Dave Hillman
Darius Dutton Hillman
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
Final Game: June 22, 1962
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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
1955 27 CHC NL 0 0 5.31 25 3 9 0 0 0 57.2 63 36 34 10 25 0 23 1 0 1 259 78 1.526 9.8 1.6 3.9 3.6 0.92
1956 28 CHC NL 0 2 .000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 7 3 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 56 174 1.297 8.0 0.0 3.6 4.4 1.20
1957 29 CHC NL 6 11 .353 4.35 32 14 7 1 0 1 103.1 115 52 50 13 37 2 53 0 0 2 451 89 1.471 10.0 1.1 3.2 4.6 1.43
1958 30 CHC NL 4 8 .333 3.15 31 16 4 3 0 1 125.2 132 57 44 12 31 4 65 0 0 1 540 124 1.297 9.5 0.9 2.2 4.7 2.10
1959 31 CHC NL 8 11 .421 3.53 39 24 5 4 1 0 191.0 178 84 75 17 43 3 88 1 0 1 780 112 1.157 8.4 0.8 2.0 4.1 2.05
1960 32 BOS AL 0 3 .000 5.65 16 3 3 0 0 0 36.2 41 27 23 6 12 1 14 0 1 0 161 71 1.445 10.1 1.5 2.9 3.4 1.17
1961 33 BOS AL 3 2 .600 2.77 28 1 10 0 0 0 78.0 70 26 24 8 23 0 39 0 0 1 321 150 1.192 8.1 0.9 2.7 4.5 1.70
1962 34 TOT NL 0 0 6.98 15 1 4 0 0 1 19.1 29 16 15 5 9 0 8 1 0 1 96 59 1.966 13.5 2.3 4.2 3.7 0.89
1962 34 CIN NL 0 0 9.82 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 41 2.455 19.6 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.00
1962 34 NYM NL 0 0 6.32 13 1 4 0 0 1 15.2 21 12 11 5 8 0 8 1 0 0 76 65 1.851 12.1 2.9 4.6 4.6 1.00
8 Seasons 21 37 .362 3.87 188 64 42 8 1 3 624.0 639 305 268 71 185 10 296 3 1 7 2664 103 1.321 9.2 1.0 2.7 4.3 1.60
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .362 3.87 51 17 11 2 0 1 168 172 82 72 19 50 3 80 1 0 2 719 103 1.321 9.2 1.0 2.7 4.3 1.60
CHC (5 yrs) 18 32 .360 3.78 129 59 25 8 1 2 490.0 499 236 206 52 141 9 235 2 0 5 2086 104 1.306 9.2 1.0 2.6 4.3 1.67
BOS (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.69 44 4 13 0 0 0 114.2 111 53 47 14 35 1 53 0 1 1 482 111 1.273 8.7 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.51
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 6.32 13 1 4 0 0 1 15.2 21 12 11 5 8 0 8 1 0 0 76 65 1.851 12.1 2.9 4.6 4.6 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 9.82 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 41 2.455 19.6 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.00
NL (6 yrs) 18 32 .360 3.91 144 60 29 8 1 3 509.1 528 252 221 57 150 9 243 3 0 6 2182 101 1.331 9.3 1.0 2.7 4.3 1.62
AL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.69 44 4 13 0 0 0 114.2 111 53 47 14 35 1 53 0 1 1 482 111 1.273 8.7 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.51

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 27 CHC NL 25 259 223 36 63 5 2 10 0 1 25 23 .283 .352 .457 .809 .273 102 3 1 6 4 0
1956 28 CHC NL 2 56 51 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 5 6 .216 .286 .235 .521 .244 12 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 CHC NL 32 451 410 52 115 12 5 13 2 5 37 53 .280 .338 .429 .767 .294 176 6 0 1 3 2
1958 30 CHC NL 31 540 499 57 132 19 4 12 2 1 31 65 .265 .305 .391 .695 .281 195 7 0 5 5 4
1959 31 CHC NL 39 781 718 84 178 32 4 17 10 3 43 88 .248 .289 .375 .664 .261 269 13 1 14 5 3
1960 32 BOS AL 16 161 146 27 41 3 2 6 1 1 12 14 .281 .333 .452 .785 .276 66 3 0 2 1 1
1961 33 BOS AL 28 321 289 26 70 4 2 8 1 2 23 39 .242 .296 .353 .649 .254 102 2 0 7 2 0
