Hoyt Wilhelm

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Full Name: James Hoyt Wilhelm	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 18, 1952
Birthdate: July 26, 1922	Final Game: July 10, 1972
Birthplace: Huntersville, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 21 years
Died: August 23, 2002
Deathplace: Sarasota, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985

Contents

1 Biography
2 Career Highlights
3 Statistics
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Born on July 26, 1922 in Huntersville, North Carolina, Hoyt Wilhelm (James Hoyt Wilhelm) played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 21 year career. Wilhelm broke into the bigs on April 18, 1952 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.43 ERA in 159.1 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hoyt Wilhelm's best season was 1964, when he posted a 1.99 ERA, won 12 games, notched 27 saves and struck out 95 batters.

[edit] Career Highlights

5 Time All-Star: 1953, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1970
1 Time World Series Champion: 1953 New York Giants (baseball)

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1952	NY	N	71	0	15	3	2.43	108	60	43	0	0	11	159.1	127	12	57	0	3	5
1953	NY	N	68	0	7	8	3.04	71	61	49	0	0	15	145	127	13	77	0	9	4
1954	NY	N	57	0	12	4	2.10	64	32	26	0	0	7	111.1	77	5	52	5	2	5
1955	NY	N	59	0	4	1	3.93	71	53	45	0	0	0	103	104	10	40	5	6	2
1956	NY	N	64	0	4	9	3.83	71	45	38	0	0	8	89.1	97	7	43	10	6	2
1957	STL	N	40	0	1	4	4.25	29	28	26	0	0	11	55	52	7	21	1	0	3
1957	CLE	A	2	0	1	0	2.45	0	1	1	0	0	1	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	1
1957	Total		42	0	2	4	4.14	29	29	27	0	0	12	58.2	54	8	22	1	0	4
1958	CLE	A	30	6	2	7	2.49	57	32	25	1	0	5	90.1	70	4	35	2	2	1
1958	BAL	A	9	4	1	3	1.99	35	9	9	3	1	0	40.2	25	2	10	2	0	1
1958	TOT	A	39	10	3	10	2.34	92	41	34	4	1	5	131	95	6	45	4	2	2
1959	BAL	A	32	27	15	11	2.19	139	64	55	13	3	0	226	178	13	77	3	5	10
1960	BAL	A	41	11	11	8	3.31	107	69	54	3	1	7	147	125	13	39	0	6	1
1961	BAL	A	51	1	9	7	2.30	87	35	28	0	0	18	109.2	89	5	41	5	3	4
1962	BAL	A	52	0	7	10	1.94	90	28	20	0	0	15	93	64	5	34	2	11	3
1963	CHI	A	55	3	5	8	2.64	111	47	40	0	0	21	136.1	106	8	30	1	4	4
1964	CHI	A	73	0	12	9	1.99	95	35	29	0	0	27	131.1	94	7	30	1	3	2
1965	CHI	A	66	0	7	7	1.81	106	34	29	0	0	20	144	88	11	32	7	10	2
1966	CHI	A	46	0	5	2	1.66	61	21	15	0	0	6	81.1	50	6	17	2	3	1
1967	CHI	A	49	0	8	3	1.31	76	21	13	0	0	12	89	58	2	34	4	2	4
1968	CHI	A	72	0	4	4	1.73	72	20	18	0	0	12	93.2	69	4	24	5	1	2
1969	CAL	A	44	0	5	7	2.47	53	21	18	0	0	10	65.2	45	4	18	4	5	3
1969	ATL	N	8	0	2	0	.73	14	1	1	0	0	4	12.1	5	0	4	0	1	1
1969	Total		52	0	7	7	2.19	67	22	19	0	0	14	78	50	4	22	4	6	4
1970	CHI	N	3	0	0	1	9.82	1	4	4	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	3	0	0	0
1970	ATL	N	50	0	6	4	3.10	67	29	27	0	0	13	78.1	69	7	39	7	4	1
1970	TOT	N	53	0	6	5	3.40	68	33	31	0	0	13	82	73	8	42	7	4	1
1971	LA	N	9	0	0	1	1.02	15	2	2	0	0	3	17.2	6	1	4	0	0	0
1971	ATL	N	3	0	0	0	15.43	1	5	4	0	0	0	2.1	6	2	1	0	0	0
1971	TOT	N	12	0	0	1	2.70	16	7	6	0	0	3	20	12	3	5	0	0	0
1972	LA	N	16	0	0	1	4.62	9	16	13	0	0	1	25.1	20	0	15	0	4	0
Total	NL		448	0	51	36	3.12	521	336	278	0	0	73	802.2	694	65	356	28	35	23
Total	AL		622	52	92	86	2.19	1089	437	354	20	5	154	1451.2	1063	85	422	38	55	39
Total			1070	52	143	122	2.52	1610	773	632	20	5	227	2254.1	1757	150	778	66	90	62

