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Billy Hoeft

William Frederick Hoeft (NUL)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1952
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Cubs/Braves/Giants/... 1952-1966

Final Game: September 25, 1966
Died: March 16, 2010 in Canadian Lakes, MI
Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #569. Britt Burns… #570. Paul Byrd… #571. Dave Dravecky… #572. BILLY HOEFT… #573. Steve Avery… #574. Ed Whitson… #575. Lefty Stewart… 

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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
1952 20 DET AL 2 7 .222 4.32 34 10 9 1 0 4 125.0 123 66 60 14 63 67 5 0 5 553 88 1.488 8.9 1.0 4.5 4.8 1.06
1953 21 DET AL 9 14 .391 4.83 29 27 2 9 0 2 197.2 223 113 106 24 58 90 4 1 2 863 85 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 4.1 1.55
1954 22 DET AL 7 15 .318 4.58 34 25 5 10 4 1 175.0 180 93 89 22 59 114 4 0 3 752 82 1.366 9.3 1.1 3.0 5.9 1.93
1955 23 DET AL 16 7 .696 2.99 32 29 0 17 7 0 220.0 187 75 73 17 75 1 133 6 0 3 909 130 1.191 7.7 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.77 AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 20 14 .588 4.06 38 34 2 18 4 0 248.0 276 127 112 22 104 12 172 5 0 7 1094 102 1.532 10.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.65
1957 25 DET AL 9 11 .450 3.48 34 28 4 10 1 1 207.0 188 85 80 15 69 2 111 5 0 1 870 111 1.242 8.2 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.61
1958 26 DET AL 10 9 .526 4.15 36 21 9 6 0 3 143.0 148 70 66 15 49 3 94 1 0 3 615 97 1.378 9.3 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.92
1959 27 TOT AL 2 5 .286 5.59 23 8 6 0 0 0 67.2 78 46 42 7 31 4 40 2 0 2 306 71 1.611 10.4 0.9 4.1 5.3 1.29
1959 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 37 84 1.111 6.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
1959 27 BOS AL 0 3 .000 5.60 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 22 12 11 1 8 1 8 1 0 0 83 73 1.698 11.2 0.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
1959 27 BAL AL 1 1 .500 5.71 16 3 6 0 0 0 41.0 50 29 26 6 19 3 30 0 0 2 186 67 1.683 11.0 1.3 4.2 6.6 1.58
1960 28 BAL AL 2 1 .667 4.34 19 0 8 0 0 0 18.2 18 10 9 2 14 1 14 0 0 0 89 89 1.714 8.7 1.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1961 29 BAL AL 7 4 .636 2.02 35 12 10 3 1 3 138.0 106 37 31 7 55 3 100 1 0 5 560 192 1.167 6.9 0.5 3.6 6.5 1.82
1962 30 BAL AL 4 8 .333 4.59 57 4 27 0 0 7 113.2 103 62 58 7 43 5 73 1 0 2 479 81 1.284 8.2 0.6 3.4 5.8 1.70
1963 31 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 4.44 23 0 9 0 0 4 24.1 26 12 12 5 10 2 8 0 0 1 108 73 1.479 9.6 1.8 3.7 3.0 0.80
1964 32 MLN NL 4 0 1.000 3.80 42 0 14 0 0 4 73.1 76 35 31 9 18 6 47 1 0 1 303 93 1.282 9.3 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.61
1965 33 CHC NL 2 2 .500 2.81 29 2 7 1 0 1 51.1 41 21 16 3 20 2 44 0 0 0 217 132 1.188 7.2 0.5 3.5 7.7 2.20
1966 34 TOT NL 1 4 .200 4.84 40 0 19 0 0 3 44.2 47 31 24 4 17 4 33 1 0 2 199 78 1.433 9.5 0.8 3.4 6.6 1.94
1966 34 CHC NL 1 2 .333 4.61 36 0 18 0 0 3 41.0 43 28 21 4 14 3 30 1 0 2 180 81 1.390 9.4 0.9 3.1 6.6 2.14
1966 34 SFG NL 0 2 .000 7.36 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 19 56 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
15 Seasons 97 101 .490 3.94 505 200 131 75 17 33 1847.1 1820 883 809 173 685 45 1140 36 1 37 7917 99 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .490 3.94 49 19 13 7 2 3 178 176 85 78 17 66 110 3 0 4 764 99 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66
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
DET (8 yrs) 74 78 .487 4.02 239 176 31 71 16 11 1324.2 1331 634 591 129 481 18 783 31 1 24 5693 99 1.368 9.0 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.63
BAL (4 yrs) 14 14 .500 3.58 127 19 51 3 1 10 311.1 277 138 124 22 131 12 217 2 0 9 1314 106 1.310 8.0 0.6 3.8 6.3 1.66
SFG (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.82 27 0 10 0 0 4 28.0 30 15 15 5 13 3 11 0 0 1 127 70 1.536 9.6 1.6 4.2 3.5 0.85
