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Oral Hildebrand

Oral Clyde Hildebrand

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 7, 1907 in Indianapolis, IN
School: Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1931
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Yankees 1931-1940

Final Game: July 28, 1940
Died: September 8, 1977 in Southport, IN
Buried: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, IN
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1931 24 CLE AL 5 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -6 2 0 0 /1
1932 25 CLE AL 27 52 48 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .146 .163 .167 .330 -17 8 0 3 1
1933 26 CLE AL 36 85 84 4 16 0 2 0 10 0 0 1 7 .190 .200 .238 .438 13 20 0 0 1 AS
1934 27 CLE AL 33 83 76 5 13 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 5 .171 .203 .211 .413 6 16 0 4 1
1935 28 CLE AL 34 63 55 9 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 7 .164 .193 .218 .411 5 12 0 6 1
1936 29 CLE AL 36 71 63 7 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 7 .190 .261 .222 .483 19 14 0 2 1
1937 30 SLB AL 30 81 70 9 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .200 .222 .243 .465 17 17 0 9 1
1938 31 SLB AL 24 65 59 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .254 .279 .288 .567 43 17 0 4 1
1939 32 NYY AL 21 48 44 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .182 .200 .205 .405 4 9 2 0 3 1
1940 33 NYY AL 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 259 562 513 43 96 13 3 0 50 0 0 18 47 .187 .215 .224 .439 11 115 2 0 31
162 Game Avg. 162 352 321 27 60 8 2 0 31 0 0 11 29 .187 .215 .224 .439 11 72 0 19
CLE (6 yrs) 171 365 337 26 59 7 3 0 33 0 0 13 34 .175 .206 .214 .419 7 72 0 15
NYY (2 yrs) 34 51 47 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .170 .188 .191 .379 -2 9 2 0 3
SLB (2 yrs) 54 146 129 12 29 5 0 0 12 0 0 4 8 .225 .248 .264 .512 29 34 0 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 24 CLE AL 5 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .487 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1932 25 CLE AL 27 52 -9 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1933 26 CLE AL 36 85 -11 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 3 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1 AS
1934 27 CLE AL 33 83 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1935 28 CLE AL 34 63 -9 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1936 29 CLE AL 36 71 -9 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1937 30 SLB AL 30 81 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1938 31 SLB AL 24 65 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1939 32 NYY AL 21 48 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1940 33 NYY AL 13 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
10 Seasons 259 562 -74 1 0 0 61 -12 -1.2 18 5 -1.1 .496 .499 -1.1 0.0 5 $
CLE (6 yrs) 171 365 -50 1 0 0 39 -11 -1.1 11 0 -1.0 .494 .499 -1.0 0.0 0 $
NYY (2 yrs) 34 51 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $
SLB (2 yrs) 54 146 -15 0 0 0 16 1 0.1 4 6 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 6 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1931 24 CLE AL 11 9 0 0.0 112 .250 .182 .293 .182 .361 .182 .418 .364 .779 -6 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1932 25 CLE AL 52 44 1 0.6 118 .163 .146 .295 .163 .367 .167 .433 .330 .800 -17 .021 -8.8 -0.8 .220 .042 .021
1933 26 CLE AL 85 68 4 1.6 110 .208 .190 .287 .200 .359 .238 .413 .438 .772 13 .117 -11.3 -1.1 .309 .060 .048
1934 27 CLE AL 83 67 3 1.2 113 .183 .171 .289 .203 .363 .211 .417 .413 .780 6 .067 -11.0 -1.0 .302 .079 .039
1935 28 CLE AL 63 52 2 1.0 113 .188 .164 .290 .193 .363 .218 .419 .411 .782 5 .052 -8.2 -0.8 .304 .091 .055
1936 29 CLE AL 71 53 4 2.0 124 .214 .190 .302 .261 .378 .222 .444 .483 .823 19 .135 -8.4 -0.8 .392 .127 .032
1937 30 SLB AL 81 65 4 1.6 117 .206 .200 .290 .222 .365 .243 .432 .465 .797 17 .105 -9.2 -0.8 .339 .071 .043
1938 31 SLB AL 65 48 5 2.7 117 .283 .254 .289 .279 .368 .288 .431 .567 .798 43 .232 -5.4 -0.5 .432 .068 .034
1939 32 NYY AL 48 41 2 1.3 113 .205 .182 .285 .200 .360 .205 .422 .405 .782 4 .076 -6.5 -0.6 .263 .045 .023
1940 33 NYY AL 3 3 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .274 .000 .347 .000 .416 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 562 450 25 1.5 115 .206 .187 .291 .215 .365 .224 .425 .439 .791 11 .094 -71.4 -6.8 .317 .072 .037
162 Game Avg. 352 281 16 1.5 115 .206 .187 .291 .215 .365 .224 .425 .439 .791 11 .094 -71.4 -6.8 .317 .072 .037
CLE (6 yrs) 365 293 14 1.3 115 .195 .175 .292 .206 .366 .214 .424 .419 .789 7 .075 -49.5 -4.7 .306 .077 .039
NYY (2 yrs) 51 44 2 1.2 113 .190 .170 .284 .188 .359 .191 .421 .379 .781 -2 .068 -7.4 -0.7 .244 .043 .021
SLB (2 yrs) 146 113 9 2.1 117 .240 .225 .289 .248 .366 .264 .431 .512 .798 29 .157 -14.5 -1.3 .380 .070 .039

