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Bill
Hilderbrand		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 31, 1955 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 18 NO FL     0 0 0 0 6 7 6 7 7 7 1 3 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
1975 19 NO FL     0 0 1 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 2 4 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 20 NO FL     0 0 2 1 6 7 6 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 8
1977 21 NO FL     0 0 3 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1978 22 NO FL     0 2 4 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 5 4 6 7 6 8 9 9
1979 23 BUF FL     2 3 6 4 6 7 6 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 6 9 9 9
1980 24 CHI JL     5 4 7 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7 9 10 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 1 3 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     5 4 7 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7 9 10 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 CHI JL $ 300,000 64 17 19 18 10 11 11 8 11 9
1982 26 CHI JL $ 300,000 64 17 18 18 9 11 10 5 9 7
1983 27 CHI JL $ 300,000 64 17 18 18 9 10 10 5 9 7
1984 28 CHI JL $ 300,000 64 17 18 18 8 10 9 5 9 7
1985 29 CHI JL $ 350,000 64 17 18 18 8 10 9 5 8 6
1986 30 CHI JL $ 350,000 64 17 18 17 8 9 9 5 8 6
1987 31 CHI JL $ 350,000 64 16 17 17 7 9 8 5 8 6
1988 32 CHI JL   59 15 17 16 7 9 8 5 9 7
1989 33 LBC FL   59 14 15 15 5 7 6 5 8 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   59 14 15 15 5 7 6 5 8 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 64 17 19 18 10 11 11 8 11 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 18 NO FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1975 19 NO FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1976 20 NO FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1977 21 NO FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1978 22 NO FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1979 23 BUF FL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
1980 24 CHI JL   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 CHI JL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 26 CHI JL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 27 CHI JL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1984 28 CHI JL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1985 29 CHI JL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1986 30 CHI JL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1987 31 CHI JL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1988 32 CHI JL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1989 33 LBC FL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 18 A   12 11 .522 25 25 2 0 0 178.3 198 74 22 49 117 3.73 .278 .324 .404 .728  
1975 19 A   13 3 .813 25 25 4 1 0 183.3 188 57 15 42 179 2.80 .263 .303 .365 .668  
1976 20 AA   4 3 .571 10 10 0 0 0 62.3 73 24 9 23 94 3.47 .291 .350 .422 .773  
    A   7 3 .700 15 15 0 0 0 107.3 102 39 6 23 180 3.27 .246 .285 .330 .616  
1977 21 AA   7 5 .583 19 19 0 0 0 128.0 142 38 10 33 215 2.67 .279 .323 .375 .698  
1978 22 AAA   0 6 .000 10 10 0 0 0 67.0 80 36 9 22 102 4.84 .299 .352 .466 .818  
    AA   4 9 .308 15 15 1 0 0 96.7 115 53 10 32 163 4.93 .293 .346 .415 .761  
1979 23 AA   7 9 .438 22 22 2 1 0 144.7 140 61 15 32 215 3.80 .250 .290 .390 .680  
1980 24 AAA   8 9 .471 22 22 1 1 0 133.3 133 56 18 34 174 3.78 .252 .297 .386 .684  
1981 25 CHI JL 9 10 .474 31 31 0 0 0 164.0 178 94 30 85 131 5.16 .277 .360 .498 .858 6.2
1982 26 CHI JL 4 4 .500 43 7 0 0 0 91.3 77 49 15 39 69 4.83 .225 .304 .433 .736 3.1
1983 27 CHI JL 3 6 .333 63 0 0 0 5 72.0 49 25 9 32 52 3.13 .191 .279 .352 .631 7.4
1984 28 CHI JL 1 1 .500 11 1 0 0 1 16.3 22 20 5 16 8 11.02 .324 .452 .588 1.041 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 17.7 20 11 3 8 22 5.61 .282 .354 .521 .876  
1985 29 AAA   10 6 .625 19 19 0 0 0 120.7 104 56 22 58 142 4.18 .233 .321 .425 .746  
1986 30 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 7 4 2 3 10 4.70 .233 .303 .433 .736  
1987 31 CHI JL 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 2 2 1 4 11 2.84 .100 .250 .250 .500 1.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 50 0 0 0 0 88.7 80 64 24 62 120 6.50 .240 .359 .497 .856  
1988 32 CHI JL 3 1 .750 39 0 0 0 3 58.7 49 29 6 34 42 4.45 .225 .327 .390 .717 3.5
1989 33 AAA   5 8 .385 31 15 0 0 0 123.0 141 72 31 56 137 5.27 .287 .359 .508 .868  
6 Years Sim 22 22 .500 190 39 0 0 9 408.7 377 219 66 210 313 4.82 .244 .333 .445 .778 21.2
