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: 25-28

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 26

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	990	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	9.00	1.64	7	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
2	991	5	Apr 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	2.14	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
3	992	8	Apr 14	ATL		SFG	L,11-15	4-8	H(1)	2	3.2	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	6.35	3.87	18	5	2	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.53	0.019	2.60	0.02%	-0.59	4t 1-3 1 out a4	8t 1-- 0 out a2
4	993	11	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	8-GF		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	4.00	6	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	0.117	1.48	0.10%	1.23	8t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
5	994	13	Apr 20	ATL		CIN	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.20	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
6	995	15	Apr 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,6-8	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.50	4.34	8	2	1	1	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.48	-0.109	.41	-0.06%	-2.00	7b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 3
7	996	17	Apr 25	ATL	@	PIT	L,7-8	7-GF(8)	BL(0-1)	1	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.63	5.04	7	2	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.361	1.09	-0.21%	-1.00	7b 1-- 1 out a1	8b end d 1
8	997	19	Apr 28	ATL	@	STL	W,3-2	7-GF	W(1-1)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	4.62	11	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.281	1.51	0.18%	1.54	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 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
9	998	25	May 5	ATL		PIT	W,12-6	7-GF	S(1)	6	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.08	4.79	12	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.14	0.01%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
10	999	28	May 9	ATL		STL	W,5-3	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.48	3.99	14	4	2	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.79	0.289	4.09	0.25%	1.98	7t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
11	1000	29	May 10	ATL		STL	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	4.07	4	2	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.86	-0.360	7.69	-0.34%	-0.63	9t 123 0 out a2	9t end d 1
12	1001	31	May 12	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-10	BS(3)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.42	4.33	7	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.131	3.64	-0.12%	0.12	9b --- 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
13	1002	32	May 15	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-1	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	4.22	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	0.094	7.62	0.12%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
14	1003	35	May 17(2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.24	4.12	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	0.348	6.64	0.42%	1.87	8b 1-3 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
15	1004	37	May 20	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-1	10-GF(11)	W(2-1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.86	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.144	1.29	0.12%	1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 5
16	1005	38	May 21	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	3.94	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.010	.34	-0.01%	-0.08	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
17	1006	41	May 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-8	7-7		2	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.54	3.85	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.013	.26	-0.01%	-1.41	7b -2- 0 out d4	7b 1-- 1 out d6
18	1007	42	May 26	ATL		HOU	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.30	3.64	6	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.247	1.99	0.20%	1.69	8t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
19	1008	45	May 30	ATL		PHI	L,5-7	8-GF		3	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3.41	4.06	8	2	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.008	.90	-0.01%	0.49	8t --3 1 out d2	9t end d 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
20	1009	49	Jun 5	ATL		MON	L,2-3	8-GF	L(2-2)	5	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.51	4.35	8	0	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.138	2.37	-0.12%	0.23	8t -2- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
21	1010	54	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-4	7-8	H(2)	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	4.40	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.74	0.050	2.47	0.03%	0.18	7b 123 1 out a4	8b 1-- 0 out a3
22	1011	59	Jun 17	ATL	@	MON	W,6-5	8-9	H(3)	5	1.2	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.28	4.40	9	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.170	2.90	0.09%	0.56	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 2 out a1
23	1012	65	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.19	4.38	4	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.031	.58	0.02%	0.92	9t 1-- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	1013	69	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.03	4.27	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.019	.07	0.01%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 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
25	1014	76	Jul 3(2)	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	8-GF	S(5)	5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	4.14	8	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.020	.03	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
26	1015	78	Jul 5	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	9-GF	L(2-3)	1	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.02	4.17	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.290	.46	-0.03%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
27	1016	80	Jul 7	ATL		SFG	L,5-8	7-8		1	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.30	4.54	10	4	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.245	.14	-0.02%	-1.31	7t -2- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d3
28	1017	83	Jul 10(1)	ATL		CIN	W,11-9	8-8	H(4)	2	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.68	4.59	4	0	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.168	.15	-0.01%	-2.05	8t --- 1 out a3	8t -2- 2 out a1
29	1018	89	Jul 18	ATL	@	STL	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	W(3-3)	7	2.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.50	4.58	11	1	4	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	0.453	.08	0.01%	1.36	9b -2- 2 out tie	11b end a 1
30	1019	94	Jul 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	4.54	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
31	1020	98	Jul 26(1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-3	7-GF	S(6)	3	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.22	4.41	12	1	7	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.68	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 5
32	1021	100	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.16	4.29	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	1022	101	Jul 29	ATL		STL	W,9-7	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	4.24	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 2
34	1023	103	Jul 31	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(8)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.10	4.19	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	0.286	.01	0.00%	0.94	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
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
35	1024	105	Aug 2	ATL		PIT	L,7-10	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	4.12	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
36	1025	108	Aug 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-1	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	4.06	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.036	.00	0.00%	1.47	9b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
37	1026	110	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-1	6-GF	S(10)	1	3.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.79	3.86	13	4	4	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.267	.00	0.00%	2.60	6b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
38	1027	115	Aug 12	ATL		MON	W,8-7	9-GF	S(11)	5	1.0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.75	3.74	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
39	1028	116	Aug 13	ATL		MON	W,4-1	9-GF	S(12)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	3.69	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.94	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
40	1029	119	Aug 15	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	9-GF	W(4-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	3.68	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
41	1030	121	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	W(5-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.59	3.53	8	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.253	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
42	1031	127	Aug 25	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6	8-9	H(5)	6	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.81	3.61	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.031	.00	0.00%	0.00	8b --- 1 out a3	9b 123 2 out a3
43	1032	130	Aug 28	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-5	6-7		2	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.63	8	1	4	0	2	2		1	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.84	6b -2- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
44	1033	132	Aug 30	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	3.66	8	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	.47	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 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
45	1034	135	Sep 2	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	4-GF	W(6-3)	2	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.57	3.49	21	8	6	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.723	.00	0.00%	4.18	4t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
46	1035	138	Sep 5(2)	ATL		SFG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(13)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.53	3.47	5	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	0.155	.00	0.00%	0.92	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
47	1036	143	Sep 9(1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-3	8-9		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.47	3.37	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.237	.00	0.00%	0.96	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
48	1037	146	Sep 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	L(6-4)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.55	3.35	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
49	1038	151	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-7	5-6		4	0.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.76	3.42	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-1.73	5b --- 1 out a1	6b 12- 0 out a1
50	1039	152	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,6-11	7-7	BS(4)	1	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.10	3.62	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.475	.00	0.00%	-4.15	7t 123 0 out a2	7t --- 0 out d4
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs
51	1040	154	Sep 23(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.06	3.65	4	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.015	.92	0.03%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
52	1041	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.63	9	0	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.032	.82	-0.05%	-0.03	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
53	1042	159	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	10-GF(10)	L(6-5)	2	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.40	3.82	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	-0.362	.00	0.00%	-2.60	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 3
							25-28		W-L:6-5,Sv:13,BSv:4,Hld:5	2.3	82.0	73	33	31	42	68	8	1	3.40	3.82	356	1.19		3%	7%	70		41	37%	12	1	0	308	8	2	7	6	2	3	1.46	1.345	.94	0.58%	13.69

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