John Hiller

Full Name: John Frederick Hiller	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 6, 1965
Birthdate: April 8, 1943	Final Game: May 27, 1980
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on April 8, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), John Hiller (John Frederick Hiller) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 15 year career. Hiller broke into the bigs on September 6, 1965 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 2.63 ERA in 65 innings pitched in 1967, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Hiller's best season was 1973, when he posted a 1.44 ERA, won 10 games, notched 38 saves and struck out 124 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	DET	A	5	0	0	0	.00	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	0
1966	DET	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
1967	DET	A	23	6	4	3	2.63	49	20	19	2	2	3	65	57	4	9	0	0	0
1968	DET	A	39	12	9	6	2.39	78	37	34	4	1	2	128	92	9	51	4	2	0
1969	DET	A	40	8	4	4	3.99	74	50	44	1	1	4	99.1	97	13	44	2	3	1
1970	DET	A	47	5	6	6	3.03	89	39	35	1	1	3	104	82	12	46	4	3	2
1972	DET	A	24	3	1	2	2.03	26	13	10	1	0	3	44.1	39	4	13	2	2	3
1973	DET	A	65	0	10	5	1.44	124	21	20	0	0	38	125.1	89	7	39	7	1	0
1974	DET	A	59	0	17	14	2.64	134	51	44	0	0	13	150	127	10	62	19	7	3
1975	DET	A	36	0	2	3	2.17	87	20	17	0	0	14	70.2	52	6	36	4	1	0
1976	DET	A	56	1	12	8	2.38	117	37	32	1	1	13	121	93	7	67	9	6	2
1977	DET	A	45	8	8	14	3.56	115	59	49	3	0	7	124	120	15	61	8	6	1
1978	DET	A	51	0	9	4	2.34	74	27	24	0	0	15	92.1	64	6	35	4	3	0
1979	DET	A	43	0	4	7	5.22	46	47	46	0	0	9	79.1	83	14	55	7	4	0
1980	DET	A	11	0	1	0	4.40	18	15	15	0	0	0	30.2	38	3	14	1	1	0
Total			545	43	87	76	2.83	1036	438	391	13	6	125	1242	1040	110	535	71	39	12

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	DET	A	P	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1966	DET	A	P	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	DET	A	P	23	6	65	4	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	.929
1968	DET	A	P	39	12	128	12	15	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
1969	DET	A	P	40	8	99.1	2	11	1	0	1	12	3	0	.929
1970	DET	A	P	47	5	104	3	10	0	0	0	2	4	1	1.000
1972	DET	A	P	24	3	44.1	1	9	0	2	0	2	2	1	1.000
1973	DET	A	P	65	0	125.1	8	16	1	1	0	3	2	0	.960
1974	DET	A	P	59	0	150	2	11	1	0	2	8	2	0	.929
1975	DET	A	P	36	0	70.2	1	8	0	0	1	6	3	0	1.000
1976	DET	A	P	56	1	121	2	13	1	0	1	7	3	0	.938
1977	DET	A	P	45	8	124	4	11	2	1	1	6	9	0	.882
1978	DET	A	P	51	0	92.1	1	9	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1979	DET	A	P	43	0	79.1	4	10	0	0	3	6	3	0	1.000
1980	DET	A	P	11	0	30.2	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	.833
Total			P	545	43	1242	45	136	8	5	11	60	36	2	.958

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1965	DET	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1966	DET	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1967	DET	A	23	15	0	2	2	.133	.188	.133	0	1	5	1	0
1968	DET	A	39	37	1	3	2	.081	.081	.081	0	0	14	0	1
1969	DET	A	41	21	1	6	0	.286	.318	.333	1	1	3	2	0
1970	DET	A	47	23	0	0	0	.000	.042	.000	0	1	9	1	0
1972	DET	A	24	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1973	DET	A	65	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	DET	A	59	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1975	DET	A	36	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1976	DET	A	56	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	DET	A	45	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1978	DET	A	51	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1979	DET	A	43	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1980	DET	A	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			546	101	2	11	4	.109	.135	.119	1	3	34	4	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 16, 1962).
Released by Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1971).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (September 9, 1971).
Released by Detroit Tigers (September 30, 1971).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (July 8, 1972).

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