Hoyt Wilhelm Trades and Transactions

The Hoyt Wilhelm trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Hoyt Wilhelm has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"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
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

Trades & Transactions

10-28-1947: Sold by Mooresville (North Carolina State) to Boston Braves.
11-20-1947: Selected by New York Giants from Boston Braves in the minor league draft.
02-26-1957: Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals for Whitey Lockman.
09-21-1957: Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from St. Louis Cardinals.
08-23-1958: Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Cleveland Indians.
01-14-1963: Traded by Baltimore Orioles (with Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward and Ron Hansen) to Chicago White Sox for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith.
10-15-1968: Selected by Kansas City Royals (49th pick overall) — expansion draft.
12-12-1968: Traded by Kansas City Royals to California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke.
09-08-1969: Traded by California Angels (with Bob Priddy) to Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.
09-21-1970: Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Atlanta Braves.
11-30-1970: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves for Hal Breeden.
06-29-1971: Released by Atlanta Braves.
07-10-1971: Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers.
07-21-1972: Released by Los Angeles Dodgers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Hoyt Wilhelm trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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