Frank Hiller

Frank Walter Hiller (Dutch)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 13, 1920 in Irvington, NJ
High School: Irvington HS (Irvington, NJ)
School: Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1946
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Reds/Giants 1946-1953

Final Game: June 23, 1953
Died: January 10, 1987 in West Chester, PA
Cremated
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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	Pos	Awards
1943	22	NYY-min	AA	28	65	60	7	14	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	7	.233	.246	.233	.479		14		0	4			NWK · IL
1944	23	NYY-min	AA	39	86	78	18	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.231	.268	.244	.512		19	4	1	4			NWK · IL
1945	24	NYY-min	AA	29	73	65	10	16	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	9	.246	.279	.277	.556		18	2	0	5			NWK · IL
1946	25	NYY-min	AAA	4																			1					NWK · IL
1946	25	NYY	AL	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	1		/1

1947	26	NYY-min	AAA	22	72	61	10	19	3	0	0	12	1		4	6	.311	.364	.361	.724		22	1	1	6			KCY · AA
1948	27	NYY	AL	22	17	16	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.438	.813	116	7	0	0	1		1
1949	28	NYY-min	AAA	27	72	61	3	12	6	0	0	9	0		6	11	.197	.269	.295	.564		18	1	0	5			KCY · AA
1949	28	NYY	AL	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	165	1	0	0	0		/1
1950	29	CHC	NL	38	49	44	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.114	.133	.114	.247	-34	5	2	0	4		1
1951	30	CHC	NL	24	50	48	4	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	9	.125	.143	.125	.268	-28	6	0	0	1		1
1952	31	CIN	NL	29	42	30	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	8	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	5	0	0	7		1
1953	32	SFG-min	AAA	14	34	32	1	6	2	0	0	4	0		1	5	.188	.212	.250	.462		8	1	0	1			MNE · AA
1953	32	NYG	NL	19	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159	2	0	0	0		1
1954	33	SFR	Opn	28	64	56	7	11	0	0	0	2	0		1	8	.196	.211	.196	.407		11	2	0	7	0		SFR · PCL
7 Yrs				139	169	148	10	26	1	0	0	9	1	1	7	26	.176	.213	.182	.395	7	27	2	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	197	172	12	30	1	0	0	10	1		8	30	.176	.213	.182	.395	7	31	2	0	16

NYY (3 yrs)				29	24	22	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	107	9	0	0	2
CHC (2 yrs)				62	99	92	6	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	16	.120	.138	.120	.258	-31	11	2	0	5
NYG (1 yr)				19	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159	2	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				29	42	30	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	8	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	5	0	0	7

NL (4 yrs)				110	145	126	9	18	0	0	0	5	1	1	7	24	.143	.188	.143	.331	-10	18	2	0	12
AL (3 yrs)				29	24	22	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	107	9	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1946	25	NYY	AL	3	5	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1948	27	NYY	AL	22	17	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	3	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1949	28	NYY	AL	4	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	29	CHC	NL	38	49	-9	0	-0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.491	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$	1
1951	30	CHC	NL	24	50	-9	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.486	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1952	31	CIN	NL	29	42	-3	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1953	32	NYG	NL	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
7 Seasons				139	169	-21	-0	0	0	18	-3	-0.3	5	3	-0.4	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.0	3	$

NYY (3 yrs)				29	24	0	-0	0	0	2	3	0.3	1	3	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$
CHC (2 yrs)				62	99	-18	0	0	0	11	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.8	.489	.498	-0.7	-0.0	-3	$
NYG (1 yr)				19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$
CIN (1 yr)				29	42	-3	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	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	PwrSpd
1946	25	NYY	AL	5	4	0	0.0	97	.250	.250	.265	.250	.340	.250	.381	.500	.720	39	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

1948	27	NYY	AL	17	11	3	7.3	105	.429	.375	.272	.375	.357	.438	.393	.813	.750	116	.697	0.3	0.0	.700	.063	.063
1949	28	NYY	AL	2	1	1	26.6	107	.500	.500	.270	.500	.362	.500	.394	1.000	.756	165	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1950	29	CHC	NL	49	45	1	0.6	107	.135	.114	.268	.133	.345	.114	.416	.247	.761	-34	.022	-8.7	-0.8	.146	.023	.000
1951	30	CHC	NL	50	43	1	0.6	105	.154	.125	.270	.143	.344	.125	.409	.268	.753	-28	.026	-8.9	-0.9	.190	.042	.000	.0
1952	31	CIN	NL	42	33	1	0.8	96	.227	.167	.260	.286	.333	.167	.388	.452	.721	29	.048	-2.8	-0.3	.346	.133	.000
1953	32	NYG	NL	4	2	1	13.2	113	.500	.500	.278	.500	.350	.500	.433	1.000	.782	159	.863	0.3	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				169	139	8	1.5	104	.213	.176	.268	.213	.344	.182	.405	.395	.748	7	.123	-19.9	-2.0	.272	.054	.007	.0
162 Game Avg.				197	162	9	1.5	104	.213	.176	.268	.213	.344	.182	.405	.395	.748	7	.123	-19.9	-2.0	.272	.054	.007

