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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
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

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	123	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	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 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	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	108	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)			AL	12	7	.632	3.46	102	6	38	2	0	9	190.0	196	80	73	19	74	19	106	6	0	7	828	108	1.421	9.3	0.9	3.5	5.0	1.43
NL (3 yrs)			NL	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: 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
1969	27	STL	NL	6.1	0	1	4	0	1.2	3	0.3	$
1970	28	STL	NL	20.2	0	11	13	-1	1.5	2	0.1	$

1972	30	CLE	AL	47.0	5	16	21	2	1.1	5	0.5	$
1973	31	CLE	AL	94.2	1	38	59	-3	1.2	21	1.8	$
1974	32	CLE	AL	48.1	0	26	25	1	1.2	-1	-0.5	$
1975	33	PHI	NL	96.2	0	32	51	3	.9	19	1.3	$
6 Seasons				313.2	6	124	173	2	1.1	49	3.5	$

CLE (3 yrs)				190.0	6	80	105	0	1.2	25	1.8	$
STL (2 yrs)				27.0	0	12	17	-1	1.4	5	0.4	$
PHI (1 yr)				96.2	0	32	51	3	.9	19	1.3	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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

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 Seasons				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	299	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: 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
1969	27	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1970	28	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

1972	30	CLE	AL	14	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$13,500	1

1975	33	PHI	NL	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	1
4 Seasons				31	-1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$13,500

STL (2 yrs)				2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
CLE (1 yr)				14	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$13,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1969	STL	NL	27	P	6	0	0	6.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.17	.960	1.99	1.93	0	0		0
1970	STL	NL	28	P	23	0	0	20.2	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.18	0.22	.952	1.87	1.84	0	1	100%	1
1972	CLE	AL	30	P	19	5	1	47.0	13	2	10	1	0	.923	2.30	0.63	.950	1.86	1.85	1	3	75%	0
1973	CLE	AL	31	P	48	1	1	94.2	25	4	20	1	1	.960	2.28	0.50	.951	1.86	1.85	1	0	0%	0
1974	CLE	AL	32	P	35	0	0	48.1	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.05	0.31	.947	1.81	1.80	1	0	0%	0
1975	PHI	NL	33	P	53	0	0	96.2	23	5	18	0	1	1.000	2.14	0.43	.946	1.86	1.86	0	3	100%	0
	6 Seasons			P	184	6	2	313.2	78	14	62	2	2	.974	2.18	0.41	.949	1.86	1.85	3	7	70%	1
	6 Seasons			TOT	184	6	2	313.2	78	14	62	2	2	.974	2.18	0.41	.949	1.86	1.85	3	7	70%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 1974 AL 1.000 (1st) 1975 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1974 AL 1.000 (1st)
1975 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
December 2, 1970: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Kansas City Royals for Ike Brookens.
July 10, 1972: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Clark.
March 11, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Nellie Garcia (minors).
April 8, 1976: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
April 14, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	30	Cleveland Indians	$13,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1973	31	Cleveland Indians	$15,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$29,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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