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1952	NY	N	P	71	0	0	9	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1953	NY	N	P	68	0	0	11	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1954	NY	N	P	57	0	111.1	5	25	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	1.000
1955	NY	N	P	59	0	0	6	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1956	NY	N	P	64	0	0	4	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	P	40	0	55	3	8	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1.000
1957	CLE	A	P	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	Total		P	42	0	58.2	3	8	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1.000
1958	CLE	A	P	30	6	90.1	8	16	0	0	0	21	7	3	2	1.000
1958	BAL	A	P	9	4	40.2	1	6	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1.000
1958	TOT	A	P	39	10	131	9	22	0	0	0	23	9	4	3	1.000
1959	BAL	A	P	32	27	226	13	32	0	1	0	36	12	12	1	1.000
1960	BAL	A	P	41	11	147	4	28	1	2	0	14	19	3	1	.970
1961	BAL	A	P	51	1	109.2	6	22	2	1	0	13	9	3	0	.933
1962	BAL	A	P	52	0	93	10	12	0	0	0	22	11	7	0	1.000
1963	CHI	A	P	55	3	136.1	4	24	1	1	0	12	9	5	0	.966
1964	CHI	A	P	73	0	131.1	5	16	0	2	0	17	8	1	1	1.000
1965	CHI	A	P	66	0	145	7	20	0	2	0	21	9	1	2	1.000
1966	CHI	A	P	46	0	81.1	2	10	0	1	0	11	9	1	0	1.000
1967	CHI	A	P	49	0	89	2	11	1	1	0	10	8	6	0	.929
1968	CHI	A	P	72	0	93.2	3	10	0	1	0	3	12	5	1	1.000
1969	CAL	A	P	44	0	65.2	3	8	1	0	0	9	9	4	0	.917
1969	ATL	N	P	8	0	12.1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.000
1969	Total		P	52	0	78	3	10	1	0	0	10	10	4	1	.929
1970	CHI	N	P	3	0	3.2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1970	ATL	N	P	50	0	78.1	4	13	1	0	0	8	12	1	0	.944
1970	TOT	N	P	53	0	82	4	16	1	0	0	9	12	1	0	.952
1971	LA	N	P	9	0	17.2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1.000
1971	ATL	N	P	3	0	2.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1971	TOT	N	P	12	0	20	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	1.000
1972	LA	N	P	16	0	25.1	3	5	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	1070	52	1758.2	114	373	11	17	0	222	144	56	12	.978

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1952	NY	N	71	38	4	6	1	2	.158	.179	.237	0	0	1	11	0	3	0	0	0
1953	NY	N	68	33	5	5	0	1	.152	.243	.273	2	1	4	8	0	5	0	0	2
1954	NY	N	57	21	0	1	0	1	.048	.048	.048	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
1955	NY	N	59	19	2	3	0	0	.158	.200	.158	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
1956	NY	N	64	9	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	STL	N	40	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CLE	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	Total		42	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CLE	A	30	21	1	2	0	2	.095	.136	.095	0	0	1	6	0	3	0	0	2
1958	BAL	A	9	11	1	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1958	TOT	A	39	32	2	3	0	2	.094	.121	.094	0	0	1	10	0	4	0	0	2
1959	BAL	A	32	76	2	4	0	2	.053	.111	.053	0	0	5	23	0	4	0	0	1
1960	BAL	A	41	42	1	3	0	4	.071	.111	.071	0	0	2	14	0	3	0	0	1
1961	BAL	A	51	20	1	1	0	2	.050	.136	.050	0	0	2	10	0	2	0	0	1
1962	BAL	A	52	16	1	2	0	0	.125	.176	.125	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
1963	CHI	A	55	29	3	2	0	2	.069	.182	.069	0	0	4	11	0	3	0	0	1
1964	CHI	A	73	21	2	3	0	3	.143	.182	.143	0	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	0
1965	CHI	A	66	22	1	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	0	0	2	12	0	4	0	0	0
1966	CHI	A	46	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1967	CHI	A	49	13	0	1	0	1	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
1968	CHI	A	72	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1969	CAL	A	44	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1969	ATL	N	8	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	Total		52	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1970	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	ATL	N	50	11	0	1	0	1	.091	.231	.091	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
1970	TOT	N	53	11	0	1	0	1	.091	.231	.091	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
1971	LA	N	9	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	ATL	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	TOT	N	12	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1972	LA	N	16	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		448	142	11	18	1	5	.127	.173	.176	2	1	8	45	0	11	0	0	2
Total	AL		622	290	13	20	0	16	.069	.123	.072	1	0	18	121	0	23	0	0	6
Total			1070	432	24	38	1	21	.088	.139	.106	3	1	26	166	0	34	0	0	8

[edit] 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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