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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,9-5		23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (4)	May 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (1)	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3		21	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	17 (1)	May 6	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	23 (5)	May 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24	May 16 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	GF	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	25	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,9-8		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	27 (1)	May 21 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	31 (3)	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,5-4		26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	35 (3)	May 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6		15	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	38 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8		0	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	39	Jun 1 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	42 (2)	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	44 (1)	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	47 (2)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	17	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
18	50 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	NYG		STL	L,12-14		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	55 (4)	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	59 (3)	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	GF	20	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
21	63 (3)	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7		9	2.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
22	64	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	67 (2)	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-3	GF	19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	69 (1)	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	71 (1)	Jul 5	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	73 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
28	76 (1)	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	78 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	80 (1)	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	GF	0	3.2	1	2	0	3	0
31	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7		18	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	83 (1)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-7	GF	11	3.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
34	89 (4)	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	L,4-11		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	90	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,10-6		22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
37	93 (1)	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,8-11		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	95 (1)	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	GF	19	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
39	97 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,8-10	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	98	Aug 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6		17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	99	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-2	GF	13	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	100	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	103 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,10-11		13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
44	105 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	108	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	110 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	113 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GF	14	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
50	114	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
51	115	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	116	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
53	118 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	121 (2)	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-7		15	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	127 (5)	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	128	Sep 3	NYG		PHI	W,4-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	129	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	130	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	131	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	134 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-10		27	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
61	137 (2)	Sep 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GF	15	4.2	2	0	1	3	0	P
62	138	Sep 11	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
63	139	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	141 (1)	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	146 (4)	Sep 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
67	148	Sep 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	149	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,11-8	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	151 (1)	Sep 25	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	152	Sep 26	NYG		PHI	W,8-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	153	Sep 27	NYG		PHI	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							71gm		159.1	9	32	2	43	0