Billy Hoeft Stats

Billy Hoeft was born on Tuesday, May 17, 1932, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Hoeft was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1952, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Hoeft baseball stats page.

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Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#165)

Billy Hoeft Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#165)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Frederick Hoeft
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   05-17-1932
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03
Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   04-18-1952 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-25-1966
Draft:   Not Applicable
Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1952 Tigers 34 10 9 2 7 .222 4.32 1 0 4 125.0 553 123 60 66 14 63 - 67 5 5 0 -
1953 Tigers 29 27 2 9 14 .391 4.83 9 0 2 197.2 863 223 106 113 24 58 - 90 2 4 1 -
1954 Tigers 34 25 5 7 15 .318 4.58 10 4 1 175.0 752 180 89 93 22 59 0 114 3 4 0 -
1955 Tigers 32 29 0 16 7 .696 2.99 17 7 0 220.0 906 187 73 75 17 75 1 133 0 3 0 -
1956 Tigers 38 34 2 20 14 .588 4.06 18 4 0 248.0 1,094 276 112 127 22 104 12 172 7 5 0 -
1957 Tigers 34 28 4 9 11 .450 3.48 10 1 1 207.0 870 188 80 85 15 69 2 111 1 5 0 -
1958 Tigers 36 21 9 10 9 .526 4.15 6 0 3 143.0 615 148 66 70 15 49 3 94 3 1 0 -
1959 Tigers 2 2 0 1 1 .500 5.00 0 0 0 9.0 37 6 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 -
1959 Red Sox 5 3 0 0 3 .000 5.60 0 0 0 17.2 83 22 11 12 1 8 1 8 0 1 0 -
1959 Orioles 16 3 6 1 1 .500 5.71 0 0 0 41.0 186 50 26 29 6 19 3 30 2 0 0 -
1960 Orioles 19 0 8 2 1 .667 4.34 0 0 0 18.2 89 18 9 10 2 14 1 14 0 0 0 -
1961 Orioles 35 12 10 7 4 .636 2.02 3 1 3 138.0 560 106 31 37 7 55 3 100 5 1 0 -
1962 Orioles 57 4 27 4 8 .333 4.59 0 0 7 113.2 479 103 58 62 7 43 5 73 2 1 0 -
1963 Giants 23 0 9 2 0 1.000 4.44 0 0 4 24.1 108 26 12 12 5 10 2 8 1 0 0 -
1964 Braves 42 0 14 4 0 1.000 3.80 0 0 4 73.1 303 76 31 35 9 18 6 47 1 1 0 -
1965 Cubs 29 2 7 2 2 .500 2.81 1 0 1 51.1 217 41 16 21 3 20 2 44 0 0 0 -
1966 Cubs 36 0 18 1 2 .333 4.61 0 0 3 41.0 180 43 21 28 4 14 3 30 2 1 0 -
1966 Giants 4 0 1 0 2 .000 7.36 0 0 0 3.2 19 4 3 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
15 Years 505 200 131 97 101 .490 3.94 75 17 33 1,847.1 7,914 1,820 809 883 173 685 45 1,140 34 33 1 -
Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1952 Tigers 34 40 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 - 15 1 - 0 1 .150 .190 .175
1953 Tigers 30 64 8 11 1 0 0 0 4 9 - 17 3 - 0 1 .172 .274 .188
1954 Tigers 35 52 5 10 6 0 0 0 6 10 - 24 0 1 0 1 .192 .317 .308
1955 Tigers 36 82 9 17 2 0 0 0 4 10 0 25 4 0 0 1 .207 .293 .232
1956 Tigers 42 80 16 20 3 1 0 0 9 12 0 22 5 0 0 1 .250 .348 .313
1957 Tigers 42 67 13 10 2 0 3 0 10 5 0 14 5 1 0 3 .149 .205 .313
1958 Tigers 43 44 10 12 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 11 1 1 0 1 .273 .327 .364
1959 Tigers 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1959 Red Sox 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1959 Orioles 16 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .333
1960 Orioles 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1961 Orioles 35 39 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 13 2 1 0 0 .179 .250 .179
1962 Orioles 57 19 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 1 .158 .385 .263
1963 Giants 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
1964 Braves 42 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 .222 .417 .222
1965 Cubs 29 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273
1966 Cubs 36 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
1966 Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 533 531 73 107 18 3 3 0 47 67 0 162 28 4 0 12 .202 .289 .264
Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1952 Tigers P 34 10 375 32 0.9 30 5 25 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.16 -
1953 Tigers P 29 27 593 40 1.4 38 14 24 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.73 -
1954 Tigers P 34 25 525 25 0.7 24 6 18 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.23 -
1955 Tigers P 32 29 660 28 0.9 28 7 21 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.15 -
1956 Tigers P 38 34 744 34 0.9 33 5 28 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.20 -
1957 Tigers P 34 28 621 38 1.1 36 8 28 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.57 -
1958 Tigers P 36 21 429 24 0.7 21 6 15 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.32 -
1959 Tigers P 2 2 27 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00 -
1959 Red Sox P 5 3 53 7 1.4 7 4 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.57 -
1959 Orioles P 16 3 123 8 0.5 7 0 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.54 -
1960 Orioles P 19 0 56 6 0.3 6 3 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.89 -
1961 Orioles P 35 12 414 34 1.0 34 9 25 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.22 -
1962 Orioles P 57 4 341 29 0.5 27 10 17 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .931 2.14 -
1963 Giants P 23 0 73 7 0.3 5 1 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 1.85 -
1964 Braves P 42 0 220 18 0.4 18 4 14 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.21 -
1965 Cubs P 29 2 154 8 0.3 7 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.23 -
1966 Cubs P 36 0 123 13 0.4 13 5 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.85 -
1966 Giants P 4 0 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 505 200 5,542 353 0.7 336 87 249 17 19 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.64 --
15 Years 505 200 5,542 353 0.7 336 87 249 17 19 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.64 --
Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1952 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 40.0 1.06 4.82 4.54
1953 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 16.0 1.55 4.10 2.64
1954 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.2 8.7 1.93 5.86 3.03
1955 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.3 20.5 1.77 5.44 3.07
1956 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.6 8.9 1.65 6.24 3.77
1957 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 22.3 4.8 6.7 1.61 4.83 3.00
1958 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 8.8 1.92 5.92 3.08
1959 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 2.00 4.00
1959 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.00 4.08 4.08
1959 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.58 6.59 4.17
1960 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 6.75 6.75
1961 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 9.8 1.82 6.52 3.59
1962 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 19.0 1.70 5.78 3.40
1963 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.80 2.96 3.70
1964 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 4.5 2.61 5.77 2.21
1965 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.7 0.0 2.20 7.71 3.51
1966 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 2.14 6.59 3.07
1966 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 7.36 7.36
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 177.0 3.3 11.3 1.66 5.55 3.34
Billy Hoeft

Billy Hoeft Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1952 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1953 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1954 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1955 Detroit Tigers 38, 44 Undetermined Stats -
1956 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1957 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1958 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1959 Detroit Tigers 44 Undetermined - -
1959 Boston Red Sox 39 Undetermined - -
1959 Baltimore Orioles 29 Undetermined - -
1960 Baltimore Orioles 20 Undetermined - -
1961 Baltimore Orioles 20 Undetermined - -
1962 Baltimore Orioles 20 Undetermined - -
1963 San Francisco Giants 20 Undetermined - -
1964 Milwaukee Braves 26 Undetermined - -
1965 Chicago Cubs 40 Undetermined - -
1966 Chicago Cubs 40 Undetermined - -
1966 San Francisco Giants 30 Undetermined - -


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