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Oral Hildebrand
Oral Clyde Hildebrand
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 7, 1907 in Indianapolis, IN
School: Butler University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1931
Final Game: July 28, 1940
Died: September 8, 1977 in Southport, IN
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 1 121 105 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 99 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 94 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 2 515 142 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 88 216 1.707 8.8 0.5 6.5 2.3 0.36
10 Seasons 83 78 .516 4.35 258 182 51 80 9 13 1430.2 1490 781 692 99 623 527 22 1 21 6313 107 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 3 976 107 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 111 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 2 603 148 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

Postseason Pitching

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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

Standard Batting

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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 7 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 42 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CLE AL 24 P 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.18
1932 CLE AL 25 P 27 23 9 13 1 2 .957 0.81 .957 1.21
1933 CLE AL 26 P 36 56 11 43 2 4 .964 1.50 .961 1.18 AS
1934 CLE AL 27 P 33 49 5 44 0 1 1.000 1.48 .953 1.11
1935 CLE AL 28 P 34 43 6 35 2 1 .953 1.21 .949 1.12
1936 CLE AL 29 P 36 30 4 26 0 1 1.000 0.83 .953 1.04
1937 SLB AL 30 P 30 43 5 36 2 1 .953 1.37 .953 1.09
1938 SLB AL 31 P 23 20 5 14 1 0 .950 0.83 .950 1.12
1939 NYY AL 32 P 21 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.10 .950 0.98
1940 NYY AL 33 P 13 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.31 .960 1.05
10 Seasons P 258 298 52 236 10 11 .966 1.12 .954 1.11
10 Seasons TOT 258 298 52 236 10 11 .966 1.12 .920 1.11

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--3.758--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--.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--120--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (925), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Cal Eldred (948)
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  8. Vic Sorrell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 29, 1930: Traded by Indianapolis (American Association) to the Cleveland Indians for Les Barnhart, Zeke Bonura and Ed Montague.

January 17, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Bill Knickerbocker and Joe Vosmik to the St. Louis Browns for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters.

October 26, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Buster Mills to the New York Yankees for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag.

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