Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm
Full name: James Hoyt Wilhelm Born: July 26, 1922, Huntersville, North Carolina Died August 23, 2002, Sarasota, Florida Buried at Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota, Florida First Game: April 18, 1952; Final Game: July 10, 1972 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1985
Hoyt Wilhelm
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1952 NY N 1952 NY N 1953 NY N 1953 NY N 1954 NY N 1954 NY N 1955 NY N 1955 NY N 1956 NY N 1956 NY N 1957 STL N 1957 STL N 1957 CLE A 1957 CLE A 1957 Total 42 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1957 Total
1958 CLE A 1958 CLE A 1958 BAL A 1958 BAL A 1958 TOT A 39 32 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 4 0 2 0 0 .094 .121 .094 0.0 1958 TOT A
1959 BAL A 1959 BAL A 1960 BAL A Daily Splits 41 42 1 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 14 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .071 .111 .071 0.0 1960 BAL A 1961 BAL A Daily Splits 51 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .050 .136 .050 0.0 1961 BAL A 1962 BAL A Daily Splits 52 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .176 .125 0.0 1962 BAL A 1963 CHI A Daily Splits 55 29 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 11 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .069 .182 .069 0.0 1963 CHI A 1964 CHI A Daily Splits 73 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .182 .143 0.0 1964 CHI A 1965 CHI A Daily Splits 66 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000 0.0 1965 CHI A 1966 CHI A Daily Splits 46 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 0.0 1966 CHI A 1967 CHI A Daily Splits 49 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0.0 1967 CHI A 1968 CHI A Daily Splits 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1968 CHI A 1969 CAL A Daily Splits 44 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1969 CAL A 1969 ATL N Daily Splits 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1969 ATL N 1969 Total 52 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1969 Total
1970 ATL N Daily Splits 50 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 0.0 1970 ATL N 1970 CHI N 1970 CHI N 1970 TOT N 53 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 0.0 1970 TOT N
1971 ATL N 1971 ATL N 1971 LA N Daily Splits 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1971 LA N 1971 TOT N 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1971 TOT N
1972 LA N Daily Splits 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1972 LA N Splits 1070 432 24 38 3 1 1 21 26 0i 166 0 34 1i 0i 3i 8 0 1 .088 .139 .106 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1954 NY N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1954 NY N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1959 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 AL
Total Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1952 NY N 71 0 0 0 32 11 159.1 127 646 12 60 43 57 108 7 3 5 0 15 3 2.43 2.3 1952 NY N 1953 NY N 68 0 0 0 39 15 145 127 628 13 61 49 77 71 14 9 4 0 7 8 3.04 2.1 1953 NY N 1954 NY N 1954 NY N 1955 NY N 1955 NY N 1956 NY N 1956 NY N 1957 STL N 1957 STL N 1957 CLE A 1957 CLE A 1957 Total 42 0 0 0 32 12 58.2 54 246 8 29 27 22 1 29 2 0 0 4 0 2 4 4.14 -0.2 1957 Total
1958 CLE A 1958 CLE A 1958 BAL A 1958 BAL A 1958 TOT A 39 10 4 1 17 5 131 95 526 6 41 34 45 4 92 11 3 2 2 2 3 10 2.34 1.7 1958 TOT A
1959 BAL A 17 4 5 10 0 15 11 2.19 3.7 1959 BAL A 1960 BAL A Daily Splits 41 11 3 1 24 7 147 125 599 13 69 54 39 0 107 8 2 6 1 1 20 2 11 14 11 8 3.31 0.3 1960 BAL A 1961 BAL A Daily Splits 51 1 0 0 43 18 109.2 89 458 5 35 28 41 5 87 6 0 3 4 0 12 3 12 10 9 7 2.30 3.0 1961 BAL A 1962 BAL A Daily Splits 52 0 0 0 44 15 93 64 371 5 28 20 34 2 90 5 4 11 3 0 3 0 5 7 7 10 1.94 3.5 1962 BAL A 1963 CHI A Daily Splits 55 3 0 0 40 21 136.1 106 545 8 47 40 30 1 111 12 5 4 4 0 21 3 10 11 5 8 2.64 1.5 1963 CHI A 1964 CHI A Daily Splits 73 0 0 0 55 27 131.1 94 510 7 35 29 30 1 95 10 3 3 2 0 10 3 11 5 12 9 1.99 4.2 1964 CHI A 1965 CHI A Daily Splits 66 0 0 0 45 20 144 88 545 11 34 29 32 7 106 8 5 10 2 0 12 3 10 4 7 7 1.81 2.7 1965 CHI A 1966 CHI A Daily Splits 46 0 0 0 30 6 81.1 50 308 6 21 15 17 2 61 7 2 3 1 0 6 0 4 6 5 2 1.66 1.3 1966 CHI A 1967 CHI A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 30 12 89 58 360 2 21 13 34 4 76 4 1 2 4 0 8 0 3 7 8 3 1.31 2.4 1967 CHI A 1968 CHI A Daily Splits 72 0 0 0 39 12 93.2 69 368 4 20 18 24 5 72 4 2 1 2 0 5 0 5 5 4 4 1.73 1.6 1968 CHI A 1969 CAL A Daily Splits 44 0 0 0 35 10 65.2 45 256 4 21 18 18 4 53 2 1 5 3 0 7 1 2 2 5 7 2.47 1.5 1969 CAL A 1969 ATL N Daily Splits 8 0 0 0 7 4 12.1 5 47 0 1 1 4 0 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.73 0.9 1969 ATL N 1969 Total 52 0 0 0 42 14 78 50 303 4 22 19 22 4 67 2 1 6 4 0 7 2 2 3 7 7 2.19 2.4 1969 Total
