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: 17-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 19

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	320	2	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,2-10	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.46	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
2	321	3	Apr 21(1)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	11-GF(11)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.96	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.017	1.52	0.03%	0.50	11t 1-3 2 out d2	11t end d 2
3	322	6	Apr 23	STL		CIN	L,4-6	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	1	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	7.71	9.74	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.411	3.81	-0.55%	-1.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
4	323	10	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-9	H(1)	6	0.2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.00	8.12	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.043	2.37	-0.06%	-1.50	9b 1-3 0 out a4	9b -2- 2 out a1
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
5	324	19	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	6-7		9	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	2	0	12.60	11.26	10	0	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.143	1.31	-0.29%	-2.01	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d5
6	325	21	May 12(1)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.50	9.79	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.72	0.03%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
7	326	22	May 12(2)	STL		MLN	L,4-10	8-GF		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.88	7.21	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
8	327	23	May 14	STL		NYG	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.30	6.06	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.045	.60	0.05%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	328	24	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5	8-11		0	4.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	4.50	5.60	19	6	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.25	0.514	5.82	0.55%	1.97	8t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
10	329	26	May 17	STL		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.80	5.52	6	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.071	1.73	-0.10%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
11	330	27	May 18	STL		PHI	L,5-7	7-GF		0	2.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.58	5.40	13	5	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.038	1.25	0.04%	1.17	7t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
12	331	28	May 19	STL		BRO	L,3-10	9-9		0	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.11	5.40	4	1	2	2	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.158	1.88	-0.18%	-4.15	9t 123 0 out tie	9t 12- 0 out d5
13	332	31	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	5.29	3	1	1	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.020	1.07	0.02%	-0.80	9b 1-3 1 out a5	9b end a 3
14	333	33	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	5.15	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.080	1.63	0.08%	1.51	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	334	37	May 30(2)	STL		CIN	L,3-7	7-8		3	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.66	5.50	5	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.022	.30	-0.03%	-0.40	7t --- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d4
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
16	335	41	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-8	BL(0-2)	4	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.23	5.36	6	0	2	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	-0.415	6.39	-0.40%	-1.53	7b 12- 1 out a1	8b 12- 1 out d1
17	336	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	5.20	4	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.315	6.23	0.38%	0.91	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
18	337	47	Jun 9(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	5.01	4	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.146	3.27	0.22%	1.38	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
19	338	54	Jun 16(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	6-GF	S(4)	6	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.71	4.44	12	4	5	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.191	2.64	0.48%	2.50	6b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
20	339	57	Jun 19(2)	STL		PIT	W,5-1	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.35	4.17	8	3	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.121	3.17	0.30%	1.75	7t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 4
21	340	60	Jun 22	STL		BRO	L,4-6	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	4.15	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.014	3.05	0.05%	0.36	9t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 2
22	341	61	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	4.10	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.148	15.92	0.48%	-0.13	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
23	342	64	Jun 27	STL		PHI	W,6-4	8-GF	S(7)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.01	5	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.110	6.04	0.34%	0.75	8t --- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
24	343	66	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	12-GF(12)	L(0-3)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.11	3.97	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.302	8.47	-0.82%	-0.51	12t --- 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
25	344	70	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,4-2	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	3.85	5	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.154	6.58	0.48%	1.01	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
26	345	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.76	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	0.326	20.87	0.82%	0.86	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
27	346	72	Jul 4(1)	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	8-GF	L(0-4)	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	4.15	3.79	7	1	2	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.43	-0.703	15.00	-1.84%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
28	347	78	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.05	3.71	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.030	4.01	0.10%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
29	348	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.07	3.98	9	3	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.007	1.35	-0.03%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
30	349	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,9-10	9-9		1	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.71	4.12	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.083	3.36	-0.30%	-1.85	9b --- 0 out a5	9b 123 0 out a5
31	350	88	Jul 21(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	10-GF(10)	S(10)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.08	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.016	1.19	0.04%	0.47	10b --- 0 out a4	10b end a 4
32	351	90	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.00	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	3.12	0.14%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
33	352	96	Jul 28(2)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	10-GF(11)	W(1-4)	4	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.30	3.98	10	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.272	18.24	0.89%	0.99	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
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
34	353	106	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,1-5	8-GF		9	2.0	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	4.31	4.16	11	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.28	-0.027	1.83	-0.11%	-1.01	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
35	354	109	Aug 10	STL		MLN	L,0-9	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.41	4.21	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
36	355	111	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	4.14	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.86	8b 1-- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
37	356	114	Aug 16	STL	@	MLN	W,6-2	7-9	H(2)	2	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.21	4.17	8	2	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.012	2.20	-0.02%	-0.11	7b 12- 2 out a4	9b 12- 0 out a4
38	357	120	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,6-13	5-6		4	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.25	4.32	6	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.01	5b 1-- 1 out d8	6b 3 out d9
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
39	358	130	Sep 2(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-10	7-7		11	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.33	4.40	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	-0.006	.18	-0.01%	-0.49	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
40	359	139	Sep 11	STL		PHI	W,14-6	9-GF	S(11)	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	4.37	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians
41	360	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7		W(2-4)	13	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	4.26	4.58	8												7	0	0	0		0
42	361	153	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	8-GF	S(12)	3	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.14	4.57	7	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.257	.00	0.00%	1.35	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
							17-25		W-L:2-4,Sv:12,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.5	58.2	54	29	27	22	29	8	4	4.14	4.57	246	1.23		8%	7%	48		33	21%	3	0	0	218	5	3	1	6	0	1	1.29	0.468	4.13	0.82%	4.25

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