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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 29 NYG NL 15 3 .833 2.43 71 0 32 0 0 11 159.1 127 60 43 12 57 108 5 0 3 646 154 1.155 7.2 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.89 MVP-4,RoY-2
1953 30 NYG NL 7 8 .467 3.04 68 0 39 0 0 15 145.0 127 61 49 13 77 71 4 0 9 628 142 1.407 7.9 0.8 4.8 4.4 0.92 AS
1954 31 NYG NL 12 4 .750 2.10 57 0 30 0 0 7 111.1 77 32 26 5 52 64 5 1 2 456 194 1.159 6.2 0.4 4.2 5.2 1.23 MVP-15
1955 32 NYG NL 4 1 .800 3.93 59 0 14 0 0 0 103.0 104 53 45 10 40 5 71 2 0 6 449 104 1.398 9.1 0.9 3.5 6.2 1.78
1956 33 NYG NL 4 9 .308 3.83 64 0 38 0 0 8 89.1 97 45 38 7 43 10 71 2 0 6 403 98 1.567 9.8 0.7 4.3 7.2 1.65
1957 34 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 4.14 42 0 32 0 0 12 58.2 54 29 27 8 22 1 29 4 0 0 246 95 1.295 8.3 1.2 3.4 4.4 1.32
1957 34 STL NL 1 4 .200 4.25 40 0 30 0 0 11 55.0 52 28 26 7 21 1 29 3 0 0 231 93 1.327 8.5 1.1 3.4 4.7 1.38
1957 34 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2.45 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 153 0.818 4.9 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.00
1958 35 TOT AL 3 10 .231 2.34 39 10 17 4 1 5 131.0 95 41 34 6 45 4 92 2 2 2 526 157 1.069 6.5 0.4 3.1 6.3 2.04
1958 35 CLE AL 2 7 .222 2.49 30 6 16 1 0 5 90.1 70 32 25 4 35 2 57 1 0 2 371 148 1.162 7.0 0.4 3.5 5.7 1.63
1958 35 BAL AL 1 3 .250 1.99 9 4 1 3 1 0 40.2 25 9 9 2 10 2 35 1 2 0 155 180 0.861 5.5 0.4 2.2 7.7 3.50
1959 36 BAL AL 15 11 .577 2.19 32 27 2 13 3 0 226.0 178 64 55 13 77 3 139 10 0 5 902 173 1.128 7.1 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.81 AS
1960 37 BAL AL 11 8 .579 3.31 41 11 24 3 1 7 147.0 125 69 54 13 39 0 107 1 1 6 599 115 1.116 7.7 0.8 2.4 6.6 2.74
1961 38 BAL AL 9 7 .563 2.30 51 1 43 0 0 18 109.2 89 35 28 5 41 5 87 4 0 3 458 168 1.185 7.3 0.4 3.4 7.1 2.12 AS,MVP-24
1962 39 BAL AL 7 10 .412 1.94 52 0 44 0 0 15 93.0 64 28 20 5 34 2 90 3 0 11 371 191 1.054 6.2 0.5 3.3 8.7 2.65 AS
1963 40 CHW AL 5 8 .385 2.64 55 3 40 0 0 21 136.1 106 47 40 8 30 1 111 4 0 4 545 132 0.998 7.0 0.5 2.0 7.3 3.70
1964 41 CHW AL 12 9 .571 1.99 73 0 55 0 0 27 131.1 94 35 29 7 30 1 95 2 0 3 510 173 0.944 6.4 0.5 2.1 6.5 3.17 MVP-19
1965 42 CHW AL 7 7 .500 1.81 66 0 45 0 0 20 144.0 88 34 29 11 32 7 106 2 0 10 545 176 0.833 5.5 0.7 2.0 6.6 3.31
1966 43 CHW AL 5 2 .714 1.66 46 0 30 0 0 6 81.1 50 21 15 6 17 2 61 1 0 3 308 190 0.824 5.5 0.7 1.9 6.8 3.59
1967 44 CHW AL 8 3 .727 1.31 49 0 30 0 0 12 89.0 58 21 13 2 34 4 76 4 0 2 360 229 1.034 5.9 0.2 3.4 7.7 2.24
1968 45 CHW AL 4 4 .500 1.73 72 0 39 0 0 12 93.2 69 20 18 4 24 5 72 2 0 1 368 184 0.993 6.6 0.4 2.3 6.9 3.00
1969 46 TOT MLB 7 7 .500 2.19 52 0 42 0 0 14 78.0 50 22 19 4 22 4 67 4 0 6 303 159 0.923 5.8 0.5 2.5 7.7 3.05
1969 46 CAL AL 5 7 .417 2.47 44 0 35 0 0 10 65.2 45 21 18 4 18 4 53 3 0 5 256 140 0.959 6.2 0.5 2.5 7.3 2.94
