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: 13-21 / in Starts: 11-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	168	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	GS-2		99	1.2	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	16.20	13.26	12	1	2	1	0	4	34			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.234	2.04	-0.29%	-2.46	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
2	169	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	3-9		2	6.2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.24	5.22	22	6	11	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.475	2.35	0.56%	3.40	3t 1-- 1 out d2	9t 3 out tie
3	170	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS-3		3	2.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	5.06	5.17	13	4	4	0	1	3	36			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.281	2.40	-0.33%	-2.24	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d1
4	171	12	Apr 28(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7		2	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	2	0	4.08	5.23	27	7	6	0	2	6	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.057	1.50	0.06%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
5	172	28	May 17	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	18	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.04	4.18	35	13	16	2	4	2	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.322	1.86	0.39%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	173	33	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.2	6	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.06	4.04	37	7	14	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.125	3.43	-0.16%	0.62	1b start a 2	9b -2- 2 out tie
7	174	37	May 28	DET		CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	L(1-1)	5	8.1	8	4	3	5	5	1	0	3.09	4.15	38	8	12	3	3	8	53			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.480	2.70	-0.57%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
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
8	175	42	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	GS-2	L(1-2)	3	1.1	5	6	6	1	1	0	1	4.20	4.19	11	4	1	0	1	3	20			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.341	4.34	-0.52%	-3.59	1b start a 3	2b 123 1 out a1
9	176	47	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GS-4		4	3.1	6	6	5	2	1	1	0	4.84	4.42	18	4	6	1	2	5	25			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.517	1.54	-0.43%	-4.33	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d2
10	177	52	Jun 11	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.72	4.26	26	4	11	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.128	2.51	-0.17%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	178	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-4)	6	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.41	4.00	34	13	13	2	2	2	62			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	1	.94	0.065	3.20	0.13%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
12	179	63	Jun 23	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.80	3.92	12	4	2	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.233	1.87	-0.27%	-2.03	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out a1
13	180	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	2-3		3	1.2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.81	3.88	8	3	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.036	.54	-0.04%	-1.05	2b 1-- 1 out d4	3b 3 out d6
14	181	68	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.74	3.90	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
15	182	69	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.73	3.99	10	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.01	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 8
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
16	183	75	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.72	3.83	26	5	12	1	2	5	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.091	.39	-0.03%	-0.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	184	82	Jul 14(1)	DET		BAL	W,10-2	CG	W(2-4)	9	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.43	3.89	37	15	12	3	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.129	.12	0.01%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	185	86	Jul 18	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	L(2-5)	3	7.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.35	3.81	32	8	11	1	3	5	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.192	.20	-0.02%	0.54	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d1
19	186	90	Jul 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-9	W(3-5)	4	8.2	7	2	1	5	5	1	0	4.07	3.87	38	13	8	1	0	7	64			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.192	.07	0.01%	1.52	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out a3
20	187	96	Jul 28(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(15)	L(3-6)	4	14.1	9	4	4	5	7	0	1	3.88	3.73	58	19	19	4	4	7	81			0	0	0	51	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.450	.41	0.06%	2.03	1b start tie	15b --3 1 out d1
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
21	188	101	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.73	3.65	28	14	5	1	3	6	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	1	.94	-0.164	.03	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out tie
22	189	104	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	1	3.55	3.46	35	9	11	2	0	3	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.82	0.290	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	190	109	Aug 11(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	GS-1	L(4-7)	3	0.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.66	3.50	6	1	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.190	.01	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d2
24	191	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	11	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.56	3.43	39	10	10	3	1	11	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.214	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	192	119	Aug 21	DET		BAL	L,3-9	GS-3	L(5-8)	4	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.73	3.51	16	3	5	2	0	6	31			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
26	193	123	Aug 25	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	6	1	0	3.57	3.47	34	18	5	0	1	4	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	4	0	1	.74	0.081	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	194	126	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-1	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.46	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	195	128	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-10	L(6-9)	1	9.2	8	6	6	3	6	0	0	3.67	3.39	40	9	16	3	3	6	52			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.10	-0.422	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out tie
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
29	196	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(7-9)	3	11.0	8	2	2	1	3	2	1	3.54	3.48	42	13	16	4	6	8	75			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	0.394	.00	0.00%	3.30	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
30	197	136	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.42	3.47	36	10	9	3	2	7	73			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.464	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	198	140	Sep 14(1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-4	L(8-10)	5	3.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.46	16	3	5	0	0	6	36			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.73	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d3
32	199	144	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-8	L(8-11)	2	7.1	8	6	6	3	6	2	0	3.65	3.54	33	12	6	0	0	6	41			0	1	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.13	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-1.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d3
33	200	150	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-11)	7	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.49	3.44	33	9	9	1	2	5	83			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.287	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
34	201	154	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.43	3.40	9	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.172	.00	0.00%	1.45	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
							13-21		W-L:9-11,Sv:1	3.5	207.0	188	85	79	69	111	15	5	3.43	3.40	869	0.97		7%	9%	158	54	2	0%	4	3	0	771	26	4	2	22	6	12	1.08	-0.327	.88	-1.59%	13.77

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