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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-22 / in Starts: 8-16
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	33 (14-9-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
F House	2
R Wilson	1
W Belardi	1
C King	1
B Tuttle	1
F Bolling	0
H Kuenn	0

Most Driven In By
B Nieman	2
F Bolling	1
R Boone	1
A Kaline	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	65	6 (5)	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.055	3.95	-0.11%	-0.49	P
2	66	10 (3)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	GS-5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.058	4.19	-0.11%	-0.61	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	67	14 (3)	May 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG(5)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.06	0.010	3.40	0.02%	0.26	P
4	68	17 (2)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.53	-0.149	6.73	-0.39%	-0.79	P
5	69	22 (4)	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	70	23	May 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	71	24	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	10-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.73	-0.042	5.17	-0.08%	-0.15	P
8	72	28 (3)	May 21	DET		CHW	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.72	-0.017	2.60	-0.04%	-0.15	P
9	73	31 (2)	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	9	.83	0.037	1.79	0.05%	0.19	P
10	74	38 (6)	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	9	2.43	0.003	4.91	0.00%	-0.18	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	75	42 (3)	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.278	.488	9	1.39	0.102	2.38	0.11%	0.73	P
12	76	48 (5)	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.227	.401	9	.55	-0.050	.66	-0.04%	-1.08	P
13	77	54 (5)	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.200	.385	9	1.13	-0.067	.63	-0.02%	-0.54	P
14	78	59 (4)	Jun 18	DET		PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.172	.185	.358	9	.64	-0.032	.18	-0.01%	-0.24	P
15	79	62 (2)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.138	.194	.241	.435	9	1.29	0.052	.24	0.01%	0.47	P
16	80	66 (3)	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,2-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.233	.421	9	.76	-0.019	.07	0.00%	-0.15	P
17	81	69 (2)	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.226	.408	9	.48	-0.012	.04	0.00%	-0.16	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	82	71 (1)	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.206	.226	.432	9	1.71	0.066	.10	0.00%	0.60	P
19	83	76 (4)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,0-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.206	.226	.432	9						P
20	84	80 (3)	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.206	.226	.432	9						P
21	85	85 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.226	.454	9	1.37	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
22	86	93 (7)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.205	.200	.405	9	1.31	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-1.10	P
23	87	99 (5)	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.233	.211	.443	9	.46	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	88	104 (4)	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.283	.231	.513	9	.55	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.83	P
25	89	106 (1)	Aug 5	DET		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.283	.231	.513	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	90	109 (2)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.262	.548	9	.24	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
27	91	114 (4)	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.295	.603	9	1.16	0.175	.00	0.00%	1.05	P
28	92	118 (3)	Aug 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.327	.326	.653	9	.88	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.77	P
29	93	123 (4)	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.310	.306	.616	9	.58	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
30	94	126 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.184	.305	.306	.611	9	3.06	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	95	133 (6)	Sep 2	DET	@	WSH	L,6-16	3-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.320	.637	9	.50	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.87	P
32	96	136 (2)	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,3-4	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.328	.320	.648	9	1.79	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
33	97	139 (2)	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.328	.320	.648	9						P
34	98	141 (1)	Sep 10	DET		PHA	L,5-6	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.323	.314	.636	9	.98	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
35	99	151 (9)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.317	.308	.625	9	1.73	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
							12-22		63	52	5	10	6	0	0	6	10	0	24	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.192	.317	.308	.625		1.07	-0.001	1.33	-0.61%	-0.25

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