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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	8 (3)	Apr 26	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-10		16	3.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16 (7)	May 4	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
4	20 (3)	May 10	BAL		KCA	L,0-10	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	27 (6)	May 18	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	29 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	35 (5)	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-5	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	42 (3)	Jun 2	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	45 (2)	Jun 5	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	47 (1)	Jun 7	BAL		DET	L,2-5	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	49 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	54 (4)	Jun 12 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	57 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	61 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	P
16	64 (2)	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	65	Jun 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	66	Jun 24	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-5	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	69 (2)	Jun 27	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	71 (1)	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	74 (2)	Jul 2	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	82 (5)	Jul 9	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	85 (2)	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	20	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	89 (3)	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-3	GF	10	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	93 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	95 (1)	Jul 26	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	97 (1)	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-3		11	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	102 (4)	Aug 3	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
30	108 (5)	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	111 (2)	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GF	14	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	113 (1)	Aug 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	18	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	120 (6)	Aug 23	BAL		DET	L,3-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	124 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,11-3	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	126 (1)	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	132 (5)	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	138 (5)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	141 (2)	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,11-10		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	144 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7		11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	146 (1)	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	149 (2)	Sep 24	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-9	GF	18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							41gm		147.0	4	28	1	33	2