Dave Hilton (baseball)

Dave Hilton
Dave Hilton
	Third baseman
	Born: September 15, 1950; Uvalde, Texas
	Died: September 17, 2017 (aged 67); Scottsdale, Arizona
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 10, 1972, for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
	April 27, 1975, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
Batting average	.213
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	33
Teams
	San Diego Padres (1972–1975); Yakult Swallows (1978–1979); Hanshin Tigers (1980);

John David Hilton (September 15, 1950 – September 17, 2017) was a professional baseball player. He was picked in the 1971 Secondary Draft out of Rice University and played four seasons for the San Diego Padres. He also played three seasons in Japan for the Yakult Swallows and Hanshin Tigers. Hilton was primarily a third baseman, but played several games at second base.

Career

Early in the 1975 season, Hilton contracted hepatitis which caused the San Diego Padres to announce he would be out indefinitely.[1]

Hilton is credited by famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami as having inspired him, at the age of 29, to become an author. Murakami had his epiphany as he saw Hilton hit a double, while watching a Yakult Swallows game in Japan.[2]

Hilton died September 17, 2017.[3]

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References

"Padres release veteran Beckert". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 2, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
Murakami, Haruki (2009). What I talk about when I talk about running : a memoir (1st Vintage International ed.). New York: Vintage International. p. 27. ISBN 978-0307389831.
Obert, Richard (September 18, 2017). "Well-respected youth baseball coach Dave Hilton dies". azcentral.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Dave Hilton at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Dave Hilton at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by Julio Gargia	Frederick Keys manager 1997	Succeeded by Tommy Shields

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[1] "Padres release veteran Beckert". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 2, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved September 19, 2017.

[2] Murakami, Haruki (2009). What I talk about when I talk about running : a memoir (1st Vintage International ed.). New York: Vintage International. p. 27. ISBN 978-0307389831.

[3] Obert, Richard (September 18, 2017). "Well-respected youth baseball coach Dave Hilton dies". azcentral.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.