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Billy Hoeft | Major Leaguer 1952-1966

Full Name: William Frederick Hoeft
Born: May 17,1932 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Oshkosh Christian (Oshkosh,WI)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1950] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers. [May 2,1959] - Traded by Tigers to Red Sox for Ted Lepcio and Dave Sisler. [Jun 15,1959] - Traded by Red Sox to Orioles for Jack Harshman. [Dec 15,1962] - Traded by Orioles with Jimmie Coker and Jack Fisher to Giants for John Orsino, Mike McCormick and Stu Miller. [Dec 3,1963] - Traded by Giants with Ernie Bowman, Ed Bailey and Felipe Alou to Braves for Bob Hendley, Bob Shaw and Del Crandall. [Oct 19,1964] - Released by Braves. [Nov 16,1964] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Apr 11,1965] - Released by Tigers. [May 1,1965] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Aug 2,1966] - Released by Cubs. [Sep 1,1966] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Oct 7,1966] - Released by Giants.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1952	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	2	7	4.32	34	10	1	0	9	4	125.0	123	66	60	14	63	67	5	0	8.86	1.01	4.54	4.82	1.49	--
1953	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	9	14	4.83	29	27	9	0	2	2	197.2	223	113	106	24	58	90	2	1	10.15	1.09	2.64	4.10	1.42	--
1954	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	7	15	4.58	34	25	10	4	5	1	175.0	180	93	89	22	59	114	3	0	9.26	1.13	3.03	5.86	1.37	--
1955	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	16	7	2.99	32	29	17	7	0	0	220.0	187	75	73	17	75	133	0	0	7.65	0.70	3.07	5.44	1.19	--
1956	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	20	14	4.06	38	34	18	4	2	0	248.0	276	127	112	22	104	172	7	0	10.02	0.80	3.77	6.24	1.53	--
1957	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	9	11	3.48	34	28	10	1	4	1	207.0	188	85	80	15	69	111	1	0	8.17	0.65	3.00	4.83	1.24	46%
1958	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	10	9	4.15	36	21	6	0	9	3	143.0	148	70	66	15	49	94	3	0	9.31	0.94	3.08	5.92	1.38	45%
1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	1	1	5.71	16	3	0	0	6	0	41.0	50	29	26	6	19	30	2	0	10.98	1.32	4.17	6.59	1.68	57%
	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	0	3	5.61	5	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	22	12	11	1	8	8	0	0	11.21	0.51	4.08	4.08	1.70	84%
	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	1	1	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	5	5	0	4	2	0	0	6.00	0.00	4.00	2.00	1.11	41%
1960	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	2	1	4.34	19	0	0	0	8	0	18.2	18	10	9	2	14	14	0	0	8.68	0.96	6.75	6.75	1.71	29%
1961	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	7	4	2.02	35	12	3	1	10	3	138.0	106	37	31	7	55	100	5	0	6.91	0.46	3.59	6.52	1.17	57%
1962	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	4	8	4.59	57	4	0	0	27	7	113.2	103	62	58	7	43	73	2	0	8.16	0.55	3.40	5.78	1.28	49%
1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	2	0	4.44	23	0	0	0	9	4	24.1	26	12	12	5	10	8	1	0	9.62	1.85	3.70	2.96	1.48	57%
1964	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	4	0	3.80	42	0	0	0	14	4	73.1	76	35	31	9	18	47	1	0	9.33	1.10	2.21	5.77	1.28	50%
1965	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	2	2	2.81	29	2	1	0	7	1	51.1	41	21	16	3	20	44	0	0	7.19	0.53	3.51	7.71	1.19	42%
1966	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	0	2	7.38	4	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	4	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	9.84	0.00	7.38	7.38	1.91	56%
	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	1	2	4.61	36	0	0	0	18	3	41.0	43	28	21	4	14	30	2	0	9.44	0.88	3.07	6.59	1.39	53%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)						97	101	3.94	505	200	75	17	131	33	1,847.1	1820	883	809	173	685	1140	34	1	8.87	0.84	3.34	5.55	1.36	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1952	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	p		34	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	0		1		1	.150	*.198	.175	*373	--
1953	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	p		30	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	0		3		1	.172	*.279	.188	*467	--
1954	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	p		35	52	5	10	6	0	0	6	0	0	10	24	0		0	1	1	.192	.317	.308	625	--
1955	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	p		36	82	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	25	0	0	4	0	1	.207	.293	.232	525	--
1956	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	p		42	80	16	20	3	1	0	9	0	0	12	22	0	0	5	0	1	.250	.348	.313	661	--
1957	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	p	9	42	67	13	10	2	0	3	10	0	0	5	14	0	0	5	1	3	.149	.205	.313	518	59%
1958	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	p	9	43	44	10	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	11	0	0	1	1	1	.273	.327	.364	691	67%
1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	9	16	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.333	583	33%
	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	p	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	p	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	43%
1960	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	9	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1961	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	p	9	35	39	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	0	0	2	1	0	.179	.250	.179	429	66%
1962	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	p	9	57	19	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	7	0	0	1	0	1	.158	.385	.263	648	47%
1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	p	9	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	100%
1964	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	p	9	42	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	.222	.417	.222	639	70%
1965	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	p	9	29	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	546	60%
1966	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	p	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	p	9	36	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	50%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								533	531	73	107	18	3	3	47	0	0	67	162	0		28		12	.202	*.296	.264	*560	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1952	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	P	34		125	5	25	2	32	4	-	-	-	.938	2.16

1953	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	P	29		197.2	14	24	2	40	0	-	-	-	.950	1.73

1954	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	P	34		175	6	18	1	25	2	-	-	-	.960	1.23

1955	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	P	32		220	7	21	0	28	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.15

1956	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	P	38		248	5	28	1	34	1	-	-	-	.971	1.20

1957	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	P	34		207	8	28	2	38	2	-	-	-	.947	1.57

1958	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	P	36		143	6	15	3	24	2	-	-	-	.875	1.32

1959	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	16		41	0	7	1	8	1	-	-	-	.875	1.54
1959	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	P	5		17.2	4	3	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.57
1959	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	P	2		9	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.00

1960	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	19		18.2	3	3	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.89

1961	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	P	35		138	9	25	0	34	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.22

1962	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	P	57		113.2	10	17	2	29	2	-	-	-	.931	2.14

1963	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	P	23		24.1	1	4	2	7	0	-	-	-	.714	1.85

1964	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	P	42		73.1	4	14	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.21

1965	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	P	29		51.1	0	7	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.23

1966	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	P	36		41	5	8	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.85
1966	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	P	4		3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1955] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1955)

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