1969 46 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 0.73 8 0 7 0 0 4 12.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 14 1 0 1 47 498 0.730 3.6 0.0 2.9 10.2 3.50
1970 47 TOT NL 6 5 .545 3.40 53 0 39 0 0 13 82.0 73 33 31 8 42 7 68 1 0 4 357 127 1.402 8.0 0.9 4.6 7.5 1.62 AS
1970 47 ATL NL 6 4 .600 3.10 50 0 37 0 0 13 78.1 69 29 27 7 39 7 67 1 0 4 339 139 1.379 7.9 0.8 4.5 7.7 1.72
1970 47 CHC NL 0 1 .000 9.82 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 4 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 45 1.909 9.8 2.5 7.4 2.5 0.33
1971 48 TOT NL 0 1 .000 2.70 12 0 7 0 0 3 20.0 12 7 6 3 5 0 16 0 0 0 72 122 0.850 5.4 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.20
1971 48 ATL NL 0 0 15.43 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 5 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 24 3.000 23.1 7.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
1971 48 LAD NL 0 1 .000 1.02 9 0 7 0 0 3 17.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 15 0 0 0 59 317 0.566 3.1 0.5 2.0 7.6 3.75
1972 49 LAD NL 0 1 .000 4.62 16 0 9 0 0 1 25.1 20 16 13 0 15 0 9 0 0 4 112 73 1.382 7.1 0.0 5.3 3.2 0.60
21 Seasons 143 122 .540 2.52 1070 52 651 20 5 227 2254.1 1757 773 632 150 778 61 1610 62 4 90 9164 146 1.125 7.0 0.6 3.1 6.4 2.07
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .540 2.52 65 3 39 1 0 14 137 106 47 38 9 47 98 4 0 5 555 146 1.125 7.0 0.6 3.1 6.4 2.07
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CHW (6 yrs) 41 33 .554 1.92 361 3 239 0 0 98 675.2 465 178 144 38 167 20 521 15 0 23 2636 170 0.935 6.2 0.5 2.2 6.9 3.12
NYG (5 yrs) 42 25 .627 2.98 319 0 153 0 0 41 608.0 532 251 201 47 269 15 385 18 1 26 2582 134 1.317 7.9 0.7 4.0 5.7 1.43
BAL (5 yrs) 43 39 .524 2.42 185 43 114 19 5 40 616.1 481 205 166 38 201 12 458 19 3 25 2485 156 1.107 7.0 0.6 2.9 6.7 2.28
ATL (3 yrs) 8 4 .667 3.10 61 0 44 0 0 17 93.0 80 35 32 9 44 7 82 2 0 5 399 135 1.333 7.7 0.9 4.3 7.9 1.86
LAD (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 3.14 25 0 16 0 0 4 43.0 26 18 15 1 19 0 24 0 0 4 171 105 1.047 5.4 0.2 4.0 5.0 1.26
CLE (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 2.49 32 6 18 1 0 6 94.0 72 33 26 5 36 2 57 2 0 2 386 148 1.149 6.9 0.5 3.4 5.5 1.58
STL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.25 40 0 30 0 0 11 55.0 52 28 26 7 21 1 29 3 0 0 231 93 1.327 8.5 1.1 3.4 4.7 1.38
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.82 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 4 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 45 1.909 9.8 2.5 7.4 2.5 0.33
CAL (1 yr) 5 7 .417 2.47 44 0 35 0 0 10 65.2 45 21 18 4 18 4 53 3 0 5 256 140 0.959 6.2 0.5 2.5 7.3 2.94
AL (13 yrs) 92 86 .517 2.19 622 52 406 20 5 154 1451.2 1063 437 354 85 422 38 1089 39 3 55 5763 160 1.023 6.6 0.5 2.6 6.8 2.58
NL (10 yrs) 51 36 .586 3.12 448 0 245 0 0 73 802.2 694 336 278 65 356 23 521 23 1 35 3401 128 1.308 7.8 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.46