1970 ATL N Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 37 13 78.1 69 339 7 29 27 39 7 67 2 2 4 1 0 6 2 6 3 6 4 3.10 1.6 1970 ATL N 1970 CHI N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 2 0 3.2 4 18 1 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.82 -0.3 1970 CHI N 1970 TOT N 53 0 0 0 39 13 82 73 357 8 33 31 42 7 68 3 2 4 1 0 8 2 6 3 6 5 3.40 1.3 1970 TOT N
1971 ATL N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 13 2 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.43 -0.1 1971 ATL N 1971 LA N Daily Splits 9 0 0 0 7 3 17.2 6 59 1 2 2 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.02 0.4 1971 LA N 1971 TOT N 12 0 0 0 7 3 20 12 72 3 7 6 5 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.70 0.3 1971 TOT N
1972 LA N Daily Splits 16 0 0 0 9 1 25.1 20 112 0 16 13 15 0 9 1 4 4 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 4.62 -0.2 1972 LA N Splits 1070 52 20 5 651 227 2254.1 1757 9164 150 773 632 778 61i1610 148 49i 90 62 4 120i 18i 81i 76i143 122 2.52 37.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1954 NY N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 1 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1954 NY N
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1959 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1959 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 3 10 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.80 1961 AL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 4 14 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.75 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1952 NY N 71 9 32 2 0 .953
1953 NY N 68 11 19 1 1 .968
1954 NY N 1955 NY N 1956 NY N 1957 STL N 1957 CLE A 1957 Total P 42 3 8 0 0 1.000
1958 CLE A 1958 BAL A 1958 TOT A P 39 9 22 0 0 1.000
1959 BAL A 1960 BAL A Daily P 41 11 3 147 4 28 1 2 0 14 3 19 1 .970
1961 BAL A Daily P 51 1 0 109.2 6 22 2 1 0 13 3 9 0 .933
1962 BAL A Daily P 52 0 0 93 10 12 0 0 0 22 7 11 0 1.000
1963 CHI A Daily P 55 3 0 136.1 4 24 1 1 0 12 5 9 0 .966
1964 CHI A Daily P 73 0 0 131.1 5 16 0 2 0 17 1 8 1 1.000
1965 CHI A Daily P 66 0 0 145 7 20 0 2 0 21 1 9 2 1.000
1966 CHI A Daily P 46 0 0 81.1 2 10 0 1 0 11 1 9 0 1.000
1967 CHI A Daily P 49 0 0 89 2 11 1 1 0 10 6 8 0 .929
1968 CHI A Daily P 72 0 0 93.2 3 10 0 1 0 3 5 12 1 1.000
1969 CAL A Daily P 44 0 0 65.2 3 8 1 0 0 9 4 9 0 .917
1969 ATL N Daily P 8 0 0 12.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1.000
1969 Total P 52 0 0 78 3 10 1 0 0 10 4 10 1 .929
1970 ATL N Daily P 50 0 0 78.1 4 13 1 0 0 8 1 12 0 .944
1970 CHI N Daily P 3 0 0 3.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1970 TOT N P 53 0 0 82 4 16 1 0 0 9 1 12 0 .952
1971 ATL N Daily P 3 0 0 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
1971 LA N Daily P 9 0 0 17.2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1.000
1971 TOT N P 12 0 0 20 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1.000
1972 LA N Daily P 16 0 0 25.1 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1.000
Total P 1070 15i 3i 1231.2i 114 373 11 17 0i 149i 40i 119i 7i .978
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1954 NY N Daily P 2 0 0 2.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1959 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 2 0 0 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Sold by Mooresville (North Carolina State) to Boston Braves (@October 28, 1947 ).
Selected by New York Giants from Boston Braves in the minor league draft (November 20, 1947 ).
Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Whitey Lockman
(February 26, 1957 ).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from St. Louis Cardinals (September 21, 1957 ).
Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Cleveland Indians (August 23, 1958 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Dave Nicholson , Pete Ward and Ron Hansen to Chicago
White Sox in exchange for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith (January 14, 1963 ).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from Chicago White Sox (49th pick overall) in the
expansion draft (October 15, 1968 ).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to California Angels in exchange for Ed Kirkpatrick and
Dennis Paepke (December 12, 1968 ).
Traded by California Angels with Bob Priddy to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Mickey
Rivers and Clint Compton (September 8, 1969 ).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Atlanta Braves (September 21, 1970 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Hal Breeden (November 30,
1970 ).
Released by Atlanta Braves (June 29, 1971 ).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 10, 1971 ).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 21, 1972 ).
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