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John Hiller

John Frederick Hiller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 8, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1965
Team: Tigers 1965-1980

Final Game: May 27, 1980
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All-Star

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
1965 22 DET AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 23 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 24 DET AL 23 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .133 .321 -5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1968 25 DET AL 39 37 37 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .081 .081 .081 .162 -51 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1969 26 DET AL 41 24 21 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .318 .333 .652 79 7 0 0 2 0 0 1
1970 27 DET AL 47 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .042 .000 .042 -88 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 29 DET AL 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 30 DET AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 31 DET AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 32 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 33 DET AL 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 34 DET AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 35 DET AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 36 DET AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 37 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 546 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 32 30 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 4 0 0 1 0 0

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 Awards
1965 22 DET AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1966 23 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1967 24 DET AL 23 17 -1 -1 0 0 2 0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1968 25 DET AL 39 37 -6 -0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1969 26 DET AL 41 24 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1970 27 DET AL 47 25 -6 -0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1972 29 DET AL 24 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1973 30 DET AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $25,000 1 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 31 DET AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $50,000 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 32 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 33 DET AL 56 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 1
1977 34 DET AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $90,000 1
1978 35 DET AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $90,000 1
1979 36 DET AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 37 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
15 Seasons 546 108 -16 -1 0 0 12 -4 -0.6 3 -1 -0.6 .499 .500 -0.6 0.3 -1 $255,000

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
1967 24 DET AL 17 14 0 0.0 87 .200 .133 .247 .188 .316 .133 .370 .321 .686 -5 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1968 25 DET AL 37 35 0 0.0 82 .130 .081 .241 .081 .311 .081 .357 .162 .668 -51 .000 -6.9 -0.8 .086 .000 .000
1969 26 DET AL 24 17 2 3.2 99 .333 .286 .260 .318 .338 .333 .392 .652 .730 79 .372 -0.6 -0.1 .533 .095 .048
1970 27 DET AL 25 24 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .259 .042 .334 .000 .395 .042 .729 -88 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .043 .043 .000
1972 29 DET AL 4 4 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .361 .000 .680 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1976 33 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .259 .000 .324 .000 .366 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 108 95 2 0.6 90 .164 .109 .250 .135 .323 .119 .375 .253 .698 -27 .029 -16.8 -1.8 .165 .040 .010
162 Game Avg. 32 28 1 0.6 90 .164 .109 .250 .135 .323 .119 .375 .253 .698 -27 .029 -16.8 -1.8 .165 .040 .010

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 25 DET AL WS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 DET AL ALCS OAK L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 DET AL 31 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 24 DET AL 17 0.0% 29.4% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.0 7.5 1.00 59%
1968 25 DET AL 37 0.0% 37.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 18.5 2.50 62%
1969 26 DET AL 24 0.0% 12.5% 4.2% 4.2% 17% 3.00 7.0 2.50 75%
1970 27 DET AL 25 0.0% 36.0% 4.0% 0.0% 9.00 2.6 1.14 56%
1972 29 DET AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25%
1976 33 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
15 Yrs 108 0.0% 31.5% 2.8% 0.9% 9% 11.33 3.0 25.3 1.73 62%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.0% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.65 6.4 45.2 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 22 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1966 23 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967 24 DET AL -2.0 -0.2 17 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .83 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.88 -1.3 0
1968 25 DET AL -6.9 -0.8 37 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .70 -0.6 0.0 -6.8 -0.8 1.00 -6.5 0
1969 26 DET AL -0.6 -0.1 24 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 .91 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.85 -1.3 0
1970 27 DET AL -6.0 -0.6 25 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .80 -0.6 -0.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.77 -5.7 0
1972 29 DET AL -1.0 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.09 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.50 -1.0 0
1973 30 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1974 31 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1975 32 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1976 33 DET AL -0.2 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 3.44 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.41 -0.3 0
1977 34 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1978 35 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1979 36 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1980 37 DET AL 0.0 0.0
15 Yrs -16.8 -1.8 108 -1.2 0.6 -1.9 .83 -1.6 0.1 -14.2 -1.5 0.92 -16.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 24 DET AL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1968 25 DET AL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1969 26 DET AL 0 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 DET AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 33 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 1 0 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 24 DET AL 17 59% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 2 22% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 25 DET AL 37 27% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 0 0% 29 2 7% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
1969 26 DET AL 24 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 4 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 DET AL 25 36% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1972 29 DET AL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 33 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 108 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 15 1 7% 17 1 6% 65 4 6% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 24 29 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .133 .321 -5 2 0 0 1 0 0
1968 25 68 54 52 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .096 .113 .096 .209 -37 5 1 0 1 0 0
1969 26 109 78 73 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 22 .151 .173 .164 .338 -1 12 1 0 3 0 0
1970 27 156 103 96 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .115 .141 .125 .266 -23 12 1 0 4 0 0
1971 28 156 103 96 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .115 .141 .125 .266 -23 12 1 0 4 0 0
1972 29 180 107 100 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .110 .136 .120 .256 -26 12 1 0 4 0 0
1973 30 245 107 100 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .110 .136 .120 .256 -26 12 1 0 4 0 0
1974 31 304 107 100 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .110 .136 .120 .256 -26 12 1 0 4 0 0
1975 32 340 107 100 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .110 .136 .120 .256 -26 12 1 0 4 0 0
1976 33 396 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0
1977 34 441 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0
1978 35 492 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0
1979 36 535 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0
1980 37 546 108 101 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 12 1 0 4 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1967 24 23 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 23
1968 25 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 39
1969 26 41 24 21 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .318 .333 .652 2 41
1970 27 47 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 47
1972 29 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
1976 33 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 56
6 Yrs 231 108 101 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 34 .059 .087 .069 .156 2 230
162 Game Avg. 162 76 71 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 24 .059 .087 .069 .156 1 230

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1974

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (4, 25%)
1974 AL (20, 3%)
0.28 Career Shares (631st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (4, 5%)
1974 AL (7, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 AL  7.9 (3rd)

                           

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