Billy Hoeft

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI us

Died: March 16, 2010 in Canadian Lakes, MI

Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI

High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)

Debut: April 18, 1952 (Age 19-337d, 10,900th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1966 (Age 34-131d)
vs. HOU 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: William Frederick Hoeft

Pronunciation: \HEFT\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.6

101

ERA

3.94

505

200

1847.1

1140

WHIP

1.356

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BAL		LAA	L,2-7		10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	L,2-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (2)	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (4)	Apr 24	BAL		CLE	L,1-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (1)	Apr 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (6)	May 3	BAL	@	LAA	L,6-7		14	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	24 (4)	May 10	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-10		14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 14 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (4)	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
10	38 (4)	May 23	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	42 (3)	May 27	BAL		BOS	W,5-4		20	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	47 (4)	Jun 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	53 (5)	Jun 7	BAL		LAA	L,0-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
14	58 (4)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	61 (2)	Jun 15	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	71 (9)	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8		14	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	P
17	73 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	76 (2)	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-6		10	2.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	78 (1)	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GF	7	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	82 (3)	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	88 (5)	Jul 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	92 (3)	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	94 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	L,8-15	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	96 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-11		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	99 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	112 (12)	Aug 7	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	117 (4)	Aug 11	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	121 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	125 (3)	Aug 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	128 (2)	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	GF	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	135 (6)	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	142 (6)	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	GS	27	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	147 (4)	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	L,2-6		19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	151 (3)	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	17	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
35	159 (7)	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	33	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
							35gm		138.0	9	25	0	34	2