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 31 NYG NL WS W CLE 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 11.6
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 11.6

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 29 NYG NL 71 42 38 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 11 .158 .179 .237 .416 14 9 0 0 3 1 MVP-4,RoY-2
1953 30 NYG NL 68 42 33 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 .152 .243 .273 .516 33 9 2 0 5 1 AS
1954 31 NYG NL 57 22 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .048 .048 .048 .095 -75 1 0 0 1 0 1 MVP-15
1955 32 NYG NL 59 21 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .158 .200 .158 .358 -3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 33 NYG NL 64 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 34 TOT MLB 42 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 34 STL NL 40 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 34 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 35 TOT AL 39 37 32 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .094 .121 .094 .215 -39 3 2 0 4 0 0 1
1958 35 CLE AL 30 25 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .095 .136 .095 .232 -34 2 2 0 3 0 0 1
1958 35 BAL AL 9 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -48 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1959 36 BAL AL 32 85 76 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 23 .053 .111 .053 .164 -53 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 AS
1960 37 BAL AL 41 48 42 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .071 .111 .071 .183 -49 3 1 0 3 1 0 1
1961 38 BAL AL 51 24 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .050 .136 .050 .186 -47 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-24
1962 39 BAL AL 52 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .125 .176 .125 .301 -15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1963 40 CHW AL 55 36 29 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .069 .182 .069 .251 -25 2 1 0 3 0 0 1
1964 41 CHW AL 73 24 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .143 .182 .143 .325 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-19
1965 42 CHW AL 66 28 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .083 .000 .083 -73 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
1966 43 CHW AL 46 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 44 CHW AL 49 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 45 CHW AL 72 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 46 TOT MLB 52 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 46 CAL AL 44 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 46 ATL NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 47 TOT NL 53 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .091 .231 .091 .322 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1970 47 ATL NL 50 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .091 .231 .091 .322 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 47 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 48 TOT NL 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 48 ATL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 48 LAD NL 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 49 LAD NL 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
21 Seasons 1070 493 432 24 38 3 1 1 21 0 1 26 166 .088 .139 .106 .246 -31 46 8 0 34 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 75 65 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 25 .088 .139 .106 .246 -31 7 1 0 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHW (6 yrs) 361 113 96 6 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 48 .073 .136 .083 .219 -35 8 1 0 10 0 0
NYG (5 yrs) 319 136 120 11 17 2 1 1 4 0 1 6 32 .142 .183 .200 .383 2 24 2 0 10 0 0
BAL (5 yrs) 185 186 165 6 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 10 61 .067 .119 .067 .186 -47 11 3 0 10 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 61 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298 -18 1 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 25 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 32 25 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .095 .136 .095 .232 -34 2 2 0 3 0 0
STL (1 yr) 40 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 44 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 622 332 290 13 20 1 0 0 16 0 0 18 121 .069 .123 .072 .195 -44 21 6 0 23 1 0
NL (10 yrs) 448 161 142 11 18 2 1 1 5 0 1 8 45 .127 .173 .176 .349 -7 25 2 0 11 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 31 NYG NL WS CLE W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953
1959-1
1959-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1
1962-2
1970

