Billy Hoeft career saves
33Career Regular Season
Billy Hoeft has recorded 33 saves over 15 regular seasons.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  DET | 34 | 2 | 7 | 4.32 | 125.0 | 67 | 63 | 1.49 | 4 |
| 1953 | DET | 29 | 9 | 14 | 4.83 | 197.2 | 90 | 58 | 1.42 | 2 |
| 1954 | DET | 34 | 7 | 15 | 4.58 | 175.0 | 114 | 59 | 1.37 | 1 |
| 1955 | DET | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2.99 | 220.0 | 133 | 75 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1956 | DET | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4.06 | 248.0 | 172 | 104 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 1957 | DET | 34 | 9 | 11 | 3.48 | 207.0 | 111 | 69 | 1.24 | 1 |
| 1958 | DET | 36 | 10 | 9 | 4.15 | 143.0 | 94 | 49 | 1.38 | 3 |
| 1959 |  DET/BOS/BAL | 23 | 2 | 5 | 5.59 | 67.2 | 40 | 31 | 1.61 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4.34 | 18.2 | 14 | 14 | 1.71 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2.02 | 138.0 | 100 | 55 | 1.17 | 3 |
| 1962 | BAL | 57 | 4 | 8 | 4.59 | 113.2 | 73 | 43 | 1.28 | 7 |
| 1963 |  SF | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4.44 | 24.1 | 8 | 10 | 1.48 | 4 |
| 1964 |  ATL | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3.80 | 73.1 | 47 | 18 | 1.28 | 4 |
| 1965 |  CHC | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2.81 | 51.1 | 44 | 20 | 1.19 | 1 |
| 1966 | CHC/SF | 40 | 1 | 4 | 4.84 | 44.2 | 33 | 17 | 1.43 | 3 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
- Best season on file: 7 in 1962.
- Most recent: 3 in 1966.
Sum of 15 regular seasons, 1952 through 1966. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 4, 2026.