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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Cardinals 1969-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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
1960	18	STL-min	D	3	1	.750	3.00	13	0					48.0	48	16	16		34								1.708	9.0		6.4			KEK,DOT · MIDW,ALFL
1961	19	STL-min	C,A	4	6	.400	5.24	18	7					67.0	61	50	39	3	37								1.463	8.2	0.4	5.0			WPG,LNC · NORL,EL
1962	20	STL-min	C	11	9	.550	2.66	30	22		12	3		176.0	143	66	52	4	111	7	155	7	2	13			1.443	7.3	0.2	5.7	7.9	1.40	WPG · NORL
1963	21	STL-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.25	37	31					191.0	178	85	69	16	65		156						1.272	8.4	0.8	3.1	7.4	2.40	TUL · TL
1964	22	STL-min	AA	11	8	.579	2.95	31	29					177.0	150	79	58	16	66		119						1.220	7.6	0.8	3.4	6.1	1.80	TUL · TL
1965	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	4.72	49	0		0	0		80.0	90	51	42	5	25	1	69	4	0	2			1.438	10.1	0.6	2.8	7.8	2.76	TUL,JCK · TL,IL
1968	26	STL-min	AAA,AA	7	5	.583	3.32	52	4		1	0		111.0	109	47	41	12	29	3	103	1	0	2			1.243	8.8	1.0	2.4	8.4	3.55	TUL,ARK · PCL,TL
1969	27	STL-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.95	27	13		6	0	2	123.0	129	70	54	14	28	4	95	2	0	4			1.276	9.4	1.0	2.0	7.0	3.39	TUL · AA
1969	27	STL	NL	0	0		1.42	6	0	3	0	0	2	6.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	25	268	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	1.00
1970	28	STL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.46	23	9		5	2	2	91.0	79	39	35	12	20	0	83	2	0	1			1.088	7.8	1.2	2.0	8.2	4.15	TUL · AA
1970	28	STL	NL	0	4	.000	3.92	23	0	12	0	0	3	20.2	22	11	9	0	13	5	13	0	1	3	97	107	1.694	9.6	0.0	5.7	5.7	1.00

1971	29	KCR-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.56	36	3		1	1	3	81.0	78	36	32	12	22	5	70	0	0	3			1.235	8.7	1.3	2.4	7.8	3.18	OMA · AA
1972	30	KCR-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.79	24	0		0	0	0	42.0	35	16	13	2	16	5	36	0	0	2			1.214	7.5	0.4	3.4	7.7	2.25	OMA · AA
1972	30	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	2.68	19	5	6	1	0	0	47.0	51	16	14	4	21	7	25	2	0	1	207	121	1.532	9.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.19
1973	31	CLE	AL	5	3	.625	3.14	48	1	21	1	0	6	94.2	87	38	33	9	36	6	58	3	0	6	403	126	1.299	8.3	0.9	3.4	5.5	1.61
1974	32	CLE	AL	4	3	.571	4.84	35	0	11	0	0	3	48.1	58	26	26	6	17	6	23	1	0	0	218	76	1.552	10.8	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.35
1975	33	PHI	NL	7	3	.700	2.14	53	0	14	0	0	0	96.2	81	32	23	6	38	3	52	1	0	5	403	175	1.231	7.5	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.37
1976	34	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		5.40	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	7	8	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0			1.600	12.6	5.4	1.8	3.6	2.00	CHL · IL
6 Yrs				19	14	.576	3.04	184	6	67	2	0	14	313.2	302	124	106	25	127	27	173	7	1	16	1353	124	1.368	8.7	0.7	3.6	5.0	1.36
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.576	3.04	66	2	24	1	0	5	112	108	44	38	9	45	10	62	3	0	6	484	124	1.368	8.7	0.7	3.6	5.0	1.36

CLE (3 yrs)				12	7	.632	3.46	102	6	38	2	0	9	190.0	196	80	73	19	74	19	106	6	0	7	828	107	1.421	9.3	0.9	3.5	5.0	1.43
STL (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	3.33	29	0	15	0	0	5	27.0	25	12	10	0	15	5	15	0	1	4	122	123	1.481	8.3	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
PHI (1 yr)				7	3	.700	2.14	53	0	14	0	0	0	96.2	81	32	23	6	38	3	52	1	0	5	403	175	1.231	7.5	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.37

AL (3 yrs)				12	7	.632	3.46	102	6	38	2	0	9	190.0	196	80	73	19	74	19	106	6	0	7	828	107	1.421	9.3	0.9	3.5	5.0	1.43
NL (3 yrs)				7	7	.500	2.40	82	0	29	0	0	5	123.2	106	44	33	6	53	8	67	1	1	9	525	160	1.286	7.7	0.4	3.9	4.9	1.26

