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: 21-11 / in Starts: 21-8

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

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	98	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	27.00	9.87	7	0	0	0	0	2	39			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.209	3.53	-0.33%	-2.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
2	99	4	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.50	4.62	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.008	.36	0.01%	0.93	8t --3 1 out d5	8t 3 out d5
3	100	9	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	7	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.74	2.37	32	7	13	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.471	1.78	0.58%	4.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	101	13	Apr 28	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	0.93	1.90	34	10	11	2	0	6	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.337	3.01	0.58%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	102	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.27	1.94	36	9	12	0	0	6	70			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.372	4.23	0.76%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	103	23	May 8(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-10		4	9.1	6	4	4	5	6	1	2	1.91	2.63	39	10	10	2	0	6	61			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	-0.167	5.46	-0.38%	0.55	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out tie
7	104	28	May 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-9	L(3-2)	5	8.2	11	7	7	3	4	1	0	2.91	2.88	39	7	16	3	0	9	35			0	0	0	36	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.001	3.99	0.00%	-0.99	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a1
8	105	33	May 20	DET		CLE	W,11-4	GS-4		5	3.1	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.08	3.25	17	3	5	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.166	3.10	-0.31%	-1.61	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out a2
9	106	38	May 27	DET		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	6	9.0	6	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.61	3.03	35	11	8	0	0	6	79			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.729	5.17	1.42%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
10	107	43	Jun 1	DET		WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.26	2.96	33	6	13	1	0	2	85			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.400	1.30	0.38%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
11	108	49	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	L(5-3)	4	7.0	6	6	6	0	2	4	0	2.77	3.55	27	9	10	3	0	6	43			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.301	1.54	-0.48%	-2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
12	109	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,7-5	GS-1		4	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.21	3.54	8	1	1	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.313	1.96	-0.30%	-3.51	1t start tie	1t 3 out d4
13	110	56	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS-9	W(6-3)	3	8.0	11	6	6	3	6	2	0	3.55	3.71	38	7	11	1	0	11	39			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	2	0	.68	-0.033	1.44	-0.04%	-1.04	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
14	111	63	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,18-7	CG	W(7-3)	8	9.0	12	7	7	4	7	1	0	3.88	3.69	42	11	9	0	0	11	38			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	1	0	.18	0.120	.11	0.05%	-2.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
15	112	68	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.72	3.44	32	5	12	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	.44	0.138	.56	0.11%	2.57	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a6
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	113	71	Jul 1(2)	DET	@	KCA	L,5-7	7-7		1	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.81	3.47	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.326	1.89	-0.24%	-2.18	7b -2- 2 out tie	7b 1-3 2 out d2
17	114	74	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-8		2	7.2	6	4	3	4	2	1	1	3.79	3.61	35	9	13	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.011	1.10	-0.01%	-0.47	1b start a 1	8b -23 2 out a1
18	115	78	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8	GS-8		3	7.0	10	5	5	1	5	0	0	3.95	3.48	31	8	7	0	0	10	41			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.085	.46	0.02%	-0.57	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
19	116	85	Jul 16(2)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(9-3)	7	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	1	0	3.73	3.44	35	9	9	2	0	6	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.571	.59	0.15%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	117	89	Jul 21	DET		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.48	3.36	35	8	13	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.716	.87	0.23%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	118	94	Jul 26(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS-6		4	5.2	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.60	3.32	29	7	5	0	0	9	37			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.151	1.02	-0.06%	-1.99	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out a1
22	119	97	Jul 27(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,7-8	7-7	L(10-4)	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.64	3.30	7	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.176	2.04	-0.12%	-0.54	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
23	120	102	Jul 31(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(10-5)	3	8.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.62	3.33	35	7	13	1	0	7	56			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.001	1.43	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	9b --- 0 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
24	121	107	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS-7	W(11-5)	5	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.58	3.30	30	9	12	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.064	1.26	0.04%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
25	122	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-6)	4	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	1	3.57	3.36	34	7	12	2	0	7	57			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.075	.74	-0.04%	1.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	123	116	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,7-0	SHO	W(12-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.38	3.28	29	8	14	0	0	2	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.294	.05	0.02%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
27	124	121	Aug 21(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(12-7)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.33	3.34	33	14	7	1	0	7	59			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.104	.01	0.00%	2.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	125	127	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	11	4	4	4	6	2	0	3.36	3.43	42	9	15	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.48	0.258	.00	0.00%	0.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	126	131	Aug 30	DET		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.21	3.35	30	13	7	3	0	4	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.60	0.335	.00	0.00%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
30	127	136	Sep 5(1)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(15-7)	5	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	1	3.16	3.32	37	10	12	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.162	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	128	142	Sep 11(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-7)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.03	3.29	33	16	9	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.163	.00	0.00%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
32	129	146	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS-3		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.99	3.27	11	5	5	0	0	0	58			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.156	.00	0.00%	1.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
							21-11		W-L:16-7	4.0	220.0	187	75	73	75	133	17	6	2.99	3.27	910	0.83		4%	0%	175	60	2	50%	8	3	0	818	24	6	1	18	6	7	1.03	3.553	1.52	2.01%	33.97

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