Shawn Hillegas


Shawn Patrick Hillegas is a former professional right-handed pitcher. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.

Biography

On August 21, 1964, Hillegas was born in Dos Palos, California.
Hillegas was 6'3", 190 pounds and he threw and batted right-handed. He attended Forest Hills High School in Sidman, Pennsylvania and then Middle Georgia College.

Career

Hillegas was drafted by the California Angels in the 26th round of the 1983 draft. He opted not to sign that year, but in 1984 he did sign after being drafted 4th overall in the first round by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He did well in the minors for the most part, having only one real bad stretch: in 1986 with the Albuquerque Dukes, he had a 6.17 ERA in 9 games. His best minor league season statistically was 1984 with the Vero Beach Dodgers, where he had a 1.83 ERA in 13 games.
On August 9, 1987, Hillegas made his major league debut. He lived up to his first round status in his debut-he pitched 8 innings with 6 strikeouts and 2 earned runs for the win. Perhaps his best Major League season was his rookie year-he went 4-3 with a 3.57 ERA in 58 innings pitched.
Overall in his career, he went 24-38, with a 4.61 ERA. He never quite lived up to his 1st round status as a whole. As a batter, he went 2-29-that's a.069 batting average. He committed 9 errors in the field, for a.900 fielding percentage. He balked only once in his career.
He played his final game on July 17, 1993.

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