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: 23-18 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 16

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	433	4	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	0	6.00	6.03	25	12	4	1	0	4	45			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.119	1.45	-0.16%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
2	434	8	Apr 26	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-10	3-6		3	3.2	5	5	5	1	4	2	0	8.38	6.87	16	4	2	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.608	2.44	-0.69%	-3.98	3b 1-- 1 out a2	6b 3 out d1
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
3	435	16	May 4	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	7	7.0	8	4	2	2	5	0	0	5.94	4.81	31	12	6	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.218	4.11	-0.38%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	436	20	May 10	BAL		KCA	L,0-10	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.1	8	8	6	0	3	0	0	7.29	4.05	22	6	5	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.246	2.26	-0.34%	-4.47	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
5	437	27	May 18	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS-5		7	5.0	3	3	1	1	7	0	0	6.23	3.33	19	5	3	0	0	3	59			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.148	3.32	-0.27%	-0.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
6	438	29	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	6-9	H(1)	1	2.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	6.28	3.40	12	4	3	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.034	7.35	0.07%	0.94	6b -23 1 out a2	9b -23 0 out a2
7	439	35	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	5.26	3.16	34	9	11	1	0	6	69			1	1	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.474	5.63	1.17%	2.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	440	38	May 30(1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.87	3.02	10	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.212	5.84	0.53%	1.45	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
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
9	441	42	Jun 2	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.1	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	5.09	3.44	23	5	8	1	0	8	38			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.291	4.81	-0.90%	-1.61	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
10	442	45	Jun 5	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.98	3.42	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	0.200	17.11	0.58%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
11	443	47	Jun 7	BAL		DET	L,2-5	GS-4	L(2-3)	1	3.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	5.58	3.81	15	2	4	1	0	7	27			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.258	3.97	-0.79%	-2.93	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d4
12	444	49	Jun 9(1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	7-GF		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	5.26	3.72	11	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.076	1.58	0.21%	1.45	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
13	445	54	Jun 12(2)	BAL		KCA	L,3-5	CG(10)	L(2-4)	2	10.0	11	5	4	0	7	0	0	5.00	3.30	42	11	13	3	0	11	59			4	0	0	41	5	1	0	0	0	2	1.09	-0.212	4.20	-0.49%	-0.16	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
14	446	57	Jun 15(2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-5	6-GF	W(3-4)	2	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.70	3.18	15	2	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.115	1.52	0.33%	1.90	6b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 8
15	447	61	Jun 19(1)	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	5	6	0	0	4.14	3.15	36	16	6	0	1	1	84			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.79	0.737	9.15	2.27%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	448	64	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.11	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.046	2.14	0.15%	1.83	8b 1-3 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	449	65	Jun 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	11-GF(11)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	3.10	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.33	0.089	11.25	0.26%	0.49	11b --- 0 out a2	11b end a 2
18	450	66	Jun 24	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-5	8-GF	W(5-4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.95	3.10	5	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	0.367	16.21	1.00%	1.40	8b 12- 1 out tie	9b end a 1
19	451	69	Jun 27	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	9-GF(10)	L(5-5)	2	1.2	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	3.87	3.08	8	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	-0.268	11.70	-0.86%	-1.85	9t -2- 1 out tie	10t end d 3
20	452	71	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.78	3.00	7	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.074	4.23	-0.27%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
21	453	74	Jul 2	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	8-GF		2	1.2	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.71	3.02	9	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.074	5.52	0.24%	1.15	8t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 1
22	454	76	Jul 4(1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	5-GF(8)	L(5-6)	1	4.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.04	3.14	20	7	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	1	0	2.08	-0.667	7.62	-1.47%	-3.99	5b 12- 0 out a3	8b end d 3
23	455	82	Jul 9	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.98	3.23	25	4	7	1	0	6	54			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.066	4.13	0.13%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
24	456	85	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	6-GF	BW(6-6)	6	4.0	3	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.82	3.23	20	7	4	0	1	3		0	0	3	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.46	0.279	13.54	0.65%	0.96	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
25	457	89	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-3	7-GF(10)	W(7-6)	2	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	3.19	10	4	5	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.319	3.49	0.53%	1.91	7b 12- 2 out tie	10b end a 6
26	458	93	Jul 23(2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	7-GF	W(8-6)	3	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.59	3.13	10	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.325	3.82	0.52%	1.45	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
27	459	95	Jul 26	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.12	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.036	1.66	0.07%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	460	97	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	5-7		2	3.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.54	3.11	11	5	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.016	1.76	0.03%	0.45	5t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
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
29	461	102	Aug 3	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.56	3.09	29	9	5	0	0	9	53			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.008	5.66	0.03%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	462	108	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	7-GF	S(4)	6	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.48	3.05	9	2	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.243	7.56	0.76%	1.29	7b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
31	463	111	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	6-GF	BW(9-6)	2	3.2	2	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.60	3.03	14	5	2	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.330	9.47	-1.32%	-1.16	6t -23 1 out a1	9t end d 1
32	464	113	Aug 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	4-GF(8)	L(9-7)	1	4.2	3	2	0	1	3	1	0	3.46	3.09	18	8	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.169	14.35	-0.94%	1.22	4b -23 1 out tie	8b end d 1
33	465	120	Aug 23	BAL		DET	L,3-5	9-9	BS(3)	7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	3.09	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	-0.278	26.69	-1.02%	-0.84	9t -2- 1 out a1	9t 1-- 1 out tie
34	466	124	Aug 26(2)	BAL		KCA	W,11-3	4-GF	W(10-7)	2	6.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.31	3.06	22	9	9	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	.37	0.104	2.68	0.45%	1.91	4t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 8
35	467	126	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	9-GF	S(5)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	3.04	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.02	0.275	43.76	1.20%	1.55	9t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 2
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
36	468	132	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	8-GF	S(6)	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	3.06	6	2	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.135	16.84	1.26%	0.97	8t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 4
37	469	138	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF(11)	L(10-8)	5	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.28	3.15	7	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.095	23.03	-0.71%	-0.02	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
38	470	141	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,11-10	4-6		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.27	3.10	12	4	3	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.126	11.28	-0.73%	-0.63	4b 123 0 out a3	6b 3 out d1
39	471	144	Sep 18(1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	3-4		3	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.22	3.14	10	5	3	0	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.032	4.22	-0.30%	-0.10	3b 12- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d5
40	472	146	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.20	3.11	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.159	5.40	0.23%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
41	473	149	Sep 24	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-9	6-GF	W(11-8)	3	3.2	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.31	3.04	18	5	2	0	1	7		2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.221	.08	0.01%	-0.59	6b 12- 1 out tie	9b end a 1
							23-18		W-L:11-8,Sv:7,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.9	147.0	124	69	54	39	107	13	1	3.31	3.04	601	1.24		4%	3%	110	51	30	33%	19	3	1	549	20	2	0	11	2	11	1.36	0.471	6.02	1.02%	7.14

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