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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1930	23	INA	AA	3	10	.231	4.34	25						110.0	108	72	53		47							1.409	8.8		3.8			INA · AA
1931	24	INA	AA	11	8	.579	5.18	33						165.0	184	111	95		64							1.503	10.0		3.5			INA · AA
1931	24	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	4.39	5	2	1	2	0	0	26.2	25	16	13	0	13	6	3	0	1	121	106	1.425	8.4	0.0	4.4	2.0	0.46
1932	25	CLE	AL	8	6	.571	3.69	27	15	8	7	0	0	129.1	124	69	53	7	62	49	0	0	1	568	130	1.438	8.6	0.5	4.3	3.4	0.79
1933	26	CLE	AL	16	11	.593	3.76	36	31	2	15	6	0	220.1	205	110	92	8	88	90	1	0	5	936	120	1.330	8.4	0.3	3.6	3.7	1.02	AS
1934	27	CLE	AL	11	9	.550	4.50	33	28	4	10	1	1	198.0	225	112	99	14	99	72	3	0	4	914	100	1.636	10.2	0.6	4.5	3.3	0.73
1935	28	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	3.94	34	20	9	8	0	5	171.1	171	85	75	12	63	49	3	0	1	736	114	1.366	9.0	0.6	3.3	2.6	0.78
1936	29	CLE	AL	10	11	.476	4.90	36	21	12	9	0	4	174.2	197	107	95	10	83	65	4	0	2	796	105	1.603	10.2	0.5	4.3	3.3	0.78
1937	30	SLB	AL	8	17	.320	5.14	30	27	2	12	1	1	201.1	228	127	115	18	87	75	3	0	4	904	95	1.565	10.2	0.8	3.9	3.4	0.86
1938	31	SLB	AL	8	10	.444	5.69	23	23	0	10	0	0	163.0	194	104	103	18	73	66	3	1	1	735	88	1.638	10.7	1.0	4.0	3.6	0.90
1939	32	NYY	AL	10	4	.714	3.06	21	15	5	7	1	2	126.2	102	44	43	11	41	50	1	0	2	515	143	1.129	7.2	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.22
1940	33	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	1.86	13	0	8	0	0	0	19.1	19	7	4	1	14	5	1	0	0	88	221	1.707	8.8	0.5	6.5	2.3	0.36
1941	34	STP	AA	5	3	.625	4.27	16	12	2	4	1		78.0	98	44	37		28	38	1	0	1			1.615	11.3		3.2	4.4	1.36	STP · AA
1942	35	INA	AA	0	3	.000	6.86	4			0	0		21.0	28	22	16		13	9	0	0	1			1.952	12.0		5.6	3.9	0.69	INA · AA
10 Yrs				83	78	.516	4.35	258	182	51	80	9	13	1430.2	1490	781	692	99	623	527	22	1	21	6313	108	1.477	9.4	0.6	3.9	3.3	0.85
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.516	4.35	40	28	8	12	1	2	221	230	121	107	15	96	81	3	0	3	976	108	1.477	9.4	0.6	3.9	3.3	0.85

CLE (6 yrs)				56	46	.549	4.18	171	117	36	51	7	10	920.1	947	499	427	51	408	331	14	0	14	4071	112	1.472	9.3	0.5	4.0	3.2	0.81
NYY (2 yrs)				11	5	.688	2.90	34	15	13	7	1	2	146.0	121	51	47	12	55	55	2	0	2	603	149	1.205	7.5	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
SLB (2 yrs)				16	27	.372	5.39	53	50	2	22	1	1	364.1	422	231	218	36	160	141	6	1	5	1639	91	1.597	10.4	0.9	4.0	3.5	0.88

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
1931	24	CLE	AL	26.2	5	2	16	5.40	4.56	-0.22	0.00	104.0	4.97	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.474	.499	$
1932	25	CLE	AL	129.1	27	15	69	4.80	5.47	-0.03	0.00	105.1	5.78	14	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.4	30	.549	.508	$
1933	26	CLE	AL	220.1	36	31	110	4.49	4.99	0.09	0.00	106.1	5.20	15	1.5	1.0	-0.1	3.3	43	.541	.509	$	AS
1934	27	CLE	AL	198.0	33	28	112	5.09	5.18	0.05	0.00	101.2	5.19	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.8	26	.505	.501	$
1935	28	CLE	AL	171.1	34	20	85	4.46	5.04	0.11	0.00	102.5	5.05	11	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.5	32	.533	.507	$
1936	29	CLE	AL	174.2	36	21	107	5.51	5.73	-0.16	0.00	103.0	6.07	10	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.4	34	.525	.506	$
1937	30	SLB	AL	201.1	30	27	127	5.68	5.47	-0.31	0.00	106.0	6.13	9	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.5	35	.529	.505	$
1938	31	SLB	AL	163.0	23	23	104	5.74	5.71	-0.39	0.00	101.9	6.22	7	0.6		-0.1	2.0	30	.528	.504	$
1939	32	NYY	AL	126.2	21	15	44	3.13	5.01	0.58	0.00	91.0	4.03	12	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.2	28	.556	.507	$
1940	33	NYY	AL	19.1	13	0	7	3.26	5.01	0.27	0.00	95.5	4.52	3	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.519	.502	$
10 Seasons				1430.2	258	182	781	4.91	5.30	-0.02	0.00	102.5	5.47	82	7.8	1.0	-0.8	19.6	265	.530	.505	$