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-4-40%
1954-NL-15-5%
1961-AL-24-0%
1964-AL-19-3%
0.48 Career Shares (445th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL--2.429--1st
1959 AL--2.190--1st
Career--2.523--45th

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL--15--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1952 NL--.833--1st
1954 NL--.750--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 NL--1.155--5th
1959 AL--1.128--2nd
Career--1.125--36th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL--7.174--2nd
1959 AL--7.088--3rd
Career--7.014--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL--6.100--3rd
1959 AL--5.535--7th
Career--6.428--154th

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL--71--1st
1953 NL--68--1st
1954 NL--57--4th
1955 NL--59--2nd
1956 NL--64--2nd
1962 AL--52--9th
1963 AL--55--10th
1964 AL--73--3rd
1965 AL--66--6th
1968 AL--72--2nd
Career--1070--5th

Saves s c a p y
1952 NL--11--3rd
1953 NL--15--2nd
1954 NL--7--7th
1956 NL--8--6th
1957 NL--11--4th
1960 AL--7--9th
1961 AL--18--2nd
1962 AL--15--4th
1963 AL--21--3rd
1964 AL--27--2nd
1965 AL--20--7th
1967 AL--12--7th
1968 AL--12--4th
1970 NL--13--9th
Career--227--34th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 AL--226.0--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL--139--5th
Career--1610--134th

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 AL--13--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 AL--3--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--77--9th
1959 AL--77--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--1.895--8th
Career--2.069--225th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--.518--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL--9--4th
1955 NL--6--2nd
1956 NL--6--9th
1959 AL--5--10th
1962 AL--11--2nd
1965 AL--10--4th
Career--90--115th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--5--8th
1959 AL--10--5th
Career--62--222nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 NL--32--5th
1953 NL--39--1st
1954 NL--30--6th
1956 NL--38--4th
1957 NL--30--6th
1960 AL--24--5th
1961 AL--43--2nd
1962 AL--44--2nd
1963 AL--40--6th
1964 AL--55--3rd
1965 AL--45--7th
1967 AL--30--10th
1968 AL--39--3rd
1969 AL--35--8th
1970 NL--39--10th
Career--651--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL--154--1st
1959 AL--173--1st
Career--146--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL--born 1922-07-26--9th
1960 AL--born 1922-07-26--8th
1961 AL--born 1922-07-26--8th
1962 AL--born 1922-07-26--4th
1963 AL--born 1922-07-26--3rd
1964 AL--born 1922-07-26--2nd
1965 AL--born 1922-07-26--2nd
1966 AL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1967 AL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1968 AL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1969 NL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1969 AL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1970 NL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1971 NL--born 1922-07-26--1st
1972 NL--born 1922-07-26--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 66 (201), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 111 (78), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  16. Don McMahon (858)  2 3 4 5 6 C
  17. Jesse Orosco (782)  2 C
  18. Jesse Orosco (760)  2 C
  19. Satchel Paige (468) * C
  20. Satchel Paige (464) * C
  21. Satchel Paige (461) * C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 28, 1947: Purchased by the Boston Braves from Mooresville (North Carolina State). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 20, 1947: Drafted by the New York Giants from the Boston Braves in the 1947 minor league draft.

February 26, 1957: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Whitey Lockman.

September 21, 1957: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 23, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cleveland Indians.

January 14, 1963: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson and Pete Ward to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Chicago White Sox as the 49th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

December 12, 1968: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke.

September 8, 1969: Traded by the California Angels with Bob Priddy to the Atlanta Braves for Clint Compton and Mickey Rivers.

September 21, 1970: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Atlanta Braves.

November 30, 1970: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.

June 29, 1971: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

July 10, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 21, 1972: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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