Predominantly a reliever in his baseball career, which was spent in its entirety with the Detroit Tigers, John Hiller was a member of the 1968 World Series Championship Team and in 1973 would finish fourth in MVP and Cy Young Voting.  That season, he would record 38 Saves, an extraordinary mark for that time period.  He would be an All-Star the following season.  Overall, with the Tigers, the lefthander would have a record of 87-76 with 1,036 Strikeouts and 125 Saves.