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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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1x All-Star

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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: 4-19 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 9

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	238	7	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.00	3.88	24	8	10	1	0	0	58			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.263	1.36	0.23%	1.91	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
2	239	11	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,1-10	GS-4	L(1-1)	5	3.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	5.00	3.77	13	2	6	2	1	4	39			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.121	1.07	-0.07%	-0.85	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 0 out tie
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox
3	240	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	14	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.40	3.41	26	8	10	0	2	4	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	.67	-0.235	1.61	-0.34%	-1.16	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
4	241	27	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	GS-1	L(1-3)	4	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	0	1	6.89	3.82	7	1	0	0	0	2	35			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.271	3.34	-0.35%	-3.10	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d3
5	242	32	May 20	BOS		KCA	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	5.0	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	6.10	3.41	23	13	3	0	1	6	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.096	1.16	-0.07%	-0.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
6	243	40	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	4-6		8	3.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	5.70	2.97	14	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.002	.33	0.00%	0.46	4b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
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
7	244	49	Jun 7(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-9	2-4		8	3.0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	5.40	3.86	13	4	3	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	.29	-0.053	.45	-0.05%	-0.57	2b 12- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d6
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles
8	245	61	Jun 18	BAL		DET	W,7-6	4-8		10	4.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.88	3.85	19	6	8	2	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.019	.75	0.04%	1.39	4t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d5
9	246	65	Jun 21	BAL		KCA	L,0-7	3-GF		2	6.2	11	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.74	3.91	29	12	4	0	1	7		1	1	0	0	0	26	3	1	1	4	1	0	.20	-0.041	.68	-0.08%	-0.50	3t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 7
10	247	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	GS-3	L(1-5)	5	2.1	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.36	4.20	13	1	4	0	1	4	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.193	4.86	-0.54%	-1.65	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out tie
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
11	248	89	Jul 18(1)	BAL		DET	W,5-2	6-6	H(1)	20	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.27	4.13	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.009	4.94	-0.02%	-0.37	6t 1-- 0 out a3	6t 1-- 2 out a2
12	249	92	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-8	5-7		2	3.0	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	5.32	4.36	14	5	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	.09	-0.014	.27	-0.03%	-1.51	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d8
13	250	97	Jul 26(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.20	4.28	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
14	251	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	DET	L,3-8	3-7		1	4.2	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	4.89	4.07	21	3	4	0	3	3		3	2	1	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	1	1	.28	-0.019	.31	-0.01%	0.66	3b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d5
15	252	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.33	4.00	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-2.48	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 9
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
16	253	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-5)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.91	3.86	29	8	11	1	0	5	69			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.054	.58	0.02%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	254	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	8-GF		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.90	3.83	9	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.006	.18	0.00%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
18	255	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GS-1		4	0.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	5.04	3.93	2	0	0	0	0	0	42			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.092	.23	-0.01%	-0.98	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out tie
19	256	117	Aug 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	1-1		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04	3.93	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						5b 1-- 2 out a2	5b 12- 2 out a2
20	257	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	2-6		4	5.0	9	6	5	2	4	1	0	5.35	3.99	26	4	7	0	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	1	.73	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-4.07	2b 1-3 0 out a1	6b 3 out d5
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
21	258	129	Sep 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	9-GF		8	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.32	3.95	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
22	259	136	Sep 7(2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	10-10		5	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	5.67	4.18	5	1	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.05	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-3.25	10t 1-- 0 out tie	10t --- 2 out d4
23	260	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.59	4.17	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
							4-19		W-L:2-5,Hld:1	4.3	67.2	78	46	42	31	40	7	2	5.59	4.17	306	1.14		4%	7%	68	46	12	67%	1	3	0	264	17	2	4	7	5	4	.66	-1.529	.96	-1.28%	-13.62

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