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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,2-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 21 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 23	STL		CIN	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (3)	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (8)	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21 (1)	May 12 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22	May 12 (2)	STL		MLN	L,4-10	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	23	May 14	STL		NYG	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	24	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5		19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	26 (1)	May 17	STL		PHI	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27	May 18	STL		PHI	L,5-7	GF	13	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	28	May 19	STL		BRO	L,3-10		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31 (2)	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (1)	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-7		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	41 (3)	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	45 (3)	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	47 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	GF	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	54 (6)	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	GF	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	57 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-1	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	60 (2)	Jun 22	STL		BRO	L,4-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	61	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	64 (2)	Jun 27	STL		PHI	W,6-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	66 (1)	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	70 (3)	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	72	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	78 (5)	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	83 (4)	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	85 (1)	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,9-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	88 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	90 (1)	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	96 (5)	Jul 28 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	106 (9)	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,1-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	109 (2)	Aug 10	STL		MLN	L,0-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	111 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	114 (2)	Aug 16	STL	@	MLN	W,6-2		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	120 (5)	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,6-13		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	130 (9)	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	139 (8)	Sep 11	STL		PHI	W,14-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians
41	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	153 (3)	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							42gm		58.2	3	8	0	11	0