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Guy Hecker

Guy Jackson Hecker

Positions: Pitcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1856 in Youngsville, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Eclipse/PittsburghAlleghenys 1882-1890

Final Game: September 30, 1890
Died: December 3, 1938 in Wooster, OH
Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1882 26 LOU AA 6 6 .500 1.30 13 11 1 10 0 0 104.0 75 49 15 0 5 33 7 403 191 0.769 6.5 0.0 0.4 2.9 6.60
1883 27 LOU AA 28 23 .549 3.34 53 52 1 51 3 0 469.0 526 298 174 4 75 164 20 2056 89 1.281 10.1 0.1 1.4 3.1 2.19
1884 28 LOU AA 52 20 .722 1.80 75 73 2 72 6 0 670.2 526 230 134 4 56 385 16 2 27 2649 171 0.868 7.1 0.1 0.8 5.2 6.88
1885 29 LOU AA 30 23 .566 2.18 53 53 0 51 2 0 480.0 454 252 116 6 54 209 18 2 16 1988 149 1.058 8.5 0.1 1.0 3.9 3.87
1886 30 LOU AA 26 23 .531 2.87 49 48 1 45 2 0 420.2 390 273 134 6 118 133 10 0 21 1815 126 1.208 8.3 0.1 2.5 2.8 1.13
1887 31 LOU AA 18 12 .600 4.16 34 32 2 32 2 1 285.1 325 214 132 9 50 58 10 0 12 1256 105 1.314 10.3 0.3 1.6 1.8 1.16
1888 32 LOU AA 8 17 .320 3.39 26 25 1 25 0 0 223.1 251 154 84 5 43 63 10 0 6 970 89 1.316 10.1 0.2 1.7 2.5 1.47
1889 33 LOU AA 5 13 .278 5.59 19 16 3 15 0 0 151.1 215 145 94 7 47 33 5 15 716 68 1.731 12.8 0.4 2.8 2.0 0.70
1890 34 PIT NL 2 9 .182 5.11 14 12 2 11 0 0 119.2 160 111 68 9 44 32 3 0 4 562 65 1.705 12.0 0.7 3.3 2.4 0.73
9 Yrs 175 146 .545 2.93 336 322 13 312 15 1 2924.0 2922 1726 951 50 492 1110 72 4 128 12415 113 1.168 9.0 0.2 1.5 3.4 2.26
162 Game Avg. 18 15 .545 2.93 35 33 1 32 2 0 302 302 178 98 5 51 115 0 13 1283 113 1.168 9.0 0.2 1.5 3.4 2.26
LOU (8 yrs) 173 137 .558 2.83 322 310 11 301 15 1 2804.1 2762 1615 883 41 448 1078 69 4 124 11853 117 1.145 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.41
PIT (1 yr) 2 9 .182 5.11 14 12 2 11 0 0 119.2 160 111 68 9 44 32 3 0 4 562 65 1.705 12.0 0.7 3.3 2.4 0.73
AA (8 yrs) 173 137 .558 2.83 322 310 11 301 15 1 2804.1 2762 1615 883 41 448 1078 69 4 124 11853 117 1.145 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.41
NL (1 yr) 2 9 .182 5.11 14 12 2 11 0 0 119.2 160 111 68 9 44 32 3 0 4 562 65 1.705 12.0 0.7 3.3 2.4 0.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1882 26 LOU AA 104.0 13 11 49 4.24 5.14 0.01 0.00 92.0 4.72 7 0.6 1.0 -0.2 1.0 9 .549 .504 $3,300
1883 27 LOU AA 469.0 53 52 298 5.72 5.72 -0.23 0.00 90.0 5.36 -15 -1.3 1.0 -0.5 0.4 2 .476 .492 $
1884 28 LOU AA 670.2 75 73 230 3.09 5.23 0.61 0.00 95.0 4.39 121 12.4 1.0 -0.8 15.1 129 .665 .577 $1,800
1885 29 LOU AA 480.0 53 53 252 4.73 5.55 -0.13 0.00 100.0 5.68 52 5.1 -0.7 6.6 74 .596 .531 $
1886 30 LOU AA 420.2 49 48 273 5.84 5.63 -0.08 0.00 105.0 6.00 14 1.3 1.0 -0.5 2.7 35 .526 .508 $2,800
1887 31 LOU AA 285.1 34 32 214 6.75 6.53 -0.06 0.00 102.0 6.72 4 0.3 1.0 -0.3 1.4 21 .509 .502 $2,000
1888 32 LOU AA 223.1 26 25 154 6.21 5.23 -0.61 0.00 98.0 5.72 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 -0.2 1 .464 .494 $2,000
1889 33 LOU AA 151.1 19 16 145 8.62 6.29 -0.59 0.00 99.0 6.81 -28 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -20 .390 .487 $
1890 34 PIT NL 119.2 14 12 111 8.35 5.76 -0.76 0.00 93.0 6.06 -27 -2.1 1.0 -0.2 -1.3 -17 .352 .487 $
9 Seasons 2924.0 336 322 1726 5.31 5.62 -0.04 0.00 97.4 5.52 119 13.3 1.0 -3.6 24.2 233 .540 .509 $11,900
LOU (8 yrs) 2804.1 322 310 1615 5.18 5.61 -0.01 0.00 97.6 5.50 146 15.4 1.0 -3.4 25.5 250 .548 .512 $11,900
PIT (1 yr) 119.2 14 12 111 8.35 5.76 -0.76 0.00 93.0 6.06 -27 -2.1 1.0 -0.2 -1.3 -17 .352 .487 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1882 26 6 6 .500 1.30 13 11 1 10 0 0 104.0 75 49 15 0 5 33 7 403 191 0.769 6.5 0.0 0.4 2.9 6.60 191
1883 27 34 29 .540 2.97 66 63 2 61 3 0 573.0 601 347 189 4 80 197 27 2459 97 1.188 9.4 0.1 1.3 3.1 2.46 97
1884 28 86 49 .637 2.34 141 136 4 133 9 0 1243.2 1127 577 323 8 136 582 16 2 54 5108 128 1.016 8.2 0.1 1.0 4.2 4.28 128
1885 29 116 72 .617 2.29 194 189 4 184 11 0 1723.2 1581 829 439 14 190 791 34 4 70 7096 134 1.027 8.3 0.1 1.0 4.1 4.16 134
1886 30 142 95 .599 2.40 243 237 5 229 13 0 2144.1 1971 1102 573 20 308 924 44 4 91 8911 132 1.063 8.3 0.1 1.3 3.9 3.00 132
1887 31 160 107 .599 2.61 277 269 7 261 15 1 2429.2 2296 1316 705 29 358 982 54 4 103 10167 127 1.092 8.5 0.1 1.3 3.6 2.74 127
1888 32 168 124 .575 2.68 303 294 8 286 15 1 2653.0 2547 1470 789 34 401 1045 64 4 109 11137 123 1.111 8.6 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.61 123
1889 33 173 137 .558 2.83 322 310 11 301 15 1 2804.1 2762 1615 883 41 448 1078 69 4 124 11853 117 1.145 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.41 117
1890 34 175 146 .545 2.93 336 322 13 312 15 1 2924.0 2922 1726 951 50 492 1110 72 4 128 12415 113 1.168 9.0 0.2 1.5 3.4 2.26 113

