P Don Hillshire #19
Age: 46 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
P DON HILLSHIRE #19 - AGE: 46 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/24/1928
Born in:Springfield, IL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:11 Years, 139 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:14 Years, 30 Days
Pro Service:21 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1951, 9th Pick in Round 1
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1955 San Francisco - FABL 27 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.00 .000 16.64 -0.1 48
1956 San Francisco - FABL 28 2 0 1 0 0 0.00 5.1 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0.75 .167 1.47 0.2 999
1957 San Francisco - FABL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1.00 .143 3.44 0.0 999
1958 Pittsburgh - FABL 30 18 0 2 1 1 3.97 22.2 27 12 10 3 4 7 0 0 1.37 .300 4.46 -0.0 104
1962 Minneapolis - FABL 34 30 30 9 11 0 4.95 180.0 212 120 99 23 68 102 0 0 1.56 .314 4.86 1.8 92
1963 Minneapolis - FABL 35 31 31 7 14 0 4.74 184.1 212 115 97 19 61 113 0 0 1.48 .315 4.15 2.5 88
1964 Philadelphia - FABL 36 27 21 7 10 0 4.47 143.0 146 79 71 20 51 69 2 0 1.38 .270 4.70 -0.2 81
1965 Philadelphia - FABL 37 47 0 6 5 7 2.09 69.0 65 18 16 6 17 47 0 0 1.19 .278 2.91 1.0 179
1966 Philadelphia - FABL 38 29 29 12 8 0 3.85 196.1 190 94 84 22 52 119 2 0 1.23 .275 3.75 2.8 98
1967 Philadelphia - FABL 39 39 22 9 8 7 2.86 185.2 168 65 59 17 35 125 2 1 1.09 .270 3.03 2.8 115
1968 Chicago - FABL 40 24 24 11 8 0 2.84 180.2 160 64 57 15 41 84 4 1 1.11 .246 3.54 1.7 114
1969 Chicago - FABL 41 34 34 15 10 0 2.87 254.0 207 88 81 23 61 152 11 2 1.06 .238 3.57 4.8 138
1970 Chicago - FABL 42 33 33 10 12 0 4.01 237.2 217 115 106 31 66 147 6 4 1.19 .256 4.82 2.5 114
1971 Milwaukee - FABL 43 31 31 7 14 0 4.56 193.1 218 111 98 23 50 101 2 0 1.39 .299 3.86 2.0 79
1972 Los Angeles - FABL 44 35 13 1 7 3 5.08 108.0 121 61 61 17 24 66 1 0 1.34 .300 4.39 -0.1 71
Total FABL 382 268 97 108 19 3.85 1964.0 1947 943 840 220 535 1141 30 8 1.26 .276 4.00 21.6 101
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1951 Matanzas - DL 23 11 11 3 4 0 5.59 74.0 89 48 46 11 32 44 3 0 1.64 .317 4.93 0.9 85
1951 San Francisco - AAA 23 16 16 7 7 0 3.95 125.1 137 57 55 12 45 56 7 1 1.45 .297 4.17 1.1 97
1952 Peoria - A 24 9 9 4 4 0 1.94 65.0 57 18 14 1 26 56 0 0 1.28 .308 2.11 2.3 169
1952 El Paso - AA 24 21 21 13 3 0 3.38 125.1 129 50 47 9 41 76 0 0 1.36 .302 3.22 3.3 125
1953 Peoria - A 25 18 18 7 5 0 4.15 123.2 120 63 57 10 52 68 1 1 1.39 .279 4.28 1.3 94
1953 El Paso - AA 25 15 15 8 3 0 5.00 77.1 80 45 43 9 37 49 0 0 1.51 .287 4.31 1.0 86
1954 El Paso - AA 26 33 33 11 10 0 4.84 165.2 199 103 89 20 62 100 0 0 1.58 .319 4.49 2.7 99
1955 El Paso - AA 27 26 26 12 9 0 3.25 157.2 143 61 57 11 55 87 1 0 1.26 .268 3.59 4.0 142
1955 Sacramneto - AAA 27 2 2 1 1 0 8.71 10.1 14 10 10 1 8 6 0 0 2.13 .351 5.55 -0.0 49
1956 Sacramneto - AAA 28 26 26 9 11 0 4.45 176.0 200 98 87 20 58 97 4 1 1.47 .308 4.10 3.2 101
1957 Sacramneto - AAA 29 27 27 7 16 0 4.69 178.1 183 102 93 28 65 85 2 0 1.39 .271 4.74 1.2 89
1958 Sacramneto - AAA 30 18 18 8 7 0 3.37 133.2 128 58 50 9 46 80 4 0 1.30 .281 2.98 3.6 116
1959 St. Paul - AAA 31 30 30 12 13 0 2.93 196.1 168 79 64 13 68 117 1 1 1.20 .256 3.05 4.5 126
