Dave Hilton
John David Hilton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: September 15, 1950 in Uvalde, TX
School: Rice University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972
Final Game: April 27, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 SDP NL 21 3B 13 13 114.0 33 12 19 2 1 .939 -3.2 -33.7 -3.2 -2.1 -1.0 0 2.45 2.38 .945 2.87 2.55
1973 SDP NL 22 3B 47 46 398.0 132 40 88 4 11 .970 -2.4 -7.2 -2.4 -2.8 0.4 0 2.89 2.72 .945 2.88 2.49
1973 SDP NL 22 2B 23 23 202.0 94 39 53 2 8 .979 -0.5 -3.0 -0.5 -1.3 0.8 0 4.10 4.00 .980 5.52 4.91
1974 SDP NL 23 3B 55 49 428.1 153 51 94 8 13 .948 -4.5 -12.6 -4.5 -3.3 -1.2 0 3.05 2.64 .948 3.04 2.64
1974 SDP NL 23 2B 15 8 81.1 42 19 19 4 4 .905 -3.7 -54.6 -2.7 -1.0 -1.7 -1 4.20 2.53 .974 5.47 4.64
1975 SDP NL 24 3B 4 2 20.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 -0.2 -12.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.05 2.25 .950 2.97 2.58
4 Seasons 3B 119 110 960.1 328 105 208 15 25 .954 -10.3 -12.9 -10.3 -8.2 -2.0 0 2.93 2.63 .946 2.95 2.57
2 Seasons 2B 38 31 283.1 136 58 72 6 12 .956 -4.2 -17.8 -3.2 -2.3 -0.9 -1 4.13 3.42 .978 5.50 4.80
4 Seasons TOT 157 141 1243.2 464 163 280 21 37 .955 -14.5 -14.0 -13.5 -10.5 -2.9 -1 3.21 2.82 .910 3.53 3.11

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
1972 SDP NL 21 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SDP NL 22 70 69 70 70 0 0 0 23 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 23 74 57 74 66 0 0 0 15 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1975 SDP NL 24 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 161 141 161 153 0 0 0 38 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 SDP NL 21 503 61% 77% 20% 35 80% 0 12 7 3 2 19 16 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0%
1973 SDP NL 22 1770 60% 76% 24% 136 82% 1 40 31 6 3 82 64 12 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 10 2 1 6 3 3 0 7 71%
1974 SDP NL 23 2050 61% 75% 26% 149 92% 0 52 40 6 6 97 65 25 1 1 8 0 8 0 6 13 8 0 8 4 3 1 6 83%
1975 SDP NL 24 109 61% 81% 33% 10 90% 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4432 61% 76% 25% 330 86% 1 106 79 16 11 206 151 41 1 4 15 0 15 0 12 24 10 1 15 7 6 1 15 67%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 SDP NL 22 842 63% 78% 28% 66 95% 0 40 12 18 10 56 49 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 5 0 2 2 9 4 5 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 23 364 55% 79% 28% 27 81% 0 22 5 11 6 19 14 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1206 61% 78% 28% 93 91% 0 62 17 29 16 75 63 10 0 0 6 0 5 1 3 13 6 1 3 2 13 5 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

* 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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