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
1969	27	STL	NL	6.2	6	0	1	1.35	4.13	-0.03	-0.18	103.2	4.11	2	0.2	1.6	0.1	0.4	3	.538	.501	$
1970	28	STL	NL	20.2	23	0	11	4.79	4.56	-0.50	-0.19	103.2	5.02	0	0.0	1.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.501	.500	$

1972	30	CLE	AL	47.0	19	5	16	3.06	3.48	0.33	-0.02	106.8	3.35	2	0.2	2.0	-0.0	0.6	5	.512	.501	$13,500
1973	31	CLE	AL	94.2	48	1	38	3.61	4.26	-0.32	-0.31	102.6	4.39	7	0.8	1.7	0.0	1.7	18	.517	.505	$15,500
1974	32	CLE	AL	48.1	35	0	26	4.84	4.19	0.25	-0.35	99.9	3.59	-7	-0.7	2.1	-0.5	-0.8	-2	.479	.495	$
1975	33	PHI	NL	96.2	53	0	32	2.98	4.08	0.25	-0.33	105.2	3.68	7	0.8	.9	-0.1	1.4	16	.514	.505	$
6 Seasons				314.0	184	6	124	3.55	4.09	0.03	-0.27	103.7	3.93	12	1.3	1.6	-0.5	3.5	43	.507	.501	$29,000

CLE (3 yrs)				190.0	102	6	80	3.79	4.05	-0.02	-0.25	103.0	3.93	3	0.3	1.9	-0.5	1.5	22	.503	.501	$29,000
STL (2 yrs)				27.1	29	0	12	3.95	4.45	-0.39	-0.19	103.2	4.80	2	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.6	5	.509	.501	$
PHI (1 yr)				96.2	53	0	32	2.98	4.08	0.25	-0.33	105.2	3.68	7	0.8	.9	-0.1	1.4	16	.514	.505	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1969	27	STL	NL	6	25	20	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.150	.217	.200	.417	.158	4	0	0	2	1	0	0
1970	28	STL	NL	23	97	81	11	22	6	0	0	0	1	13	13	.272	.368	.346	.714	.319	28	2	0	2	1	5	3

1972	30	CLE	AL	19	207	180	16	51	6	1	4	1	3	21	25	.283	.361	.394	.755	.307	71	2	2	2	2	7	3
1973	31	CLE	AL	48	403	360	38	87	15	1	9	1	0	36	58	.242	.316	.364	.680	.266	131	6	3	4	0	6	5
1974	32	CLE	AL	35	218	192	26	58	5	1	6	1	0	17	23	.302	.353	.432	.786	.310	83	3	1	3	5	6	1
1975	33	PHI	NL	53	404	353	32	81	13	2	6	0	3	38	52	.229	.302	.329	.631	.250	116	7	1	7	5	3	6
6 Yrs				184	1354	1186	124	302	46	5	25	3	7	127	173	.255	.327	.365	.692	.276	433	20	7	20	14	27	18
162 Game Avg.				66	485	424	44	108	16	2	9	1	3	45	62	.255	.327	.365	.692	.276	155	7	3	7	5	10	6
MLB Averages																.252	.322	.371	.692	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	27	STL	NL	1.8	0.2	27	0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.37	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	1.37	1.4	2	2	1
1970	28	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	103	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	1.52	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.52	-3.1	12	1	9

1972	30	CLE	AL	2.9	0.3	213	-0.9	3.3	-4.2	1.07	-0.6	-0.2	-2.7	-0.3	1.07	-6.4	6	3	5
1973	31	CLE	AL	8.3	0.8	411	2.1	8.8	-6.7	1.22	0.6	1.1	6.7	0.7	1.22	6.8	20	8	18
1974	32	CLE	AL	-4.8	-0.5	220	-0.9	4.0	-4.9	1.15	-0.5	-0.2	-8.5	-0.9	1.15	-7.6	18	5	12
1975	33	PHI	NL	14.4	1.5	413	1.4	6.6	-5.2	.92	1.3	0.2	16.4	1.7	0.92	15.1	12	11	27
6 Yrs				22.8	2.4	1387	1.5	25.6	-24.1	1.12	0.7	0.6	10.9	1.1	1.12	6.3	70	30	72

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1972	30	CLE	AL	19	5	2	1	2	0	0	4	1	.800	0	0	1	0	3	60%	55.8	76	43	12	0	3	2	5.7	5.3	6.2
1973	31	CLE	AL	48	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	26	5	0	0	2.0	2.3	8.0
2 Yrs				67	6	2	2	2	0	0	4	2	.667	0	0	2	0	3	50%	53	76	41	38	5	3	2	5.0	4.6	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	27	STL	NL	6	6	3	0	0	3	2	1	67%	3	0	9	4	44%	8	1.372	2	2	1	4	0	2	4	2	2	2	3	1	3.3
1970	28	STL	NL	23	23	12	0	4	3	3	0	100%	4	1	16	2	13%	9	1.516	12	1	9	4	9	10	11	12	7	12	8	4	2.7