1960 St. Paul - AAA 32 30 30 8 12 0 4.70 166.2 173 90 87 18 65 109 0 0 1.43 .296 3.56 2.8 79
1961 St. Paul - AAA 33 30 30 12 9 0 3.37 163.0 146 71 61 15 58 66 0 0 1.25 .245 3.97 2.3 117
Total GWL 179 179 64 76 0 3.97 1149.2 1149 565 507 116 413 616 18 3 1.36 .279 3.81 100.2
Total HL 27 27 11 9 0 3.39 188.2 177 81 71 11 78 124 1 1 1.35 .288 3.53 110.9
Total LSA 95 95 44 25 0 4.04 526.0 551 259 236 49 195 312 1 0 1.42 .295 3.89 112.1
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1965 Philadelphia - FABL 37 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.1 4 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 1.09 .200 2.84 0.1 999
1970 Chicago - FABL 42 3 3 2 1 0 4.43 20.1 27 10 10 2 3 15 0 0 1.48 .373 3.70 0.5 103
Total FABL 7 3 2 1 0 3.25 27.2 31 10 10 2 7 21 0 0 1.37 .333 3.47 140.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1951 San Francisco - AAA P 16 16 8 14 0 22 0 1.000 125.1 1.58 +1.9 1.786
1951 Matanzas - DL P 11 11 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 74.0 0.85 -0.2 .928
1952 El Paso - AA P 21 21 5 10 2 15 0 1.000 125.1 1.08 -1.0 .988
1952 Peoria - A P 9 9 8 7 0 15 0 1.000 65.0 2.08 +0.6 1.301
1953 El Paso - AA P 15 15 9 5 0 14 0 1.000 77.1 1.63 +0.1 1.144
1953 Peoria - A P 18 18 4 13 3 17 0 1.000 123.2 1.24 +1.0 1.057
1954 El Paso - AA P 33 33 13 15 1 28 0 1.000 165.2 1.52 -0.7 .984
1955 San Francisco - MLB P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Sacramneto - AAA P 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 10.1 2.61 -0.5 .987
1955 El Paso - AA P 26 26 11 13 0 24 0 1.000 157.2 1.37 +0.8 1.119
1956 San Francisco - MLB P 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.0 .986
1956 Sacramneto - AAA P 26 26 9 14 0 25 2 .920 176.0 1.18 -2.0 .859
1957 San Francisco - MLB P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Sacramneto - AAA P 27 27 6 21 0 27 0 1.000 178.1 1.36 +1.0 1.073
1958 Pittsburgh - MLB P 18 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 22.2 0.79 +1.0 .975
1958 Sacramneto - AAA P 18 18 7 12 1 20 1 .950 133.2 1.28 -0.2 .948
1959 St. Paul - AAA P 30 30 9 18 0 29 2 .931 196.1 1.24 +1.5 1.009
1960 St. Paul - AAA P 30 30 6 20 0 26 0 1.000 166.2 1.40 -1.2 .951
1961 St. Paul - AAA P 30 30 8 17 2 25 0 1.000 163.0 1.38 +1.0 1.235
1962 Minneapolis - MLB P 30 30 11 13 0 26 2 .923 180.0 1.20 -2.2 .843
1963 Minneapolis - MLB P 31 31 9 12 0 22 1 .955 184.1 1.03 +0.3 .981
1964 Philadelphia - MLB P 27 21 14 13 1 28 1 .964 143.0 1.70 -0.4 .962
1965 Philadelphia - MLB P 47 0 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 69.0 1.43 +0.0 1.197
1966 Philadelphia - MLB P 29 29 5 23 1 30 2 .933 196.1 1.28 -0.8 .820
1967 Philadelphia - MLB P 38 22 8 16 2 25 1 .960 185.2 1.16 +1.5 1.133
1968 Chicago - MLB P 24 24 7 19 0 27 1 .963 180.2 1.30 -0.9 1.017
1969 Chicago - MLB P 34 34 12 25 1 38 1 .974 254.0 1.31 +2.3 1.124
1970 Chicago - MLB P 33 33 11 14 0 25 0 1.000 237.2 0.95 +2.8 1.104
1971 Milwaukee - MLB P 31 31 8 23 0 32 1 .969 193.1 1.44 +1.1 .908
1972 Los Angeles - MLB P 35 13 4 10 0 15 1 .933 108.0 1.17 -0.4 .825
TOTAL P 693 580 202 361 14 579 16 .972 3902.1 1.30 +6.3 1.021
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Sailors, out of high school Buckeye College (Buckeye College; Urbana, OH).
