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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.6

101

ERA

3.94

505

200

1847.1

1140

WHIP

1.356

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-15 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 0

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	130	6	Apr 22(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.37	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.10	0.01%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
2	131	9	Apr 29(1)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(1-0)	6	10.0	9	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	1.82	38	11	11	2	3	9	77			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.849	3.23	1.09%	5.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	132	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	10	4	4	2	0	1	0	1.80	3.02	39	12	15	1	2	10	49			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	0	.37	0.010	.68	0.01%	1.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
4	133	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,6-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	6	4.0	12	7	6	1	2	2	0	3.75	3.95	24	7	2	0	0	12	13			1	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.429	1.48	-0.42%	-4.28	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d2
5	134	26	May 18	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	1	3.27	3.70	38	10	15	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.144	.80	0.09%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	135	31	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-13	GS-2	L(3-2)	4	1.1	6	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.46	3.91	13	2	2	0	1	6	17			0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.330	2.16	-0.34%	-4.55	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d4
7	136	34	May 26	DET		KCA	W,12-6	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	9	6	6	3	7	2	0	4.78	4.08	39	9	11	1	3	9	49			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.55	0.177	.42	0.08%	-1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	137	41	Jun 3(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(5-2)	7	9.0	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	4.47	3.63	37	5	14	0	2	9	62			0	0	0	33	2	1	1	1	2	0	1.11	0.199	2.30	0.25%	1.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	138	46	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.82	3.41	36	13	6	0	2	6	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.190	.72	0.20%	4.51	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
10	139	51	Jun 12	DET	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.45	3.25	37	6	13	2	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.428	1.60	0.45%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
11	140	53	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,5-2	8-GF	W(8-2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.36	3.14	6	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.145	2.16	0.20%	1.06	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
12	141	55	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-13	GS-4	L(8-3)	1	3.2	8	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.79	3.17	21	3	5	0	2	8	24			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.224	2.29	-0.28%	-2.68	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
13	142	58	Jun 20	DET		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	L(8-4)	2	8.0	7	4	4	2	5	3	0	3.86	3.51	31	10	8	1	0	6	55			0	0	1	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	.73	-0.033	1.01	-0.03%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
14	143	62	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-5	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.2	10	5	4	7	10	1	0	3.93	3.57	39	7	6	1	1	9	44			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.268	.46	-0.06%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
15	144	66	Jun 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.58	3.42	32	8	12	0	2	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.481	.20	0.06%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	145	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,0-6	GS-7	L(9-6)	3	6.0	9	6	5	2	5	1	0	3.80	3.45	29	5	9	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.167	.16	-0.02%	-2.68	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d4
17	146	75	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,12-8	GS-7	W(10-6)	3	6.1	10	7	7	4	6	1	0	4.14	3.50	31	2	9	2	0	10	27			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	1	0	.87	0.010	.04	0.00%	-3.59	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a5
18	147	78	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	4	2	1	5	5	1	0	3.91	3.57	38	12	12	0	2	4	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.22	0.402	.07	0.02%	2.51	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
19	148	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-9	H(1)	1	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.04	3.76	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.006	.08	0.00%	-1.60	9b --- 0 out a3	9b --- 2 out a1
20	149	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-7	L(11-7)	2	7.0	9	4	4	5	4	0	0	4.10	3.74	34	8	8	2	0	9	42			1	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	.60	-0.159	.03	0.00%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
21	150	88	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-6	L(11-8)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.25	3.69	28	8	7	2	1	9	34			0	1	0	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.205	.03	0.00%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	151	93	Jul 26	DET		BAL	L,6-11	GS-4	L(11-9)	4	3.1	6	7	6	5	1	1	0	4.53	3.84	21	8	1	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	-0.520	.01	0.00%	-5.17	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d4
23	152	96	Jul 29(1)	DET		WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-9)	2	9.0	6	0	0	4	12	0	0	4.26	3.67	36	5	9	1	3	6	83			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.319	.00	0.00%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	153	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	9	1	0	4.24	3.62	36	4	12	2	0	8	61			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
25	154	107	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,8-7	GS-2		4	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.47	3.60	13	1	4	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.395	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
26	155	111	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.34	3.50	35	8	11	2	0	8	67			1	0	0	33	2	1	1	2	0	0	.96	0.253	.00	0.00%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	156	114	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-2	L(14-10)	3	2.0	3	4	4	4	3	1	1	4.50	3.61	13	0	2	0	0	3	33			0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
28	157	118	Aug 19(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(14-11)	2	8.0	8	4	3	3	6	0	0	4.45	3.54	33	12	5	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.22	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
29	158	122	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	8	1	1	6	6	0	0	4.28	3.51	39	12	7	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.53	0.265	.00	0.00%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	159	127	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-2	L(15-12)	4	1.2	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.29	3.54	13	4	1	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.34	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	160	130	Sep 2	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	W(16-12)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.14	3.47	37	5	18	1	2	8	69			0	0	0	35	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.454	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	161	135	Sep 7	DET	@	KCA	W,12-8	GS-7	W(17-12)	4	6.1	11	6	6	2	4	0	1	4.28	3.44	31	5	8	0	1	11	29			0	0	0	26	1	2	1	2	2	0	1.22	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a2
33	162	139	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(18-12)	4	9.0	11	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.18	3.44	39	9	13	0	3	10	60			0	0	0	37	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.417	.00	0.00%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	163	143	Sep 16(1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	11	4	3	2	5	0	1	4.17	3.40	33	7	7	0	1	11	44			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	1	0	.99	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
35	164	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-5	GS-7	L(18-13)	4	7.0	8	5	3	6	7	2	0	4.16	3.50	36	9	6	1	1	8	46			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
36	165	151	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	1	4.12	3.51	38	6	13	1	0	8	63			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	0	2	0	1.48	0.225	.00	0.00%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	166	153	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(19-14)	2	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.06	3.45	31	10	8	1	1	6	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.11	0.102	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
38	167	155	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	4-7	W(20-14)	1	4.0	5	4	2	0	4	1	0	4.06	3.45	19	5	5	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.87	4b --- 0 out a4	7b 3 out a4
							23-15		W-L:20-14,Hld:1	3.4	248.0	276	127	112	104	172	22	5	4.06	3.45	1100	0.84		5%	6%	270	50	0	---%	5	6	1	967	46	10	12	23	12	6	.99	1.146	.50	1.31%	5.23

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