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: 13-16 / in Starts: 11-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 2

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	35	4	Apr 18(1)	DET		SLB	L,7-8	GS-8		99	8.0	7	3	1	2	4	0	0	1.13	2.34	35	8	14	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	-0.018	2.68	-0.02%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
2	36	9	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	4	3	4	3	1	0	2.12	3.59	34	15	7	1	0	5	62			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.167	.64	0.13%	0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	37	14	Apr 28	DET		BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.25	3.47	27	8	10	1	0	6	56			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.084	.83	0.04%	1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
4	38	18	May 3	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	L(1-2)	4	8.1	9	6	5	5	4	0	0	3.06	3.46	40	10	12	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	35	1	0	2	0	0	2	1.61	-0.100	.95	-0.04%	-0.16	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a2
5	39	24	May 10(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	12	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.70	3.75	38	12	10	1	0	12	37			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.034	.39	0.01%	-1.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	40	29	May 16	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-5	W(3-2)	5	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.50	3.56	20	4	9	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.156	.31	0.03%	1.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
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	41	46	Jun 4(2)	DET		PHA	L,6-9	GS-10	L(3-3)	18	9.1	13	9	9	1	5	3	1	4.37	4.03	43	6	17	0	0	13	30			0	0	0	41	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.534	.02	0.00%	-4.63	1t start tie	10t 1-- 1 out d3
8	42	52	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,4-11	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	5.0	7	6	5	1	5	0	1	4.75	3.85	26	6	6	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.32	-0.432	.00	0.00%	-2.90	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out tie
9	43	57	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.52	3.83	37	6	14	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.329	.00	0.00%	1.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
10	44	63	Jun 21(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	9	3	2	0	5	0	0	4.34	3.58	29	5	10	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	1	.88	0.112	.00	0.00%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
11	45	70	Jun 28(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(6-4)	6	9.0	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.89	3.47	35	13	12	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	3	.95	0.368	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
12	46	74	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	8	5	5	4	0	2	0	4.08	3.81	30	5	13	0	0	8	37			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
13	47	80	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(6-6)	3	8.2	11	3	2	1	1	2	0	3.91	3.97	37	14	11	0	0	10	52			0	1	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.176	.00	0.00%	1.18	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
14	48	85	Jul 12(1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.2	8	6	6	1	3	2	0	4.29	4.15	20	2	6	0	0	8	23			2	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.453	.00	0.00%	-4.64	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out tie
15	49	89	Jul 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	L(6-7)	5	8.2	12	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.35	4.32	41	3	22	1	0	12	38			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.517	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out d2
16	50	95	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(7-7)	5	9.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.11	4.08	31	10	9	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.359	.00	0.00%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	51	97	Jul 26(1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.05	4.04	7	0	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.329	.00	0.00%	2.05	8t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 2
18	52	101	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-7	L(7-8)	3	7.0	10	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.25	4.02	33	5	14	1	0	10	31			0	1	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
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
19	53	103	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.01	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.85	0.276	.00	0.00%	0.79	10b 123 2 out a1	10b end a 1
20	54	107	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(7-9)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	1	2	0	4.32	4.19	39	11	14	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	33	3	1	2	1	0	2	1.07	-0.362	.00	0.00%	-1.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	55	113	Aug 11(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(7-10)	5	8.0	8	5	5	1	5	2	0	4.39	4.23	32	7	11	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	56	117	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-7	GS-1	L(7-11)	2	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.61	4.26	8	1	1	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
23	57	121	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(8-11)	4	8.2	11	2	2	2	5	2	0	4.47	4.31	39	10	12	0	0	10	57			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.262	.00	0.00%	1.97	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
24	58	127	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,3-6	GS-9		5	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.36	4.19	32	6	15	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.066	.00	0.00%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
25	59	131	Aug 29	DET		WSH	L,2-7	GS-5	L(8-12)	3	4.1	11	7	7	0	2	1	1	4.62	4.22	23	3	6	2	0	11	15			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-4.73	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d6
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
26	60	137	Sep 2	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-13)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	4.64	4.24	31	8	9	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	61	143	Sep 7(2)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(9-13)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.52	4.11	35	10	9	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.28	0.252	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	62	147	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS-7	L(9-14)	4	6.1	9	9	9	5	3	1	0	4.79	4.18	32	6	9	1	0	9	17			0	1	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.380	.00	0.00%	-5.90	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out d6
29	63	153	Sep 20(1)	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GS-6		7	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.83	4.20	28	9	5	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							13-16		W-L:9-14,Sv:2	4.0	197.2	223	114	106	58	90	24	4	4.83	4.20	863	0.70		2%	0%	218	47	6	0%	3	5	1	788	36	9	6	13	0	16	1.11	-1.862	.23	0.14%	-13.96

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