Dave Hilton (baseball)

Dave Hilton

Third baseman

Born: September 15, 1950
Uvalde, Texas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 10, 1972, for the San Diego Padres

Last MLB appearance

April 27, 1975, for the San Diego Padres

MLB statistics

Batting average

.213

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

San Diego Padres (1972–75)
Yakult Swallows (NPB) (1978–79)
Hanshin Tigers (NPB) (1980)

John David Hilton (born September 15, 1950 in Uvalde, Texas) is a former professional baseball player. He was picked in the 1971 Secondary Draft out of Rice University and played four seasons for the San Diego Padres. He also played three seasons in Japan for the Yakult Swallows and Hanshin Tigers. Hilton was primarily a third baseman, but played several games at second base.

Dave Hilton is credited by famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami as having inspired him, at the age of 29, to become an author. Murakami had his epiphany as he saw Hilton hit a double, while watching a Yakult Swallows game in Japan.^[1]

Notes

↑ Murakami, Haruki (2009). What I talk about when I talk about running : a memoir (1st Vintage International edition. ed.). New York: Vintage International. p. 27. ISBN 0307389839.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Baseball Almanac, or SABR BioProject

Preceded by Julio Gargia	Frederick Keys manager 1997	Succeeded by Tommy Shields

Frederick Keys managers

Narron Moon Miscik Mackanin O'Berry Blackwell Gargia Hilton Shields Etchebarren Machemer Cash Voigt Lawless Figueroa Thompson Hebner Gómez

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