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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,8-10		18	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	8 (5)	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	10 (1)	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-10		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	12 (1)	Apr 27	NYG		MLN	L,6-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	14 (1)	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,2-6		5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (1)	May 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-6		8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
7	19 (2)	May 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	21 (1)	May 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22	May 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-3		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	26 (3)	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	29 (2)	May 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-9		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	32 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3		11	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	33	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	35 (1)	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	36	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	37	May 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-8		18	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	39 (1)	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	41 (1)	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	42	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8		10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	44 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (3)	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	L,1-4		9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	49	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,8-9		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	52 (2)	Jun 7	NYG		MLN	L,4-13		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	59 (6)	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	60	Jun 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	63 (1)	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	67 (3)	Jun 25	NYG	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	68	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	69	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	70	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	72 (1)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6		1	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	73	Jul 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	80 (2)	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-5		15	3.1	0	1	1	2	0
37	87 (6)	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,7-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	88	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	89	Jul 18	NYG		MLN	W,6-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	92 (2)	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,2-9		8	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	94 (1)	Jul 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-3		22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	96 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	98 (1)	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	99	Jul 27 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4		12	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	100	Jul 27 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,8-9		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
46	102 (1)	Jul 29	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5		9	1.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	110 (7)	Aug 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-13	GF	32	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
48	119 (8)	Aug 18	NYG		BRO	L,5-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	121 (1)	Aug 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-9		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
50	125 (3)	Aug 26	NYG		MLN	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	126	Aug 27	NYG		MLN	L,4-5		14	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
52	127	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	L,0-3		0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	132 (4)	Sep 1	NYG		CIN	L,4-7		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	135 (2)	Sep 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	136	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-8		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
56	140 (3)	Sep 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
57	142 (1)	Sep 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	149 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,14-8	GF	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
59	152 (2)	Sep 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							59gm		103.1	6	28	1	35	2