Hoyt Wilhelm

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: July 26, 1922 in Huntersville, NC us

Died: August 23, 2002 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota, FL

High School: Cornelius HS (Cornelius, NC)

Debut: April 18, 1952 (Age 29-267d, 10,900th in major league history)
vs. BRO 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 10, 1972 (Age 49-350d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1985. (Voted by BBWAA on 331/395 ballots)
View Hoyt Wilhelm's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: James Hoyt Wilhelm

Nicknames: Old Sarge

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.8

143

122

ERA

2.52

1070

228

2254.1

1610

WHIP

1.125

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-33 / in Starts: 0-0
Longest Hitting Streak	0 games
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 28 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	22 (11-7-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 28 PAs	3
Avg. Runners on Base	16 (8-5-2)

Most Driven In
K Berry	0
T McCraw	0
R Hansen	0

Most Driven In By
D Cater	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	705	3 (2)	Apr 15	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5						P
2	706	10 (6)	Apr 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.03	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.14	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	707	14 (3)	May 2 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	708	16 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.09	P
5	709	20 (3)	May 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						P
6	710	27 (6)	May 15	CHW		CAL	W,8-3	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.24	0.003	1.02	0.01%	0.16	P
7	711	32 (4)	May 19	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	712	34 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	713	35	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.10	-0.003	.49	-0.01%	-0.09	P
10	714	37 (1)	May 25	CHW		DET	L,5-7	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.72	-0.017	3.57	-0.05%	-0.08	P
11	715	38	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
12	716	41 (2)	May 30	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	2.82	-0.064	11.81	-0.16%	-0.25	P
13	717	43 (1)	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	718	45 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	6-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.41	-0.055	9.78	-0.14%	-0.26	P
15	719	51 (5)	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4						P
16	720	53 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
17	721	55 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
18	722	56	Jun 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
19	723	58 (1)	Jun 17	CHW		MIN	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
20	724	60 (1)	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2						P
21	725	62 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,1-5	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
22	726	66 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.06	-0.002	.28	-0.01%	-0.39	P
23	727	67	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.04	-0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.25	P
24	728	69 (1)	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
25	729	70	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	730	72 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
27	731	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						P
28	732	76 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.52	-0.012	1.98	-0.03%	-0.08	P
29	733	77	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6						P
30	734	79 (1)	Jul 9	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
31	735	81 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
32	736	82	Jul 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-10	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4						P
33	737	83	Jul 15	CHW		CAL	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
34	738	86 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
35	739	87	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						P
36	740	89 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.08	-0.052	3.58	-0.10%	-0.93	P
37	741	91 (1)	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						P
38	742	93 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
39	743	95 (1)	Jul 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						P
40	744	97 (1)	Jul 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	5-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	9	.74	0.035	.81	0.02%	0.21	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	745	102 (4)	Aug 2	CHW		DET	W,2-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	3	.29	-0.008	.31	-0.01%	-0.29	P
42	746	104 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	9						P
43	747	106 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	W,11-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	3	.06	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.57	P
44	748	112 (5)	Aug 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9						P
45	749	114 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	.59	-0.008	.30	0.00%	-0.19	P
46	750	116 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	9	.23	-0.008	.17	0.00%	-0.66	P
47	751	119 (2)	Aug 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	6						P
48	752	120	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	6						P
49	753	123 (2)	Aug 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	5						P
50	754	127 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.82	0.004	.75	0.00%	0.12	P
51	755	129 (1)	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9						P
52	756	130	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	10-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.105	.000	.105	6	1.21	-0.029	1.30	-0.02%	-0.08	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	757	134 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	4	.94	-0.023	.98	-0.02%	-0.09	P
54	758	137 (2)	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	3						P
55	759	140 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-3	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	3.28	-0.010	12.06	-0.02%	-0.17	P
56	760	142 (1)	Sep 8	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9						P
57	761	144 (1)	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9						P
58	762	146 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9						P
59	763	149 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	8-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	7	2.94	-0.029	.03	0.00%	-0.17	P
60	764	150	Sep 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	7-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.095	.000	.095	9	1.04	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.85	P
61	765	152 (1)	Sep 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	7	.39	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
62	766	154 (1)	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	4						P
63	767	156 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.087	.000	.087	9	.12	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
64	768	158 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	2.15	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
65	769	159	Sep 28 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9						P
66	770	162 (2)	Oct 3	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	4						P
							33-33		28	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083		.88	-0.308	1.93	-0.53%	-4.01

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