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	18-25 / in Starts: 10-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 50 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	39 (18-13-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 50 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	30 (16-9-4)

Most Driven In
G Harris	2
B Martin	1
R Bertoia	1
J Groth	1
R Wilson	0

Most Driven In By
F Bolling	3
B Martin	2
R Boone	1
H Kuenn	1
A Kaline	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 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	220	4 (3)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.43	-0.011	1.23	-0.02%	-0.10	P
2	221	6 (1)	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						PR
3	222	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
4	223	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.26	0.014	.72	0.02%	0.40	P
5	224	13 (4)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-9	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.82	0.003	2.15	0.01%	0.96	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
6	225	18 (4)	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	.88	-0.009	2.13	-0.01%	-0.09	P
7	226	23 (4)	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	9	.51	0.042	1.15	0.06%	0.34	P
8	227	27 (3)	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	9						P
9	228	31 (3)	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	9						P
10	229	34 (2)	May 23	DET		NYY	L,1-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	9						P
11	230	36 (1)	May 25 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.533	.933	9	.36	0.013	.32	0.01%	0.61	P
12	231	38 (1)	May 27	DET		BOS	W,3-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.533	.933	9						P
13	232	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9	1.51	-0.039	2.04	-0.03%	-0.24	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
14	233	43 (2)	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9						P
15	234	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	8						PR
16	235	45	Jun 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
17	236	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.421	.400	.632	1.032	9	.26	0.076	.25	0.05%	0.79	P
18	237	52 (5)	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.421	.400	.632	1.032	4						PR
19	238	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.348	.545	.893	9	1.65	-0.121	1.82	-0.08%	-1.09	P
20	239	57 (3)	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9	.32	0.047	.56	0.05%	0.74	P
21	240	61 (3)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						P
22	241	64 (2)	Jun 26	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9	1.79	-0.022	3.32	-0.03%	-0.20	P
23	242	66 (1)	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						P
24	243	68 (1)	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,7-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						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
25	244	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						P
26	245	73 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						P
27	246	77 (3)	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.520	.913	9						P
28	247	83 (5)	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.367	.481	.848	9	1.03	-0.048	1.13	-0.03%	-0.41	P
29	248	87 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.367	.481	.848	9						P
30	249	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	3-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.355	.464	.819	9	.51	-0.013	.21	0.00%	-0.16	P
31	250	95 (6)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.355	.464	.819	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
32	251	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	4-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.433	.767	9	1.80	-0.095	.02	0.00%	-0.67	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
33	252	102 (5)	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.324	.412	.736	9	.65	-0.030	.01	0.00%	-0.24	P
34	253	107 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.308	.389	.697	9	1.88	-0.107	.01	0.00%	-0.84	P
35	254	112 (4)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.308	.389	.697	4						PR
36	255	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.325	.389	.714	9	1.75	0.032	.03	0.00%	0.33	P
37	256	118 (4)	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.317	.378	.695	9	2.13	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
38	257	125 (6)	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.317	.378	.695	9						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
39	258	128 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.317	.378	.695	9						P
40	259	135 (6)	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.317	.378	.695	9						P
41	260	142 (6)	Sep 14 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.318	.359	.677	9	.58	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.35	P
42	261	147 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.319	.357	.676	9	.88	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
43	262	152 (4)	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.327	.364	.690	9	.69	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
							18-25		50	44	10	12	0	2	0	5	4	0	11	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.327	.364	.690		.84	-0.329	.84	-0.02%	-0.62

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