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 32 NYY AL WS CIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 CLE AL 26 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1931 24 CLE AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 73%
1932 25 CLE AL 52 0.0% 9.6% 1.9% 1.9% 14% 5.00 9.6 16.0 83%
1933 26 CLE AL 85 0.0% 8.2% 1.2% 2.4% 13% 7.00 12.0 8.4 91%
1934 27 CLE AL 83 0.0% 6.0% 3.6% 3.6% 23% 1.67 15.2 9.5 86%
1935 28 CLE AL 63 0.0% 11.1% 3.2% 3.2% 22% 3.50 7.9 13.8 76%
1936 29 CLE AL 71 0.0% 9.9% 8.5% 2.8% 17% 1.17 9.0 7.9 79%
1937 30 SLB AL 81 0.0% 2.5% 2.5% 3.7% 21% 1.00 35.0 10.0 84%
1938 31 SLB AL 65 0.0% 9.2% 3.1% 3.1% 13% 3.00 9.8 11.8 82%
1939 32 NYY AL 48 0.0% 10.4% 2.1% 2.1% 13% 5.00 8.8 8.8 81%
1940 33 NYY AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
10 Yrs 562 0.0% 8.4% 3.2% 2.9% 17% 2.61 10.9 10.3 83%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.6% 8.4% 6.9% 28% 1.03 10.4 64.0 7.8 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1931 24 5 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -6 2 0 0
1932 25 32 63 59 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .153 .167 .169 .336 -15 10 0 3
1933 26 68 148 143 5 25 1 2 0 13 0 0 2 15 .175 .186 .210 .396 1 30 0 3
1934 27 101 231 219 10 38 4 2 0 21 0 0 5 20 .174 .192 .210 .402 3 46 0 7
1935 28 135 294 274 19 47 5 3 0 25 0 0 7 27 .172 .192 .212 .404 4 58 0 13
1936 29 171 365 337 26 59 7 3 0 33 0 0 13 34 .175 .206 .214 .419 7 72 0 15
1937 30 201 446 407 35 73 10 3 0 40 0 0 15 36 .179 .209 .219 .427 8 89 0 24
1938 31 225 511 466 38 88 12 3 0 45 0 0 17 42 .189 .217 .227 .445 13 106 0 28
1939 32 246 559 510 43 96 13 3 0 50 0 0 18 47 .188 .216 .225 .441 12 115 2 0 31
1940 33 259 562 513 43 96 13 3 0 50 0 0 18 47 .187 .215 .224 .439 11 115 2 0 31

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1931 24 5 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1932 25 28 53 49 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 .122 .140 .143 .283 1 27
1933 26 38 88 87 3 15 0 2 0 8 0 1 7 .172 .182 .218 .400 3 36
1934 27 35 86 79 5 13 3 0 0 8 0 3 5 .165 .195 .203 .398 3 33
1935 28 36 66 58 8 9 1 1 0 4 0 2 7 .155 .183 .207 .390 2 34
1936 29 38 72 64 6 11 2 0 0 7 0 6 7 .172 .243 .203 .446 3 36
1937 30 31 82 71 7 13 3 0 0 6 0 2 2 .183 .205 .225 .431 3 30
1938 31 25 67 61 3 14 2 0 0 4 0 2 6 .230 .254 .262 .516 4 24
1939 32 22 51 47 6 9 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 21
1940 33 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
10 Yrs 272 579 530 39 90 13 3 0 45 0 18 47 .170 .197 .206 .403 21 259
162 Game Avg. 162 345 316 23 54 8 2 0 27 0 11 28 .170 .197 .206 .403 13 259

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1933

                                         

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