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Oral Hildebrand

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: April 7, 1907 in Indianapolis, IN us

Died: September 8, 1977 in Southport, IN

Buried: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, IN

School: Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)

Debut: September 8, 1931 (Age 24-154d, 7,264th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: July 28, 1940 (Age 33-112d)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Oral Clyde Hildebrand

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.7

ERA

4.35

258

182

1430.2

527

WHIP

1.477

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-6 / in Starts: 11-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 1

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	225	3	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.86	2.88	27	8	12	4	4	3	57			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.048	2.80	-0.09%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	226	8	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-2)	7	8.0	11	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.60	3.33	39	7	13	0	2	11	46			0	1	0	32	1	0	2	0	1	0	1.80	-0.065	6.13	-0.13%	1.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	227	25	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	19	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.27	3.68	29	10	9	1	3	5	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.183	5.12	0.58%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	228	30	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	7	2	0	0	2.32	3.92	37	14	8	0	1	6	70			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.791	8.85	2.34%	5.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	229	36	May 30(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	5-6		3	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	3.85	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.86	0.128	11.58	0.48%	0.94	5b --- 1 out a1	6b 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	230	42	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-3)	6	5.2	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	3.29	3.90	29	9	8	0	2	9	24			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.220	5.84	-0.48%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d2
7	231	52	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	W(3-3)	12	9.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	0	3.61	4.41	34	11	13	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.40	0.187	1.26	0.36%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	232	58	Jun 25(2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-2	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.36	4.37	34	12	15	1	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.170	1.46	0.18%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
9	233	64	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG(7)	W(5-3)	4	7.0	4	2	2	7	2	0	0	3.27	4.44	31	7	11	0	0	4	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.140	.66	0.11%	1.80	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	234	72	Jul 8(1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	GS-4	L(5-4)	7	4.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.48	4.39	21	5	7	0	1	6	33			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.099	3.24	-0.19%	-0.67	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
11	235	83	Jul 18(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-9	W(6-4)	9	8.0	3	3	2	1	4	1	0	3.35	4.31	30	8	14	0	0	3	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	0.242	2.73	0.40%	1.81	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out a1
12	236	90	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(7-4)	9	9.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.09	4.26	32	14	11	2	0	4	76			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.572	2.68	0.83%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	237	96	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-5	W(8-4)	6	5.0	4	3	3	0	6	2	0	3.22	4.33	19	1	8	0	0	4	53			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.042	1.69	-0.06%	-0.08	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	238	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	8-GF	S(1)	4	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.25	4.27	10	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.014	.41	0.02%	0.09	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
15	239	104	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,18-4	GS-3		2	2.2	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.54	4.41	16	3	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.05	-0.162	3.04	-0.28%	-3.11	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out a3
16	240	111	Aug 20(1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	7-GF		7	3.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.43	4.37	12	0	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.058	.53	0.07%	1.75	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	241	127	Sep 3(2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,5-5	7-GF(7)		13	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	4.35	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.097	.19	0.01%	0.61	7b --- 0 out tie	7b end tie
18	242	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.26	4.27	15	4	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.200	.00	0.00%	2.33	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
19	243	138	Sep 14	NYY		DET	L,1-6	3-GF		6	6.2	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.06	4.04	22	3	8	0	0	4		1	0	1	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.055	.00	0.00%	4.25	3t -2- 1 out d6	9t end d 6
20	244	144	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.92	34	12	12	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.394	.00	0.00%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	245	149	Sep 28(1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(10-4)	8	9.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	1	3.06	3.93	34	5	18	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.229	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							14-6		W-L:10-4,Sv:2	5.6	126.2	102	44	43	41	50	11	1	3.06	3.93	516	0.75		2%	4%	98	55	1	0%	5	4	0	466	16	2	2	9	4	9	1.00	2.824	2.90	4.13%	30.88

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