1972	30	CLE	AL	19	14	6	1	0	2	0	2	0%	4	1	19	7	37%	6	1.067	6	3	5	5	1	8	10	4	6	7	8	3	3.4
1973	31	CLE	AL	48	47	21	5	2	8	6	2	75%	17	8	62	19	31%	8	1.218	20	8	18	17	7	23	37	10	32	11	33	12	5.5
1974	32	CLE	AL	35	35	11	4	3	6	3	3	50%	12	5	45	20	44%	7	1.151	18	5	12	14	6	15	27	8	16	17	17	4	4.1
1975	33	PHI	NL	53	53	14	7	3	2	0	2	0%	5	2	33	7	21%	6	.919	12	11	27	7	8	38	18	35	33	10	33	14	5.5
6 Yrs				184	178	67	17	12	24	14	10	58%	45	17	184	59	32%		1.119	70	30	72	51	31	96	107	71	96	59	102	38	4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	27	STL	NL	25	32%	0.0%	8.0%	8.0%	4.0%	33%	0.64	76%	8	0	0%
1970	28	STL	NL	97	29%	0.0%	13.4%	13.4%	6.2%	27%	1.29	71%	24	2	8%

1972	30	CLE	AL	207	26%	1.9%	12.1%	10.1%	5.3%	22%	1.04	74%	49	2	4%
1973	31	CLE	AL	403	33%	2.2%	14.4%	8.9%	6.2%	29%	1.34	73%	85	6	7%
1974	32	CLE	AL	218	41%	2.8%	10.6%	7.8%	5.5%	21%	0.88	77%	56	3	5%
1975	33	PHI	NL	404	39%	1.5%	12.9%	9.4%	5.2%	26%	1.00	74%	97	7	7%
6 Yrs				1354	35%	1.9%	12.8%	9.4%	5.6%	25%	1.08	74%	319	20	6%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.2%	8.9%	6.0%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1969	27	STL	NL	25	3			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	60%	0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1970	28	STL	NL	97	22			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	33%	3	3	1	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0

1972	30	CLE	AL	207	51			4	0	8	4	0	3	1	12	5	1	42%	3	1	0	88	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1973	31	CLE	AL	403	87			9	0	13	9	0	5	4	30	18	2	60%	5	6	1	170	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1974	32	CLE	AL	218	58			6	0	9	1	5	5	1	17	11	2	65%	1	0	1	102	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1975	33	PHI	NL	404	81			6	0	19	6	0	3	3	23	9	0	39%	6	5	0	164	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
6 Yrs				1354	302			25	0	55	20	5	16	9	93	48	6	52%	18	16	3	577	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	53	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	ERA+
1969	27	0	0		1.42	6	0	3	0	2	6.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	25	268	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	1.00	268
1970	28	0	4	.000	3.33	29	0	15	0	5	27.0	25	12	10	0	15	5	15	0	1	4	122	123	1.481	8.3	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	123
1971	29	0	4	.000	3.33	29	0	15	0	5	27.0	25	12	10	0	15	5	15	0	1	4	122	123	1.481	8.3	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	123
1972	30	3	5	.375	2.92	48	5	21	1	5	74.0	76	28	24	4	36	12	40	2	1	5	329	122	1.514	9.2	0.5	4.4	4.9	1.11	122
1973	31	8	8	.500	3.04	96	6	42	2	11	168.2	163	66	57	13	72	18	98	5	1	11	732	124	1.393	8.7	0.7	3.8	5.2	1.36	124
1974	32	12	11	.522	3.44	131	6	53	2	14	217.0	221	92	83	19	89	24	121	6	1	11	950	109	1.429	9.2	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.36	109
1975	33	19	14	.576	3.04	184	6	67	2	14	313.2	302	124	106	25	127	27	173	7	1	16	1353	124	1.368	8.7	0.7	3.6	5.0	1.36	124

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
1969	27	0	0		1.29	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0.714	3.9	2.6	2.6	1.00	0.0	6
1970	28	1	1	.500	3.86	21.0	22	10	9	0	13	13	0	1.667	9.4	5.6	5.6	1.00	0.0	23

1972	30	2	2	.500	3.68	44.0	58	20	18	5	24	23	2	1.864	11.9	4.9	4.7	0.96	1.0	19
1973	31	6	4	.600	3.56	91.0	90	40	36	9	37	56	3	1.396	8.9	3.7	5.5	1.51	0.9	48
1974	32	2	3	.400	5.87	46.0	62	33	30	6	18	22	1	1.739	12.1	3.5	4.3	1.22	1.2	35
1975	33	7	3	.700	2.32	93.0	83	27	24	6	39	50	1	1.312	8.0	3.8	4.8	1.28	0.6	53
6 Yrs		18	13	.581	3.52	302.0	318	131	118	26	133	166	7	1.493	9.5		4.9	1.25	0.8	184

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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