Hoyt Wilhelm Stats

Hoyt Wilhelm was born on Wednesday, July 26, 1922, in Huntersville, North Carolina. Wilhelm was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1952, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Hoyt Wilhelm baseball stats page.
"He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going." - Brooks Robinson

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Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#36)

Hoyt Wilhelm Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#36)
 

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Birth Name:   James Hoyt Wilhelm
Nickname:   Old Sarge
Born On:   07-26-1922  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Huntersville, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-23-2002 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:   Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota, Florida Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Cornelius High School (Cornelius, NC)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-19-1952 (Age 29)
Last Game:   07-10-1972
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1952 30 Giants 71 0 32 15 3 .833 2.43 0 0 11 159.1 646 127 43 60 12 57 - 108 3 5 0 -
1953 31 Giants 68 0 39 7 8 .467 3.04 0 0 15 145.0 628 127 49 61 13 77 - 71 9 4 0 -
1954 32 Giants 57 0 30 12 4 .750 2.10 0 0 7 111.1 456 77 26 32 5 52 0 64 2 5 1 -
1955 33 Giants 59 0 14 4 1 .800 3.93 0 0 0 103.0 449 104 45 53 10 40 5 71 6 2 0 -
1956 34 Giants 64 0 38 4 9 .308 3.83 0 0 8 89.1 403 97 38 45 7 43 10 71 6 2 0 -
1957 35 Cardinals 40 0 30 1 4 .200 4.25 0 0 11 55.0 231 52 26 28 7 21 1 29 0 3 0 -
1957 35 Indians 2 0 2 1 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 1 3.2 15 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 -
1958 36 Indians 30 6 16 2 7 .222 2.49 1 0 5 90.1 371 70 25 32 4 35 2 57 2 1 0 -
1958 36 Orioles 9 4 1 1 3 .250 1.99 3 1 0 40.2 155 25 9 9 2 10 2 35 0 1 2 -
1959 37 Orioles 32 27 2 15 11 .577 2.19 13 3 0 226.0 902 178 55 64 13 77 3 139 5 10 0 -
1960 38 Orioles 41 11 24 11 8 .579 3.31 3 1 7 147.0 599 125 54 69 13 39 0 107 6 1 1 -
1961 39 Orioles 51 1 43 9 7 .563 2.30 0 0 18 109.2 458 89 28 35 5 41 5 87 3 4 0 -
1962 40 Orioles 52 0 44 7 10 .412 1.94 0 0 15 93.0 371 64 20 28 5 34 2 90 11 3 0 -
1963 41 White Sox 55 3 40 5 8 .385 2.64 0 0 21 136.1 545 106 40 47 8 30 1 111 4 4 0 -
1964 42 White Sox 73 0 55 12 9 .571 1.99 0 0 27 131.1 510 94 29 35 7 30 1 95 3 2 0 -
1965 43 White Sox 66 0 45 7 7 .500 1.81 0 0 20 144.0 545 88 29 34 11 32 7 106 10 2 0 -
1966 44 White Sox 46 0 30 5 2 .714 1.66 0 0 6 81.1 308 50 15 21 6 17 2 61 3 1 0 -
1967 45 White Sox 49 0 30 8 3 .727 1.31 0 0 12 89.0 360 58 13 21 2 34 4 76 2 4 0 -
1968 46 White Sox 72 0 39 4 4 .500 1.73 0 0 12 93.2 368 69 18 20 4 24 5 72 1 2 0 -
1969 47 Angels 44 0 35 5 7 .417 2.47 0 0 10 65.2 256 45 18 21 4 18 4 53 5 3 0 -
1969 47 Braves 8 0 7 2 0 1.000 0.73 0 0 4 12.1 47 5 1 1 0 4 0 14 1 1 0 -
1970 48 Braves 50 0 37 6 4 .600 3.10 0 0 13 78.1 339 69 27 29 7 39 7 67 4 1 0 -
1970 48 Cubs 3 0 2 0 1 .000 9.82 0 0 0 3.2 18 4 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 -
1971 49 Braves 3 0 0 0 0 .000 15.43 0 0 0 2.1 13 6 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
1971 49 Dodgers 9 0 7 0 1 .000 1.02 0 0 3 17.2 59 6 2 2 1 4 0 15 0 0 0 -
1972 50 Dodgers 16 0 9 0 1 .000 4.62 0 0 1 25.1 112 20 13 16 0 15 0 9 4 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
21 Years 1,070 52 651 143 122 .540 2.52 20 5 227 2,254.1 9,164 1,757 632 773 150 778 61 1,610 90 62 4 -
Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1952 30 Giants 71 38 4 6 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 11 3 - 0 0 .158 .179 .237
1953 31 Giants 68 33 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 4 - 8 5 - 0 2 .152 .243 .273
1954 32 Giants 57 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 8 1 0 0 0 .048 .048 .048
1955 33 Giants 59 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 .158 .200 .158
1956 34 Giants 64 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222
1957 35 Cardinals 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1957 35 Indians 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1958 36 Indians 30 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 0 0 2 .095 .136 .095
1958 36 Orioles 9 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091
1959 37 Orioles 32 76 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 23 4 0 0 1 .053 .111 .053
1960 38 Orioles 41 42 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 14 3 1 0 1 .071 .111 .071
1961 39 Orioles 51 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 2 0 0 1 .050 .136 .050
1962 40 Orioles 52 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 .125 .176 .125
1963 41 White Sox 55 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 11 3 0 0 1 .069 .182 .069
1964 42 White Sox 73 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 .143 .182 .143
1965 43 White Sox 66 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 4 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000
1966 44 White Sox 46 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250
1967 45 White Sox 49 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077
1968 46 White Sox 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1969 47 Angels 44 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1969 47 Braves 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1970 48 Braves 50 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091
1970 48 Cubs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1971 49 Braves 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1971 49 Dodgers 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1972 50 Dodgers 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
21 Years 1,070 432 24 38 3 1 1 0 21 26 0 166 34 1 0 8 .088 .139 .106
Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1952 Giants P 71 0 478 43 0.6 41 9 32 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.32
1953 Giants P 68 0 435 31 0.5 30 11 19 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.86
1954 Giants P 57 0 334 30 0.5 30 5 25 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
1955 Giants P 59 0 309 35 0.6 34 6 28 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.97
1956 Giants P 64 0 268 24 0.4 24 4 20 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.42
1957 Cardinals P 40 0 165 11 0.3 11 3 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1957 Indians P 2 0 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1958 Indians P 30 6 271 24 0.8 24 8 16 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.39
1958 Orioles P 9 4 122 7 0.8 7 1 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.55
1959 Orioles P 32 27 678 45 1.4 45 13 32 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.79
1960 Orioles P 41 11 441 33 0.8 32 4 28 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.96
1961 Orioles P 51 1 329 30 0.6 28 6 22 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.30
1962 Orioles P 52 0 279 22 0.4 22 10 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
1963 White Sox P 55 3 409 29 0.5 28 4 24 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.85
1964 White Sox P 73 0 394 21 0.3 21 5 16 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.44
1965 White Sox P 66 0 432 27 0.4 27 7 20 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69
1966 White Sox P 46 0 244 12 0.3 12 2 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.33
1967 White Sox P 49 0 267 14 0.3 13 2 11 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.31
1968 White Sox P 72 0 281 13 0.2 13 3 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25
1969 Angels P 44 0 197 12 0.3 11 3 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.51
1969 Braves P 8 0 37 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.46
1970 Braves P 50 0 235 18 0.4 17 4 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.95
1970 Cubs P 3 0 11 3 1.0 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.36
1971 Braves P 3 0 7 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.71
1971 Dodgers P 9 0 53 2 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.02
1972 Dodgers P 16 0 76 8 0.5 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.84
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 1,070 52 6,763 498 0.5 487 114 373 11 17 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.94
21 Years 1,070 52 6,763 498 0.5 487 114 373 11 17 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.94
Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1952 Giants 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 38.0 3.5 19.0 1.89 6.10 3.22
1953 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.1 33.0 0.92 4.41 4.78
1954 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 21.0 1.23 5.17 4.20
1955 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 0.0 1.78 6.20 3.50
1956 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 0.0 1.65 7.15 4.33
1957 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.38 4.75 3.44
1957 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.45
1958 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.5 10.5 1.63 5.68 3.49
1958 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 0.0 3.50 7.75 2.21
1959 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 38.0 1.81 5.54 3.07
1960 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 10.5 2.74 6.55 2.39
1961 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 10.0 2.12 7.14 3.36
1962 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.6 0.0 2.65 8.71 3.29
1963 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 14.5 3.70 7.33 1.98
1964 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 7.0 3.17 6.51 2.06
1965 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 3.31 6.63 2.00
1966 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.59 6.75 1.88
1967 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.2 13.0 2.24 7.69 3.44
1968 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.00 6.92 2.31
1969 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 2.94 7.26 2.47
1969 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.50 10.22 2.92
1970 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 11.0 1.72 7.70 4.48
1970 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.33 2.45 7.36
1971 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 3.86 3.86
1971 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.75 7.64 2.04
1972 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.60 3.20 5.33
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
21 Years 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 432.0 2.6 20.6 2.07 6.43 3.11
Hoyt Wilhelm