7 Years AAA 28 30 .483 146 66 1 1 0 558.0 565 299 109 243 707 4.82 .260 .335 .454 .789  
4 Years AA 22 26 .458 66 66 3 1 0 431.7 470 176 44 120 687 3.67 .274 .322 .396 .718  
3 Years A 32 17 .653 65 65 6 1 0 469.0 488 170 43 114 476 3.26 .265 .307 .372 .679  
14 Years Minors 82 73 .529 277 197 10 3 0 1458.6 1523 645 196 477 1870 3.98 .266 .322 .410 .733  
Season Average 3 3 .500 31 6 0 0 1 68.1 62 36 11 35 52 4.82 .244 .333 .445 .778  
Career Highs 9 10 1.000 63 31 0 0 5 164.0 178 94 30 85 131 11.02 .324 .452 .588 1.041  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   187 126 35 98 174   .253 .341 .482 .823
vs LH   190 93 31 112 139   .235 .328 .411 .739
Home 14 8 .636 96 17 0 0 5 212.0 172 102 35 100 167 4.33 .219 .308 .408 .716
Away 8 14 .364 94 22 0 0 4 196.6 205 117 31 110 146 5.35 .269 .361 .483 .844
Mar/Apr 4 4 .500 26 10 0 0 1 89.0 71 41 12 39 62 4.15 .215 .298 .385 .683
May 7 1 .875 27 9 0 0 2 70.3 73 46 17 34 45 5.89 .272 .354 .567 .921
June 3 3 .500 21 4 0 0 2 44.3 39 20 6 24 38 4.06 .238 .335 .402 .738
July 1 4 .200 28 4 0 0 3 48.3 37 20 5 22 36 3.73 .203 .289 .330 .619
August 3 4 .429 45 6 0 0 1 78.7 72 42 12 45 60 4.81 .243 .343 .436 .779
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 43 6 0 0 0 78.0 85 50 14 46 72 5.77 .278 .372 .503 .875
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 25 CHI JL 31 44 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .182 .200 .205 .405 1.2 0.0
1982 26 CHI JL 43 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 -0.8 0.0
1983 27 CHI JL 63 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1984 28 CHI JL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1987 31 CHI JL 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
1988 32 CHI JL 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
6 Years Sim 190 74 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .135 .158 .162 .320 0.2 0.3
162 Game Average 63 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 27 .135 .158 .162 .320 0.2  
Career Highs 63 44 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   49 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .102 .120 .122 .242 -1.2
vs LH   25 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .200 .231 .240 .471 1.1
Home 96 37 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .189 .189 .243 .432 1.1
Away 93 37 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .081 .128 .081 .209 -1.1
RISP   19 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.3
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.0
May 21 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .222 .472 1.0
June 18 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
July 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
August 29 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Sep/Oct 33 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 25 CHI JL P 31 31 164.0 6 16 1 1 .957 1.21    
1982 26 CHI JL P 43 7 91.3 4 12 1 1 .941 1.58    
1983 27 CHI JL P 63 0 72.0 9 11 0 1 1.000 2.50    
1984 28 CHI JL P 11 1 16.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1987 31 CHI JL P 3 0 6.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1988 32 CHI JL P 39 0 58.7 5 8 1 0 .929 1.99    
Career Totals   190 39 408.7 26 51 3 3 .963 1.70    
Career Highs   63 31 164.0 9 16 1 1 1.000 2.84    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1981-4-30
 Walks Allowed
1981-5-85
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1981-10-7.2
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Eric Ezell (974)
  2. Stefan Barkley (970)
  3. Joe Cowley (967)
  4. Mark Williams (965)
  5. Ron Romanick (964)
  6. Roger Wilson (963)
  7. Jim Myhre (963)
  8. Otto Tusing (962)
  9. Lazaro Ruvalcaba (962)
  10. David Cone (962)
History
Drafted in 39th round, 932nd overall pick, by California in 1973
Injured on 4/10/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Drafted in 2nd round, 47th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1974
Injured on 7/16/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/22/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Traded from New Orleans to Buffalo on 2/3/1979 (Going to BUF: P P. Fernandez, P B. Hilderbrand, P G. Kemper. Going to NO: P V. Fowler)
Traded from Buffalo to Chicago on 6/1/1980 (Going to BUF: LF J. Grothe, P L. Jethroe. Going to CHI: P B. Hilderbrand, 1B F. Monarrez)
Injured on 8/14/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/4/1981
Had first career hit on 5/9/1981, off Francis Szabo (BAL)
 
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