Chuck Hiller Trades and Transactions

The Chuck Hiller trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Chuck Hiller has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I've never met a better communicator and teacher. He just loved to instruct young players. Even in retirement he always came down to Spring Training and had such a passion for working with our young players." - New York Mets' Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Jim Duquette in the San Franciso Chronicle (October 21, 2004)

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Chuck Hiller

Chuck Hiller Autograph on a 1966 Topps (#154)

Chuck Hiller Autograph on a 1966 Topps (#154)
 

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Birth Name:   Charles Joseph Hiller
Nickname:   Iron Hands
Born On:   10-01-1934  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Johnsburg, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-20-2004
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Pete Beach, Florida
Cemetery:   Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Clearwater, Florida
High School:   McHenry High School (McHenry, IL)
College:   University of St. Thomas
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-11-1961 (Age 26)
Last Game:   06-02-1968
Draft:   Not Applicable
Chuck Hiller

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1957: Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians.
12-02-1958: Selected by San Francisco Giants from Cleveland Indians in the minor league draft.
05-12-1965: Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Mets.
07-11-1967: Traded by New York Mets to Philadelphia Phillies for Phil Linz.
11-28-1967: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Chuck Hiller trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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