Dave Hill (baseball)

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Dave Burnham Hill
New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: October 16, 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 80)
Lakeland, Florida
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 22, 1957, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 26, 1957, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average27.00
Strikeouts1
Innings pitched2⅓
Teams
  • Kansas City Athletics
    (1957)

David Burnham Hill (November 11, 1937 – October 16, 2018) was an

Kansas City Athletics. Hill attended Northwestern University;[1]
he threw left-handed, batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).

Hill signed with the Athletics in 1957 as a "Bonus Baby", under the

Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra during an 11–4 Kansas City loss.[2] Four days later he was treated roughly by the Boston Red Sox, also in relief, surrendering five runs (including homers to Frank Malzone and Jimmy Piersall) in only one-third of an inning. Boston routed the As, 16–0.[3]

In 2+13 big-league

one.

He played in the Kansas City

farm system from 1958 to 1961, rising to the middle level of the minors, before retiring. After retiring, Hill earned a master's degree from Loyola University and had a successful career in telecommunications. In his final years, he owned and operated Wickwire Art Gallery (Hendersonville, NC) with his wife of over 46 years. He was the father of three children and grandfather of nine. Hill maintained a love for baseball all of his life.[citation needed
]

Hill died peacefully on October 16, 2018, after a brief battle with cancer.

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