#58 Billy Hoeft, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Billy Hoeft
5/17/1932 27 USA,WI,OSHKOSH 6"3 210
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1959 $ 4,790,000 (3 year(s)) 6 Year(s), 25 Days (1057 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 25 Days (1057 total Days) 7 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 5 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 63 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Sinker Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/5 | CHN | W 8-0 | * | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
8/11 | @STL | W 6-4 | * | 8.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | W | | | | |
8/15 | @SF | L 2-5 | * | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/20 | @MIL | L 1-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
8/26 | STL | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/1 | @MIL | L 8-9 | * | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
9/6 | @LA | L 3-7 | * | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/12 | @CHN | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/17 | STL | W 7-1 | * | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
9/23 | @STL | W 8-3 | * | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 26 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.67 | 189.0 | 204 | 103 | 98 | 70 | 103 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 13 | 52.0 |
Projected | 27 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 198.0 | 215 | 108 | 103 | 74 | 108 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | 1 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | .0 | 4.85 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 183 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .307 | .388 | .695 |
vs. RHB | 551 | 157 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 79 | 80 | 55 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .285 | .346 | .477 | .823 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2.98 | 96.2 | 91 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 55 |
Road | 14 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6.43 | 92.1 | 113 | 70 | 66 | 39 | 48 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 18.1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
May | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 14.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
June | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.62 | 50.2 | 59 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 31 |
July | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.18 | 26.1 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 15 |
August | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.32 | 42.2 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 24 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.11 | 37.0 | 46 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 13 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1953 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 36.0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0.97 | .204 | PIT |
1954 | 37 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 3.98 | 303.0 | 289 | 149 | 134 | 45 | 112 | 187 | 17 | 1 | 1.32 | .266 | PIT,NL |
1955 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4.25 | 271.0 | 257 | 140 | 128 | 32 | 98 | 172 | 22 | 1 | 1.31 | .278 | PIT |
1956 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5.84 | 242.0 | 281 | 167 | 157 | 52 | 90 | 145 | 16 | 1 | 1.53 | .302 | PIT |
1957 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 5.90 | 186.0 | 200 | 127 | 122 | 47 | 71 | 118 | 14 | 1 | 1.46 | .275 | PIT |
1958 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.34 | 231.2 | 192 | 89 | 86 | 32 | 87 | 164 | 20 | 2 | 1.20 | .243 | PIT |
1959 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.67 | 189.0 | 204 | 103 | 98 | 31 | 70 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 1.45 | .288 | PIT |
Total | 191 | 179 | 82 | 81 | 0 | 4.53 | 1458.2 | 1447 | 786 | 734 | 243 | 539 | 913 | 108 | 7 | 1.36 | .274 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1952, AAA | 28 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3.16 | 225.1 | 196 | 87 | 79 | 26 | 67 | 231 | 7 | 1 | 1.17 | .289 |
1953, AAA | 29 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2.96 | 237.1 | 201 | 94 | 78 | 23 | 61 | 242 | 10 | 2 | 1.10 | .283 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1953 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | PIT |
1954 | 37 | 113 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .205 | .204 | .409 | PIT,NL |
1955 | 33 | 91 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .309 | .308 | .616 | PIT |
1956 | 34 | 82 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .226 | .256 | .482 | PIT |
1957 | 25 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .243 | .246 | .489 | PIT |
1958 | 32 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .225 | .412 | PIT |
1959 | 26 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .213 | .203 | .417 | PIT |
Total | 191 | 508 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 11 | 155 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .233 | .242 | .475 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 26 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 39 | 1 | .974 | 189.0 | 1.86 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1952... Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1952... Had first career hit on 9/6/1953, off Connie Johnson (SLN)... Earned first career win on 9/6/1953... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1958, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Injured on 4/15/1959 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks... 9/6/1959: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,790,000 per year, for 3 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1954 - 3.98 - 7th 1955 - 4.25 - 8th 1958 - 3.34 - 2nd
| WHIP 1954 - 1.32 - 8th 1955 - 1.31 - 6th 1957 - 1.46 - 10th 1958 - 1.20 - 2nd
| Wins 1954 - 23 - 2nd 1958 - 16 - 10th
| Losses 1955 - 16 - 8th
| IP 1954 - 303.0 - 6th
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K's 1954 - 187 - 3rd 1955 - 172 - 8th 1958 - 164 - 7th
| CG 1954 - 17 - 3rd 1955 - 22 - 4th 1958 - 20 - 2nd
| SHO 1955 - 1 - 8th 1958 - 2 - 2nd
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