Hoyt Wilhelm | Major Leaguer 1952-1972

Full Name: James Hoyt Wilhelm
Born: July 26,1923 in Huntersville, North Carolina
Death: August 23,2002
Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Oct 28,1947] - Purchased by Braves from Mooresville (North Carolina State). [Nov 20,1947] - Selected by Giants from Braves in the minor league draft. [Feb 26,1957] - Traded by Giants to Cardinals for Whitey Lockman. [Sep 21,1957] - Claimed on waivers by Indians from Cardinals. [Aug 23,1958] - Claimed on waivers by Orioles from Indians. [Jan 14,1963] - Traded by Orioles with Ron Hansen, Pete Ward and Dave Nicholson to White Sox for Al Smith and Luis Aparicio. [Oct 15,1968] - Selected by Royals from White Sox in expansion draft (Pick #49). [Dec 12,1968] - Traded by Royals to Angels for Dennis Paepke and Ed Kirkpatrick. [Sep 8,1969] - Traded by Angels with Bob Priddy to Braves for Clint Compton and Mickey Rivers. [Sep 21,1970] - Claimed on waivers by Cubs from Braves. [Nov 30,1970] - Traded by Cubs to Braves for Hal Breeden. [Jun 29,1971] - Released by Braves. [Jul 10,1971] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Jul 21,1972] - Released by Dodgers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1952	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	15	3	2.43	71	0	0	0	32	11	159.1	127	60	43	12	57	108	3	0	7.17	0.68	3.22	6.10	1.15	--
1953	NY Giants	NL	29	Nyg	MLB	7	8	3.04	68	0	0	0	39	15	145.0	127	61	49	13	77	71	9	0	7.88	0.81	4.78	4.41	1.41	--
1954	NY Giants	NL	30	Nyg	MLB	12	4	2.10	57	0	0	0	30	7	111.1	77	32	26	5	52	64	2	1	6.22	0.40	4.20	5.17	1.16	--
1955	NY Giants	NL	31	Nyg	MLB	4	1	3.93	59	0	0	0	14	0	103.0	104	53	45	10	40	71	6	0	9.09	0.87	3.50	6.20	1.40	--
1956	NY Giants	NL	32	Nyg	MLB	4	9	3.83	64	0	0	0	38	8	89.1	97	45	38	7	43	71	6	0	9.77	0.71	4.33	7.15	1.57	--
1957	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	1	0	2.46	2	0	0	0	2	1	3.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.92	2.46	2.46	0.00	0.82	--
	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	1	4	4.25	40	0	0	0	30	11	55.0	52	28	26	7	21	29	0	0	8.51	1.15	3.44	4.75	1.33	50%
1958	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	1	3	1.99	9	4	3	1	1	0	40.2	25	9	9	2	10	35	0	2	5.53	0.44	2.21	7.75	0.86	43%
	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	2	7	2.49	30	6	1	0	16	5	90.1	70	32	25	4	35	57	2	0	6.97	0.40	3.49	5.68	1.16	44%
1959	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	15	11	2.19	32	27	13	3	2	0	226.0	178	64	55	13	77	139	5	0	7.09	0.52	3.07	5.54	1.13	57%
1960	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	11	8	3.31	41	11	3	1	24	7	147.0	125	69	54	13	39	107	6	1	7.65	0.80	2.39	6.55	1.12	54%
1961	Baltimore	AL	37	Bal	MLB	9	7	2.30	51	1	0	0	43	18	109.2	89	35	28	5	41	87	3	0	7.30	0.41	3.36	7.14	1.19	54%
1962	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	7	10	1.94	52	0	0	0	44	15	93.0	64	28	20	5	34	90	11	0	6.19	0.48	3.29	8.71	1.05	57%
1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	5	8	2.64	55	3	0	0	40	21	136.1	106	47	40	8	30	111	4	0	7.00	0.53	1.98	7.33	1.00	57%
1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	12	9	1.99	73	0	0	0	55	27	131.1	94	35	29	7	30	95	3	0	6.44	0.48	2.06	6.51	0.94	50%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	41	Chw	MLB	7	7	1.81	66	0	0	0	45	20	144.0	88	34	29	11	32	106	10	0	5.50	0.69	2.00	6.63	0.83	53%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	42	Chw	MLB	5	2	1.66	46	0	0	0	30	6	81.1	50	21	15	6	17	61	3	0	5.53	0.66	1.88	6.75	0.82	60%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	43	Chw	MLB	8	3	1.31	49	0	0	0	30	12	89.0	58	21	13	2	34	76	2	0	5.87	0.20	3.44	7.69	1.03	45%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	44	Chw	MLB	4	4	1.73	72	0	0	0	39	12	93.2	69	20	18	4	24	72	1	0	6.63	0.38	2.31	6.92	0.99	54%
1969	California	AL	45	Cal	MLB	5	7	2.47	44	0	0	0	35	10	65.2	45	21	18	4	18	53	5	0	6.17	0.55	2.47	7.26	0.96	58%
	Atlanta	NL	45	Atl	MLB	2	0	0.73	8	0	0	0	7	4	12.1	5	1	1	0	4	14	1	0	3.65	0.00	2.92	10.22	0.73	83%
1970	Atlanta	NL	46	Atl	MLB	6	4	3.10	50	0	0	0	37	13	78.1	69	29	27	7	39	67	4	0	7.93	0.80	4.48	7.70	1.38	68%
	Chi Cubs	NL	46	Chc	MLB	0	1	9.84	3	0	0	0	2	0	3.2	4	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	9.84	2.46	7.38	2.46	1.91	21%
1971	LA Dodgers	NL	47	La	MLB	0	1	1.02	9	0	0	0	7	3	17.2	6	2	2	1	4	15	0	0	3.06	0.51	2.04	7.64	0.57	47%
	Atlanta	NL	47	Atl	MLB	0	0	15.45	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	23.18	7.73	3.86	3.86	3.00	38%
1972	LA Dodgers	NL	48	La	MLB	0	1	4.62	16	0	0	0	9	1	25.1	20	16	13	0	15	9	4	0	7.11	0.00	5.33	3.20	1.38	51%

