John Hiller
John Frederick Hiller
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 8, 1943 in Toronto, ON, CAN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1965
Final Game: May 27, 1980
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 DET AL 22 P 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.76
1966 DET AL 23 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1967 DET AL 24 P 23 6 65.0 14 4 9 1 0 .929 1.80 0.57 .957 1.97 0.74
1968 DET AL 25 P 39 12 128.0 27 12 15 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.69 .956 1.89 0.73
1969 DET AL 26 P 40 8 99.1 14 2 11 1 0 .929 1.18 0.33 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 DET AL 27 P 47 5 104.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.28 .946 1.86 0.67
1972 DET AL 29 P 24 3 44.1 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.03 0.42 .950 1.87 0.75
1973 DET AL 30 P 65 0 125.1 25 8 16 1 1 .960 1.72 0.37 .952 1.86 0.86 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 DET AL 31 P 59 0 150.0 14 2 11 1 0 .929 0.78 0.22 .950 1.81 0.83 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 DET AL 32 P 36 0 70.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.25 .933 1.87 0.85
1976 DET AL 33 P 56 1 121.0 16 2 13 1 0 .938 1.12 0.27 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 DET AL 34 P 45 8 124.0 17 4 11 2 1 .882 1.09 0.33 .953 1.95 0.84
1978 DET AL 35 P 51 0 92.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.20 .950 1.90 0.85
1979 DET AL 36 P 43 0 79.1 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.33 .943 1.92 0.81
1980 DET AL 37 P 11 0 30.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.47 0.45 .967 1.85 0.77
15 Seasons P 545 43 1242.0 189 45 136 8 5 .958 1.31 0.33 .951 1.88 0.80
15 Seasons TOT 545 43 1242.0 189 45 136 8 5 .958 1.31 0.33 .908 1.88 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 DET AL 22 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 23 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 24 23 6 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 25 39 12 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 DET AL 26 41 8 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 DET AL 27 47 5 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 DET AL 29 24 3 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 30 65 0 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 31 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 32 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 33 56 0 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 DET AL 34 45 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 35 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 DET AL 36 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 DET AL 37 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 546 34 181 546 545 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 DET AL 22 24 79% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 23 10 70% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 24 260 78% 23% 11 91% 0 3 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1968 DET AL 25 524 75% 26% 19 95% 0 12 0 9 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1969 DET AL 26 445 73% 18% 14 93% 0 2 1 0 12 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1970 DET AL 27 439 69% 20% 11 91% 0 3 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1972 DET AL 29 192 78% 22% 9 100% 0 1 1 0 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1973 DET AL 30 505 68% 17% 17 88% 0 7 1 4 15 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1974 DET AL 31 653 69% 17% 14 79% 1 2 0 2 11 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1975 DET AL 32 306 60% 21% 8 100% 0 1 0 1 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 DET AL 33 526 65% 16% 15 93% 0 2 1 1 13 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1977 DET AL 34 557 68% 17% 18 83% 0 5 3 2 12 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1978 DET AL 35 372 71% 19% 9 100% 0 1 0 1 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 DET AL 36 386 74% 19% 12 100% 0 4 1 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1980 DET AL 37 144 78% 22% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 5343 70% 19% 163 91% 1 43 8 27 140 106 21 8 0 5 3 5 6 4 5 1 39 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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.

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