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: 28-27 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 44, Entered with runners on base: 19

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	577	1	Apr 9	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.48	9	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.310	3.04	0.40%	1.77	7b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
2	578	3	Apr 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	6-GF	S(2)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.76	13	4	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.444	4.07	0.59%	2.67	6b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
3	579	4	Apr 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	10-12		1	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0.00	1.78	12	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.366	6.98	0.53%	1.28	10b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
4	580	8	Apr 20	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	9-GF	S(3)	6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.84	5	0	3	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.029	2.99	0.04%	-0.74	9t 123 0 out a6	9t end a 3
5	581	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	9-GF(12)	BW(1-0)	3	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.71	10	2	5	0	0	1		1	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.014	5.25	-0.02%	0.68	9b --3 2 out a1	12b end a 2
6	582	13	Apr 28(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(12)	L(1-1)	3	4.1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.48	1.89	17	2	8	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.125	6.01	0.19%	0.68	8b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
7	583	16	May 1(2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	7-GF	S(4)	2	2.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0.84	2.15	11	2	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.240	4.15	0.33%	0.74	7t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
8	584	19	May 4	CHW		WSA	W,8-1	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.75	2.23	9	4	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.074	.44	0.09%	1.36	7t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 7
9	585	21	May 5(2)	CHW		WSA	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(1-2)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	2.77	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.747	3.39	-1.01%	-2.54	9t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end d 1
10	586	23	May 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	2.76	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.193	6.96	0.31%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
11	587	29	May 12(2)	CHW		LAA	L,6-7	7-GF(12)	BL(1-3)	4	6.0	4	3	1	2	5	0	0	1.15	2.57	25	6	8	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	23	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.63	-0.093	6.62	-0.23%	-0.34	7t --- 0 out a2	12t end d 1
12	588	33	May 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	8-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	2.57	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.017	1.41	0.04%	0.64	8b -2- 1 out d2	8b 3 out d2
13	589	34	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	7-GF	L(1-4)	1	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.34	2.54	8	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.136	9.01	-0.31%	-0.69	7b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
14	590	38	May 21	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.77	2.84	10	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	0.080	7.40	0.16%	-1.09	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
15	591	40	May 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-8	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.67	2.80	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.019	.93	0.04%	0.92	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
16	592	42	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	7-8		1	1.1	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.08	3.07	9	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.108	1.88	-0.21%	-1.57	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out d3
17	593	44	May 30(1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	7-GF	S(8)	3	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.93	3.00	11	4	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.217	5.02	0.33%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
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
18	594	48	Jun 2(1)	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.88	2.97	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.62	-0.157	9.28	-0.33%	-0.59	7t 12- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d2
19	595	51	Jun 4	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	2.96	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.025	2.04	0.06%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
20	596	55	Jun 8	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	7-8	BS(4)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.96	2.85	8	2	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.292	5.44	-0.80%	-0.70	7b 1-3 0 out a2	8b 3 out d1
21	597	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.30	2.88	7	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.277	10.68	-0.73%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 0 out a1
22	598	57	Jun 11	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	8-GF	L(1-5)	1	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	1	2.76	2.81	11	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	-0.640	9.51	-1.94%	-2.11	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
23	599	64	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.80	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.54	-0.058	2.56	-0.17%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
24	600	66	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-9	6-7		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.94	3.04	8	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.003	.38	-0.01%	-0.08	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
25	601	69	Jun 23(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	8-GF	S(9)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	3.02	6	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	0.315	12.53	0.90%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
26	602	71	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	8-GF	S(10)	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.73	3.00	10	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.065	5.87	0.24%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
27	603	75	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.99	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.128	20.06	-0.40%	0.13	9t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 1
