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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-21 / in Starts: 10-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 9

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	202	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-3		99	2.2	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	10.13	7.73	15	3	6	2	0	4	34			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.217	2.94	-0.37%	-2.00	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d1
2	203	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.86	4.53	39	9	12	1	0	9	64			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	.56	0.186	1.56	0.31%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	204	13	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.0	9	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.58	4.41	34	10	8	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.74	0.073	1.94	0.11%	-0.27	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a6
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	205	18	May 4(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(2-1)	6	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.56	4.38	27	4	10	0	4	7	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	1	0	.55	-0.150	1.34	-0.22%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
5	206	23	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	6	2	1	3	7	1	0	3.63	4.12	37	11	10	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	0	1	1	2	0	2	2.04	0.510	4.57	0.69%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	207	27	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.68	3.92	7	2	2	0	0	1	52			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.059	1.85	0.09%	0.62	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out tie
7	208	31	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	GS-3	L(3-3)	4	2.0	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.19	3.95	14	3	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.282	1.80	-0.25%	-3.49	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out d3
8	209	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,1-8	GS-3	L(3-4)	2	2.2	5	6	6	2	2	2	0	5.23	4.53	15	2	6	1	0	3	24			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.343	.71	-0.21%	-4.60	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d6
9	210	36	May 25(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.39	8	6	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.246	.81	0.13%	1.88	7t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 5
10	211	38	May 27	DET		BOS	W,3-2	9-9		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.39	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	-0.129	2.53	-0.07%	-1.17	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t -23 2 out a1
11	212	40	May 30(1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	5-9	L(3-5)	2	4.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.59	4.13	20	8	4	1	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.270	2.19	0.22%	2.00	5t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 2 out tie
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
12	213	43	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.07	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.034	.65	0.02%	0.84	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d2
13	214	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	W(4-5)	2	9.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.14	3.87	33	12	11	1	0	4	71			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	0	.36	0.166	.35	0.10%	2.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
14	215	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-5)	6	7.1	5	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.82	3.98	30	8	10	3	0	4	64			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.253	1.44	0.17%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
15	216	57	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.48	3.68	32	14	6	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	1	0	.32	0.175	.56	0.19%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	217	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GS-1	L(6-6)	4	0.1	1	5	4	2	0	0	1	3.94	3.79	6	1	1	1	0	1	29			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.69	-0.261	4.93	-0.46%	-3.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
17	218	64	Jun 26	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS-5	L(6-7)	3	4.1	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.84	3.81	20	9	2	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.23	-0.002	2.28	0.00%	0.10	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d1
18	219	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	L(6-8)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.90	3.95	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.300	1.48	-0.28%	-0.50	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
19	220	68	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,7-6	7-GF	W(7-8)	1	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.87	4.03	13	1	7	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.036	1.07	0.03%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
20	221	71	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.78	4.00	9	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.004	.05	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
21	222	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.05	4.06	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.009	.04	0.00%	-2.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
22	223	77	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF(8)	S(2)	6	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.00	3.99	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.081	1.51	0.03%	0.46	8b --- 0 out a2	8b end a 2
23	224	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-9)	4	5.1	7	4	4	4	5	1	0	4.16	4.07	26	5	6	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.180	1.56	-0.12%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out tie
24	225	87	Jul 20(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.13	4.07	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.057	.36	-0.02%	-0.82	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 3
25	226	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	3-5		1	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.33	4.20	11	5	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.074	.18	-0.02%	-2.34	3t 1-3 1 out d3	5t 1-- 1 out d7
26	227	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	4-7		6	3.0	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.38	4.11	14	1	3	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.042	.01	0.00%	0.84	4t 1-- 1 out d1	7t 1-3 1 out tie
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
27	228	102	Aug 3(2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.10	3.90	32	9	11	1	0	8	71			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.368	.02	0.01%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	229	107	Aug 10(2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.08	3.76	31	7	9	0	0	7	55			0	0	1	29	1	1	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	230	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12	GS-3		4	2.1	4	4	4	0	4	1	0	4.31	3.77	11	1	2	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.335	.02	0.00%	-2.82	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d1
30	231	118	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-3		5	2.1	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.45	3.75	14	1	3	1	0	5	36			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-2.18	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
31	232	125	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	7-7		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	3.73	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.15	7b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
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
32	233	128	Sep 1(1)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	3.72	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.16	9b 1-3 1 out a4	9b end a 3
33	234	135	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	9-GF		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.38	3.68	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	-0.085	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 1
34	235	142	Sep 14(2)	DET		BOS	W,9-3	GS-7	W(9-9)	6	7.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.35	3.53	30	3	11	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.197	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
35	236	147	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(10-9)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	4.13	3.49	34	10	13	2	0	4	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.353	.00	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	237	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5		5	4.2	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.18	3.58	23	2	11	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out a1
							15-21		W-L:10-9,Sv:3	3.6	142.0	148	70	66	49	94	15	1	4.18	3.58	615	0.88		6%	1%	135	51	17	41%	1	3	1	553	18	7	3	14	4	8	.96	0.318	1.13	0.06%	0.70

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