NYY (3 yrs)				24	16	4	6.7	103	.400	.364	.270	.364	.354	.409	.391	.773	.745	107	.671	0.1	0.0	.643	.045	.045
CHC (2 yrs)				99	88	2	0.6	106	.145	.120	.269	.138	.345	.120	.412	.258	.757	-31	.024	-17.6	-1.8	.169	.033	.000	.0
NYG (1 yr)				4	2	1	13.2	113	.500	.500	.278	.500	.350	.500	.433	1.000	.782	159	.863	0.3	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				42	33	1	0.8	96	.227	.167	.260	.286	.333	.167	.388	.452	.721	29	.048	-2.8	-0.3	.346	.133	.000

NL (4 yrs)				145	123	4	0.9	104	.176	.143	.267	.188	.342	.143	.407	.331	.749	-10	.047	-20.0	-2.0	.225	.056	.000	.0
AL (3 yrs)				24	16	4	6.7	103	.400	.364	.270	.364	.354	.409	.391	.773	.745	107	.671	0.1	0.0	.643	.045	.045

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	25	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						80%

1948	27	NYY	AL	17	0.0%	11.8%	0.0%	5.9%	17%		8.0		4.0	2.00	82%
1949	28	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00	100%
1950	29	CHC	NL	49	0.0%	14.3%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	6.3		44.0	3.00	76%
1951	30	CHC	NL	50	0.0%	18.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	9.00	5.3		24.0	1.31	78%
1952	31	CIN	NL	42	0.0%	19.1%	11.9%	0.0%	0%	1.60	3.8		15.0	4.67	52%
1953	32	NYG	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
7 Yrs				169	0.0%	15.4%	4.1%	0.6%	4%	3.71	5.7		16.4	2.20	72%
MLB Averages					1.8%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.9	49.2	8.2	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	25	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	27	NYY	AL	0.3	0.0	9	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.74	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.2	1.06	0.3		0
1949	28	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.98	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.50	0.1		0
1950	29	CHC	NL	-8.7	-0.8	24	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	.93	-0.6	-0.0	-5.5	-0.5	0.87	-6.6	0.12	1
1951	30	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	49	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.80	-0.6	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.90	-7.1		0
1952	31	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	34	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	.77	-0.2	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.97	-2.2		0
1953	32	NYG	NL	0.3	0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.68	0.2		0
7 Yrs				-19.9	-2.0	122	-1.3	0.7	-2.1	.81	-1.4	-0.3	-11.4	-1.1	0.91	-15.2	0.12	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	NYY	AL	0	17%	5	0	0		0	0	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1
1949	28	NYY	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1950	29	CHC	NL	0	33%	0	0			0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1951	30	CHC	NL	3	57%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	1	33%	1	1	2	1	1
1952	31	CIN	NL	1	30%	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	25%	3	3	1	0	1
1953	32	NYG	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				4	30%	32	1	1	50%	1	1	1	33%	5	5	4	1	3

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	NYY	AL	17	22%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	6	3	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	28	NYY	AL	2	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
1950	29	CHC	NL	49	25%	5			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	2	40%	6	2	33%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1951	30	CHC	NL	50	23%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	8	2	25%	28	3	11%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
1952	31	CIN	NL	42	15%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	140%	6	0	0%	8	2	25%	22	2	9%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1953	32	NYG	NL	4	25%	2			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
7 Yrs				164	21%	26			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	14	127%	22	2	9%	24	8	33%	66	9	14%	10	4	40%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			138%			17%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1946	25	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	1
1947	26	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	1
1948	27	25	22	20	1	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	.350	.350	.400	.750	101	8	0	2
1949	28	29	24	22	1	8	1	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	107	9	0	2
1950	29	67	73	66	3	13	1	5	0	0	1	9	.197	.209	.212	.421	12	14	2	6
1951	30	91	123	114	7	19	1	7	1	0	2	18	.167	.181	.175	.356	-5	20	2	7
1952	31	120	165	144	10	24	1	9	1	1	7	26	.167	.205	.174	.379	3	25	2	14
1953	32	139	169	148	10	26	1	9	1	1	7	26	.176	.213	.182	.395	7	27	2	14

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	25	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1948	27	23	16	15	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	.333	.333	.400	.733	2	22
1949	28	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1950	29	40	53	48	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	.146	.163	.146	.309	1	38
1951	30	25	53	51	5	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	9	.137	.154	.137	.291	1	24
1952	31	30	45	32	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	6	8	.188	.316	.188	.503	2	29
1953	32	20	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	19
7 Yrs		145	178	156	13	27	1	0	0	10	1	8	26	.173	.213	.179	.393	7	139
162 Game Avg.		162	199	174	15	30	1	0	0	11	1	9	29	.173	.213	.179	.393	8	139

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