Billy Hoeft

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI us

Died: March 16, 2010 in Canadian Lakes, MI

Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI

High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)

Debut: April 18, 1952 (Age 19-337d, 10,900th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1966 (Age 34-131d)
vs. HOU 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: William Frederick Hoeft

Pronunciation: \HEFT\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.6

101

ERA

3.94

505

200

1847.1

1140

WHIP

1.356

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-21 / in Starts: 8-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 5

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	64	6	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	7	5	4	2	3	1	0	8.31	5.40	22	5	5	0	2	7	32			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.323	2.47	-0.62%	-3.59	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
2	65	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	GS-5		5	5.0	10	7	7	0	4	2	0	10.61	5.72	25	2	9	0	3	10	23			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.527	3.72	-1.02%	-4.68	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	66	14	May 2(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO(5)	W(1-1)	6	5.0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	6.91	3.93	18	5	5	0	0	1	70			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.242	2.45	0.47%	2.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out a4
4	67	17	May 9(2)	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	SHO(10)		6	10.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.07	2.77	35	10	10	2	1	6	87			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.813	6.17	2.14%	4.88	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
5	68	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS-1	L(1-2)	5	0.2	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	5.04	2.88	7	0	2	0	1	4	29			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.66	-0.332	6.03	-0.72%	-3.75	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d4
6	69	23	May 16(1)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.85	2.90	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.41	0.154	12.65	0.27%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	70	24	May 16(2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	10-13		-1	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.20	2.73	15	2	7	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.520	7.67	0.93%	1.86	10t --- 0 out tie	13t 3 out tie
8	71	28	May 21	DET		CHW	L,0-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.1	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	4.98	2.69	25	8	3	0	1	9	26			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.240	3.31	-0.52%	-3.55	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d5
9	72	31	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	3	0	9	1	0	4.68	2.52	32	4	11	2	3	8	63			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.040	2.59	-0.05%	0.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	73	38	May 31(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-4)	5	8.0	9	4	4	1	11	1	0	4.65	2.38	34	9	5	1	1	8	58			0	1	0	33	1	2	1	0	0	1	.72	-0.182	1.44	-0.22%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	74	42	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.25	2.48	33	9	11	1	2	7	69			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.430	2.66	0.44%	2.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	75	48	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.69	2.43	30	4	20	1	6	2	85			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.320	.57	0.23%	4.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
13	76	54	Jun 13(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(3-5)	4	8.2	9	4	4	5	5	0	0	3.74	2.49	38	8	11	0	4	9	50			0	1	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	-0.531	.92	-0.18%	0.04	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
14	77	59	Jun 18	DET		PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.2	5	2	2	1	4	1	1	3.61	2.61	31	10	10	0	1	5	64			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.079	.31	0.01%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
15	78	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	GS-5		4	4.1	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	3.74	2.84	18	5	5	0	4	2	46			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.039	.22	0.00%	-0.21	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a2
16	79	66	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,2-8	GS-5	L(3-7)	3	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.02	2.95	26	5	7	1	3	9	30			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.220	.10	-0.01%	-2.68	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
17	80	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	BW(4-7)	2	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.95	2.95	8	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	0.051	.27	0.00%	0.16	8b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	81	71	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-3	L(4-8)	2	2.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.30	3.10	13	5	2	0	0	5	27			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.367	.05	-0.01%	-3.80	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out d4
19	82	76	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,0-9	GS-3	L(4-9)	3	2.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.57	3.11	13	2	1	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.195	.01	0.00%	-2.05	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d2
20	83	80	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	8-9	H(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.53	3.13	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-0.16	8t --- 1 out a1	9t 12- 1 out a1
21	84	85	Jul 18(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-4	L(4-10)	6	4.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.78	3.21	21	6	5	0	1	7	27			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-3.18	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
22	85	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	L(4-11)	5	8.1	6	2	2	6	6	0	1	4.59	3.23	37	7	11	0	2	6	63			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.178	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a1
23	86	99	Jul 29(2)	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	W(5-11)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.48	3.16	37	3	18	2	2	8	61			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	1	0	0	.77	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	87	104	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-11)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	1	4.17	3.08	33	7	14	1	8	5	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.563	.00	0.00%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	88	109	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	GS-7		4	6.0	8	7	7	4	3	2	0	4.45	3.28	28	6	7	0	2	8	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-3.69	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
26	89	114	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-12)	5	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	2	0	4.48	3.35	29	6	9	1	1	6	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	90	118	Aug 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(6-13)	3	8.0	5	4	4	7	3	2	0	4.48	3.56	36	7	14	0	5	5	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	1	.74	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
28	91	123	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(7-13)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.45	3.57	35	12	11	1	0	9	54			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	92	126	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS-3	L(7-14)	3	2.1	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	4.45	3.58	14	2	5	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	93	133	Sep 2	DET	@	WSH	L,6-16	3-4		6	1.0	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	4.64	3.74	9	1	2	0	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-3.95	3b -2- 0 out d4	4b --- 0 out d7
31	94	136	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(7-15)	2	1.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.64	3.75	8	1	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.78	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-0.66	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
32	95	139	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	4.70	3.89	9	4	2	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
33	96	141	Sep 10	DET		PHA	L,5-6	4-7		1	3.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.60	3.84	13	5	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.38	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.89	4t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d3
34	97	151	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	6-GF(8)		10	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.58	3.81	12	6	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.75	6b --3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
							12-21		W-L:7-15,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.5	175.0	180	93	89	59	114	22	4	4.58	3.81	754	0.73		3%	14%	175	50	6	50%	6	4	0	678	36	7	8	10	4	7	1.14	-1.323	1.34	1.13%	-12.57

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