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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 23	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	14 (2)	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,3-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	16 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	26 (9)	May 16	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	30 (3)	May 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	32 (1)	May 23	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	35 (2)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	40 (1)	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	41	Jun 2	CHW		KCA	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	45 (3)	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,5-3		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	50 (4)	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1		16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	52 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSA	L,5-6		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	56 (3)	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	57	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	61 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	66 (4)	Jun 26	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	68 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	71 (2)	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	11	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
20	73 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		BAL	L,0-1		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	75 (1)	Jul 5	CHW		BAL	W,3-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	77 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	82 (4)	Jul 13	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	86 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	90 (3)	Jul 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	93 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,1-0	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	94	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	95	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5		13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	97 (1)	Jul 29	CHW		DET	W,4-3		15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	100 (2)	Jul 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-5	GF	10	2.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
32	105 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	108 (2)	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	110 (1)	Aug 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6		9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	113 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	115 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	119 (3)	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	123 (3)	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	L,0-5		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	127 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	129 (1)	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	132 (2)	Aug 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	133	Sep 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	136 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	137	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
45	143 (5)	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	145 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	155 (9)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	158 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-5		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	161 (2)	Sep 30	CHW		WSA	L,0-4		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							49gm		89.0	2	11	1	14	1