Hoyt Wilhelm
James Hoyt Wilhelm
Born: July 26, 1922
Huntersville, NC USA
Deceased: 2002
Sarasota, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1952-1972
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Minor League Statistics
Hoyt Wilhelm compiled a career record of 143 wins and 122 losses in his 1070-game career with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. He began playing during the 1952 season and last took the field during the 1972 campaign. Wilhelm was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1952 | NL | New York Giants | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.43 | 71 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 159.3 | 127 | 60 | 43 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 646 |
1953 | NL | New York Giants | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.04 | 68 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 145.0 | 127 | 61 | 49 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 628 |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.10 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 111.3 | 77 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 456 |
1955 | NL | New York Giants | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.93 | 59 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 104 | 53 | 45 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 449 |
1956 | NL | New York Giants | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.83 | 64 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 89.3 | 97 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 43 | 10 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 403 |
1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.25 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 55.0 | 52 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2.49 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 90.3 | 70 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 371 |
1958 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.99 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.7 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 155 |
1959 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.19 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 226.0 | 178 | 64 | 55 | 13 | 77 | 3 | 139 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 902 |
1960 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.31 | 41 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 147.0 | 125 | 69 | 54 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 599 |
1961 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2.30 | 51 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 109.7 | 89 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 458 |
1962 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 10 | .412 | 1.94 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 93.0 | 64 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 371 |
1963 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.64 | 55 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 136.3 | 106 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 545 |
1964 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 9 | .571 | 1.99 | 73 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 131.3 | 94 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 510 |
1965 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 7 | .500 | 1.81 | 66 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 144.0 | 88 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 545 |
1966 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.66 | 46 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 81.3 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 308 |
1967 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.31 | 49 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 89.0 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 360 |
1968 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.73 | 72 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 93.7 | 69 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 368 |
1969 | AL | California Angels | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.47 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 65.7 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 256 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.73 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.10 | 50 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 78.3 | 69 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 339 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
1971 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.02 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.62 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 112 |
Totals | 143 | 122 | .540 | 2.52 | 1070 | 52 | 651 | 20 | 5 | 227 | 2254.3 | 1757 | 773 | 632 | 150 | 778 | 61 | 1610 | 62 | 4 | 90 | 9164 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1952 | NL | New York Giants | 71 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .158 | .179 | .237 | .416 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | New York Giants | 68 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .152 | .243 | .273 | .516 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | 57 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | New York Giants | 59 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | New York Giants | 64 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 30 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 32 | 85 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .053 | .111 | .053 | .164 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 41 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .071 | .111 | .071 | .183 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 51 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 55 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .069 | .182 | .069 | .251 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 73 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 66 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 46 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 49 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1968 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 72 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | AL | California Angels | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 50 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1971 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1070 | 493 | 432 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 166 | .088 | .139 | .106 | .246 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1952 | NL | New York Giants | P | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | .577 | |
1953 | NL | New York Giants | P | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .441 | |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | P | 57 | 0 | 111.3 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.425 | .526 |
1955 | NL | New York Giants | P | 59 | 0 | 103.3 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.961 | .576 |
1956 | NL | New York Giants | P | 64 | 0 | 89.3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.418 | .375 |
1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 40 | 0 | 55.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .275 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 2 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 30 | 6 | 90.3 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.391 | .800 |
1958 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 9 | 4 | 40.7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.549 | .778 |
1959 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 32 | 27 | 226.0 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.792 | 1.406 |
1960 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 41 | 11 | 147.0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.959 | .780 |
1961 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 51 | 1 | 109.7 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.298 | .549 |
1962 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 52 | 0 | 93.0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.129 | .423 |
1963 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 55 | 3 | 136.3 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.848 | .509 |
1964 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 73 | 0 | 131.3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.439 | .288 |
1965 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 66 | 0 | 145.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.676 | .409 |
1966 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 46 | 0 | 81.3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.328 | .261 |
1967 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 49 | 0 | 89.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.315 | .265 |
1968 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 72 | 0 | 93.7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.249 | .181 |
1969 | AL | California Angels | P | 44 | 0 | 65.7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.508 | .250 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 8 | 0 | 12.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.459 | .250 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 50 | 0 | 78.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.962 | .340 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 1.000 |
1971 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 9 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .222 |
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | .667 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 16 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.880 | .500 |
Totals | 1070 | 52 | 1951.0 | 114 | 373 | 11 | 17 | .978 | 2.247 | .455 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1954 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1954 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1954 | NL | New York Giants | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.857 | .500 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.857 | .500 |
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