07/02/1951 Signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Sailors organization with a signing bonus of $8,815.
07/08/1951 Named the #92 prospect in the FABL
08/16/1951 Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Seattle Thunderbirds with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
11/20/1951 Named to the 1951 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
04/15/1952 Named the #88 prospect in the FABL
09/22/1952 Wins the 1952 Championship with the El Paso Missions!
08/13/1953 Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Davenport Dusters with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
09/07/1953 Wins the LSA Player of the Week Award.
09/21/1953 Wins the 1953 Championship with the El Paso Missions!
02/28/1956 Successfully completed training to work on his bunting at the San Francisco Sailors development complex.
08/06/1956 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the San Diego Conquistadors with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
03/11/1958 Unsuccessfully completed training to add a pitch to his arsenal at the San Francisco Sailors development complex.
07/24/1958 Was traded by the San Francisco Sailors to the Pittsburgh Miners in exchange for 3B Wes Murray and 2B Bob Gellatly.
03/10/1959 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his secondary pitch at the Pittsburgh Miners development complex.
06/26/1959 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Denver Bruins with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
05/22/1961 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 3 days.
01/02/1962 Drafted in the 1961 expansion draft from the Pittsburgh Miners by the Minneapolis Millers. (Round 35, Pick 4, 140th overall pick).
07/16/1962 Injured (sore shoulder),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/23/1962 Was selected to the 1962 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 2; Movement: 3; Control: 3.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 2; Movement: 3; Control: 3.
10/23/1963 Was traded by the Minneapolis Millers to the Philadelphia Keystones, along with $15,600, in exchange for SP Glenn Russell and SP Buddy Adams.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 3; Movement: 3; Control: 3.
10/15/1965 Wins the 1965 World Championship Series with the Philadelphia Keystones.
09/04/1966 Injured (forearm stiffness),out for 5 days.
09/22/1966 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/30/1967 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the St. Louis Pioneers with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
04/22/1968 Was claimed off waivers by Chicago while with Philadelphia.
05/08/1968 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Minutemen with 0 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
08/19/1968 Injured (strained forearm),out for 3 months.
04/10/1969 Successfully completed training to work on his bunting at the Chicago Chiefs development complex.
05/22/1969 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Keystones with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
07/15/1969 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the St. Louis Pioneers with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
09/21/1969 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days.
03/21/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to make one of his poorer pitches more usable at the Chicago Chiefs development complex.
04/10/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to work on his bunting at the Chicago Chiefs development complex.
04/25/1970 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Keystones with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
05/11/1970 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
07/17/1970 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Los Angeles Suns with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
07/21/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
08/18/1970 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Detroit Dynamos with 9 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
04/19/1971 Released by the Chicago Chiefs.
04/22/1971 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $28,600 with the Milwaukee Arrows organization.
10/24/1971 Was traded by the Milwaukee Arrows to the Los Angeles Suns in exchange for LF Tom Lucas.
09/13/1972 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
10/21/1972 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1951 11 3
1969 34 6
Year W Rank
1969 15 6
Year L Rank
1963 14 10
1971 14 10
Year Win. % Rank
1966 .600 9
Year HLD Rank
1965 5 7
Year IP Rank
1969 254.0 4
1970 237.2 6
Year BF Rank
1969 1021 5
1970 989 10
Year HRA Rank
1951 11 6
1966 22 7
1969 23 8
1970 31 1
Year ERA Rank
1969 2.87 7
Year BABIP Rank
1968 .246 2
1969 .238 1
1970 .256 2
Year WHIP Rank
1967 1.09 10
1969 1.06 2
1970 1.19 5
Year K/BB Rank
1951 1.38 9
1967 3.57 4
1969 2.49 7
Year RA/9 Rank
1967 10.03 9
1969 9.60 1
1970 11.10 5
Year H/9 Rank
1969 7.33 5
Year BB/9 Rank
1951 3.89 5
1967 1.70 3
1968 2.04 8
1969 2.16 3
1970 2.50 7
1971 2.33 9
Year QS Rank
1951 5 7
1969 25 1
Year QSP Rank
1951 .455 8
1969 .735 3
Year CG Rank
1951 3 10
1969 11 2
1970 6 4
Year CGP Rank
1968 .167 9
1969 .324 3
1970 .182 4
Year SHO Rank
1969 2 6
1970 4 1
Year WAR Rank
1969 4.8 8
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