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Billy Hoeft
William Frederick Hoeft

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut April 18, 1952
Final Game September 25, 1966
Born May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI
Died March 16, 2010 (age 77)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1952 20 DEA AL   6   8  .429  77   1   0  29   4   0  112.0  116   506   78   70  22   63   6   1   73   6  0  5.62  
 1953 21 DEA AL   7  16  .304  29  28   3   1   0   1  177.2  223   815  119  106  23   62   3   5  104   2  2  5.37  
 1954 22 DEA AL   5  12  .294  25  19   0   6   1   0  119.1  135   530   78   69  19   42   3   1   88   0  0  5.20  
 1955 23 DEA AL  18   7  .720  34  33   7   1   1   4  242.0  212  1000   84   71  20   78   3   4  152   1  0  2.64  CY-3
 1956 24 DEA AL   3   6  .333  44   0   0  16   0   0   91.2  112   432   63   53   7   54   2   1   61   3  0  5.20  
 1957 25 DEA AL  16  11  .593  34  34   5   0   0   1  211.1  219   924  112  105  24   86   0   3  145   2  0  4.47  CY-8
 1958 26 DEA AL   7   3  .700  65   8   1  22   5   0  127.1  137   554   63   52  19   39   4   2  103   4  0  3.68  
 1959 27 DEA AL   1   1  .500  41   0   0   9   1   0   28.2   29   121   18   18   4   10   1   0   13   0  0  5.65  
 1960           [Did not play]
 1961 29 BAA AL   5   6  .455  61   1   0  37   9   0   94.0  113   420   61   60  14   40   5   1   62   7  0  5.74  
 1962 30 BAA AL   1   2  .333  14   3   0   3   0   0   36.2   47   167   29   25   7    9   0   1   27   2  0  6.14  
 1963 31 BAA AL   0   3  .000  24   0   0   9   2   0   35.2   42   157   16   14   4    5   0   1   19   2  0  3.53  
 1964 32 CHA AL   6   6  .500  60   0   0  21   4   0   76.1   85   330   38   35  14   21   3   3   61   4  0  4.13  
 1965 33 CHA AL   5   1  .833  37   0   0  17   3   0   60.0   40   237   21   21   5   17   3   2   51   1  0  3.15  
 1966 34 SFN NL   1   1  .500   5   0   0   2   0   0    7.2    7    33    4    4   1    2   0   0    7   0  0  4.70  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 14 Seasons      81  83  .494 550 127  16 173  30   6 1420.1 1517  6226  784  703 183  528  33  25  966  34  2  4.45
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA      63  64  .496 349 123  16  84  12   6 1110.0 1183  4882  615  544 138  434  22  17  739  18  2  4.41
   With BAA       6  11  .353  99   4   0  49  11   0  166.1  202   744  106   99  25   54   5   3  108  11  0  5.36
   With CHA      11   7  .611  97   0   0  38   7   0  136.1  125   567   59   56  19   38   6   5  112   5  0  3.70
   With SFN       1   1  .500   5   0   0   2   0   0    7.2    7    33    4    4   1    2   0   0    7   0  0  4.70
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      97 101  .490 505 200  75 131  33  17 1848.1 1820  7914  883  809 173  685  45  33 1140  34  1  3.94
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1952 20 DEA AL  37   75   6.1  12  4.00   11   0   0  .000   1    5    4  .800    3    1  .750   23   
 1953 21 DEA AL  31  122   6.1   0  4.00   55  10   0  .182   3    7    3  .429    7    1  .875    4   
 1954 22 DEA AL  24   72   5.4   1  3.95   36   9   0  .250   2    4    1  .250    2    0 1.000   -5   
 1955 23 DEA AL  21   93   3.4   1  5.73   83  13   0  .157   0   11    9  .818    4    5  .444  -12   
 1956 24 DEA AL  33   64   6.3   0         14   6   0  .429   0    1    1 1.000    3    0 1.000   15   
 1957 25 DEA AL  23  117   5.0   0  5.06   76   8   1  .105   0    5    2  .400   10    4  .714   60   
 1958 26 DEA AL  36   72   5.0   7  6.38   30   9   0  .300   3    8    5  .625    4    1  .800    0   
 1959 27 DEA AL  50   13   4.2   2          0   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  -94   
 1960           [Did not play]
 1961 29 BAA AL  32   65   6.4  16  7.00    7   1   0  .143   0    5    4  .800    0    2  .000  210   
 1962 30 BAA AL  27   27   6.7   0  5.00    6   2   0  .333   2    3    0  .000    2    0 1.000  165   
 1963 31 BAA AL  37   18   4.4   3          4   1   0  .250   4    4    0  .000    0    1  .000  -99   
 1964 32 CHA AL  34   47   5.6  10          2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    2  .000   43   
 1965 33 CHA AL  39   17   2.6   7          2   0   0  .000   2    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000  -57   
 1966 34 SFN NL  15    4   5.4   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   81   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 14 Seasons          814   5.1  59        326  59   1  .181  18   57   30  .526   36   17  .679   24   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    1  5.68   0-0   0  1   6.1   7   4   5   0
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1952  DEA   63-91   Tom Austad, Rick Field
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1961  BAA   76-78   Rob Tomlinson
 1962  BAA   78-84   Rob Tomlinson
 1963  BAA   83-79   Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  SFN   98-64   Darren Dawson

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