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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BAL		LAA	L,2-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (2)	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,4-6		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	6	Apr 21	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	7	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	11 (3)	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	14 (2)	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (3)	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	20 (1)	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	GF	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	22 (1)	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	GF	18	4.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
11	25 (2)	May 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	27 (1)	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	28	May 14 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	33 (4)	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	34	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	36 (1)	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	38 (1)	May 23	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	41 (2)	May 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	43 (1)	May 28	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	45 (1)	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	49 (3)	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	15	2.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
22	54 (4)	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	55	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	58 (2)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9		23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	62 (3)	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67 (3)	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (1)	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6	GF	12	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
29	71 (1)	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	72	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	76 (3)	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-6	GF	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	82 (5)	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-1		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	92 (9)	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	95 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
35	99 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	103 (3)	Jul 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	107 (3)	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	111 (3)	Aug 5	BAL		LAA	L,2-4		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	114 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	120 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	128 (7)	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	137 (8)	Sep 1	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	138	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	141 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	142	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	145 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	148 (2)	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	152 (3)	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	154 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	155	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
51	159 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							51gm		109.2	6	22	2	30	1