Hoyt Wilhelm
James Hoyt Wilhelm
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 26, 1922 in Huntersville, NC
High School: Cornelius (Cornelius, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Final Game: July 10, 1972
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1985 (331/395 ballots).
Died: August 23, 2002 in Sarasota, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 NYG NL 29 P 71 43 9 32 2 0 .953 0.58 .953 0.98 MVP-4,RoY-2
1953 NYG NL 30 P 68 31 11 19 1 1 .968 0.44 .955 0.87 AS
1954 NYG NL 31 P 57 0 111.1 30 5 25 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.53 .960 2.07 0.87 MVP-15
1955 NYG NL 32 P 59 0 103.1 35 6 28 1 2 .971 2.96 0.58 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 33 P 64 0 89.1 24 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.42 0.38 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 TOT MLB 34 P 42 0 58.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.26 .964 2.06 0.82
1957 STL NL 34 P 40 0 55.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.28 .964 2.06 0.82
1957 CLE AL 34 P 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.85
1958 TOT AL 35 P 39 10 131.0 31 9 22 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.79 .961 1.95 0.82
1958 CLE AL 35 P 30 6 90.1 24 8 16 0 0 1.000 2.39 0.80 .962 1.95 0.82
1958 BAL AL 35 P 9 4 40.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.55 0.78 .957 1.95 0.82
1959 BAL AL 36 P 32 27 226.0 45 13 32 0 1 1.000 1.79 1.41 .953 2.05 0.85 AS
1960 BAL AL 37 P 41 11 147.0 33 4 28 1 2 .970 1.96 0.78 .967 1.96 0.78
1961 BAL AL 38 P 51 1 109.2 30 6 22 2 1 .933 2.30 0.55 .953 2.05 0.83 AS,MVP-24
1962 BAL AL 39 P 52 0 93.0 22 10 12 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.42 .955 2.08 0.79 AS
1963 CHW AL 40 P 55 3 136.1 29 4 24 1 1 .966 1.85 0.51 .955 1.99 0.79
1964 CHW AL 41 P 73 0 131.1 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 1.44 0.29 .957 1.90 0.72 MVP-19
1965 CHW AL 42 P 66 0 145.0 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 1.68 0.41 .948 2.04 0.75
1966 CHW AL 43 P 46 0 81.1 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.26 .950 1.99 0.75
1967 CHW AL 44 P 49 0 89.0 14 2 11 1 1 .929 1.31 0.27 .957 1.96 0.74
1968 CHW AL 45 P 72 0 93.2 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.18 .954 1.89 0.73
1969 TOT MLB 46 P 52 0 78.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.50 0.25 .950 1.89 0.70
1969 CAL AL 46 P 44 0 65.2 12 3 8 1 0 .917 1.51 0.25 .950 1.88 0.69
1969 ATL NL 46 P 8 0 12.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.25 .950 1.97 0.78
1970 TOT NL 47 P 53 0 82.0 21 4 16 1 0 .952 2.20 0.38 .948 1.85 0.71 AS
1970 ATL NL 47 P 50 0 78.1 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.95 0.34 .950 1.85 0.71
1970 CHC NL 47 P 3 0 3.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 7.36 1.00 .933 1.96 0.70
1971 TOT NL 48 P 12 0 20.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 .950 1.89 0.78
1971 ATL NL 48 P 3 0 2.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.71 0.67 .950 1.93 0.77
1971 LAD NL 48 P 9 0 17.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02 0.22 .950 1.88 0.78
1972 LAD NL 49 P 16 0 25.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.50 .950 1.78 0.73
21 Seasons P 1070 52 1951.1 498 114 373 11 17 .978 2.25 0.46 .955 1.99 0.80
21 Seasons TOT 1070 52 1951.1 498 114 373 11 17 .978 2.25 0.46 .933 1.99 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 NYG NL 29 71 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 30 68 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 31 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 32 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 33 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 34 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 34 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 35 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 35 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 36 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 37 41 11 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 38 51 1 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 39 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 40 55 3 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHW AL 41 73 0 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 42 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 43 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 44 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHW AL 45 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 46 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 ATL NL 46 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 47 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 47 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 48 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 48 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 49 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 1070 52 1070 1070 1070 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 31 454 75% 29% 24 96% 1 5 0 4 24 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1955 NYG NL 32 318 76% 21% 20 95% 0 4 1 2 20 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 83%
1956 NYG NL 33 323 74% 20% 16 94% 1 3 0 2 16 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 100%
1957 STL NL 34 242 78% 28% 10 90% 0 3 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 CLE AL 34 7 86% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 35 402 77% 25% 17 82% 0 8 1 7 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1958 BAL AL 35 163 72% 20% 9 89% 1 1 1 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1959 BAL AL 36 967 77% 30% 37 95% 0 12 3 7 32 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 89%
1960 BAL AL 37 644 77% 26% 30 90% 1 4 1 2 27 20 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1961 BAL AL 38 482 73% 28% 34 85% 1 6 2 2 26 23 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 57%
1962 BAL AL 39 424 70% 24% 17 94% 1 10 2 7 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 40 568 74% 27% 27 96% 1 4 1 3 25 21 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1964 CHW AL 41 539 76% 25% 21 90% 0 5 0 3 19 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1965 CHW AL 42 588 76% 27% 20 95% 0 7 0 5 20 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1966 CHW AL 43 330 76% 25% 12 100% 0 2 0 2 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 CHW AL 44 386 70% 24% 12 92% 1 2 0 2 11 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1968 CHW AL 45 391 75% 26% 10 90% 0 3 0 3 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1969 CAL AL 46 284 74% 28% 12 67% 1 3 0 3 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1969 ATL NL 46 48 60% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 47 343 69% 22% 17 88% 0 3 0 3 15 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 CHC NL 47 19 79% 16% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 LAD NL 48 66 71% 26% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 48 15 87% 27% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 49 121 80% 29% 7 86% 0 3 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
19 Seasons 8124 75% 26% 357 91% 9 91 12 65 324 264 23 7 1 6 0 4 16 10 15 1 71 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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