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

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-15 / in Starts: 15-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	401	1	Apr 9	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-9	5-7		99	3.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	6.00	2.54	12	1	3	1	0	3		0	0	2	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.005	.22	-0.01%	-0.54	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
2	402	3	Apr 15	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.70	2.44	27	10	6	1	0	3	69			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.210	2.38	0.26%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	403	7	Apr 19(1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	6-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.45	1	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.031	3.06	0.05%	0.75	6t 123 2 out d3	6t 3 out d3
4	404	9	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	8	2	1	5	8	0	0	1.86	2.44	40	9	10	2	2	8	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.281	2.71	0.41%	2.57	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
5	405	14	Apr 26(2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	1	1	8	0	0	1.59	2.01	33	12	9	1	0	3	78			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.63	0.364	5.08	0.68%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	406	18	May 2	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.45	1.85	31	10	9	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.06	0.468	2.82	0.75%	3.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
7	407	24	May 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-0)	6	8.0	10	3	2	3	3	0	0	1.59	2.04	32	12	6	1	0	8	52			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.17	0.064	3.80	0.12%	0.41	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
8	408	30	May 16	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(5-0)	6	9.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	1	1.49	2.06	34	12	9	1	2	9	68			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.229	2.90	0.41%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	409	36	May 22	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-0)	5	9.0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1.28	2.35	32	14	9	1	0	1	81			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.47	0.227	1.49	0.43%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	410	42	May 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	5	6	0	0	1.12	2.42	35	10	11	3	0	3	80			3	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.416	3.45	0.80%	4.21	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	411	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(8-0)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	8	0	1	1.11	2.35	37	13	7	1	0	6	73			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.57	0.446	6.28	1.07%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	412	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.00	2.31	32	15	7	4	3	5	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.494	4.45	1.15%	4.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	413	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-1)	7	6.2	8	5	5	1	3	1	1	1.39	2.46	30	6	11	0	1	8	40			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.266	3.49	-0.51%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d4
14	414	64	Jun 20	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	GS-8	L(9-2)	4	8.0	13	4	4	2	2	3	1	1.63	2.89	35	18	5	1	1	7	40			0	2	1	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	.67	-0.060	2.47	-0.13%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
15	415	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.62	2.97	24	12	7	0	1	4	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.87	0.034	4.28	0.10%	0.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	416	73	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(9-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	1.83	2.92	31	9	7	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.175	3.66	-0.40%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	417	79	Jul 5(2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	L(9-4)	4	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	1.96	2.94	27	9	8	1	0	5	43			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.075	3.11	-0.13%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
18	418	84	Jul 12	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(10-4)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.89	2.87	31	14	5	1	2	4	79			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.304	2.25	0.50%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	419	90	Jul 18(2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	GS-8	L(10-5)	5	8.0	2	2	2	6	6	0	1	1.91	2.91	32	9	8	0	1	2	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.116	2.93	0.20%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	420	95	Jul 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(10-6)	5	8.1	5	2	2	2	7	1	1	1.93	2.94	33	9	11	1	0	3	70			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.72	-0.081	4.11	-0.12%	2.09	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
21	421	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-3	L(10-7)	3	2.1	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	2.25	3.07	15	2	3	1	1	6	19			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.328	1.38	-0.22%	-3.38	1b start a 2	3b 12- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	422	105	Aug 2(1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	W(11-7)	4	9.0	10	4	4	1	2	2	0	2.35	3.20	35	16	7	0	4	9	52			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	-0.144	.99	-0.07%	0.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
23	423	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	9-GF(18)		3	10.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.21	3.13	33	12	9	0	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.34	1.319	1.51	0.51%	4.73	9t --- 0 out tie	18t end tie
24	424	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(11-8)	5	2.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.24	3.17	10	2	0	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.261	.58	-0.03%	-0.23	8t 123 0 out a2	9t end d 1
25	425	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-6	W(12-8)	7	6.0	6	4	3	6	5	0	1	2.32	3.21	31	6	8	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.063	.08	0.00%	-1.10	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a1
26	426	123	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	GS-8	W(13-8)	3	8.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.22	3.18	29	12	8	0	1	4	76			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.165	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out a11
27	427	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-5	L(13-9)	5	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.30	3.24	22	11	4	1	0	3	45			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	428	133	Sep 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(13-10)	5	8.1	10	3	3	1	6	1	1	2.34	3.25	36	14	5	0	0	9	56			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.82	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
29	429	136	Sep 7(2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	10-10	L(13-11)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.39	3.25	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.38	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 0 out tie
30	430	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(14-11)	2	9.0	3	1	0	3	9	0	0	2.28	3.17	31	11	5	1	1	3	85			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.356	.00	0.00%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	431	146	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(15-11)	4	11.0	4	1	0	6	7	0	1	2.17	3.17	43	14	11	0	3	4	88			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.825	.00	0.00%	4.20	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
32	432	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-6		6	6.0	8	3	2	2	3	1	0	2.19	3.22	28	10	7	2	1	6	47			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.079	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							16-15		W-L:15-11,BSv:1	4.4	226.0	178	64	55	77	139	13	10	2.19	3.22	903	1.45		5%	5%	147	62	6	33%	12	12	1	795	23	2	3	27	4	9	1.17	4.283	2.31	5.84%	45.65

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