American baseball player (1927?2022)
Baseball player
Dave Hillman
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1927-09-14
)
September 14, 1927
Dungannon, Virginia
, U.S.
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Died:
November 20, 2022
(2022-11-20)
(aged 95)
Kingsport, Tennessee
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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April 30, 1955, for the Chicago Cubs
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June 22, 1962, for the New York Mets
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Win?loss record
| 21?37
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Earned run average
| 3.87
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Strikeouts
| 296
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Darius Dutton Hillman
(September 14, 1927 ? November 20, 2022) was an American
professional baseball
player. A
pitcher
, he played in
Major League Baseball
between the 1955 and 1962 seasons. Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and 168 pounds (76 kg), he batted and threw
right-handed
. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving former
Cincinnati Reds
player
[1]
and he was the oldest living member of the 1962
New York Mets
.
[2]
Pro baseball career
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Hillman entered the majors in 1955 with the
Chicago Cubs
, playing for them five years before joining the
Boston Red Sox
(1960?61),
Cincinnati Reds
(1962) and
New York Mets
(1962). In 1956 he had a 21?7
record
with a 3.38
earned run average
while playing most of the season for the
PCL
Los Angeles Angels
. On September 14, 1957, in the second game of a double-header against the
Pittsburgh Pirates
, Hillman pitched to Cub catcher
Jim Fanning
, playing on their shared 30th birthdays.
[3]
In 1959 with the Cubs, he posted career-numbers in
appearances
(39),
wins
(8),
starts
(24),
complete games
(4),
strikeouts
(88), and
innings pitched
(191). On May 6, 1959, at
Forbes Field
, he threw his only big-league
shutout
against
Harvey Haddix
and the
Pittsburgh Pirates
, 3?0, giving up two hits, walking one and striking out two.
[4]
Strictly a reliever for the 1961 Red Sox, he went 3?2 with a 2.77 ERA in 78 innings and 28 games.
In an eight-season career, Hillman posted a 21?37 record with 296 strikeouts and a 3.87 ERA in 188
games pitched
, including 64 starts, eight
complete games
, one shutout, 42
games finished
, three
saves
, 185
walks
, and 624 innings pitched. Along with his Cubs teammate
Jim Marshall
, Hillman was part of the first inter-league trade without
waivers
in MLB history, when he went to the
Boston Red Sox
in return for
Dick Gernert
. The November 21, 1959, transaction was the first during a three-week period of unrestricted trading permitted by a change in both leagues' rules.
[5]
Personal life and death
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Hillman retired after many years of working in a clothing store
[6]
and lived in
Kingsport, Tennessee
.
[7]
He died on November 20, 2022, at the age of 95.
[8]
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