Tom Hilgendorf Batting Statistics and History

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Tom Hilgendorf

Thomas Eugene Hilgendorf

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: March 10, 1942 in Clinton, IA
High School: St. Mary's HS (Clinton, IA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1969 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Cardinals 1969-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 33)
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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
1960	18	STL-min	D	14	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286		2							KEK,DOT · MIDW,ALFL
1961	19	STL-min	C,A	45	66	66		13	2	0	2						.197	.197	.318	.515		21							WPG,LNC · NORL,EL
1962	20	STL-min	C	32	69	61	8	9	1	0	2	10	1		5	32	.148	.212	.262	.474		16		0	3	0	0		WPG · NORL
1963	21	STL-min	AA	43	70	68	9	10	4	0	1	9	0	1	2	34	.147	.171	.250	.421		17							TUL · TL
1964	22	STL-min	AA	36	65	61	11	11	5	1	1	10	2	0	4	25	.180	.231	.344	.575		21							TUL · TL
1965	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	49	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.125	.160	.125	.285		3		0	0	0			TUL,JCK · TL,IL
1968	26	STL-min	AAA,AA	53	32	30	5	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	9	.233	.258	.300	.558		9		0	1	0			TUL,ARK · PCL,TL
1969	27	STL-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1969	27	STL	NL	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	724	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	28	STL-min	AAA	28	33	29	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.241	.313	.276	.588		8		0	1	0			TUL · AA
1970	28	STL	NL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1971	29	KCR-min	AAA	39	41	38	10	13	3	0	3	10	0	0	1	6	.342	.375	.658	1.033		25		1	1	0			OMA · AA
1972	30	KCR-min	AAA	25	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.118	.118	.118	.235		2		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1972	30	CLE	AL	19	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.077	.071	.077	.148	-56	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1973	31	CLE	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	32	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	33	PHI	NL	53	15	12	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	76	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1976	34	PIT-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CHL · IL
6 Yrs				184	31	27	0	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	15	.185	.207	.259	.466	31	7	0	0	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	27	24	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	13	.185	.207	.259	.466	31	6	0	0	2	1	0

CLE (3 yrs)				102	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.077	.071	.077	.148	-56	1	0	0	0	1	0
STL (2 yrs)				29	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	300	2	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				53	15	12	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	76	4	0	0	2	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				102	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.077	.071	.077	.148	-56	1	0	0	0	1	0
NL (3 yrs)				82	17	14	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.429	.762	107	6	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1969	27	STL	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1		/1
1970	28	STL	NL	23	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		1

1972	30	CLE	AL	19	14	-3	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$13,500	1
1973	31	CLE	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$15,500	1
1974	32	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1975	33	PHI	NL	53	15	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2		1
6 Seasons				184	31	-2	-0	0	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	3	$29,000

CLE (3 yrs)				102	14	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$29,000
STL (2 yrs)				29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1
PHI (1 yr)				53	15	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2

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
1969	27	STL	NL	1	0	2		95	1.000	1.000	.259	1.000	.330	2.000	.384	3.000	.714	724	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000
1970	28	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.342	.000	.411	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1972	30	CLE	AL	14	13	0	0.0	86	.333	.077	.251	.071	.320	.077	.362	.148	.683	-56	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.083	.000	.000

1975	33	PHI	NL	15	11	1	2.4	99	.375	.250	.270	.308	.342	.333	.390	.641	.732	76	.262	-0.4	-0.0	.556	.167	.083
6 Yrs				31	25	3	3.2	93	.385	.185	.260	.207	.331	.259	.377	.466	.708	31	.402	-2.4	-0.3	.364	.111	.074
162 Game Avg.				27	22	3	3.2	93	.385	.185	.260	.207	.331	.259	.377	.466	.708	31	.402	-2.4	-0.3	.364	.111	.074

STL (2 yrs)				2	1	2	53.7	100	.500	.500	.264	.500	.336	1.000	.398	1.500	.734	300	.990	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
PHI (1 yr)				15	11	1	2.5	99	.375	.250	.270	.308	.342	.333	.390	.641	.732	76	.262	-0.4	-0.0	.556	.167	.083
CLE (3 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	86	.333	.077	.251	.071	.320	.077	.362	.148	.683	-56		-2.6	-0.3	.083	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				17	12	3	6.7	100	.400	.286	.269	.333	.341	.429	.391	.762	.732	107	.692	0.1	0.0	.700	.214	.143
AL (3 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	86	.333	.077	.251	.071	.320	.077	.362	.148	.683	-56		-2.6	-0.3	.083	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	27	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%				1.0		100%
1970	28	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1972	30	CLE	AL	14	0.0%	78.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.2		13.0	0.00	21%

1975	33	PHI	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	6.7%	33%	4.00	3.0		4.0	5.00	53%
6 Yrs				31	0.0%	48.4%	3.2%	6.5%	40%	15.00	1.8		5.4	1.25	42%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.1%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.60	6.3	44.9	8.9	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	27	STL	NL	0.8	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		1.0	0.1	1.07	0.9	0
1970	28	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.40	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0

1972	30	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.3	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.06	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.05	-2.5	0
1973	31	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1974	32	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	33	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	16	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.15	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.12	-0.3	0
6 Yrs				-2.4	-0.3	32	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.09	-0.3	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.07	-2.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	27	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	28	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1972	30	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	33	PHI	NL	1	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	27	STL	NL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	28	STL	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1972	30	CLE	AL	14	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1975	33	PHI	NL	15	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	14	3	21%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
6 Yrs				31	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	6	3	50%	25	5	20%	4	2	50%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1969	27	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	724	2	0	0
1970	28	29	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	300	2	0	0
1971	29	29	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	300	2	0	0
1972	30	48	16	15	2	1	2	0	11	.133	.125	.200	.325	-7	3	0	1
1973	31	96	16	15	2	1	2	0	11	.133	.125	.200	.325	-7	3	0	1
1974	32	131	16	15	2	1	2	0	11	.133	.125	.200	.325	-7	3	0	1
1975	33	184	31	27	5	2	5	1	15	.185	.207	.259	.466	31	7	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1969	27	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	6
1970	28	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23

1972	30	20	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19

1975	33	53	15	12	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	53
4 Yrs		102	32	28	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	15	.143	.167	.214	.381	3	101
162 Game Avg.		162	51	44	0	6	3	0	0	5	0	2	24	.143	.167	.214	.381	5	101

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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