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1882 26 23 2 .920 1.12 226.0 149 31 28 0 10 72 0 0.704 5.9 0.4 2.9 7.20 0.0 13
1883 27 62 29 .681 2.69 826.0 806 274 247 6 115 289 0 1.115 8.8 1.3 3.1 2.51 0.1 53
1884 28 107 16 .870 1.55 1114.0 797 213 192 6 85 640 24 0.792 6.4 0.7 5.2 7.53 0.0 75
1885 29 69 12 .852 1.67 737.0 595 152 137 8 71 321 24 0.904 7.3 0.9 3.9 4.52 0.1 53
1886 30 47 12 .797 1.97 531.0 392 129 116 6 119 168 10 0.962 6.6 2.0 2.8 1.41 0.1 49
1887 31 30 11 .732 2.49 369.0 309 113 102 9 48 75 10 0.967 7.5 1.2 1.8 1.56 0.2 34
1888 32 20 10 .667 2.86 271.0 276 96 86 5 47 76 11 1.192 9.2 1.6 2.5 1.62 0.2 26
1889 33 10 10 .500 3.83 188.0 213 89 80 7 47 41 5 1.383 10.2 2.3 2.0 0.87 0.3 19
1890 34 7 9 .438 4.26 148.0 178 78 70 10 49 40 3 1.534 10.8 3.0 2.4 0.82 0.6 14
9 Yrs 375 111 .772 2.16 4410.0 3715 1175 1058 57 591 1722 87 0.976 7.6 3.5 2.91 0.1 336

