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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:08PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #676. Ken Brett… #677. Joe Benz… #678. Kirby Higbe… #679. ORAL HILDEBRAND… #680. Greg Minton… #681. Arthur Rhodes… #682. Jack Pfiester… 

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 1 121 106 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 5 936 121 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 1 736 116 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 2 515 144 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
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 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 2 603 151 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1931 24 CLE AL 26.2 2 16 18 0 1.0 2 0.3 $
1932 25 CLE AL 129.1 15 69 87 0 1.0 18 2.1 $
1933 26 CLE AL 220.1 31 110 141 2 1.0 31 3.2 $ AS
1934 27 CLE AL 198.0 28 112 132 1 1.0 20 1.9 $
1935 28 CLE AL 171.1 20 85 112 2 1.0 27 2.5 $
1936 29 CLE AL 174.2 21 107 129 -2 1.0 22 2.1 $
1937 30 SLB AL 201.1 27 127 138 -5 1.0 11 2.1 $
1938 31 SLB AL 163.0 23 104 116 -5 1.0 12 1.9 $
1939 32 NYY AL 126.2 15 44 86 6 1.0 42 3.1 $
1940 33 NYY AL 19.1 0 7 13 0 1.0 6 0.4 $
10 Seasons 1430.2 182 781 972 -1 1.0 191 19.6 $
CLE (6 yrs) 920.1 117 499 619 3 1.0 120 12.1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 146.0 15 51 99 6 1.0 48 3.5 $
SLB (2 yrs) 364.1 50 231 254 -10 1.0 23 4.0 $

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

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 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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 24 CLE AL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1932 25 CLE AL 52 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1933 26 CLE AL 85 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1 AS
1934 27 CLE AL 83 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1935 28 CLE AL 63 -8 1 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1936 29 CLE AL 71 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1937 30 SLB AL 81 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1938 31 SLB AL 65 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
1939 32 NYY AL 48 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1940 33 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
10 Seasons 562 -73 1 0 0 0 43 18 -11 -0.8 -11 -1.1 0.3 $
CLE (6 yrs) 365 -50 1 0 0 0 28 12 -9 -0.8 -9 -0.9 0.1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 51 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
SLB (2 yrs) 146 -15 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CLE AL 24 P 5 26.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.69 1.00 .954 2.23 2.20
1932 CLE AL 25 P 27 129.1 23 9 13 1 2 .957 1.53 0.81 .958 2.24 2.23
1933 CLE AL 26 P 36 220.1 56 11 43 2 4 .964 2.21 1.50 .960 2.28 2.27 AS
1934 CLE AL 27 P 33 198.0 49 5 44 0 1 1.000 2.23 1.48 .956 2.14 2.11
1935 CLE AL 28 P 34 171.1 43 6 35 2 1 .953 2.15 1.21 .949 2.15 2.14
1936 CLE AL 29 P 36 174.2 30 4 26 0 1 1.000 1.55 0.83 .956 1.99 1.96
1937 SLB AL 30 P 30 201.1 43 5 36 2 1 .953 1.83 1.37 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 SLB AL 31 P 23 163.0 20 5 14 1 0 .950 1.05 0.83 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 NYY AL 32 P 21 126.2 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.63 1.10 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 NYY AL 33 P 13 19.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.86 0.31 .956 2.05 2.01
10 Seasons P 258 1430.2 298 52 236 10 11 .966 1.81 1.12 .955 2.12 2.09
10 Seasons TOT 258 1430.2 298 52 236 10 11 .966 1.81 1.12 .955 2.12 2.09
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1936 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (930), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gil Meche (952)
  6. Jake Westbrook (949)
  7. Cal Eldred (948)
  8. Jim Wilson (947)
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  6. Denny Galehouse (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denny Galehouse (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vic Sorrell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vic Sorrell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Art Houtteman (982)
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  1. Jesse Haines (989) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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