Dave Hillman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1927
Place of Birth: Dungannon, Virginia, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dave Hillman
- Darius Dutton "Dave" Hillman (born September 14, 1927) is an American former professional baseball player, a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between the 1955 and 1962 seasons.
- Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and 168 pounds (76 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
- Hillman entered the majors in 1955 with the Chicago Cubs, playing for them five years before joining the Boston Red Sox (1960–61), Cincinnati Reds (1962) and New York Mets (1962).
- In 1956 had a 21–7 record with a 3.38 earned run average while playing most of the season for the PCL Los Angeles Angels.
- On September 14, 1957, in the second game of a double-header against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Hillman pitched to Cub catcher Jim Fanning, playing on their shared 30th birthdays.In 1959 with the Cubs, he posted career-numbers in appearances (39), wins (8), starts (24), complete games (4), strikeouts (88), and innings pitched (191).
- On May 6, 1959, at Forbes Field, he posted his only big-league shutout against Harvey Haddix and the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3–0, giving up two hits, walking one and striking out two.
- Strictly a reliever for the 1961 Red Sox, he went 3–2 with a 2.77 ERA in 78 innings and 28 games. In an eight-season career, Hillman posted a 21–37 record with 296 strikeouts and a 3.87 ERA in 188 games pitched, including 64 starts, eight complete games, one shutout, 42 games finished, three saves, 185 walks, and 624 innings pitched.
- Along with his Cubs teammate Jim Marshall, Hillman was part of the first inter-league trade without waivers in MLB history, when he went to the Boston Red Sox in return for Dick Gernert.
- The November 21, 1959, transaction was the first during a three-week period of trading permitted by a change in both leagues' rules.
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