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John Hiller played 15 major-league seasons (1965-1980) as a P (545). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 6 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 24 | DET | 23 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .321 | -1 |
| 1968 | 25 | DET | 39 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .081 | .162 | -49 |
| 1969 | 26 | DET | 41 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .652 | 89 |
| 1970 | 27 | DET | 47 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .042 | -87 |
| 1972 | 29 | DET | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1976 | 33 | DET | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 22 | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| 1966 | 23 | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 38 |
| 1967 | 24 | DET | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 49 | 9 | 2.63 | 123 |
| 1968 | 25 | DET | 39 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 128 | 78 | 51 | 2.39 | 125 |
| 1969 | 26 | DET | 40 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 99.1 | 74 | 44 | 3.99 | 91 |
| 1970 | 27 | DET | 47 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 104 | 89 | 46 | 3.03 | 123 |
| 1972 | 29 | DET | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44.1 | 26 | 13 | 2.03 | 151 |
| 1973 | 30 | DET | 65 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 125.1 | 124 | 39 | 1.44 | 266 |
| 1974 | 31 | DET | 59 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 150 | 134 | 62 | 2.64 | 137 |
| 1975 | 32 | DET | 36 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 70.2 | 87 | 36 | 2.17 | 174 |
| 1976 | 33 | DET | 56 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 121 | 117 | 67 | 2.38 | 148 |
| 1977 | 34 | DET | 45 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 124 | 115 | 61 | 3.56 | 114 |
| 1978 | 35 | DET | 51 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 92.1 | 74 | 35 | 2.34 | 161 |
| 1979 | 36 | DET | 43 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 79.1 | 46 | 55 | 5.22 | 81 |
| 1980 | 37 | DET | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 18 | 14 | 4.40 | 92 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | P | 23 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | P | 39 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | P | 40 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | P | 47 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | P | 24 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | P | 65 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | P | 59 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 36 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 56 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | P | 45 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | P | 51 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 43 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1974, 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 6 / 120 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 83 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
John Hiller ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #68 | closers | 1973 | 266 ERA+ |
| #83 | relief pitchers | 1973 | 266 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.