1962 34 TOT NL 15 96 82 16 29 2 2 5 2 0 9 8 .354 .415 .610 1.025 .338 50 0 1 2 2 0
1962 34 CIN NL 2 20 19 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .421 .450 .632 1.082 .421 12 0 0 0 0 0
1962 34 NYM NL 13 76 63 12 21 0 1 5 2 0 8 8 .333 .405 .603 1.009 .308 38 0 1 2 2 0
8 Seasons 188 2665 2418 305 639 78 21 71 20 13 185 296 .264 .315 .402 .717 .274 972 34 3 37 22 10
162 Game Avg. 51 719 652 82 172 21 6 19 5 4 50 80 .264 .315 .402 .717 .274 262 9 1 10 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 27 CHC NL 25 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 38 29 4 0 1 1 9.4 7.5 3.6
1956 28 CHC NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 52 61 43 0 0 0 2 1.5 1.8 6.2
1957 29 CHC NL 32 14 2 8 4 0 2 4 10 .286 0 1 1 0 5 36% 43 67 19 12 8 3 9 3.8 2.7 4.5
1958 30 CHC NL 31 16 4 7 5 0 4 7 9 .438 1 2 3 0 9 56% 53 84 35 14 3 5 5 3.6 3.6 6.5
1959 31 CHC NL 39 24 5 10 9 0 3 9 15 .375 3 2 4 1 12 50% 52 84 30 27 15 10 8 3.9 3.8 6.6
1960 32 BOS AL 16 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 49 34 5 3 1 2 3.5 3.6 5.6
1961 33 BOS AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 61 61 61 9 3 0 1 2.0 1.1 7.7
1962 34 TOT NL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 3 1 0 0 2.0 6.0 2.7
1962 34 NYM NL 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 3 1 0 0 2.0 6.0 2.7
8 Seasons 186 64 11 29 24 0 10 22 42 .344 4 8 8 1 28 44% 49 84 19 74 33 20 28 3.9 3.6 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 27 CHC NL 25 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0.523 0 2 11 0 0 14 3 11 14 4 10 4 6.4
1957 29 CHC NL 32 18 7 4 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 3 27% 7 1.187 6 3 6 1 4 10 6 9 12 3 11 0 6.7
1958 30 CHC NL 31 15 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 3 25% 4 1.110 2 3 9 2 1 11 7 7 8 3 7 2 4.2
1959 31 CHC NL 39 15 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29% 4 1.025 4 4 7 0 2 13 8 7 8 3 10 3 6.7
1960 32 BOS AL 16 13 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 10 67% 7 0.753 3 1 9 1 2 10 7 6 6 3 6 2 4.7
1961 33 BOS AL 28 27 10 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 26 10 38% 7 0.829 7 6 14 3 5 19 13 14 19 3 20 3 7.8
1962 34 TOT NL 15 14 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 7 64% 0.427 1 3 10 1 1 12 8 6 5 3 6 0 3.6
1962 34 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.311 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5
1962 34 NYM NL 13 12 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 7 70% 8 0.458 1 3 8 1 1 10 7 5 3 3 4 0 3.3
7 Seasons 186 124 42 10 8 4 3 1 75% 7 3 98 39 40% 0.965 23 22 66 8 15 89 52 60 72 22 70 14 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 27 CHC NL 259 39% 3.9% 8.9% 9.7% 6.6% 27% 0.95 75% 36 3 8%
1956 28 CHC NL 56 50% 0.0% 10.7% 8.9% 1.8% 9% 0.21 80% 6 0 0%
1957 29 CHC NL 451 42% 2.9% 11.8% 8.2% 6.7% 26% 0.91 77% 74 6 8%
1958 30 CHC NL 540 42% 2.2% 12.0% 5.7% 6.5% 27% 0.82 79% 102 7 7%
1959 31 CHC NL 781 43% 2.2% 11.3% 5.5% 6.8% 30% 1.05 79% 130 13 10%
1960 32 BOS AL 161 34% 3.7% 8.7% 7.5% 6.8% 27% 1.09 79% 38 3 8%
1961 33 BOS AL 321 35% 2.5% 12.2% 7.2% 4.4% 20% 1.09 76% 54 2 4%
1962 34 TOT NL 96 43% 5.2% 8.3% 9.4% 9.4% 31% 0.56 74% 22 0 0%
1962 34 CIN NL 20 60% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0% 15.0% 38% 0.57 95% 3 0 0%
1962 34 NYM NL 76 38% 6.6% 10.5% 10.5% 7.9% 29% 0.56 68% 19 0 0%