Hoyt Wilhelm Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1952 New York Giants 49 Undetermined - -
1953 New York Giants 49 Undetermined Stats -
1954 New York Giants 49 Undetermined - Stats
1955 New York Giants 49 Undetermined - -
1956 New York Giants 49 Undetermined - -
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 25 Undetermined - -
1957 Cleveland Indians 26 Undetermined - -
1958 Cleveland Indians 26 Undetermined - -
1958 Baltimore Orioles 15 Undetermined - -
1959 Baltimore Orioles 15 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Baltimore Orioles 15 Undetermined - -
1961 Baltimore Orioles 15 Undetermined Stats -
1962 Baltimore Orioles 15 Undetermined Stats -
1963 Chicago White Sox 31 Undetermined - -
1964 Chicago White Sox 31 Undetermined - -
1965 Chicago White Sox 31 Undetermined - -
1966 Chicago White Sox 31 Undetermined - -
1967 Chicago White Sox 31 Undetermined - -
1968 Chicago White Sox 31 $35,000.00 - -
1969 California Angels 39 $37,000.00 - -
1969 Atlanta Braves 39 Undetermined - -
1970 Atlanta Braves 39 Undetermined Stats -
1970 Chicago Cubs 39 Undetermined Stats -
1971 Atlanta Braves 39 Undetermined - -
1971 Los Angeles Dodgers 31 Undetermined - -
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 31 Undetermined - -


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