Dave Hillman

Darius Dutton Hillman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: September 14, 1927 in Dungannon, VA
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1955
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox/Mets/Reds 1955-1962

Final Game: June 22, 1962
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	22	CHC-min	B	34	68	68		9	1	0	0						.132	.132	.147	.279		10							RKH · TRIS
1951	23	CHC-min	B	51	87	87		19	0	0	0						.218	.218	.218	.437		19							RKH · TRIS
1952	24	CHC-min	A,AAA	34	46	46		6	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261		6							DMO,SPF · WL,IL
1953	25	CHC-min	AAA	40	40	31	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		8	17	.161	.333	.161	.495		5		0	1				SPF · IL
1954	26	CHC-min	AA	47	93	77	10	10	2	1	0	10	0	0	7	33	.130	.212	.182	.394		14		1	8	0			BMT · TL
1955	27	CHC-min	Opn	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		1	0	0	2	0			LOS · PCL
1955	27	CHC	NL	26	14	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.100	.308	.100	.408	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	28	CHC-min	Opn	37	88	76	4	12	1	0	0	6	0		5	32	.158	.210	.171	.381		13	1	0	7	0			LOS · PCL
1956	28	CHC	NL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	29	CHC-min	Opn	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0			POR · PCL
1957	29	CHC	NL	36	29	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.000	.111	.000	.111	-66	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	30	CHC	NL	32	43	41	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.146	.146	.195	.341	-10	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
1959	31	CHC	NL	42	71	60	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	32	.150	.239	.150	.389	8	9	0	1	4	0	0	1
1960	32	BOS	AL	16	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	33	BOS	AL	28	21	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.105	.000	.105	-69	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1962	34	TOT	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	34	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	34	NYM	NL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				197	191	163	9	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	15	85	.098	.179	.110	.289	-20	18	0	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	157	134	7	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	12	70	.098	.179	.110	.289	-20	15	0	1	10	0	0

CHC (5 yrs)				138	161	139	6	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	12	74	.115	.191	.129	.320	-12	18	0	1	9	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				44	29	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.000	.115	.000	.115	-66	0	0	0	3	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				153	162	140	6	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	12	75	.114	.190	.129	.318	-12	18	0	1	9	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				44	29	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.000	.115	.000	.115	-66	0	0	0	3	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
1955	27	CHC	NL	26	14	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1956	28	CHC	NL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	29	CHC	NL	36	29	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1958	30	CHC	NL	32	43	-7	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1959	31	CHC	NL	42	71	-8	-0	0	0	8	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$	1
1960	32	BOS	AL	16	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	33	BOS	AL	28	21	-4	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	34	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	34	NYM	NL	13	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				197	191	-28	-1	1	0	21	-7	-0.7	6	-0	-0.7	.497	.500	-0.7	-0.1	-0	$

CHC (5 yrs)				138	161	-22	-0	0	0	18	-4	-0.5	5	1	-0.5	.497	.499	-0.5	-0.0	1	$
BOS (2 yrs)				44	29	-6	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
NYM (1 yr)				13	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1955	27	CHC	NL	14	10	1	2.7	106	.200	.100	.266	.308	.337	.100	.420	.408	.757	15	.264	-1.1	-0.1	.444	.300	.000
1956	28	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.415	.000	.745	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1957	29	CHC	NL	29	26	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.111	.331	.000	.414	.111	.745	-66	.000	-5.8	-0.6	.125	.125	.000
1958	30	CHC	NL	43	37	1	0.7	105	.286	.146	.269	.146	.336	.195	.420	.341	.756	-10	.032	-6.5	-0.6	.229	.049	.049
1959	31	CHC	NL	71	55	3	1.5	103	.321	.150	.268	.239	.334	.150	.415	.389	.748	8	.108	-7.9	-0.8	.314	.100	.000
1960	32	BOS	AL	8	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.143	.341	.000	.408	.143	.749	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1961	33	BOS	AL	21	19	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.265	.105	.340	.000	.412	.105	.753	-69	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.118	.118	.000
1962	34	TOT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1962	34	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				191	159	5	0.8	104	.205	.098	.267	.179	.335	.110	.416	.289	.751	-20	.042	-28.4	-2.8	.231	.104	.012
162 Game Avg.				157	131	4	0.8	104	.205	.098	.267	.179	.335	.110	.416	.289	.751	-20	.042	-28.4	-2.8	.231	.104	.012

