Dave Hillman

Darius Dutton "Dave" Hillman (born September 14, 1927) is an American former professional baseball player, a pitcher who 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.

Dave Hillman
Pitcher
Born: (1927-09-14) September 14, 1927
Dungannon, Virginia
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 30, 1955, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
June 22, 1962, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Win–loss record21–37
Earned run average3.87
Strikeouts296
Innings pitched624
Teams

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 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.[1]

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 posted his only big-league shutout against Harvey Haddix and the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3–0, giving up two hits, walking one and striking out two.[2] 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 trading permitted by a change in both leagues' rules.[3]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN195709142.shtml
  2. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0". www.retrosheet.org.
  3. "Cubs Swap 2 For Gernert", San Antonio Express and News, November 22, 1959, p C-7
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