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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8 (2)	Apr 21 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (3)	Apr 27	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (9)	May 8	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	26 (3)	May 12	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	30 (3)	May 18	CHW		OAK	W,4-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	33 (2)	May 20	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	34	May 21	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	35	May 22	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	36	May 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	39 (2)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	40	May 28	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	43 (2)	May 31	CHW		MIN	W,2-1		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	45 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	46	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,4-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	47	Jun 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50 (2)	Jun 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	55 (4)	Jun 14	CHW		DET	L,5-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	57 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	58	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	60 (1)	Jun 18	CHW		CLE	L,1-4		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	63 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	64	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,10-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	66 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,10-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	73 (3)	Jul 3 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	75 (1)	Jul 4	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	77 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	79	Jul 11	CHW		NYY	L,4-5		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	81 (1)	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	83 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	84	Jul 15	CHW		WSA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	86 (1)	Jul 17	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	87	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	89 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		CAL	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	90	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	92 (1)	Jul 22	CHW		OAK	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,1-2		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	96 (1)	Jul 27	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	100 (3)	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,12-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	102 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		WSA	L,6-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	107 (4)	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	L,2-8	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	110 (2)	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	111	Aug 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	113 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	114	Aug 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	117 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	118	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	119	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	123 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	126 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	128 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	130 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		MIN	L,2-10	GF	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
59	135 (4)	Aug 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	136	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	138 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	141 (2)	Sep 4	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-0		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	142	Sep 5	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-1		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
64	143	Sep 6	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
65	145 (1)	Sep 8	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	146	Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	150 (3)	Sep 14	CHW		CAL	L,4-5		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
68	154 (3)	Sep 20	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	158 (3)	Sep 24	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-1		12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
70	159	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	161 (1)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	162	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							72gm		93.2	3	10	0	13	1