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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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Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1965
- 1974
- 1966
- 1975
- 1967
- 1976
- 1968
- 1977
- 1969
- 1978
- 1970
- 1979
- 1972
- 1980
- 1973
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1965
- 1974
- 1966
- 1975
- 1967
- 1976
- 1968
- 1977
- 1969
- 1978
- 1970
- 1979
- 1972
- 1980
- 1973
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

Standard Batting

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1965
- 1974
- 1966
- 1975
- 1967
- 1976
- 1968
- 1977
- 1969
- 1978
- 1970
- 1979
- 1972
- 1980
- 1973
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1965
- 1974
- 1966
- 1975
- 1967
- 1976
- 1968
- 1977
- 1969
- 1978
- 1970
- 1979
- 1972
- 1980
- 1973
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	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	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	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							5	0	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	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 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 (618th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 AL (4, 5%) 1974 AL (7, 1%) 0.06 Career Shares (194th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 2.83 (112th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y Career 7.536 (38th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Career 7.507 (49th)
Games Played s c a p y 1973 AL 65 (1st) 1974 AL 59 (6th) 1976 AL 56 (8th)	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 (93rd)	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 (68th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y Career 134 (25th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 4 (459), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 21 (581), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 15 (486), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Joe Hesketh (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Norm Charlton (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Perranoski (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jesse Orosco (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - 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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Uniforms

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (459), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 21 (581), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (486), Average HOFer ≈ 50