Tom Hilgendorf
[edit] Biography
Born on March 10, 1942 in Clinton, Iowa, Tom Hilgendorf (Thomas Eugene Hilgendorf) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 6 year career. Hilgendorf broke into the bigs on August 15, 1969 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.14 ERA in 94.2 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tom Hilgendorf's best season was 1975, when he posted a 2.14 ERA and struck out 52 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1969
| STL
| N
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.42
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6.1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3.92
| 13
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20.2
| 22
| 0
| 13
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 2.68
| 25
| 16
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 51
| 4
| 21
| 7
| 1
| 2
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 48
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 3.14
| 58
| 38
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 94.2
| 87
| 9
| 36
| 6
| 6
| 3
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 4.84
| 23
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 48.1
| 58
| 6
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 53
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 2.14
| 52
| 32
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 96.2
| 81
| 6
| 38
| 3
| 5
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 82
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 2.40
| 67
| 44
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 123.2
| 106
| 6
| 53
| 8
| 9
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 102
| 6
| 12
| 7
| 3.46
| 106
| 80
| 73
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 190
| 196
| 19
| 74
| 19
| 7
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 184
| 6
| 19
| 14
| 3.04
| 173
| 124
| 106
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 313.2
| 302
| 25
| 127
| 27
| 16
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| STL
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 6.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 20.2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| P
| 19
| 5
| 47
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| .923
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| P
| 48
| 1
| 94.2
| 4
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 48.1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| P
| 53
| 0
| 96.2
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 184
| 6
| 314
| 14
| 62
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 7
| 2
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| STL
| N
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 2.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| STL
| N
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .071
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 53
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .250
| .308
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 82
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .286
| .333
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 102
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .071
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 184
| 27
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 5
| .185
| .207
| .259
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1960).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Ike Brookens (December 2, 1970).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Clark (July 10, 1972).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Nellie Garcia (March 11, 1975).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 8, 1976).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 14, 1976).
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