCS  DET OAK     L   3   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   3.1   1   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   5   0   5.06  1  0  0  0   5.1   7   3   4   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   ALCS  DET OAK     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   DET 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
1974

Awards
1973-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1973-AL-4-0.25
1974-AL-20-0.03
Car-603-0.28 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1973-AL-4-0.05
1974-AL-7-0.01
Car-185-0.06 shares

Won-Loss %
1973 AL-.667-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
Car-7.54-37

Strikeouts/9IP
Car-7.51-45

Games
1973 AL-65-1
1974 AL-59-6
1976 AL-56-8

Saves
1973 AL-38-1
1974 AL-13-7
1975 AL-14-6
1976 AL-13-7
1978 AL-15-7
Car-125-88

Games Finished
1973 AL-60-1
1974 AL-52-6
1975 AL-34-9
1976 AL-46-4
1978 AL-46-6
Car-363-66

Adjusted ERA+
Car-134-25

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1022) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (476) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (572) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 16, 1962: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
August 31, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
September 9, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
September 30, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
July 8, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
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Uniforms
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I missed the early years of John Hiller's career but I was a fan in 1973 when he finished 4th in the MVP award and the Cy Young award. Outstanding.

All-Star 1974	Awards 1973-ML-Hutch Award	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1973-AL-4-0.25 1974-AL-20-0.03 Car-603-0.28 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1973-AL-4-0.05 1974-AL-7-0.01 Car-185-0.06 shares	Won-Loss % 1973 AL-.667-5	Hits Allowed/9IP Car-7.54-37
Strikeouts/9IP Car-7.51-45	Games 1973 AL-65-1 1974 AL-59-6 1976 AL-56-8	Saves 1973 AL-38-1 1974 AL-13-7 1975 AL-14-6 1976 AL-13-7 1978 AL-15-7 Car-125-88	Games Finished 1973 AL-60-1 1974 AL-52-6 1975 AL-34-9 1976 AL-46-4 1978 AL-46-6 Car-363-66	Adjusted ERA+ Car-134-25