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1884 AA Triple Crown

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1882 AA  2.5 (10th)
1884 AA  17.4 (1st)
1885 AA  7.3 (3rd)
1886 AA  5.0 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1882 AA  1.0 (8th)
1884 AA  15.1 (1st)
1885 AA  6.6 (3rd)
1886 AA  2.7 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1882 AA  1.30 (2nd)
1883 AA  3.34 (10th)
1884 AA  1.80 (1st)
1885 AA  2.17 (2nd)
1886 AA  2.87 (6th)
Career  2.93 (147th)

Wins s c a p y
1883 AA  28 (5th)
1884 AA  52 (1st)
1885 AA  30 (5th)
1886 AA  26 (9th)
Career  175 (168th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1882 AA  .500 (9th)
1883 AA  .549 (10th)
1884 AA  .722 (3rd)
1885 AA  .566 (9th)
1887 AA  .600 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1882 AA  0.769 (1st)
1884 AA  0.868 (1st)
1885 AA  1.058 (4th)
1886 AA  1.208 (7th)
1887 AA  1.314 (8th)
Career  1.168 (84th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1882 AA  6.490 (1st)
1884 AA  7.059 (2nd)
1886 AA  8.344 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1882 AA  0.433 (1st)
1883 AA  1.439 (7th)
1884 AA  0.752 (2nd)
1885 AA  1.013 (2nd)
1886 AA  2.525 (9th)
1887 AA  1.577 (1st)
1888 AA  1.733 (5th)
1889 AA  2.795 (8th)
Career  1.514 (25th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1882 AA  2.856 (6th)
1883 AA  3.147 (7th)
1884 AA  5.167 (10th)
1885 AA  3.919 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1883 AA  53 (4th)
1884 AA  75 (1st)
1885 AA  53 (4th)
1886 AA  49 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1887 AA  1 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1883 AA  469.0 (4th)
1884 AA  670.7 (1st)
1885 AA  480.0 (5th)
1886 AA  420.7 (9th)
Career  2,924.0 (147th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1883 AA  164 (4th)
1884 AA  385 (1st)
1885 AA  209 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1883 AA  52 (4th)
1884 AA  73 (1st)
1885 AA  53 (4th)
1886 AA  48 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1883 AA  51 (4th)
1884 AA  72 (1st)
1885 AA  51 (5th)
1886 AA  45 (9th)
Career  312 (35th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1883 AA  3 (6th)
1884 AA  6 (3rd)
1885 AA  2 (4th)
1886 AA  2 (6th)
1887 AA  2 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  4 (10th)
1885 AA  6 (8th)
1886 AA  6 (9th)
1887 AA  9 (6th)
1890 NL  9 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1883 AA  75 (5th)
1886 AA  118 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  526 (2nd)
1884 AA  526 (1st)
1885 AA  454 (3rd)
1886 AA  390 (10th)
Career  2,922 (140th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1882 AA  6.600 (1st)
1883 AA  2.187 (8th)
1884 AA  6.875 (2nd)
1885 AA  3.870 (3rd)
1887 AA  1.160 (9th)
Career  2.256 (172nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1882 AA  0.000 (1st)
1883 AA  0.077 (7th)
1884 AA  0.054 (4th)
1885 AA  0.113 (8th)
1886 AA  0.128 (10th)
Career  0.154 (104th)

Losses s c a p y
1883 AA  23 (4th)
1884 AA  20 (9th)
1885 AA  23 (3rd)
1886 AA  23 (6th)
Career  146 (172nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  174 (2nd)
1885 AA  116 (7th)
1886 AA  134 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1883 AA  20 (8th)
Career  128 (53rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 AA  16 (9th)
1885 AA  18 (5th)
Career  72 (187th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1883 AA  2,056 (4th)
1884 AA  2,649 (1st)
1885 AA  1,988 (4th)
1886 AA  1,815 (9th)
Career  12,415 (139th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1882 AA  1 (9th)
1884 AA  2 (5th)
1886 AA  1 (9th)
1887 AA  2 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1882 AA  193 (2nd)
1884 AA  171 (1st)
1885 AA  149 (2nd)
1886 AA  127 (5th)
Career  113 (248th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  10 (6th)
1884 AA  98 (1st)
1885 AA  42 (3rd)
1886 AA  22 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1882 AA  0.9 (6th)
1884 AA  9.6 (1st)
1885 AA  3.9 (3rd)
1886 AA  2.0 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1889 AA  born 1856-04-03 (4th)
1890 NL  born 1856-04-03 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 25 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 121 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 104 (92), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Claude Passeau (896)
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  7. Eddie Plank (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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