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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-18 / in Starts: 6-5
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 48 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	41 (19-16-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 48 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	29 (15-9-4)

Most Driven In
J Busby	1
G Stephens	1
G Triandos	1
C Courtney	1
G Woodling	0
B Robinson	0
D Nicholson	0

Most Driven In By
G Woodling	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	433	4 (3)	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.59	-0.073	3.58	-0.10%	-0.62	P
2	434	8 (3)	Apr 26	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-10	3-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.78	-0.039	1.47	-0.05%	-0.47	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	435	16 (7)	May 4	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.03	-0.058	2.97	-0.10%	-0.54	P
4	436	20 (3)	May 10	BAL		KCA	L,0-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.77	-0.019	1.78	-0.03%	-0.16	P
5	437	27 (6)	May 18	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.33	-0.062	4.05	-0.11%	-0.52	P
6	438	29 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	6-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	9	.38	-0.005	1.23	-0.01%	0.05	P
7	439	35 (5)	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	9	1.00	-0.038	4.11	-0.10%	-0.72	P
8	440	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9	.13	-0.003	.54	-0.01%	-0.10	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	441	42 (3)	Jun 2	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	9	.82	-0.040	4.18	-0.12%	-0.31	P
10	442	45 (2)	Jun 5	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	2						P
11	443	47 (1)	Jun 7	BAL		DET	L,2-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	9	.74	-0.019	3.76	-0.06%	-0.23	P
12	444	49 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	9						P
13	445	54 (4)	Jun 12 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,3-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	9	2.25	-0.112	8.67	-0.26%	-0.71	P
14	446	57 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-5	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.045	.083	.045	.129	9	.57	0.000	2.74	0.00%	-0.52	P
15	447	61 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	9	1.78	-0.142	9.10	-0.44%	-1.61	P
16	448	64 (2)	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	9						P
17	449	65	Jun 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	7						P
18	450	66	Jun 24	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	5						P
19	451	69 (2)	Jun 27	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	9						P
20	452	71 (1)	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	453	74 (2)	Jul 2	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.040	.114	7						P
22	454	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.107	.077	.184	9	1.85	0.097	6.77	0.21%	0.56	P
23	455	82 (5)	Jul 9	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.103	.074	.178	9	.55	-0.019	1.79	-0.04%	-0.30	P
24	456	85 (2)	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.097	.069	.166	9	.73	-0.036	2.86	-0.09%	-0.39	P
25	457	89 (3)	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-3	7-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.094	.067	.160	9	1.16	-0.064	3.21	-0.11%	-0.43	P
26	458	93 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.091	.065	.155	9	1.77	-0.043	4.67	-0.07%	-0.16	P
27	459	95 (1)	Jul 26	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.065	.091	.065	.155	9						P
28	460	97 (1)	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.065	.091	.065	.155	7						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	461	102 (4)	Aug 3	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.114	.091	.205	9	1.24	-0.031	6.19	-0.09%	-0.33	P
30	462	108 (5)	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.111	.088	.199	9	.96	-0.025	4.98	-0.08%	-0.44	P
31	463	111 (2)	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.108	.086	.194	9	.48	-0.013	3.20	-0.05%	-0.22	P
32	464	113 (1)	Aug 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.081	.103	.081	.184	9	1.11	-0.054	10.32	-0.30%	-0.30	P
33	465	120 (6)	Aug 23	BAL		DET	L,3-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.081	.103	.081	.184	9						P
34	466	124 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,11-3	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.119	.077	.196	9	.42	0.049	3.00	0.21%	0.74	P
35	467	126 (1)	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.119	.077	.196	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	468	132 (5)	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	9	.61	-0.025	9.49	-0.23%	-0.58	P
37	469	138 (5)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	9						P
38	470	141 (2)	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,11-10	4-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	9						P
39	471	144 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	9						P
40	472	146 (1)	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	1						P
41	473	149 (2)	Sep 24	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.111	.071	.183	9	.45	-0.036	.02	0.00%	-1.27	P
							23-18		48	42	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	14	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	.071	.111	.071	.183		1.05	-0.810	4.41	-2.00%	-9.55

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