CHC (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 3.61 65 2 25 1 0 4 92.1 84 49 37 7 34 5 74 1 0 2 397 103 1.278 8.2 0.7 3.3 7.2 2.18
MLN (1 yr) 4 0 1.000 3.80 42 0 14 0 0 4 73.1 76 35 31 9 18 6 47 1 0 1 303 93 1.282 9.3 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.61
BOS (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.60 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 22 12 11 1 8 1 8 1 0 0 83 73 1.698 11.2 0.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
AL (11 yrs) AL 88 95 .481 3.95 371 198 82 74 17 21 1653.2 1630 784 726 152 620 31 1008 34 1 33 7090 99 1.361 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.63
NL (4 yrs) NL 9 6 .600 3.86 134 2 49 1 0 12 193.2 190 99 83 21 65 14 132 2 0 4 827 93 1.317 8.8 1.0 3.0 6.1 2.03

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1952 20 DET AL 125.0 10 66 68 -2 1.0 2 0.8 $
1953 21 DET AL 197.2 27 113 116 -6 1.0 3 1.2 $
1954 22 DET AL 175.0 25 93 94 2 1.1 1 0.1 $
1955 23 DET AL 220.0 29 75 125 0 1.0 50 5.4 $ AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 248.0 34 127 150 -2 1.0 23 2.3 $
1957 25 DET AL 207.0 28 85 117 4 1.1 32 3.5 $
1958 26 DET AL 143.0 21 70 80 3 1.0 10 0.9 $
1959 27 DET AL 9.0 2 5 5 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1959 27 BOS AL 17.2 3 12 9 0 .7 -3 -0.3 $
1959 27 BAL AL 41.0 3 29 23 0 .6 -6 -0.6 $
1960 28 BAL AL 18.2 0 10 10 1 .6 0 -0.1 $
1961 29 BAL AL 138.0 12 37 73 5 1.2 36 3.9 $
1962 30 BAL AL 113.2 4 62 59 2 1.0 -3 -1.0 $
1963 31 SFG NL 24.1 0 12 13 -1 1.1 1 -0.1 $
1964 32 MLN NL 73.1 0 35 41 -1 .8 6 0.1 $
1965 33 CHC NL 51.1 2 21 28 -1 1.0 7 0.5 $
1966 34 CHC NL 41.0 0 28 24 -1 .6 -4 -0.6 $
1966 34 SFG NL 3.2 0 3 2 0 1.9 -1 -0.2 $
15 Seasons 1847.1 200 883 1037 3 1.0 154 15.8 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
DET (8 yrs) 1324.2 176 634 755 -1 1.0 121 14.2 $
BAL (4 yrs) 311.1 19 138 165 8 1.0 27 2.2 $
SFG (2 yrs) 28.0 0 15 15 -1 1.2 0 -0.3 $
CHC (2 yrs) 92.1 2 49 52 -2 .8 3 -0.1 $
MLN (1 yr) 73.1 0 35 41 -1 .8 6 0.1 $
BOS (1 yr) 17.2 3 12 9 0 .7 -3 -0.3 $

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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
1952 20 DET AL 34 43 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .150 .190 .175 .365 2 7 1 0 1 1
1953 21 DET AL 30 76 64 8 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 17 .172 .274 .188 .461 28 12 1 0 3 1
1954 22 DET AL 35 63 52 5 10 6 0 0 6 0 0 10 24 .192 .317 .308 .625 73 16 1 0 0 1 1
1955 23 DET AL 36 96 82 9 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 25 .207 .293 .232 .525 44 19 1 0 4 0 0 1 AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 42 97 80 16 20 3 1 0 9 0 0 12 22 .250 .348 .313 .660 75 25 1 0 5 0 0 1
1957 25 DET AL 42 78 67 13 10 2 0 3 10 0 0 5 14 .149 .205 .313 .519 38 21 3 0 5 1 0 1
1958 26 DET AL 43 50 44 10 12 0 2 0 5 0 0 4 11 .273 .327 .364 .690 85 16 1 0 1 1 0 1
1959 27 TOT AL 26 20 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .222 .222 .278 .500 37 5 1 0 2 0 0 1
1959 27 DET AL 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1959 27 BOS AL 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 27 BAL AL 16 12 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .333 .583 61 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
1960 28 BAL AL 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 29 BAL AL 35 46 39 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .179 .250 .179 .429 19 7 0 0 2 1 0 1
1962 30 BAL AL 57 27 19 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 .158 .385 .263 .648 84 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1963 31 SFG NL 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 483 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 32 MLN NL 42 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .222 .639 86 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1965 33 CHC NL 29 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545 53 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1966 34 TOT NL 40 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 34 CHC NL 36 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 34 SFG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 533 630 531 73 107 18 3 3 47 0 0 67 162 .202 .289 .264 .553 51 140 12 0 28 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 191 161 22 33 5 1 1 14 0 0 20 49 .202 .289 .264 .553 51 43 4 0 9
