Billy Hoeft
1952–1966 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants
533G
.202AVG
.289OBP
.264SLG
More career statistics
107H
3HR
47RBI
0SB
97–101W–L
1,847.1IP
1,140K
3.94ERA
200GS
33SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 531 | 530 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 630 | 629 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,917 | 7,925 |
| Pitching · p er | 809 | 808 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,542 | 5,539 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,140 | 1,139 |
| Pitching · p r | 883 | 884 |
| Pitching · p w | 685 | 682 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 | 630 | 531 | 73 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 67 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 140 | .202 | .289 | .264 | .553 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,847.3 | 505 | 200 | 75 | 97 | 101 | 33 | 1,820 | 883 | 809 | 173 | 685 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 1.356 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1954-07-29 to 1954-08-18
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1954-05-09 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1956-05-05 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1961-08-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 260 | 289 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 72 | .216 | .291 | .288 |
| Away | 273 | 340 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 90 | .189 | .265 | .243 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 45 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .163 | .204 | .163 |
| May | 89 | 104 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 30 | .182 | .298 | .261 |
| June | 102 | 134 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 37 | .189 | .276 | .270 |
| July | 115 | 121 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 29 | .206 | .264 | .275 |
| August | 100 | 131 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 26 | .227 | .305 | .309 |
| September | 81 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 | .224 | .267 | .237 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 67 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | .223 | .248 | .266 |
| new-york-yankees | 55 | 114 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | .102 | .184 | .143 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | .169 | .231 | .197 |
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | .217 | .345 | .239 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 34 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .269 | .406 | .385 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 33 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | .233 | .315 | .333 |
| baltimore-orioles | 32 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | .317 | .365 | .585 |
| detroit-tigers | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 34 | 40 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .150 | 125 | 67 |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 64 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .172 | 197 | 90 |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 52 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .192 | 175 | 114 |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 82 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .207 | 220 | 133 |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 42 | 80 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .250 | 248 | 172 |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 42 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 10 | – | .149 | 207 | 111 |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 44 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .273 | 142 | 94 |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 26 | 17 | 4 | – | – | – | .235 | 67 | 40 |
| 1960 |  Baltimore Orioles | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 13 |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 35 | 39 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .179 | 138 | 100 |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 19 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .158 | 113 | 73 |
| 1963 |  San Francisco Giants | 23 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 24 | 8 |
| 1964 |  Milwaukee Braves | 42 | 9 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .222 | 73 | 47 |
| 1965 |  Chicago Cubs | 29 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | .273 | 51 | 44 |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants | 40 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 44 | 33 |