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Whitey
Hilcher		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 179
 
Born: February 28, 1909 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 22 CAL AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1932 23 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1933 24 SEM AL   5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1934 25 SEM AL   4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1936 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1937 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1938 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1939 30 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1940 31 BOS AL $ 548,571 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1941 32 BOS AL $ 548,571 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1942 33 BOS AL $ 548,571 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1943 34 BOS AL $ 616,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1944 35 BOS AL $ 450,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 616,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1931 22 CAL AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 24 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 25 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 31 BOS AL $ 548,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 32 BOS AL $ 548,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 33 BOS AL $ 548,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 34 BOS AL $ 616,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 35 BOS AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 616,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1931 22 CAL AL 3 2 .600 27 0 0 0 1 35.0 38 14 4 19 10 3.60 .295 .389 .411 .800 2.9
    AAA   4 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 4 45.0 42 14 2 15 22 2.80 .256 .318 .317 .636  
1932 23 AA   7 5 .583 31 13 0 0 1 105.7 101 36 6 47 85 3.07 .250 .328 .337 .665  
1933 24 AA   5 10 .333 20 20 1 0 0 121.0 123 45 8 43 105 3.35 .264 .326 .386 .712  
1934 25 AA   1 9 .100 30 30 0 0 0 115.0 114 40 4 37 104 3.13 .256 .313 .330 .644  
1935 26 AAA   0 1 .000 7 7 0 0 0 23.0 31 14 4 9 19 5.48 .323 .381 .521 .902  
    AA   1 1 .500 22 22 0 0 0 82.7 70 26 5 31 84 2.83 .223 .293 .315 .608  
1936 27 BOS AL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 1 13.0 13 2 0 4 5 1.38 .265 .321 .327 .647 1.9
    AAA   2 3 .400 13 0 0 0 0 13.3 10 5 1 3 8 3.38 .217 .265 .370 .635  
    AA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 1 16.0 16 4 1 7 14 2.25 .271 .348 .373 .721  
1937 28 BOS AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 5 0 5 0 33.83 .571 .714 .714 1.429 0.0
    AAA   6 1 .857 48 0 0 0 2 63.3 59 27 6 24 39 3.84 .252 .322 .355 .676  
1938 29 BOS AL 2 2 .500 30 0 0 0 2 34.7 44 21 4 19 9 5.45 .312 .389 .482 .871 0.8
1939 30 BOS AL 1 5 .167 47 0 0 0 2 59.3 61 20 3 17 21 3.03 .274 .328 .372 .700 5.0
1940 31 BOS AL 7 9 .438 78 0 0 0 11 84.7 103 52 6 45 38 5.53 .301 .379 .406 .786 3.3
1941 32 BOS AL 9 5 .643 56 0 0 0 6 67.0 67 32 4 41 28 4.30 .266 .369 .385 .754 5.5
1942 33 BOS AL 2 2 .500 34 0 0 0 11 40.0 32 8 1 13 13 1.80 .218 .286 .279 .565 8.7
1943 34 BOS AL 5 5 .500 54 0 0 0 0 77.0 93 51 6 40 22 5.96 .297 .374 .415 .789 2.4
    AAA   2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 7 11.7 8 5 0 7 7 3.86 .200 .319 .300 .619  
1944 35 BOS AL 1 2 .333 73 0 0 0 1 94.7 111 52 11 54 36 4.94 .292 .379 .426 .806 5.5
10 Years Sim 30 33 .476 414 0 0 0 35 506.6 566 257 39 257 182 4.57 .285 .367 .400 .767 36.0
5 Years AAA 14 6 .700 105 7 0 0 13 156.3 150 65 13 58 95 3.74 .259 .326 .369 .695  
5 Years AA 14 25 .359 118 85 1 0 2 440.3 424 151 24 165 392 3.09 .251 .318 .346 .664  
10 Years Minors 28 31 .475 223 92 1 0 15 596.6 574 216 37 223 487 3.26 .253 .320 .352 .672  
Season Average 3 3 .500 41 0 0 0 3 50.7 56 25 3 25 18 4.57 .285 .367 .400 .767  
Career Highs 9 9 .643 78 0 0 0 11 94.7 111 52 11 54 38 33.83 .571 .714 .714 1.429  
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   268 123 17 120 98   .268 .347 .370 .717
vs LH   298 134 22 137 84   .303 .388 .431 .819
Home 16 19 .457 232 0 0 0 13 284.7 331 167 28 164 96 5.28 .294 .384 .440 .824
Away 14 14 .500 182 0 0 0 22 222.0 235 90 11 93 86 3.65 .274 .345 .348 .693
Mar/Apr 3 8 .273 54 0 0 0 1 67.0 69 29 5 22 31 3.90 .265 .323 .388 .711
May 2 2 .500 41 0 0 0 2 47.6 52 16 4 20 17 3.02 .277 .346 .394 .740
June 4 3 .571 75 0 0 0 7 90.6 86 31 5 39 27 3.08 .256 .333 .345 .679
