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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 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
1965 22 DET AL 0 0 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 1 6.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1966 23 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 39 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1967 24 DET AL 4 3 .571 2.63 23 6 11 2 2 3 65.0 57 20 19 4 9 0 49 0 0 0 256 124 1.015 7.9 0.6 1.2 6.8 5.44
1968 25 DET AL 9 6 .600 2.39 39 12 13 4 1 2 128.0 92 37 34 9 51 4 78 0 0 2 518 126 1.117 6.5 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.53
1969 26 DET AL 4 4 .500 3.99 40 8 13 1 1 4 99.1 97 50 44 13 44 2 74 1 0 3 431 95 1.419 8.8 1.2 4.0 6.7 1.68
1970 27 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.03 47 5 18 1 1 3 104.0 82 39 35 12 46 4 89 2 0 3 432 124 1.231 7.1 1.0 4.0 7.7 1.93
1972 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 2.03 24 3 8 1 0 3 44.1 39 13 10 4 13 2 26 3 0 2 186 156 1.173 7.9 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.00
1973 30 DET AL 10 5 .667 1.44 65 0 60 0 0 38 125.1 89 21 20 7 39 7 124 0 0 1 498 285 1.021 6.4 0.5 2.8 8.9 3.18 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 31 DET AL 17 14 .548 2.64 59 0 52 0 0 13 150.0 127 51 44 10 62 19 134 3 0 7 633 143 1.260 7.6 0.6 3.7 8.0 2.16 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 32 DET AL 2 3 .400 2.17 36 0 34 0 0 14 70.2 52 20 17 6 36 4 87 0 0 1 295 186 1.245 6.6 0.8 4.6 11.1 2.42
1976 33 DET AL 12 8 .600 2.38 56 1 46 1 1 13 121.0 93 37 32 7 67 9 117 2 0 6 510 155 1.322 6.9 0.5 5.0 8.7 1.75
1977 34 DET AL 8 14 .364 3.56 45 8 27 3 0 7 124.0 120 59 49 15 61 8 115 1 0 6 539 120 1.460 8.7 1.1 4.4 8.3 1.89
1978 35 DET AL 9 4 .692 2.34 51 0 46 0 0 15 92.1 64 27 24 6 35 4 74 0 0 3 363 166 1.072 6.2 0.6 3.4 7.2 2.11
1979 36 DET AL 4 7 .364 5.22 43 0 30 0 0 9 79.1 83 47 46 14 55 7 46 0 0 4 372 84 1.739 9.4 1.6 6.2 5.2 0.84
1980 37 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4.40 11 0 2 0 0 0 30.2 38 15 15 3 14 1 18 0 1 1 140 94 1.696 11.2 0.9 4.1 5.3 1.29
15 Seasons 87 76 .534 2.83 545 43 363 13 6 125 1242.0 1040 438 391 110 535 71 1036 12 1 39 5206 134 1.268 7.5 0.8 3.9 7.5 1.94
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .534 2.83 63 5 42 2 1 14 144 120 51 45 13 62 8 120 1 0 5 602 134 1.268 7.5 0.8 3.9 7.5 1.94

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1968 25 DET AL WS W STL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1972 29 DET AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 5.06 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 2.063 11.8 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
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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
1976 33 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 181 108 101 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 97 90 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 30 .109 .135 .119 .253 -27 11 1 0 4 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 DET AL 22 P 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.69 .956 1.89 0.73
1969 DET AL 26 P 40 8 99.1 14 2 11 1 0 .929 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.03 0.42 .950 1.87 0.75
1973 DET AL 30 P 65 0 125.1 25 8 16 1 1 .960 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.25 .933 1.87 0.85
1976 DET AL 33 P 56 1 121.0 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.27 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 DET AL 34 P 45 8 124.0 17 4 11 2 1 .882 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.33 .943 1.92 0.81
1980 DET AL 37 P 11 0 30.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.47 0.45 .967 1.85 0.77
15 Seasons P 545 43 1242.0 189 45 136 8 5 .958 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.33 .951 1.88 0.80
15 Seasons TOT 545 43 1242.0 189 45 136 8 5 .958 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.33 .908 1.88 0.80

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (611th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-AL--4--5%
1974-AL--7--1%
0.06 Career Shares (190th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.833--110th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.536--37th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.507--47th

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL--65--1st
1974 AL--59--6th
1976 AL--56--8th
Career--545--246th

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL--38--1st
1974 AL--13--7th
1975 AL--14--6th
1976 AL--13--7th
1978 AL--15--7th
Career--125--89th

Games Finished s c a p y
1973 AL--60--1st
1974 AL--52--6th
1975 AL--34--9th
1976 AL--46--4th
1978 AL--46--6th
Career--363--67th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--134--26th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (458), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 21 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (576), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (475), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 16, 1962: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

August 31, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

September 9, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

September 30, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

July 8, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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