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Hoyt Wilhelm
James Hoyt Wilhelm

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut April 19, 1952
Final Game July 10, 1972
Born July 26, 1922 in Huntersville, NC
Died August 23, 2002 (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1952 29 NYN NL   4   5  .444  49   0   0  47  25   0   67.0   70   281   32   30   7   15   3   0   63   1  0  4.03  
 1953 30 NYN NL   6   6  .500  66   0   0  52  26   0   84.0   78   365   41   35   9   47   4   1   46   4  0  3.75  CY-9
 1954 31 NYN NL   3   1  .750  53   0   0  29   5   0   76.0   59   333   29   25   4   40   4   7   34   1  2  2.96  
 1955 32 NYN NL   4   5  .444  61   0   0  38   2   0   98.2   94   436   51   42  11   51   8   2   62   7  0  3.83  
 1956 33 NYN NL   3   2  .600  65   0   0  41  20   0   88.2  101   396   39   36  10   41   5   4   54   6  0  3.65  
 1957 34 NYN NL   7   3  .700  27   0   0  19   2   0   32.1   20   140    8    6   1   22   1   0   28   0  0  1.67  
         NYA AL   1   2  .333  17   0   0   7   2   0   20.0   18    94   13   10   3   15   1   1    8   0  0  4.50  
         TOT      8   5  .615  44   0   0  26   4   0   52.1   38   234   21   16   4   37   2   1   36   0  0  2.75 
 1958 35 PIN NL  10   9  .526  58   9   2  31  10   0  139.1  108   568   35   33   6   53   4   3  105   0  0  2.13  CY-8
 1959 36 MLN NL   7   5  .583  48   1   1  36  19   0  105.0   76   415   37   35  12   38   3   1   75   0  0  3.00  CY-9
 1960 37 MLN NL  10   6  .625  39   5   2  30  17   0  108.2   89   433   36   34   7   27   4   4   69   1  1  2.82  CY-9
 1961 38 MLN NL   7   6  .538  67   0   0  58  30   0  106.0  105   462   42   36   4   45  10   3   78   3  0  3.06  CY-7
 1962 39 MLN NL   7   4  .636  49   0   0  45  28   0   88.2   62   363   28   24   7   37   2   1   89   8  0  2.44  CY-6
 1963 40 CHA AL  14   7  .667  86   0   0  74  29   0  120.0  112   491   36   36  10   29   1   0  102   3  0  2.70  CY-2
 1964 41 CHA AL   6   7  .462  78   0   0  62  37   0  117.1   87   449   30   29   4   23   6   3   79   4  0  2.22  CY-3
 1965 42 CHA AL   6   7  .462  72   0   0  56  26   0  118.1   84   461   29   29  10   30   1   5   73   5  0  2.21  CY-9
 1966 43 CHA AL   7   6  .538  61   0   0  55  28   0   84.2   67   333   23   20   8   14   1   3   66   0  0  2.13  CY-7
 1967 44 CHA AL   3   8  .273  59   0   0  48  25   0   78.2   55   328   30   26   5   40   3   0   64   2  0  2.97  
 1968 45 CHA AL   0   1  .000  20   0   0  27   4   0   24.2   17    91    6    6   2    2   0   0   24   0  1  2.19  
         DEA AL   0   0  .000  13   0   0  12  12   0   14.1    8    52    0    0   0    1   0   0   14   0  0  0.00  
         TOT      0   1  .000  33   0   0  39  16   0   39.0   25   143    6    6   2    3   0   0   38   0  1  1.38 
 1969 46 NYN NL   1   2  .333  53   0   0  43  37   0   65.1   35   232   10   10   2    8   0   2   41   0  0  1.38  CY-12
 1970 47 ATN NL   4   4  .500  31   0   0  26  20   0   33.0   30   141   12    9   2   15   1   1   20   2  0  2.45  
 1971           [Did not play]
 1972 49 CHN NL   0   1  .000   5   0   0   3   1   0    5.0   10    28    3    3   0    4   0   0    1   2  0  5.40  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 20 Seasons     110  97  .531 1077  15   5 839 405   0 1675.2 1385  6892  570  514 124  597  62  41 1195  49  4  2.76
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHA      36  36  .500 376   0   0 322 149   0  543.2  422  2153  154  146  39  138  12  11  408  14  1  2.42
   With NY2      27  22  .551 321   0   0 226  80   0  446.2  422  1951  200  174  42  216  25  14  287  19  2  3.51
   With ATN      35  25  .583 234   6   3 195 114   0  441.1  362  1814  155  138  32  162  20  10  331  14  1  2.81
   With PIN      10   9  .526  58   9   2  31  10   0  139.1  108   568   35   33   6   53   4   3  105   0  0  2.13
   With NYN       1   2  .333  53   0   0  43  37   0   65.1   35   232   10   10   2    8   0   2   41   0  0  1.38
   With NYA       1   2  .333  17   0   0   7   2   0   20.0   18    94   13   10   3   15   1   1    8   0  0  4.50
   With DEA       0   0  .000  13   0   0  12  12   0   14.1    8    52    0    0   0    1   0   0   14   0  0  0.00
   With CHN       0   1  .000   5   0   0   3   1   0    5.0   10    28    3    3   0    4   0   0    1   2  0  5.40
