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: 23-29

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 22

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	525	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.62	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.102	2.49	-0.13%	0.10	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
2	526	5	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	L,3-8	7-7		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.22	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.045	1.70	0.06%	0.65	7t -2- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d2
3	527	6	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.33	12	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	0.363	6.60	0.39%	1.39	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
4	528	8	Apr 20	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.12	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.30	0.328	12.53	0.34%	0.57	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
5	529	15	Apr 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.21	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.69	0.173	12.97	0.20%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a1	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
6	530	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)	BL(0-1)	5	2.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.17	1.70	9	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.372	5.00	-0.51%	-1.04	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
7	531	22	May 6	BAL	@	LAA	L,7-15	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	1.12	5	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
8	532	24	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.93	1.58	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.030	.73	0.03%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
9	533	27	May 13	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	1.71	3	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.179	3.04	0.19%	0.68	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end tie
10	534	30	May 17	BAL		LAA	W,6-4	8-GF	S(5)	3	1.2	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.13	1.59	8	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.041	2.20	0.05%	-1.17	8t -23 1 out a5	9t end a 2
11	535	31	May 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	8-GF(12)	BW(2-1)	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.56	1.29	15	6	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.396	3.71	0.55%	1.92	8b --3 1 out a1	12b end a 3
12	536	35	May 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,7-10	6-7		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	1.48	9	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.087	2.56	0.13%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
13	537	36	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	7-GF	S(6)	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.23	1.57	10	2	4	0	2	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.093	2.86	0.14%	0.62	7b -2- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
14	538	37	May 24	BAL		DET	L,4-5	8-GF(11)	L(2-2)	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.38	1.50	15	6	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.050	5.04	0.07%	0.86	8t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
15	539	44	May 30(2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-0	8-GF	S(7)	5	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	1.59	5	1	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.14	0.01%	0.88	8t 12- 2 out a5	9t end a 7
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
16	540	46	Jun 1	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	L(2-3)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.53	1.63	8	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.182	2.66	-0.16%	-0.07	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
17	541	50	Jun 5	BAL		WSA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(8)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	1.60	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.154	2.35	0.11%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	542	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	8-GF(8)	L(2-4)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.72	1.56	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.237	2.82	-0.20%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
19	543	57	Jun 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	9-GF	S(9)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	1.51	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.088	4.66	0.07%	0.43	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
20	544	60	Jun 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	7-GF	S(10)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	1.47	10	6	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.145	1.09	0.09%	1.46	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
21	545	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-3	7-GF	W(3-4)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.46	1.43	11	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.426	4.70	0.41%	1.48	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
22	546	66	Jun 22(1)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	L(3-5)	4	1.0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	1.35	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.39	-0.312	4.19	-0.33%	-0.54	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
23	547	70	Jun 24(2)	BAL		BOS	L,5-8	7-GF		1	3.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	1.35	12	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.038	.70	-0.04%	0.39	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
24	548	74	Jun 29	BAL		DET	L,0-1	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	1.28	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.034	1.82	0.04%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
25	549	76	Jun 30(2)	BAL		DET	L,4-7	7-8		0	2.0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.23	1.32	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	.79	-0.169	1.53	-0.20%	-1.07	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
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
26	550	80	Jul 4(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	1.40	7	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.018	.42	0.02%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	551	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	5-GF	L(3-6)	1	3.1	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	1.28	1.64	14	4	2	1	0	3		1	0	2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.091	2.23	-0.08%	0.78	5b 1-- 2 out d1	9b end d 1
28	552	85	Jul 8(2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	7-8		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	1.57	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.197	1.77	0.15%	1.03	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
29	553	88	Jul 14	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	8-10	BS(3)	5	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	1.59	9	2	5	1	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.55	0.411	3.17	0.31%	1.73	8t 1-3 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
30	554	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-3	7-GF	W(4-6)	4	3.0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.10	1.64	12	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.150	1.09	0.14%	0.54	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
31	555	95	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	1.71	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.032	.68	0.03%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
32	556	96	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-6	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	1.77	5	1	2	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.75	0.090	2.54	0.05%	-0.64	9b 123 0 out a5	9b end a 2
33	557	98	Jul 24(1)	BAL	@	LAA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(12)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	1.72	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.41	0.282	8.63	0.23%	0.38	9b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 1
34	558	101	Jul 27	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(5-6)	2	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.16	1.78	11	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.278	1.10	-0.11%	-0.07	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
35	559	104	Jul 29	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	1.84	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
36	560	105	Jul 31	BAL		MIN	W,8-7	8-GF	S(13)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.12	1.84	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.179	2.02	0.11%	0.56	8t --- 2 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
37	561	107	Aug 2	BAL		MIN	L,3-6	6-9	BL(5-7)	1	2.2	2	4	3	3	3	0	0	1.48	1.92	14	4	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.285	1.32	-0.08%	-0.72	6t 12- 2 out a1	9t 123 1 out tie
38	562	111	Aug 6	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-10		3	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.43	1.96	8	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	0.272	2.06	0.10%	0.99	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
39	563	118	Aug 14(1)	BAL	@	DET	L,10-13	7-7	BS(5)	7	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.55	2.16	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	-0.366	.27	-0.02%	-2.41	7b 123 1 out a1	7b 3 out d3
40	564	120	Aug 15	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.53	2.19	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.015	.02	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
41	565	122	Aug 18	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	L(5-8)	2	3.0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.47	2.17	11	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.03	-0.135	.06	0.00%	0.39	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
42	566	125	Aug 22	BAL		CHW	L,6-7	8-GF	L(5-9)	3	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.55	2.34	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	-0.210	.04	0.00%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
43	567	128	Aug 25(1)	BAL		NYY	W,8-6	9-GF	S(14)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	2.34	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.080	.10	0.00%	0.49	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
44	568	129	Aug 25(2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	W(6-9)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	2.38	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.85	0.212	.58	0.01%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
45	569	134	Aug 30	BAL		WSA	L,2-3	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.48	2.40	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.143	.03	0.01%	1.54	8t -2- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
46	570	138	Sep 2(2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	8-GF	S(15)	2	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.56	2.39	6	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	0.292	.11	0.01%	0.65	8b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 1
47	571	142	Sep 5(2)	BAL		DET	L,0-6	8-GF		2	2.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	1.85	2.52	11	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-2.07	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
48	572	143	Sep 7	BAL		LAA	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.94	2.52	5	1	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-0.92	10t -2- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
49	573	145	Sep 9	BAL		LAA	W,4-3	10-GF(14)	W(7-9)	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.83	2.41	15	3	7	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.651	.00	0.00%	2.32	10t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
50	574	149	Sep 15(1)	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(7-10)	5	1.1	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.90	2.44	9	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-1.56	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
51	575	153	Sep 19	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	2.42	5	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
52	576	157	Sep 24	BAL		KCA	L,2-5	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.94	2.57	9	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
							23-29		W-L:7-10,Sv:15,BSv:5	2.3	93.0	64	28	20	34	90	5	3	1.94	2.57	373	1.47		3%	3%	58		38	37%	11	7	0	327	3	0	3	5	4	5	1.74	2.330	1.94	2.14%	17.00

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