Billy Hoeft

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Full Name: William Frederick Hoeft	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: April 18, 1952
Birthdate: May 17, 1932	Final Game: September 25, 1966
Birthplace: Oshkosh, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Billy Hoeft (William Frederick Hoeft) played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 15 year career. Hoeft broke into the bigs on April 18, 1952 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.32 ERA in 125 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Billy Hoeft's best season was 1956, when he posted a 4.06 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 172 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1952	DET	A	34	10	2	7	4.32	67	66	60	1	0	4	125	123	14	63	0	5	5
1953	DET	A	29	27	9	14	4.83	90	113	106	9	0	2	197.2	223	24	58	0	2	4
1954	DET	A	34	25	7	15	4.58	114	93	89	10	4	1	175	180	22	59	0	3	4
1955	DET	A	32	29	16	7	2.99	133	75	73	17	7	0	220	187	17	75	1	0	3
1956	DET	A	38	34	20	14	4.06	172	127	112	18	4	0	248	276	22	104	12	7	5
1957	DET	A	34	28	9	11	3.48	111	85	80	10	1	1	207	188	15	69	2	1	5
1958	DET	A	36	21	10	9	4.15	94	70	66	6	0	3	143	148	15	49	3	3	1
1959	DET	A	2	2	1	1	5.00	2	5	5	0	0	0	9	6	0	4	0	0	1
1959	BOS	A	5	3	0	3	5.60	8	12	11	0	0	0	17.2	22	1	8	1	0	1
1959	BAL	A	16	3	1	1	5.71	30	29	26	0	0	0	41	50	6	19	3	2	0
1959	TOT	A	23	8	2	5	5.59	40	46	42	0	0	0	67.2	78	7	31	4	2	2
1960	BAL	A	19	0	2	1	4.34	14	10	9	0	0	0	18.2	18	2	14	1	0	0
1961	BAL	A	35	12	7	4	2.02	100	37	31	3	1	3	138	106	7	55	3	5	1
1962	BAL	A	57	4	4	8	4.59	73	62	58	0	0	7	113.2	103	7	43	5	2	1
1963	SF	N	23	0	2	0	4.44	8	12	12	0	0	4	24.1	26	5	10	2	1	0
1964	MIL	N	42	0	4	0	3.80	47	35	31	0	0	4	73.1	76	9	18	6	1	1
1965	CHI	N	29	2	2	2	2.81	44	21	16	1	0	1	51.1	41	3	20	2	0	0
1966	SF	N	4	0	0	2	7.36	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	3	1	0	0
1966	CHI	N	36	0	1	2	4.61	30	28	21	0	0	3	41	43	4	14	3	2	1
1966	TOT	N	40	0	1	4	4.84	33	31	24	0	0	3	44.2	47	4	17	4	2	1
Total	NL		134	2	9	6	3.86	132	99	83	1	0	12	193.2	190	21	65	14	4	2
Total	AL		371	198	88	95	3.95	1008	784	726	74	17	21	1653.2	1630	152	620	31	30	31
Total			505	200	97	101	3.94	1140	883	809	75	17	33	1847.1	1820	173	685	45	34	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1952	DET	A	P	34	0	0	5	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1953	DET	A	P	29	0	0	14	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1954	DET	A	P	34	0	0	6	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1955	DET	A	P	32	0	0	7	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	DET	A	P	38	0	0	5	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1957	DET	A	P	34	28	207	8	28	2	2	0	2	4	3	0	.947
1958	DET	A	P	36	21	142	6	15	3	2	0	2	1	3	1	.875
1959	DET	A	P	2	2	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BOS	A	P	5	3	17.2	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	P	16	3	41	0	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	.875
1959	TOT	A	P	23	8	67.2	4	12	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	.941
1960	BAL	A	P	19	0	18.2	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1961	BAL	A	P	35	12	138	9	25	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	1.000
1962	BAL	A	P	57	4	113.2	10	17	2	2	0	2	4	3	0	.931
1963	SF	N	P	23	0	24.1	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.714
1964	MIL	N	P	42	0	73.1	4	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1.000
1965	CHI	N	P	29	2	51.1	0	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.875
1966	SF	N	P	4	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1966	CHI	N	P	36	0	41	5	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1966	TOT	N	P	40	0	44.2	5	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	505	75	880.2	87	249	17	19	0	11	20	19	2	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1952	DET	A	34	40	3	6	0	1	.150	.190	.175	1	0	2	15	0	1	0	0	1
1953	DET	A	30	64	8	11	0	4	.172	.274	.188	1	0	9	17	0	3	0	0	1
1954	DET	A	35	52	5	10	0	6	.192	.317	.308	6	0	10	24	0	0	0	0	1
1955	DET	A	36	82	9	17	0	4	.207	.293	.232	2	0	10	25	0	4	0	0	1
1956	DET	A	42	80	16	20	0	9	.250	.348	.313	3	1	12	22	0	5	0	0	1
1957	DET	A	42	67	13	10	3	10	.149	.205	.313	2	0	5	14	0	5	0	0	3
1958	DET	A	43	44	10	12	0	5	.273	.327	.364	0	2	4	11	0	1	0	0	1
1959	DET	A	3	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1959	BOS	A	7	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BAL	A	16	12	0	3	0	0	.250	.250	.333	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
1959	TOT	A	26	18	1	4	0	0	.222	.222	.278	1	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	1
1960	BAL	A	19	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	BAL	A	35	39	1	7	0	4	.179	.250	.179	0	0	4	13	0	2	0	0	0
1962	BAL	A	57	19	5	3	0	1	.158	.385	.263	2	0	7	7	0	1	0	0	1
1963	SF	N	23	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1964	MIL	N	42	9	1	2	0	2	.222	.417	.222	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0
1965	CHI	N	29	11	1	3	0	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1966	SF	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	CHI	N	36	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1966	TOT	N	40	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		134	25	2	7	0	3	.280	.379	.280	0	0	4	7	0	4	0	0	1
Total	AL		399	506	71	100	3	44	.198	.284	.263	18	3	63	155	0	24	0	0	11
Total			533	531	73	107	3	47	.202	.289	.264	18	3	67	162	0	28	0	0	12

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1950).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dave Sisler and Ted Lepcio (May 2, 1959).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jack Harshman (June 15, 1959).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Jack Fisher and Jimmie Coker to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Stu Miller, Mike McCormick and John Orsino (December 15, 1962).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Felipe Alou, Ed Bailey and a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Del Crandall, Bob Shaw and Bob Hendley (December 3, 1963); Milwaukee Braves received Ernie Bowman (January 8, 1964).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 19, 1964).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (November 16, 1964).
Released by Detroit Tigers (April 11, 1965).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (@May, 1965).
Released by Chicago Cubs (August 2, 1966).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (September 1, 1966).
Released by San Francisco Giants (October 7, 1966).

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