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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2		7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
3	5	Apr 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	6	Apr 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-7		13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	10 (3)	Apr 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (2)	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	15 (1)	May 6 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
8	16	May 6 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	17	May 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	19 (1)	May 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	22 (2)	May 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	26 (3)	May 19	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	28 (1)	May 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	29	May 21	NYG		STL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	34 (4)	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3		20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	37 (1)	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	43 (3)	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	45 (1)	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	47 (1)	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8		7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	49 (1)	Jun 14	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	52 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	53	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	56 (2)	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	57	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	64 (6)	Jun 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	66 (1)	Jul 1 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	67	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	70	Jul 7	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	74 (3)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7		9	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	76 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	77	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	79 (1)	Jul 17	NYG	@	MLN	W,8-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	80	Jul 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	82 (1)	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	84 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	87 (2)	Jul 26	NYG		MLN	L,0-11	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	89 (1)	Jul 28	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
41	90	Jul 29	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	92 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	94 (1)	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	L,2-10		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	97 (2)	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	98	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
46	104 (5)	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	105	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-11	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	108 (2)	Aug 16	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10		7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
49	109	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,5-3		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	111 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
51	113 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	115 (1)	Aug 22	NYG	@	MLN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	117 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	118	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	120 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	125 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-5		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	126	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	130 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	132 (1)	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	134 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
61	135	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	137 (1)	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	L,5-11	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
63	141 (3)	Sep 15	NYG		STL	L,4-9	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	144 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							64gm		89.1	4	20	0	24	2