July 10 4 .714 79 0 0 0 4 105.6 113 48 4 55 48 4.09 .274 .360 .347 .707
August 7 8 .467 80 0 0 0 9 96.3 117 60 7 57 26 5.61 .305 .395 .431 .826
Sep/Oct 4 8 .333 85 0 0 0 12 99.3 129 73 14 64 33 6.62 .319 .412 .483 .895
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 22 CAL AL 27 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3
1934 25 AA   6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1936 27 BOS AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1939 30 BOS AL 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1940 31 BOS AL 78 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1941 32 BOS AL 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1942 33 BOS AL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1943 34 BOS AL 54 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0
    AAA   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1944 35 BOS AL 73 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8 0.1
8 Years Sim 381 31 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .226 .219 .258 .477 1.5 0.4
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1 Years AA 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2 Years Minors 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .226 .219 .258 .477 0.6  
Career Highs 78 10 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
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   22 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .136 .130 .182 .312 -0.1
vs LH   9 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .444 .444 .444 .889 1.5
Home 182 21 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .286 .273 .333 .606 1.8
Away 114 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
RISP   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
May 15 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.5
June 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
July 47 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .143 .167 .310 0.0
August 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 39 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1931 22 CAL AL P 27 0 35.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1936 27 BOS AL P 12 0 13.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1937 28 BOS AL P 3 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 29 BOS AL P 30 0 34.7 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1939 30 BOS AL P 47 0 59.3 6 17 1 1 .958 3.49    
1940 31 BOS AL P 78 0 84.7 4 17 0 2 1.000 2.23    
1941 32 BOS AL P 56 0 67.0 7 20 1 2 .964 3.63    
1942 33 BOS AL P 34 0 40.0 6 7 0 1 1.000 2.93    
1943 34 BOS AL P 54 0 77.0 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.22    
1944 35 BOS AL P 73 0 94.7 5 22 1 1 .964 2.57    
Career Totals   414 0 506.6 41 113 3 8 .981 2.74    
Career Highs   78 0 94.7 7 22 1 2 1.000 3.63    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1931 22 CAL AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 1 0 2 0 1.50 .333 .385 .333 .718
1936 27 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 28 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 1 2 3 9.00 .294 .368 .471 .839
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 5 1 4 3 4.36 .310 .370 .381 .751
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1940-7-11
1942-6-11
 Games Pitched
1939-8-47
1940-5-78
1944-9-73
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by California in 1931
Had first career hit on 5/23/1931, off Lum Davenport (NYM)
Earned first career win on 8/1/1931
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 4/16/1932 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 7/17/1932 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/28/1933 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/30/1934 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Released by Seattle (M) on 10/19/1935
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1936 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 4/21/1937 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Injured on 6/17/1938 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/3/1939 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $548,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $548,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $548,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $616,000 per year
Injured on 4/11/1943 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/12/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
 
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