CLE (6 yrs)				920.1	171	117	499	4.88	5.24	0.01	0.00	103.6	5.41	51	4.9	1.0	-0.5	12.5	167	.528	.505	$
NYY (2 yrs)				146.0	34	15	51	3.14	5.01	0.54	0.00	91.6	4.10	15	1.4	1.0	-0.1	2.6	33	.542	.504	$
SLB (2 yrs)				364.1	53	50	231	5.71	5.58	-0.34	0.00	104.2	6.17	16	1.5	1.0	-0.2	4.5	65	.529	.505	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1939	32	NYY	AL	WS	W	CIN	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.8
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.8

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1933	CLE	AL	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1931	24	CLE	AL	121	0.0%	5.0%	10.7%	1.7%	8%	80%
1932	25	CLE	AL	568	1.2%	8.6%	10.9%	3.7%	17%	78%
1933	26	CLE	AL	938	0.9%	9.6%	9.4%	2.6%	12%	79%
1934	27	CLE	AL	914	1.5%	7.9%	10.8%	3.4%	14%	78%
1935	28	CLE	AL	736	1.6%	6.7%	8.6%	3.4%	15%	80%
1936	29	CLE	AL	796	1.3%	8.2%	10.4%	3.6%	15%	78%
1937	30	SLB	AL	904	2.0%	8.3%	9.6%	5.0%	20%	79%
1938	31	SLB	AL	735	2.5%	9.0%	9.9%	5.3%	20%	77%
1939	32	NYY	AL	515	2.1%	9.7%	8.0%	3.1%	16%	78%
1940	33	NYY	AL	88	1.1%	5.7%	15.9%			74%
10 Yrs				6315	1.6%	8.4%	9.9%	3.7%	16%	78%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.6%	8.4%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1931	24	2	1	.667	4.39	5	2	1	2	0	0	26.2	25	16	13	0	13	6	3	0	1	121	106	1.425	8.4	0.0	4.4	2.0	0.46	106
1932	25	10	7	.588	3.81	32	17	9	9	0	0	156.0	149	85	66	7	75	55	3	0	2	689	126	1.436	8.6	0.4	4.3	3.2	0.73	126
1933	26	26	18	.591	3.78	68	48	11	24	6	0	376.1	354	195	158	15	163	145	4	0	7	1625	122	1.374	8.5	0.4	3.9	3.5	0.89	122
1934	27	37	27	.578	4.03	101	76	15	34	7	1	574.1	579	307	257	29	262	217	7	0	11	2539	114	1.464	9.1	0.5	4.1	3.4	0.83	114
1935	28	46	35	.568	4.01	135	96	24	42	7	6	745.2	750	392	332	41	325	266	10	0	12	3275	114	1.442	9.1	0.5	3.9	3.2	0.82	114
1936	29	56	46	.549	4.18	171	117	36	51	7	10	920.1	947	499	427	51	408	331	14	0	14	4071	112	1.472	9.3	0.5	4.0	3.2	0.81	112
1937	30	64	63	.504	4.35	201	144	38	63	8	11	1121.2	1175	626	542	69	495	406	17	0	18	4975	108	1.489	9.4	0.6	4.0	3.3	0.82	108
1938	31	72	73	.497	4.52	224	167	38	73	8	11	1284.2	1369	730	645	87	568	472	20	1	19	5710	105	1.508	9.6	0.6	4.0	3.3	0.83	105
1939	32	82	77	.516	4.39	245	182	43	80	9	13	1411.1	1471	774	688	98	609	522	21	1	21	6225	107	1.474	9.4	0.6	3.9	3.3	0.86	107
1940	33	83	78	.516	4.35	258	182	51	80	9	13	1430.2	1490	781	692	99	623	527	22	1	21	6313	108	1.477	9.4	0.6	3.9	3.3	0.85	108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1931	24	2	1	.667	3.72	29.0	24	13	12	0	12	7	3	1.241	7.4	3.7	2.2	0.58	0.0	5
1932	25	10	5	.667	2.81	141.0	116	49	44	7	58	54	0	1.234	7.4	3.7	3.4	0.93	0.4	27
1933	26	16	10	.615	3.15	237.0	201	92	83	8	86	97	1	1.211	7.6	3.3	3.7	1.13	0.3	36
1934	27	12	11	.522	3.79	214.0	220	100	90	14	97	78	3	1.481	9.3	4.1	3.3	0.80	0.6	33
1935	28	12	8	.600	3.36	182.0	167	76	68	12	62	52	3	1.258	8.3	3.1	2.6	0.84	0.6	34
1936	29	12	9	.571	3.58	191.0	180	84	76	9	76	71	4	1.340	8.5	3.6	3.3	0.93	0.4	36
1937	30	11	12	.478	4.04	214.0	213	107	96	17	81	80	3	1.374	9.0	3.4	3.4	0.99	0.7	30
1938	31	8	11	.421	4.45	174.0	183	96	86	17	69	71	3	1.448	9.5	3.6	3.7	1.03	0.9	23
1939	32	9	5	.643	2.77	133.0	102	46	41	11	41	52	1	1.075	6.9	2.8	3.5	1.27	0.7	21
1940	33	2	0	1.000	1.89	19.0	20	4	4	1	15	5	1	1.842	9.5	7.1	2.4	0.33	0.5	13
10 Yrs		94	72	.566	3.52	1534.0	1426	667	600	96	597	567	22	1.319	8.4		3.3	0.95	0.6	258

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1933	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1933 AL 3.76 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1933 AL 16 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1933 AL .593 (10th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1933 AL 1.330 (8th) 1935 AL 1.366 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 8.374 (5th) 1935 AL 8.983 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1935 AL 5 (2nd) 1936 AL 4 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1933 AL 31 (7th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1933 AL 15 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1933 AL 6 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1937 AL 18 (7th) 1938 AL 18 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1933 AL 88 (10th) 1934 AL 99 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 0.327 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1937 AL 17 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1937 AL 115 (9th) 1938 AL 103 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1933 AL 5 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1933 AL 121 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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