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: 29-22 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 19

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	474	1	Apr 11	BAL		LAA	L,2-7	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.005	.07	0.01%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
2	475	2	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	7-GF		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.19	8	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.134	1.96	0.15%	1.41	7t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
3	476	5	Apr 16(2)	BAL		MIN	L,4-6	8-9		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	1.57	6	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.014	1.46	0.01%	0.39	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t 3 out d2
4	477	6	Apr 21	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	1.43	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.32	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	478	7	Apr 22(1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	7-GF	BW(1-0)	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.90	1.17	12	2	5	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08	0.242	2.74	0.19%	1.45	7t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
6	479	11	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.87	1.03	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.033	1.85	0.03%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
7	480	14	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	6-GF	W(2-0)	2	4.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.26	1.39	14	5	5	0	3	1		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.363	2.55	0.32%	1.90	6b 12- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
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
8	481	18	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	5-GF	W(3-0)	3	4.1	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.45	1.40	18	6	4	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.284	4.36	0.32%	1.49	5b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
9	482	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	9-GF(13)	W(4-0)	1	5.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.52	2.36	18	8	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	0.701	5.66	0.84%	1.80	9b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
10	483	22	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	6-GF(10)	L(4-1)	2	4.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.63	2.14	18	5	3	0	1	4		2	2	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.30	-0.140	5.23	-0.19%	-0.74	6b -23 1 out tie	10b end d 1
11	484	25	May 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	6-GF	S(2)	3	3.1	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.74	2.22	14	4	2	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.10	0.415	6.54	0.53%	1.13	6b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
12	485	27	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.64	2.12	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.090	1.48	0.14%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
13	486	28	May 14(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	10-11		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.54	2.26	8	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.272	7.38	0.45%	0.99	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
14	487	33	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	8-GF	W(5-1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.46	2.38	8	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.122	1.59	0.13%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 2
15	488	34	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	2.39	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.86	0.200	11.88	0.21%	0.59	9t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
16	489	36	May 21(2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	2.39	3	2	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.94	0.319	12.33	0.40%	0.47	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
17	490	38	May 23	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	7-GF	S(6)	1	3.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.31	2.53	15	1	6	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.214	2.78	0.22%	1.47	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
18	491	41	May 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	2.44	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.145	3.78	0.19%	0.98	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
19	492	43	May 28	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	7-GF		2	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.17	2.57	12	5	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	0.011	.22	0.02%	1.47	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
20	493	45	May 30(2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	S(8)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.33	2.85	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.091	4.61	0.14%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
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
21	494	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	7-GF	L(5-2)	4	2.1	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.63	2.92	15	5	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.53	-0.607	9.56	-0.99%	-1.38	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
22	495	54	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	2.83	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.27	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
23	496	55	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	8-GF	S(9)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.71	2.88	9	4	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.145	1.92	0.10%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
24	497	58	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9	4-8	BS(2)	1	4.1	6	3	2	2	5	2	1	1.89	3.29	23	7	2	1	0	6		2	2	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.370	1.22	-0.25%	-2.55	4t 1-3 2 out a1	8t 3 out d2
25	498	62	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	3.28	5	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.058	.67	-0.03%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
26	499	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	7-GF	S(10)	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.77	3.11	12	2	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.171	1.04	0.08%	1.48	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
27	500	67	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	8-GF	W(6-2)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.86	3.07	8	1	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.216	.77	-0.08%	0.07	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 6
28	501	69	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6	7-GF	S(11)	1	2.1	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.93	3.13	12	2	3	1	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.135	2.41	0.07%	0.37	7b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
29	502	71	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8	9-10	BS(3)	1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.13	7	2	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.92	0.122	3.02	0.06%	0.80	9b 1-3 1 out a1	10b 3 out tie
30	503	72	Jun 27(1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	3.11	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.192	1.13	0.09%	1.04	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
31	504	76	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-6	6-GF(12)	L(6-3)	2	7.0	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	1.90	3.18	29	12	4	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	24	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.37	0.061	5.90	0.09%	1.42	6t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
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
32	505	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-1	6-7	L(6-4)	5	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.97	3.14	8	3	2	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.094	2.39	-0.10%	-0.04	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
33	506	92	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	7-GF(10)	BW(7-4)	11	4.0	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.98	3.06	16	7	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.57	0.273	2.75	0.18%	1.10	7b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
34	507	95	Jul 22(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-GF(8)	L(7-5)	3	1.0	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.18	3.11	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.53	-0.361	1.38	-0.20%	-2.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
35	508	99	Jul 26(1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	S(13)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2.13	3.03	8	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.036	.15	0.01%	0.98	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
36	509	103	Jul 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-3		2	3.0	5	4	3	0	3	0	0	2.36	2.95	14	3	3	0	3	5	38			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.233	.88	-0.15%	-2.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
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
37	510	107	Aug 2(2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	5-GF	W(8-5)	3	5.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.23	2.82	21	1	6	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.478	1.82	0.26%	2.44	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
38	511	111	Aug 5	BAL		LAA	L,2-4	7-8	L(8-6)	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.19	2.77	9	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.255	1.27	-0.13%	-1.02	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
39	512	114	Aug 8(2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(8-7)	2	2.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.42	2.92	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.613	1.01	-0.21%	-2.02	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
40	513	120	Aug 15(1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.40	2.87	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.08	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
41	514	128	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	5-6		7	2.0	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.53	2.85	12	4	3	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.382	.21	-0.04%	-2.36	5b -2- 0 out a2	6b 3 out d2
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
42	515	137	Sep 1	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.50	2.86	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.037	.05	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
43	516	138	Sep 2(1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	S(14)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	2.86	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.160	.06	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
44	517	141	Sep 4(1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	9-GF	S(15)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	2.84	3	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.23	0.083	.03	0.00%	0.56	9t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 3
45	518	142	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	7-GF	S(16)	-1	2.1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.41	2.86	11	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.169	.09	0.01%	1.41	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
46	519	145	Sep 8(1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-1	9-GF	W(9-7)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.38	2.82	4	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.037	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
47	520	148	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(17)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	2.82	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.078	-.01	0.00%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
48	521	152	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.36	2.83	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
49	522	154	Sep 19(2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	2.81	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
50	523	155	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	2.80	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
51	524	159	Sep 24(2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	9-GF	S(18)	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.30	2.81	4	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.64	0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.43	9b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 2
							29-22		W-L:9-7,Sv:18,BSv:5	2.1	109.2	89	35	28	41	87	5	4	2.30	2.81	457	1.55		2%	12%	78	38	35	31%	9	3	0	406	12	3	5	12	0	10	1.81	2.724	2.76	2.89%	18.64

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