CHC (5 yrs)				161	132	5	1.0	104	.246	.115	.268	.191	.334	.129	.416	.320	.750	-12	.059	-22.5	-2.2	.252	.101	.014
BOS (2 yrs)				29	26	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.265	.115	.341	.000	.411	.115	.752	-66	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.130	.130	.000
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				162	133	5	1.0	104	.246	.114	.268	.190	.334	.129	.416	.318	.750	-12	.058	-22.7	-2.3	.250	.100	.014
AL (2 yrs)				29	26	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.265	.115	.341	.000	.411	.115	.752	-66	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.130	.130	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	27	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	1.67	2.0			0.33	36%
1956	28	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				75%
1957	29	CHC	NL	29	0.0%	55.2%	10.3%	0.0%		5.33	1.5			4.50	28%
1958	30	CHC	NL	43	0.0%	46.5%	0.0%	4.7%	33%		2.1		13.7	1.38	49%
1959	31	CHC	NL	71	0.0%	45.1%	8.5%	0.0%	0%	5.33	1.9		20.0	2.13	39%
1960	32	BOS	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%		3.00	2.0			3.00	38%
1961	33	BOS	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	9.5%	0.0%		3.50	2.4				48%
1962	34	TOT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	34	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
8 Yrs				191	0.0%	44.5%	7.9%	1.1%	13%	5.67	1.9		27.2	2.41	41%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.0%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.46	6.8	37.3	8.2	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	27	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.56	-0.1	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.76	-1.5	0
1956	28	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	2.00	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.34	0.2	0
1957	29	CHC	NL	-5.8	-0.6	24	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.24	-0.4	-0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.92	-4.5	0
1958	30	CHC	NL	-6.4	-0.6	41	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.00	-0.6	0.1	-5.1	-0.5	0.91	-6.7	0
1959	31	CHC	NL	-8.0	-0.8	72	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.86	-0.9	0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.94	-8.8	0
1960	32	BOS	AL	-1.4	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.82	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.87	-1.4	0
1961	33	BOS	AL	-4.3	-0.4	21	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	.73	-0.3	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	0.79	-3.7	0
1962	34	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.80	-0.3	0
1962	34	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	34	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.80	-0.3	0
8 Yrs				-28.4	-2.8	181	-2.4	1.1	-3.5	.92	-2.5	-0.1	-23.0	-2.3	0.91	-26.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	27	CHC	NL	0	25%	7	0	1	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
1956	28	CHC	NL	1		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	CHC	NL	0	33%	6	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	30	CHC	NL	0	67%	8	0	0	67%	1	0	1	0	2	1	1
1959	31	CHC	NL	1	0%	18	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
1960	32	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	33	BOS	AL	1	150%	4	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	34	TOT	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	34	NYM	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3	28%	45	1	2	50%	4	2	2	1	3	1	2

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
1955	27	CHC	NL	14	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	28	CHC	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1957	29	CHC	NL	29	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	30	CHC	NL	43	17%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	8	0	0%	7	2	29%	21	3	14%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1959	31	CHC	NL	71	35%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	9	0	0%	10	2	20%	41	3	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1960	32	BOS	AL	8	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	33	BOS	AL	21	48%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1962	34	TOT	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	34	NYM	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				191	30%	16			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	12	71%	29	0	0%	29	6	21%	98	6	6%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1955	27	26	14	10	1	1	0	0	3	5	.100	.308	.100	.408	15	1	0	1
1956	28	28	18	14	1	1	0	0	3	6	.071	.235	.071	.307	-13	1	0	1
1957	29	64	47	38	2	1	0	0	6	22	.026	.159	.026	.185	-46	1	0	3
1958	30	96	90	79	6	7	2	3	6	42	.089	.153	.114	.267	-27	9	0	5
1959	31	138	161	139	6	16	2	6	12	74	.115	.191	.129	.320	-12	18	1	9
1960	32	154	169	145	6	16	2	6	13	77	.110	.189	.124	.313	-14	18	1	10
1961	33	182	190	162	9	16	2	6	15	84	.099	.180	.111	.291	-20	18	1	12
1962	34	197	191	163	9	16	2	6	15	85	.098	.179	.110	.289	-20	18	1	12

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	27	27	15	11	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.214	.000	.214	0	26
1956	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1957	29	38	30	25	1	0	0	0	3	17	.000	.107	.000	.107	0	36
1958	30	34	45	43	4	6	2	3	0	21	.140	.140	.186	.326	1	32
1959	31	44	73	62	0	9	0	3	6	33	.145	.232	.145	.377	2	42
1960	32	17	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	16
1961	33	28	21	17	3	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.105	.000	.105	0	28
1962	34	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
8 Yrs		205	197	169	8	15	2	6	15	88	.089	.168	.101	.268	3	197
162 Game Avg.		162	156	134	6	12	2	5	12	70	.089	.168	.101	.268	2	197

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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