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Billy Hoeft
William Frederick Hoeft
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: September 25, 1966
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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 84 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 81 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 3 0 0 906 130 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 69 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 81 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 72 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 66 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 87 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 5 560 191 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 80 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 72 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 0 217 131 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 76 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 80 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 50 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 33 1 34 7914 98 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 3 763 98 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66
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 28 1 21 5690 98 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 68 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 2 397 102 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 72 1.698 11.2 0.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
AL (11 yrs) 88 95 .481 3.95 371 198 82 74 17 21 1653.2 1630 784 726 152 620 31 1008 31 1 30 7087 99 1.361 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.63
NL (4 yrs) 9 6 .600 3.86 134 2 49 1 0 12 193.2 190 99 83 21 65 14 132 2 0 4 827 92 1.317 8.8 1.0 3.0 6.1 2.03

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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 27 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 74 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 39 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 50 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 89 7 1 0 4 0 0

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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
1952 DET AL 20 P 34 32 5 25 2 4 .938 0.88 .966 1.03
1953 DET AL 21 P 29 40 14 24 2 0 .950 1.31 .957 0.88
1954 DET AL 22 P 34 25 175.0 25 6 18 1 2 .960 1.23 0.71 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 DET AL 23 P 32 29 220.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 1.15 0.88 .954 1.99 0.83 AS,MVP-24
1956 DET AL 24 P 38 34 248.0 34 5 28 1 1 .971 1.20 0.87 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 DET AL 25 P 34 28 207.0 38 8 28 2 2 .947 1.57 1.06 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 DET AL 26 P 36 21 142.0 24 6 15 3 2 .875 1.33 0.58 .967 1.95 0.82
1959 TOT AL 27 P 23 8 67.2 17 4 12 1 1 .941 2.13 0.70 .959 2.03 0.85
1959 DET AL 27 P 2 2 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.00 .950 2.00 0.85
1959 BOS AL 27 P 5 3 17.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.57 1.40 .957 2.04 0.84
1959 BAL AL 27 P 16 3 41.0 8 0 7 1 1 .875 1.54 0.44 .962 2.04 0.85
1960 BAL AL 28 P 19 0 18.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.89 0.32 .967 1.98 0.78
1961 BAL AL 29 P 35 12 138.0 34 9 25 0 2 1.000 2.22 0.97 .953 2.05 0.83
1962 BAL AL 30 P 57 4 113.2 29 10 17 2 2 .931 2.14 0.47 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 SFG NL 31 P 23 0 24.1 7 1 4 2 0 .714 1.85 0.22 .957 2.07 0.84
1964 MLN NL 32 P 42 0 73.1 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.43 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 CHC NL 33 P 29 2 51.1 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.23 0.24 .962 2.09 0.81
1966 TOT NL 34 P 40 0 44.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.62 0.33 .946 1.95 0.74
1966 CHC NL 34 P 36 0 41.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.85 0.36 .946 1.95 0.74
1966 SFG NL 34 P 4 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.75
15 Seasons P 505 163 1523.2 353 87 249 17 19 .952 1.98 0.67 .958 2.00 0.84
15 Seasons TOT 505 163 1523.2 353 87 249 17 19 .952 1.98 0.67 .910 2.00 0.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1667th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL--2.986--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--.696--9th
1957 AL--.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--906--10th
1956 AL--1094--6th

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

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

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

May 2, 1959: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Ted Lepcio and Dave Sisler.

June 15, 1959: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Harshman.

December 15, 1962: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jimmie Coker and Jack Fisher to the San Francisco Giants for Mike McCormick, Stu Miller and John Orsino.

December 3, 1963: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Felipe Alou and Ed Bailey to the Milwaukee Braves for Del Crandall, Bob Hendley and Bob Shaw. The San Francisco Giants sent Ernie Bowman (January 8, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

October 19, 1964: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

November 16, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 11, 1965: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 2, 1966: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

September 1, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 7, 1966: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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