Major League Totals - 21 Season(s)						143	122	2.52	1070	52	20	5	651	227	2,254.1	1757	773	632	150	778	1610	90	4	7.01	0.60	3.11	6.43	1.12	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1952	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	p		71	38	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	11	0		3		0	.158	*.187	.237	*424	--
1953	NY Giants	NL	29	Nyg	MLB	p		68	33	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	0		5		2	.152	*.249	.273	*522	--
1954	NY Giants	NL	30	Nyg	MLB	p		57	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0		1	0	0	.048	.048	.048	096	--
1955	NY Giants	NL	31	Nyg	MLB	p		59	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.200	.158	358	--
1956	NY Giants	NL	32	Nyg	MLB	p		64	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	--
1957	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	p	9	40	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1958	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	p	9	9	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	60%
	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p	9	30	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	0	2	.095	.136	.095	231	70%
1959	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	p	9	32	76	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	23	0	0	4	0	1	.053	.111	.053	164	59%
1960	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	p	9	41	42	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	0	0	3	1	1	.071	.111	.071	182	59%
1961	Baltimore	AL	37	Bal	MLB	p	9	51	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	2	0	1	.050	.136	.050	186	69%
1962	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	p	9	52	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	301	50%
1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	p	9	55	29	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	0	0	3	0	1	.069	.182	.069	251	70%
1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	p	9	73	21	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.182	.143	325	75%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	41	Chw	MLB	p	9	66	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.083	.000	083	65%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	42	Chw	MLB	p	9	46	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	375	67%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	43	Chw	MLB	p	9	49	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	67%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	44	Chw	MLB	p	9	72	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1969	California	AL	45	Cal	MLB	p	9	44	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Atlanta	NL	45	Atl	MLB	p	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1970	Atlanta	NL	46	Atl	MLB	p	9	50	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	322	71%
	Chi Cubs	NL	46	Chc	MLB	p	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1971	LA Dodgers	NL	47	La	MLB	p	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
	Atlanta	NL	47	Atl	MLB	p	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1972	LA Dodgers	NL	48	La	MLB	p	9	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 21 Season(s)								1070	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	0	1	26	166	0		34		8	.088	*.148	.106	*254	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1954	NY Giants	NL	30		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			1	2.1	1		0		0	3			3.86	---	0.00	11.59	0.43	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	2		0			1	2.1	1		0		0	3			3.86	---	0.00	11.57	0.43	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1954	NY Giants	NL	30	Nyg	Ws	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1952	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	P	71		159.1	9	32	2	43	0	-	-	-	.953	2.32

1953	NY Giants	NL	29	Nyg	MLB	P	68		145	11	19	1	31	1	-	-	-	.968	1.86

1954	NY Giants	NL	30	Nyg	MLB	P	57		111.1	5	25	0	30	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.43

1955	NY Giants	NL	31	Nyg	MLB	P	59		103	6	28	1	35	2	-	-	-	.971	2.97

1956	NY Giants	NL	32	Nyg	MLB	P	64		89.1	4	20	0	24	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.42

1957	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	2		3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1957	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	P	40		55	3	8	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

1958	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	P	9		40.2	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.55
1958	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	30		90.1	8	16	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.39

1959	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	P	32		226	13	32	0	45	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.79

1960	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	P	41		147	4	28	1	33	2	-	-	-	.970	1.96

1961	Baltimore	AL	37	Bal	MLB	P	51		109.2	6	22	2	30	1	-	-	-	.933	2.30

1962	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	P	52		93	10	12	0	22	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.13

1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	P	55		136.1	4	24	1	29	1	-	-	-	.966	1.85

1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	P	73		131.1	5	16	0	21	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.44

1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	41	Chw	MLB	P	66		144	7	20	0	27	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.69

1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	42	Chw	MLB	P	46		81.1	2	10	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.33

1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	43	Chw	MLB	P	49		89	2	11	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	1.31

1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	44	Chw	MLB	P	72		93.2	3	10	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.25

1969	Atlanta	NL	45	Atl	MLB	P	8		12.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.46
1969	California	AL	45	Cal	MLB	P	44		65.2	3	8	1	12	0	-	-	-	.917	1.51

1970	Atlanta	NL	46	Atl	MLB	P	50		78.1	4	13	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	1.95
1970	Chi Cubs	NL	46	Chc	MLB	P	3		3.2	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	7.36

1971	Atlanta	NL	47	Atl	MLB	P	3		2.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	7.71
1971	LA Dodgers	NL	47	La	MLB	P	9		17.2	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.02

1972	LA Dodgers	NL	48	La	MLB	P	16		25.1	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.84

Awards

[1952] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #4) [1953] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1954] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #15) [1959] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1961] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24) [1962] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1964] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #19) [1970] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1978] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (158 votes - 41.69%) [1979] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (168 votes - 38.89%) [1980] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (209 votes - 54.29%) [1981] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (238 votes - 59.35%) [1982] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (236 votes - 56.87%) [1983] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (243 votes - 64.97%) [1984] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (290 votes - 71.96%) [1985] - Elected to Hall of Fame (331 votes - 83.8%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion New York Giants in 1954.

Notes: Played in 5 All-Star games during his career (1953, 1959, 1961-1962, 1970)

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