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
DET (8 yrs) 265 508 432 64 87 15 3 3 39 0 0 52 128 .201 .285 .271 .556 51 117 9 0 21 3 0
BAL (4 yrs) 127 86 71 6 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 11 26 .183 .289 .225 .515 44 16 2 0 3 1 0
SFG (2 yrs) 27 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 483 1 0 0 1 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 65 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 49 4 1 0 0 0 0
MLN (1 yr) 42 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .222 .639 86 2 0 0 3 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 399 597 506 71 100 18 3 3 44 0 0 63 155 .198 .284 .263 .547 49 133 11 0 24 4 0
NL (4 yrs) 134 33 25 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .280 .379 .280 .659 88 7 1 0 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1952 20 DET AL 43 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1953 21 DET AL 76 -6 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1954 22 DET AL 63 -2 -1 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1955 23 DET AL 96 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 97 -3 -1 0 0 0 7 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
1957 25 DET AL 78 -6 0 1 0 0 6 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1958 26 DET AL 50 -1 1 0 0 0 4 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1959 27 DET AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1959 27 BOS AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1959 27 BAL AL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1960 28 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1961 29 BAL AL 46 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1962 30 BAL AL 27 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $19,000 1
1963 31 SFG NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1964 32 MLN NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1965 33 CHC NL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1966 34 CHC NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
15 Seasons 629 -36 -1 2 0 0 47 16 28 2.7 28 2.8 -0.1 $19,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (8 yrs) 508 -29 -1 1 0 0 38 14 23 2.2 23 2.3 -0.1 $
BAL (4 yrs) 85 -6 0 1 0 0 8 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $19,000
CHC (2 yrs) 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
SFG (1 yr) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
MLN (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
BOS (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1952 DET AL 20 P 34 125.0 32 5 25 2 4 .938 2.16 0.88 .966 2.10 2.10
1953 DET AL 21 P 29 197.2 40 14 24 2 0 .950 1.73 1.31 .957 1.95 1.93
1954 DET AL 22 P 34 175.0 25 6 18 1 2 .960 1.23 0.71 .959 2.01 1.99
1955 DET AL 23 P 32 220.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 1.15 0.88 .956 1.99 1.97 AS,MVP-24
1956 DET AL 24 P 38 248.0 34 5 28 1 1 .971 1.20 0.87 .950 1.92 1.91
1957 DET AL 25 P 34 207.0 38 8 28 2 2 .947 1.57 1.06 .963 1.99 2.00
1958 DET AL 26 P 36 143.0 24 6 15 3 2 .875 1.32 0.58 .963 1.95 1.93
1959 TOT AL 27 P 23 8 0 67.2 17 4 12 1 1 .941 2.13 0.70 .955 2.03 2.03 1 3 75% 0
1959 DET AL 27 P 2 2 0 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.00 .955 2.00 2.05 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 27 P 5 3 0 17.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.57 1.40 .954 2.04 2.02 0 1 100% 0
1959 BAL AL 27 P 16 3 0 41.0 8 0 7 1 1 .875 1.54 0.44 .955 2.04 2.03 1 2 67% 0
1960 BAL AL 28 P 19 18.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.89 0.32 .967 1.98 1.95
1961 BAL AL 29 P 35 138.0 34 9 25 0 2 1.000 2.22 0.97 .954 2.05 2.02
1962 BAL AL 30 P 57 113.2 29 10 17 2 2 .931 2.14 0.47 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 SFG NL 31 P 23 24.1 7 1 4 2 0 .714 1.85 0.22 .951 2.07 2.06
