Chuck Hiller

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Chuck Hiller was an infielder for the Mets from 1965 to 1967. Mostly a second baseman, he also spent time at third base and in the outfield. Hiller had 144 hits in 233 games as a Met.

Hiller came to the Mets from the San Francisco Giants on May 11, 1965. Over the rest of the ’65 season, he hit .238 in 100 games played. In the Mets’ 10-5 win at Chicago on June 1, Chuck had two singles and his only triple of the season. He singled four times and drove in two runs in a 6-3 Mets win over the Braves in the second game of a doubleheader at Shea Stadium on June 28. Two days later, Hiller had two singles and a double as the Mets defeated the Reds, 6-3, at Shea. He also hit a first inning leadoff homer at Milwaukee on July 18.

In 1966, Hiller batted .280 with 2 home runs and 14 runs batted in. He led the team with 16 pinch hits for the season. Each of Chuck’s homers came as a pinch-hitter on June 8 (vs. Braves) and September 15 (at San Francisco.) At Pittsburgh on April 29, he drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 11th inning in the Mets' 5-2 win over the Pirates. On July 3, Hiller had a single, a double, a triple and an RBI in the Mets’ 9-8 win over the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader at Shea. Also in the nightcap of a twinbill, he had a single and a run-scoring double in a 7-5 Mets victory over the Astros at Shea on July 17.

Hiller appeared in 25 games for the Mets in 1967. He had five hits, three of which were doubles. As a pinch-hitter on April 13, Chuck hit a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to give the Mets a 3-2 win over the Pirates at Shea. On April 21, he had a single and an RBI double in the Mets’ 6-3 win at Shea over the Phillies.

On July 11, 1967, Hiller was traded to the Phillies for Phil Linz. He appeared in 31 games for the Phils in ’67 and finished his playing career with the Pirates in 1968. Chuck was a manager in the Mets’ minor league system during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, he served on the team’s coaching staff.