Guy Hecker

Full Name: Guy Jackson Hecker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb

Team: Boston Beaneaters

Born: April 3, 1856 in Youngsville, PA

Died: December 3, 1938 in Wooster, OH

League Debut: March 30, 1885 (BSN @ NYG, box score) • Age 29

Real-life MLB career: 1882–1890 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

★ 1× All-Star (1885)

1886

Career

WAR

4.4

9.4

ERA

2.51

3.43

117

116

237.0

862.3

155

WHIP

1.240

1.266

Standard Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WAR
1885	BSN	NL	38	22	3.79	83	82	32	2	625.3	701	409	263	97	134	1.28	5.0
1886	BSN	NL	14	13	2.51	34	34	2	1	237.0	219	120	66	75	21	1.24	4.4
Career		—	52	35	3.43	117	116	34	3	862.3	920	529	329	172	155	1.27	9.4

Bold season stats indicate the player led their league (AA or NL) that season. Bold italic season stats indicate the player led both major leagues that season. See how WAR is calculated on this site.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1885	29	BSN	NL	83	272	268	45	79	6	1	2	48	3	4	2	11	.295	.305	.347	.652	91	93		2				P	AS,CH-5
1886	30	BSN	NL	34	113	101	16	46	6	0	1	16	0	1	11	4	.455	.513	.545	1.058	213	55	1	1	0	0	6	P
2 Yrs				117	385	369	61	125	12	1	3	64	3	5	13	15	.339	.366	.401	.767	127	148	1	3	0	0	6

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos	Awards
1885	29	BSN	NL	272	-5.4	-2.8	19.5	11.3	1.0	9.3	20.6	1.8	1.8	1.7	P	AS,CH-5
1886	30	BSN	NL	113	14.7	-0.4	1.3	15.6	1.4	3.9	19.4	1.7	1.7	0.1	P
2 Yrs				385	9.3	-3.2	20.8	26.9	2.4	13.2	40.0	3.5	3.5	1.8

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	29	BSN	NL	272	.302	.052	0.7	4.0	0.7	3.3	11.4			42.9
1886	30	BSN	NL	113	.469	.089	0.9	3.5	9.7	6.2	15.2	2.00	66.7	0.0	3.09	28.0	.513	17	1.2
2 Yrs				385	.348	.062	0.8	3.9	3.4	4.2	12.8	2.00	66.7	37.5	0.91	28.0			1.2

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	16	51	45	9	25	4	0	10	1	5	1	.556	.608	.644	1.252	.568
1886	Away	18	62	56	7	21	2	1	6	0	6	3	.375	.435	.464	.900	.385
1886	vs LH Starter	14	28	25	0	9	1	0	0	0	3	0	.360	.429	.400	.829	.360
1886	vs RH Starter	28	84	76	0	37	5	1	0	0	8	4	.487	.536	.592	1.128	.507

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Postseason Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1885	BSN	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	0.250	0.286	0.536
Postseason Career		3	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	0.250	0.286	0.536

Postseason Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1885	BSN	1	2	5.91	3	3	0	0	0	21.3	25	16	14	1	0	1.22
Postseason Career		1	2	5.91	3	3	0	0	0	21.3	25	16	14	1	0	1.22

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P
1885	29	BSN	NL	83	82	83	83	83
1886	30	BSN	NL	34	34	34	34	34
2 Yrs				117	116	117	117	117

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	+Plays	SB	CS
1885	29	BSN	NL	P	83	625.3	76	23	47	6	.921	.889	1.01	1.01	0.84	1	390	85
1886	30	BSN	NL	P	34	237.0	23	12	10	1	.957	.909	0.84	0.95	0.65	0	21	19
Career				P	117	862.3	99	35	57	7	.929		0.96		0.79	1	411	104

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

Awards & Honors

1885 NL All-Star (SP)
1885 NL Champion Hurler Award — 5th place

WAR for Position Players

1886 NL 1.7 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers

1885 NL 5.0 (8th)
1886 NL 4.4 (4th)

Earned Run Average

1885 NL 3.79 (10th)
1886 NL 2.51 (4th)

Wins

1885 NL 38 (2nd)
1886 NL 14 (4th)

WHIP

1885 NL 1.276 (8th)
1886 NL 1.241 (4th)

Innings Pitched

1885 NL 625.1 (4th)
1886 NL 237.0 (5th)

Strikeouts

1885 NL 134 (6th)

Complete Games

1885 NL 32 (3rd)
1886 NL 2 (10th)

Shutouts

1885 NL 2 (4th)
1886 NL 1 (4th)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 2.11 by Pittsburgh Alleghenys in the 1885 Draft.
Boston Beaneaters trade Jack Clements, Pick 11.03 in 1885 and the Beaneaters 3rd Round Pick in 1887 to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for Guy Hecker.