Homer Hillebrand Stats

Homer Hillebrand was born on Friday, October 10, 1879, in Freeport, Illinois. Hillebrand was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1905, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Homer Hillebrand baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   Homer Hiller Henry Hillebrand
Nickname:   None
Born On:   10-10-1879  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Freeport, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-20-1974 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Elsinore, California
Cemetery:   Elsinore Valley Cemetery, Lake Elsinore, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Princeton University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   04-24-1905 (Age 25)
Last Game:   04-24-1908
Draft:   Not Applicable

Homer Hillebrand

Homer Hillebrand Pitching Stats

1905 26 Pirates 10 6 4 5 2 .714 2.82 4 0 1 60.2 238 43 19 20 0 19 - 37 0 2 0 -
1906 27 Pirates 7 5 1 3 2 .600 2.21 4 1 0 53.0 213 42 13 19 1 21 - 32 4 1 0 -
1908 29 Pirates 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
3 Years 18 11 6 8 4 .667 2.51 8 1 1 114.2 454 86 32 39 1 40 0 70 4 3 0 -

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Homer Hillebrand Hitting Stats

1905 26 Pirates 39 110 9 26 3 2 0 0 7 6 - - 4 - 1 - .236 .282 .300
1906 27 Pirates 7 21 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 - - 0 - 0 - .238 .273 .286
1908 29 Pirates 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
3 Years 47 131 10 31 4 2 0 0 10 7 0 0 4 0 1 0 .237 .281 .298

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Homer Hillebrand Fielding Stats

1905 Pirates 1B 16 - - 180 11.3 176 170 6 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00
1905 Pirates C 3 - - 9 3.0 8 7 1 1 0 2 - - .889 0.00
1905 Pirates OF 7 - - 13 1.9 11 9 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
1905 Pirates P 10 6 182 15 1.5 15 4 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.23
1906 Pirates P 7 5 159 23 3.3 23 4 19 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.91
1908 Pirates P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals 18 11 344 38 2.1 38 8 30 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.98
1B Totals 16 0 0 180 11.3 176 170 6 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00
OF Totals 7 0 0 13 1.9 11 9 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
C Totals 3 0 0 9 3.0 8 7 1 1 0 2 n/a n/a .889 0.00
3 Years 44 11 344 240 5.5 233 194 39 7 10 2 n/a n/a .971 18.29

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Homer Hillebrand Miscellaneous Stats

1905 Pirates 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 15.7 1.95 5.49 2.82
1906 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.0 1.52 5.43 3.57
1908 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 9.00 0.00
3 Years 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.1 1.75 5.49 3.14

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Homer Hillebrand Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1905 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -

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Being left-handed in baseball, except in rare cases, means exclusion from the position of catcher. This is due in large part to the game's counterclockwise flow. There have only been 28 left-handed throwing players who caught in at least 1 defensive inning. Did you know that Homer Hillebrand is one of those rare left-handed catchers?

Left Handed Catchers

Name Games Caught Fielding %
Jack Clements 1,073 .973
Sam Trott 272 .906
Pop Tate 202 .905
Sy Sutcliffe 186 .887
Bill Harbridge 128 .855
Mike Hines 99 .896
John Humphries 75 .876
Fred Tenney 71 .936
Art Twineham 52 .936
Phil Baker 50 .911
Jiggs Donahue 45 .943
Dave Oldfield 35 .857
Charlie Householder 34 .895
Fergy Malone 21 .780
Jack McMahon 16 .900
Charlie Krehmeyer 12 .864
Joe Wall 7 .903
Benny Distefano 3 1.000
Homer Hillebrand 3 .899
Jim Egan 2 1.000
Dale Long 2 1.000
Mike Squires 2 1.000
Charlie Eden 1 1.000
John Cassidy 1 1.000
John Mullen 1 .714
Lefty Marr 1 .000
Martin Powell 1 .000
Billy Redmond 1 .000

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