Tom Hilgendorf
Thomas Eugene Hilgendorf
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1942 in Clinton, IA
High School: St. Mary's (Clinton, IA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1969
Final Game: September 28, 1975
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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
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 25 251 0.789 4.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
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 97 106 1.694 9.6 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00
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 6 403 127 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 75 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
6 Seasons 19 14 .576 3.04 184 6 67 2 0 14 313.2 302 124 106 25 127 27 173 7 1 16 1353 123 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 6 484 123 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 4 122 120 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 9 525 158 1.286 7.7 0.4 3.9 4.9 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Seasons 184 1354 1186 124 302 46 5 25 3 7 127 173 .255 .327 .365 .692 .276 433 20 7 20 14 27
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 30 CLE AL 19 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 1 .800 0 0 1 0 3 60% 56 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 41 41 26 5 0 0 2.0 2.3 8.0
2 Seasons 67 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 2 0 3 50% 54 76 41 38 5 3 2 5.0 4.6 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 27 STL NL 6 6 3 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 9 4 44% 8 1.376 2 2 2 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 1.545 12 3 8 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 1.083 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 1.264 22 6 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 1.214 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 0.956 12 16 23 7 8 38 18 35 33 10 33 14 5.5
6 Seasons 184 178 67 17 12 24 14 10 58% 45 17 184 59 32% 1.159 72 35 68 51 31 96 107 71 96 59 102 38 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 27 STL NL 25 68% 0.0% 8.0% 8.0% 4.0% 33% 0.64 76% 8 0 0%
1970 28 STL NL 97 71% 0.0% 13.4% 13.4% 6.2% 27% 1.29 71% 24 2 8%
1972 30 CLE AL 207 74% 1.9% 12.1% 10.1% 5.3% 22% 1.04 74% 49 2 4%
1973 31 CLE AL 403 67% 2.2% 14.4% 8.9% 6.2% 29% 1.34 73% 85 6 7%
1974 32 CLE AL 218 59% 2.8% 10.6% 7.8% 5.5% 21% 0.88 77% 56 3 5%
1975 33 PHI NL 404 61% 1.5% 12.9% 9.4% 5.2% 26% 1.00 74% 97 7 7%
6 Seasons 1354 65% 1.9% 12.8% 9.4% 5.6% 25% 1.08 74% 319 20 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 1 0 15 0
6 Seasons 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 4 1 53 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1969 27 0 0 1.42 6 0 3 0 0 2 6.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 25 251 0.789 4.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00 251
1970 28 0 4 .000 3.33 29 0 15 0 0 5 27.0 25 12 10 0 15 5 15 0 1 4 122 120 1.481 8.3 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 120
1971 29 0 4 .000 3.33 29 0 15 0 0 5 27.0 25 12 10 0 15 5 15 0 1 4 122 120 1.481 8.3 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 120
1972 30 3 5 .375 2.92 48 5 21 1 0 5 74.0 76 28 24 4 36 12 40 2 1 5 329 121 1.514 9.2 0.5 4.4 4.9 1.11 121
1973 31 8 8 .500 3.04 96 6 42 2 0 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 0 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 0 14 313.2 302 124 106 25 127 27 173 7 1 16 1353 123 1.368 8.7 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.36 123

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 1.50 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1.167 6.0 4.5 3.0 0.67 0.0 6
1970 28 1 1 .500 3.43 21.0 21 9 8 0 12 13 0 1.571 9.0 5.1 5.6 1.08 0.0 23
1972 30 2 2 .500 3.48 44.0 58 19 17 5 24 23 2 1.864 11.9 4.9 4.7 0.96 1.0 19
1973 31 6 4 .600 3.46 91.0 90 39 35 9 37 56 3 1.396 8.9 3.7 5.5 1.51 0.9 48
1974 32 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 62 32 29 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 Seasons 18 13 .581 3.41 301.0 318 127 114 26 133 166 7 1.498 9.5 5.0 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 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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