Shawn Hillegas

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=darkblue
bgcolor2=maroon
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Shawn Hillegas
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1964|8|21|
debutdate=August 9
debutyear=by|1987
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate=July 17
finalyear=by|1993
finalteam=Oakland Athletics
stat1label=ERA
stat1value=4.61
stat2label=Record
stat2value=24-38
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=332
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (1987-1988)
*Chicago White Sox (1988-1990)
*Cleveland Indians (1991)
*New York Yankees (1992)
*Oakland Athletics (1992-1993)
highlights=
*1.74 ERA in minors in 1990.

Shawn Patrick Hillegas (born August 21 1964 in Dos Palos, California) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics.

Biography

Hillegas was 6'3", 190 pounds (although one source says he was 6'2", 208 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 (657th overall) 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 Isotopes, he had a 6.17 ERA in 9 games. His best season was 1984 with the Vero Beach Dodgers-he had a 1.83 ERA in 13 games.On August 9, by|1987, Hillegas made his major league debut. He lived up to his first round status in his debut-he pitched 8 2/3 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.

The teammates Hillegas played the most time with were Jeff Hamilton, Tracy Woodson and Jose Gonzalez-he played five professional seasons with each.

Statistically, Jorge Sosa is most similar to Hillegas.

He played his final game on July 17, by|1993.

Major transactions

*On August 30, by|1988, Hillegas was traded to the White Sox from the Dodgers for Ricky Horton.
*On December 4, by|1990, Hillegas was traded with Eric King from the White Sox to the Indians for Cory Snyder and minor leaguer Lindsay Foster.

Other information

*He wore these numbers in his career:
**1987-'90, 1992-'93: 57
**1988: 45
**1991: 38
**1992: 36

*Hillegas currently lives in Washington.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=h/hillesh01