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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 14	ATL		SFG	L,11-15		18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	11 (2)	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (1)	Apr 20	ATL		CIN	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	15 (1)	Apr 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,6-8	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17 (1)	Apr 25	ATL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19 (1)	Apr 28	ATL	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	25 (5)	May 5	ATL		PIT	W,12-6	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	28 (2)	May 9	ATL		STL	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
11	29	May 10	ATL		STL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	31 (1)	May 12	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	32	May 15	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	35 (2)	May 17 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	37 (1)	May 20	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	38	May 21	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	41 (2)	May 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	42	May 26	ATL		HOU	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	45 (2)	May 30	ATL		PHI	L,5-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	49 (3)	Jun 5	ATL		MON	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	54 (4)	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	59 (4)	Jun 17	ATL	@	MON	W,6-5		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	65 (5)	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	69 (3)	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	76 (6)	Jul 3 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	78 (1)	Jul 5	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	80 (1)	Jul 7	ATL		SFG	L,5-8		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	83 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	ATL		CIN	W,11-9		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	89 (5)	Jul 18	ATL	@	STL	W,8-7	GF	11	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	94 (4)	Jul 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	98 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	100 (1)	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	101	Jul 29	ATL		STL	W,9-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	103 (1)	Jul 31	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	105 (1)	Aug 2	ATL		PIT	L,7-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	108 (2)	Aug 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	110 (1)	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	13	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	115 (4)	Aug 12	ATL		MON	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	116	Aug 13	ATL		MON	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	119 (2)	Aug 15	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	121 (1)	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	127 (5)	Aug 25	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6		8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	130 (2)	Aug 28	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-5		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	132 (1)	Aug 30	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	135 (2)	Sep 2	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	GF	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
46	138 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	143 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	146 (2)	Sep 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	151 (4)	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-7		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	152	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,6-11		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs
51	154	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
52	156 (1)	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	159 (2)	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	GF	5	0.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
							53gm		82.0	4	16	1	21	0