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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (2)	Apr 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-12		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
7	11	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	12	Apr 28	NYG		MLN	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	13	Apr 29	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (1)	May 1	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	16	May 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,12-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	18 (1)	May 6	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	19	May 9 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	20	May 9 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-4	GF	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	24 (3)	May 13	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-11		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	25	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
17	27 (1)	May 17	NYG	@	STL	W,9-6	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	28	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,8-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	30 (1)	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,16-6	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	33 (2)	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-8		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	34	May 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-3	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	37 (2)	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	23	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	41 (3)	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	W,11-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	43 (1)	Jun 6	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	GF	4	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	45 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5		12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	47 (1)	Jun 9	NYG		MLN	L,2-4	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	48	Jun 10	NYG		MLN	L,5-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	50 (1)	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	54 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	56 (1)	Jun 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	57	Jun 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	59 (1)	Jun 20	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	61 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	NYG	@	MLN	T,6-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	62	Jun 23	NYG	@	STL	L,8-15	GF	14	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	64 (1)	Jun 25	NYG	@	STL	W,9-4		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	65	Jun 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-6	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	69 (3)	Jul 1	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	GF	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
38	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-10		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	75 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	77 (1)	Jul 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-7		14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	81 (3)	Jul 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	16	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
43	83 (1)	Jul 18	NYG		CHC	W,12-7	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	93 (9)	Jul 28	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	97 (3)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,9-10		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	99 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5		12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	102 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	103	Aug 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	105 (1)	Aug 8	NYG	@	STL	L,3-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	106	Aug 9	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	107	Aug 11	NYG		BRO	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	108	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	L,5-6		8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	109	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	L,8-9		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	114 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	117 (2)	Aug 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7		24	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
57	119 (1)	Aug 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	124 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-9	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	125	Aug 26	NYG		STL	W,13-4		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
60	130 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	132 (1)	Sep 1	NYG		CHC	W,10-9		23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	134 (1)	Sep 3	NYG		CIN	L,2-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	135	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,6-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	138 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,7-9		20	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
65	143 (4)	Sep 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	150 (6)	Sep 20	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	151	Sep 22	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9		11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	152	Sep 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							68gm		145.0	11	19	1	31	1