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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-9	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		SFG	L,10-11	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8	Apr 21	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	12 (3)	Apr 26	CHC		NYM	L,11-14		9	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	13	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	L,6-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15 (1)	Apr 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-12		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (1)	May 3	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	18	May 4	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
10	19	May 5	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4		8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	23 (3)	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	25 (1)	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,1-2		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	31 (5)	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	38 (6)	May 28	CHC		ATL	W,8-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	39	May 29	CHC		ATL	W,3-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44 (2)	Jun 1 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	GF	9	2.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
18	45	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	47 (1)	Jun 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	48	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	53 (4)	Jun 11	CHC	@	HOU	W,8-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	54	Jun 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	55	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-11		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	58 (1)	Jun 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	59	Jun 18	CHC		HOU	L,5-13	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	60	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,9-8		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	64 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,5-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	69 (4)	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	74 (4)	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-12	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	80 (3)	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	82 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		PHI	L,6-11		6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	87 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	91 (3)	Jul 20 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	95 (3)	Jul 23	CHC		STL	L,0-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to San Francisco Giants
37	138	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-4		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	142 (3)	Sep 10	SFG		CHC	L,3-12	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	148 (5)	Sep 16	SFG		NYM	L,4-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	155 (6)	Sep 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							40gm		44.2	5	8	0	13	0