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Historical player · 1952–1972 · ★ Hall of Fame 1985

Hoyt Wilhelm

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 190 · Born 7/26/1922 · From Huntersville, NC USA · Debut 1952-04-18 · Final 1972-07-10

Career · batting

1,070

432

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.088 · 0.246

Career · pitching

1,070

2,254.3

W-L

143-122

227

1,610

ERA

2.52

WHIP

1.13

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Giants · 1952–1956

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#650 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Abreu

Hits

#817 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Bradley

↓ 1 B. Tomko

RBI

#939 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Barry

↓ 1 E. Young

Runs

#758 on the Giants

↑ 1 B. Zito

↓ 1 F. Anderson

#804 on the Giants

↑ 1 A. Baird

↓ 1 R. Adams

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1958–1962

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Hits

#867 on the Orioles

↑ 1 B. Bowers

↓ 1 W. Young

RBI

#723 on the Orioles

↑ 1 G. Atkins

↓ 1 A. Widmar

Runs

#823 on the Orioles

↑ 1 B. Bowcock

↓ 1 G. Atkins

#652 on the Orioles

↑ 1 X. Avery

↓ 1 T. Byrne

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1963–1968

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Hits

#913 on the White Sox

↑ 1 L. Aloma

↓ 1 B. Wynne

RBI

#771 on the White Sox

↑ 1 S. Alcock

↓ 1 D. Zwilling

Runs

#802 on the White Sox

↑ 1 T. Bradley

↓ 1 C. Asche

#735 on the White Sox

↑ 1 K. Boyer

↓ 1 G. Adkins

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1957–1958

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Hits

#1,118 on the Indians

↑ 1 I. Andrews

↓ 1 F. Winchell

RBI

#935 on the Indians

↑ 1 P. Appleton

↓ 1 C. Yowell

Runs

#1,080 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Aguilar

#1,026 on the Indians

↑ 1 T. Agee

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1969–1971

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Hits

#1,452 on the Braves

↑ 1 K. Abbott

RBI

#1,240 on the Braves

↑ 1 E. Averill

#1,105 on the Braves

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 M. Acosta

Career with the California Angels · 1969–1969

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Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1970–1970

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Career with the Los Angeles Dodgers · 1971–1972

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Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1957–1957

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

#8,660 all-time MLB

↑ 1 F. Allen

↓ 1 H. White

RBI

#7,756 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Adames

↓ 1 P. Zuvella

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1952	Giants	NL	71	38	4	6	0	0	1	2	1	11	0.158	—	0.237
1953	Giants	NL	68	33	5	5	2	1	0	1	4	8	0.152	—	0.273
1954	Giants	NL	57	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0.048	0.048	0.048
1955	Giants	NL	59	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0.158	0.200	0.158
1956	Giants	NL	64	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.222	0.222	0.222
1957	Cardinals	NL	40	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000
1957	Indians	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1958	Indians	AL	30	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	0.095	0.136	0.095
1958	Orioles	AL	9	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.091	0.091	0.091
1959	Orioles	AL	32	76	2	4	0	0	0	2	5	23	0.053	0.111	0.053
1960	Orioles	AL	41	42	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	14	0.071	0.111	0.071
1961	Orioles	AL	51	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	10	0.050	0.136	0.050
1962	Orioles	AL	52	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	10	0.125	0.176	0.125
1963	White Sox	AL	55	29	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	0.069	0.182	0.069
1964	White Sox	AL	73	21	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	0.143	0.182	0.143
1965	White Sox	AL	66	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0.000	0.083	0.000
1966	White Sox	AL	46	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.125	0.125	0.250
1967	White Sox	AL	49	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0.077	0.077	0.077
1968	White Sox	AL	72	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
1969	Angels	AL	44	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.000	0.000
1969	Braves	NL	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1970	Braves	NL	50	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	0.091	0.231	0.091
1970	Cubs	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1971	Braves	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1971	Dodgers	NL	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1972	Dodgers	NL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			1,070	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	26	166	0.088	0.139	0.107

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1952	Giants	NL	15	3	71	0	11	159.3	127	43	57	108	2.43	1.15
1953	Giants	NL	7	8	68	0	15	145.0	127	49	77	71	3.04	1.41
1954	Giants	NL	12	4	57	0	7	111.3	77	26	52	64	2.10	1.16
1955	Giants	NL	4	1	59	0	0	103.0	104	45	40	71	3.93	1.40
1956	Giants	NL	4	9	64	0	8	89.3	97	38	43	71	3.83	1.57
1957	Cardinals	NL	1	4	40	0	11	55.0	52	26	21	29	4.25	1.33
1957	Indians	AL	1	0	2	0	1	3.7	2	1	1	0	2.45	0.82
1958	Indians	AL	2	7	30	6	5	90.3	70	25	35	57	2.49	1.16
1958	Orioles	AL	1	3	9	4	0	40.7	25	9	10	35	1.99	0.86
1959	Orioles	AL	15	11	32	27	0	226.0	178	55	77	139	2.19	1.13
1960	Orioles	AL	11	8	41	11	7	147.0	125	54	39	107	3.31	1.12
1961	Orioles	AL	9	7	51	1	18	109.7	89	28	41	87	2.30	1.19
1962	Orioles	AL	7	10	52	0	15	93.0	64	20	34	90	1.94	1.05
1963	White Sox	AL	5	8	55	3	21	136.3	106	40	30	111	2.64	1.00
1964	White Sox	AL	12	9	73	0	27	131.3	94	29	30	95	1.99	0.94
1965	White Sox	AL	7	7	66	0	20	144.0	88	29	32	106	1.81	0.83
1966	White Sox	AL	5	2	46	0	6	81.3	50	15	17	61	1.66	0.82
1967	White Sox	AL	8	3	49	0	12	89.0	58	13	34	76	1.31	1.03
1968	White Sox	AL	4	4	72	0	12	93.7	69	18	24	72	1.73	0.99
1969	Angels	AL	5	7	44	0	10	65.7	45	18	18	53	2.47	0.96
1969	Braves	NL	2	0	8	0	4	12.3	5	1	4	14	0.73	0.73
1970	Braves	NL	6	4	50	0	13	78.3	69	27	39	67	3.10	1.38
1970	Cubs	NL	0	1	3	0	0	3.7	4	4	3	1	9.82	1.91
1971	Braves	NL	0	0	3	0	0	2.3	6	4	1	1	15.43	3.00
1971	Dodgers	NL	0	1	9	0	3	17.7	6	2	4	15	1.02	0.57
1972	Dodgers	NL	0	1	16	0	1	25.3	20	13	15	9	4.62	1.38
Career			143	122	1,070	52	227	2,254.3	1,757	632	778	1,610	2.52	1.13

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	1,070	52	1,951.0	114	373	11	17

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1985	BBWAA	331	297	Inducted
1984	BBWAA	290	303	Ballot
1983	BBWAA	243	281	Ballot
1982	BBWAA	236	312	Ballot
1981	BBWAA	238	301	Ballot
1980	BBWAA	209	289	Ballot
1979	BBWAA	168	324	Ballot
1978	BBWAA	158	285	Ballot