28	604	76	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	8-GF		0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.91	2.87	9	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.070	3.46	-0.21%	-1.11	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
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
29	605	80	Jul 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.82	2.73	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.131	3.91	0.40%	1.86	7b 12- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
30	606	82	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	7-GF	S(11)	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.83	2.82	9	4	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.69	0.351	6.78	0.85%	1.16	7b 123 0 out a3	9b end a 2
31	607	85	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-9		2	9.0	3	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.48	2.66	34	16	8	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.62	0.274	4.88	0.50%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
32	608	87	Jul 12	CHW		DET	L,6-7	5-11		4	6.1	4	2	2	0	8	1	0	2.51	2.61	23	9	2	0	0	4		1	0	1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.242	5.14	0.44%	0.87	5t 1-- 2 out tie	11t 3 out tie
33	609	89	Jul 14(2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	6-GF	BW(2-5)	1	4.0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.60	2.64	18	7	3	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.99	-0.389	7.92	-0.62%	-0.22	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
34	610	92	Jul 17	CHW		WSA	W,8-2	8-GF	S(12)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.54	2.56	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.115	1.45	0.17%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 6
35	611	94	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	BL(2-6)	3	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.76	2.69	16	5	3	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.38	-0.561	7.06	-1.00%	-1.67	8t --- 0 out a2	10t end d 1
36	612	105	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(13)	9	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	2.67	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.035	1.08	0.05%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
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	613	107	Aug 3	CHW	@	LAA	L,5-6	7-9		2	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.78	2.67	7	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.588	6.58	-1.02%	-1.56	7b -2- 1 out d1	9b -2- 0 out tie
38	614	108	Aug 4	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-1	8-GF	S(14)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	2.62	4	1	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.026	.53	0.03%	1.15	8b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 7
39	615	109	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	8-9	L(2-7)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.90	2.60	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.200	2.79	-0.31%	-1.14	8b --- 0 out d2	9b -2- 0 out tie
40	616	115	Aug 11(1)	CHW		DET	L,2-7	8-GF		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.94	2.61	10	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.012	.15	-0.01%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
41	617	121	Aug 18(1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	2.58	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
42	618	122	Aug 18(2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	8-GF		-1	2.0	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	3.03	2.64	13	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	.15	-0.015	.21	-0.01%	-3.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
43	619	126	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-8)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.12	2.61	23	7	10	2	0	5	49			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.200	1.49	-0.13%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
44	620	130	Aug 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	7-GF	S(15)	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.03	2.54	10	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.104	.05	0.01%	1.35	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
45	621	135	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	8-GF	W(3-8)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.97	2.50	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.185	.07	0.01%	0.92	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 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
46	622	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-3	7-GF	BW(4-8)	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.99	2.58	10	1	4	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.186	.05	-0.01%	-0.77	7b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 5
47	623	137	Sep 2(1)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.96	2.61	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
48	624	138	Sep 2(2)	CHW		LAA	W,8-7	8-GF	W(5-8)	-1	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.99	2.59	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.187	.02	0.00%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
49	625	143	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	1	2	8	0	0	2.87	2.50	31	7	8	0	0	6	70			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
50	626	146	Sep 9	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	8-GF	S(16)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.82	2.51	8	3	1	1	0	2		2	2	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.22	8t 1-3 0 out a7	9t end a 5
51	627	150	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-5	8-GF	S(17)	4	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.78	2.56	9	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.214	.00	0.00%	0.91	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
52	628	151	Sep 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	7-GF	S(18)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.71	2.48	10	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.354	.00	0.00%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
53	629	154	Sep 20	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	8-GF	S(19)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.67	2.42	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.219	.00	0.00%	0.93	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
54	630	156	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	7-GF	S(20)	1	3.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.68	2.40	12	7	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.60	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
55	631	160	Sep 27(2)	CHW		WSA	W,7-1	8-GF	S(21)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.64	2.36	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 6
							28-27		W-L:5-8,Sv:21,BSv:7,Hld:1	2.2	136.1	106	47	40	30	111	8	4	2.64	2.36	544	1.33		3%	3%	101	68	34	47%	9	5	0	494	21	3	1	10	5	10	1.48	0.062	3.80	-2.77%	10.27

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