1964 MLN NL 32 P 42 73.1 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.43 .953 2.14 2.13
1965 CHC NL 33 P 29 51.1 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.23 0.24 .956 2.09 2.08
1966 TOT NL 34 P 40 0 0 44.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.62 0.33 .947 1.95 1.96 4 0 0% 0
1966 CHC NL 34 P 36 0 0 41.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.85 0.36 .947 1.95 1.96 3 0 0% 0
1966 SFG NL 34 P 4 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 1.95 1 0 0% 0
15 Seasons P 505 8 0 1847.1 353 87 249 17 19 .952 1.64 0.67 .957 2.00 2.01 5 3 38% 0
15 Seasons TOT 505 8 0 1847.1 353 87 249 17 19 .952 1.64 0.67 .957 2.00 2.01 5 3 38% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1955

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1955 AL  5.7 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1955 AL  5.4 (4th)
1957 AL  3.5 (7th)
1961 AL  3.9 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  2.99 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  16 (6th)
1956 AL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 AL  .696 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL  1.191 (3rd)
1957 AL  1.242 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  7.650 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  2.641 (5th)
1955 AL  3.068 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  5.863 (4th)
1955 AL  5.441 (5th)
1956 AL  6.242 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL  57 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 AL  220.0 (9th)
1956 AL  248.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL  114 (10th)
1955 AL  133 (5th)
1956 AL  172 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 AL  34 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL  17 (2nd)
1956 AL  18 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 AL  4 (3rd)
1955 AL  7 (1st)
1956 AL  4 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  24 (2nd)
1954 AL  22 (3rd)
1956 AL  22 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  104 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  223 (8th)
1956 AL  276 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  1.552 (6th)
1954 AL  1.932 (1st)
1955 AL  1.773 (5th)
1956 AL  1.654 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  0.696 (9th)
1957 AL  0.652 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL  14 (4th)
1954 AL  15 (6th)
1956 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  106 (4th)
1954 AL  89 (7th)
1956 AL  112 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 AL  5 (4th)
1956 AL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 AL  909 (9th)
1956 AL  1,094 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1962 AL  27 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL  130 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  26 (6th)
1961 AL  29 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  2.7 (6th)
1961 AL  3.0 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  36.24 (3rd)
1961 AL  34.10 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.7 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.4 (2nd)
1961 AL  2.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.9 (3rd)
1961 AL  3.7 (2nd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1962 AL  57 (3rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1953 AL  14 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 AL  1.000 (1st)
1964 NL  1.000 (1st)
1966 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL  born 1932-05-17 (5th)
1953 AL  born 1932-05-17 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (532), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  14. Shane Rawley (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Kenny Rogers (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Herm Wehmeier (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Sad Sam Jones (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196230Baltimore Orioles$19,0002/28/62 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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