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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	4	Apr 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	8 (3)	Apr 20	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11 (2)	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	10	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	13 (1)	Apr 28 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	16 (2)	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	19 (2)	May 4	CHW		WSA	W,8-1	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	21 (1)	May 5 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,7-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	23 (1)	May 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	29 (5)	May 12 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,6-7	GF	25	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
12	33 (3)	May 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	34	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	38 (3)	May 21	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	40 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-8		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42 (1)	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5		9	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	48 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,9-11		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	51 (2)	Jun 4	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	55 (3)	Jun 8	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	57	Jun 11	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	64 (6)	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	66 (1)	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-9		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
25	69 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	71 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	75 (3)	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	76	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	80 (3)	Jul 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	82 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	85 (2)	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	87 (1)	Jul 12	CHW		DET	L,6-7		23	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	89 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	92 (2)	Jul 17	CHW		WSA	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	94 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	105 (10)	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	107 (1)	Aug 3	CHW	@	LAA	L,5-6		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	108	Aug 4	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	109	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	115 (5)	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	121 (5)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	122	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	126 (3)	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
44	130 (3)	Aug 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	135 (4)	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-3	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	137	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	138	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	143 (4)	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	146 (2)	Sep 9	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	150 (3)	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
52	151	Sep 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	154 (2)	Sep 20	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	156 (1)	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
55	160 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							55gm		136.1	4	24	1	29	1