8 Seasons 2665 41% 2.7% 11.1% 6.9% 6.4% 27% 0.94 78% 462 34 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 27 CHC NL 158 63 10 0 2 6 1 1 6 10 7 0 70% 3 1 0 68 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 101
1956 28 CHC NL 32 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
1957 29 CHC NL 380 115 13 0 9 7 3 7 3 17 6 1 35% 8 2 1 144 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 71
1958 30 CHC NL 467 132 12 0 10 6 5 6 5 28 13 2 46% 13 1 1 175 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 73
1959 31 CHC NL 779 178 17 0 8 7 10 6 11 31 19 3 61% 9 1 2 273 10 3 77% 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 2
1960 32 BOS AL 161 41 6 2 10 5 1 4 2 15 7 2 47% 2 0 0 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 33 BOS AL 321 70 8 0 8 8 0 5 3 9 7 1 78% 2 1 1 117 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1962 34 TOT NL 96 29 5 0 4 3 2 4 1 8 5 0 63% 1 1 0 50 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 34 CIN NL 20 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 34 NYM NL 76 21 5 0 2 3 2 4 1 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 2394 639 71 2 51 42 22 33 31 121 64 9 53% 41 7 5 905 20 13 61% 19 12 0 1 1 0 3 0 37 271
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1955 27 0 0 5.31 25 3 9 0 0 0 57.2 63 36 34 10 25 0 23 1 0 1 259 78 1.526 9.8 1.6 3.9 3.6 0.92 78
1956 28 0 2 .000 4.76 27 5 9 0 0 0 70.0 74 43 37 10 30 0 29 1 0 1 315 85 1.486 9.5 1.3 3.9 3.7 0.97 85
1957 29 6 13 .316 4.52 59 19 16 1 0 1 173.1 189 95 87 23 67 2 82 1 0 3 766 88 1.477 9.8 1.2 3.5 4.3 1.22 88
1958 30 10 21 .323 3.94 90 35 20 4 0 2 299.0 321 152 131 35 98 6 147 1 0 4 1306 100 1.401 9.7 1.1 2.9 4.4 1.50 100
1959 31 18 32 .360 3.78 129 59 25 8 1 2 490.0 499 236 206 52 141 9 235 2 0 5 2086 104 1.306 9.2 1.0 2.6 4.3 1.67 104
1960 32 18 35 .340 3.91 145 62 28 8 1 2 526.2 540 263 229 58 153 10 249 2 1 5 2247 101 1.316 9.2 1.0 2.6 4.3 1.63 101
1961 33 21 37 .362 3.77 173 63 38 8 1 2 604.2 610 289 253 66 176 10 288 2 1 6 2568 105 1.300 9.1 1.0 2.6 4.3 1.64 105
1962 34 21 37 .362 3.87 188 64 42 8 1 3 624.0 639 305 268 71 185 10 296 3 1 7 2664 103 1.321 9.2 1.0 2.7 4.3 1.60 103

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 27 2 4 .333 5.10 60.0 66 38 34 10 26 24 1 1.533 9.9 3.9 3.6 0.92 1.5 25
1956 28 1 0 1.000 1.93 14.0 12 3 3 0 5 7 0 1.214 7.7 3.2 4.5 1.40 0.0 2
1957 29 5 6 .455 4.59 104.0 121 59 53 14 39 53 0 1.538 10.5 3.4 4.6 1.36 1.2 32
1958 30 8 6 .571 3.23 131.0 142 52 47 13 33 68 0 1.336 9.8 2.3 4.7 2.06 0.9 31
1959 31 11 10 .524 3.62 194.0 187 87 78 18 45 89 1 1.196 8.7 2.1 4.1 1.98 0.8 39
1960 32 1 3 .250 5.68 38.0 43 27 24 6 13 14 0 1.474 10.2 3.1 3.3 1.08 1.4 16
1961 33 5 3 .625 2.69 77.0 68 26 23 8 22 38 0 1.169 7.9 2.6 4.4 1.73 0.9 28
1962 34 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 29 16 14 5 9 8 1 2.000 13.7 4.3 3.8 0.89 2.4 15
8 Seasons 34 33 .507 3.90 637.0 668 308 276 74 192 301 3 1.350 9.4 4.3 1.57 1.0 188

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 NL  1.157 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL  2.026 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 NL  2.047 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL  .801 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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