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     143 122  .540 1070  52  20 651 227   5 2255.1 1757  9164  773  632 150  778  61  62 1610  90  4  2.52
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1952 29 NYN NL  50   31   4.3  32          6   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    2    1  .667   56   
 1953 30 NYN NL  40   43   4.7  33          8   6   0  .750   0    2    2 1.000    3    0 1.000   21   
 1954 31 NYN NL  36   28   3.3   9          5   2   0  .400   0    3    3 1.000    1    1  .500   10   
 1955 32 NYN NL  35   56   5.0   5         16   3   0  .188   1    2    1  .500    3    3  .500   17   
 1956 33 NYN NL  36   55   5.6  23          7   1   0  .143   0    2    2 1.000    2    4  .333   46   
 1957 34 NYN NL  41    9   2.6   3          2   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    1  .000 -204   
         NYA AL  36   13   6.1   2          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    3    0 1.000   16   
         TOT          22   3.8   5          3   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    3    1  .750
 1958 35 PIN NL  42   43   2.8  14  3.44   27   0   0  .000   0    6    4  .667   10    4  .714   -7   
 1959 36 MLN NL  43   32   2.8  21  2.00   24   3   0  .125   0    5    5 1.000    2    2  .500  -22   
 1960 37 MLN NL  43   34   2.9  22  4.00   25   1   0  .040   0    2    2 1.000    5    3  .625  -63   
 1961 38 MLN NL  47   52   4.4  40          8   1   0  .125   2    6    4  .667    5    3  .625   59   
 1962 39 MLN NL  42   27   2.7  33         14   0   0  .000   0    6    5  .833    3    0 1.000   15   
 1963 40 CHA AL  40   47   3.5  35         12   1   0  .083   1    4    3  .750   12    3  .800   35   
 1964 41 CHA AL  39   26   2.0  42          4   3   0  .750   0    2    2 1.000    9    2  .818  -41   
 1965 42 CHA AL  43   35   2.7  35          6   1   0  .167   0    5    4  .800    5    4  .556   42   
 1966 43 CHA AL  45   24   2.6  34          8   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    7    3  .700   50   
 1967 44 CHA AL  38   26   2.9  33          5   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    3    0 1.000   71   
 1968 45 CHA AL  32    4   1.6  17          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    1  .000  -32   
         DEA AL  46    1    .7  12          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000 -180   
         TOT           5   1.2  29          2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    1  .000
 1969 46 NYN NL  43    8   1.2  41          5   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    1    1  .500 -132   
 1970 47 ATN NL  44   14   3.9  26          4   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    3    1  .750  -69   
 1971           [Did not play]
 1972 49 CHN NL  30    7  13.8   2          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  466   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 20 Seasons          625   3.3 514        190  22   0  .116   6   54   43  .796   79   37  .681    3   9
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 126.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1956 WS    NYN NYA   L    2 21.60   0-0   0  0   1.2   1   4   8   3
 1963 WS    CHA SFN   L    5  6.14   1-1   2  0   7.1   7   5   3   8
 1966 WS    CHA SFN   W    3  0.00   0-0   2  0   4.0   2   0   0   2
 1968 WS    DEA SLN   W    1  0.00   0-0   1  0   1.0   0   0   0   0
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.1   3   0   2   1
      WS    NYN BAA   L    4  8.44   0-1   0  0   5.1   8   5   3   5
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1952  NYN   69-85   Rick Field
 1953  NYN   82-72   Rick Field
 1954  NYN   93-61   Larry Reeves
 1955  NYN   68-86   Larry Reeves
 1956  NYN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1957  NYN   77-77   Larry Reeves
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  PIN   79-75   Dennis Van Langen
 1959  MLN   91-63   Jeff Tripodi
 1960  MLN   75-79   Jeff Tripodi
 1961  MLN   81-73   Jeff Tripodi
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi
 1963  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1968  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1968  DEA   99-63   Alan Boodman
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  ATN   81-81   Brandon Colvin
 1972  CHN   67-95   Alan Bosslet

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