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Historical player · 1965–1980

John Hiller

B/T R/L · HT 73 · WT 185 · Born 4/8/1943 · From Toronto, ON CAN · Debut 1965-09-06 · Final 1980-05-27

Career · batting

546

101

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.109 · 0.254

Career · pitching

545

1,242.0

W-L

87-76

125

1,036

ERA

2.83

WHIP

1.27

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1965–1980

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Hits

#771 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Ayers

↓ 1 C. Wise

RBI

#776 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. Branca

↓ 1 G. Zuverink

Runs

#902 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Ayers

↓ 1 G. Archie

#784 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Archer

↓ 1 D. Allen

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#11,619 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Adams

↓ 1 W. Young

RBI

#11,452 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abadie

↓ 1 E. Zosky

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	Tigers	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1966	Tigers	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1967	Tigers	AL	23	15	0	2	0	2	1	5	0.133	0.188	0.133
1968	Tigers	AL	39	37	1	3	0	2	0	14	0.081	0.081	0.081
1969	Tigers	AL	41	21	1	6	1	0	1	3	0.286	0.318	0.333
1970	Tigers	AL	47	23	0	0	0	0	1	9	0.000	0.042	0.000
1972	Tigers	AL	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
1973	Tigers	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Tigers	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Tigers	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Tigers	AL	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1977	Tigers	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Tigers	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Tigers	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Tigers	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			546	101	2	11	1	4	3	34	0.109	0.135	0.119

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1965	Tigers	AL	0	0	5	0	1	6.0	5	0	1	4	0.00	1.00
1966	Tigers	AL	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	9.00	2.00
1967	Tigers	AL	4	3	23	6	3	65.0	57	19	9	49	2.63	1.02
1968	Tigers	AL	9	6	39	12	2	128.0	92	34	51	78	2.39	1.12
1969	Tigers	AL	4	4	40	8	4	99.3	97	44	44	74	3.99	1.42
1970	Tigers	AL	6	6	47	5	3	104.0	82	35	46	89	3.03	1.23
1972	Tigers	AL	1	2	24	3	3	44.3	39	10	13	26	2.03	1.17
1973	Tigers	AL	10	5	65	0	38	125.3	89	20	39	124	1.44	1.02
1974	Tigers	AL	17	14	59	0	13	150.0	127	44	62	134	2.64	1.26
1975	Tigers	AL	2	3	36	0	14	70.7	52	17	36	87	2.17	1.25
1976	Tigers	AL	12	8	56	1	13	121.0	93	32	67	117	2.38	1.32
1977	Tigers	AL	8	14	45	8	7	124.0	120	49	61	115	3.56	1.46
1978	Tigers	AL	9	4	51	0	15	92.3	64	24	35	74	2.34	1.07
1979	Tigers	AL	4	7	43	0	9	79.3	83	46	55	46	5.22	1.74
1980	Tigers	AL	1	0	11	0	0	30.7	38	15	14	18	4.40	1.70
Career			87	76	545	43	125	1,242.0	1,040	391	535	1,036	2.83	1.27

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	545	43	1,241.7	45	136	8	5

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1986	BBWAA	11	319	Ballot