Most people believe that Hoyt Wilhelm's best season was 1964, when he posted a 1.99 ERA, won 12 games, notched 27 saves and struck out 95 batters.
Career Highlights[]
5 Time All-Star: 1953, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1970
1 Time World Series Champion: 1953 New York Giants (baseball)
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1952
NY
N
71
0
15
3
2.43
108
60
43
0
0
11
159.1
127
12
57
0
3
5
1953
NY
N
68
0
7
8
3.04
71
61
49
0
0
15
145
127
13
77
0
9
4
1954
NY
N
57
0
12
4
2.10
64
32
26
0
0
7
111.1
77
5
52
5
2
5
1955
NY
N
59
0
4
1
3.93
71
53
45
0
0
0
103
104
10
40
5
6
2
1956
NY
N
64
0
4
9
3.83
71
45
38
0
0
8
89.1
97
7
43
10
6
2
1957
STL
N
40
0
1
4
4.25
29
28
26
0
0
11
55
52
7
21
1
0
3
1957
CLE
A
2
0
1
0
2.45
0
1
1
0
0
1
3.2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1957
Total
42
0
2
4
4.14
29
29
27
0
0
12
58.2
54
8
22
1
0
4
1958
CLE
A
30
6
2
7
2.49
57
32
25
1
0
5
90.1
70
4
35
2
2
1
1958
BAL
A
9
4
1
3
1.99
35
9
9
3
1
0
40.2
25
2
10
2
0
1
1958
TOT
A
39
10
3
10
2.34
92
41
34
4
1
5
131
95
6
45
4
2
2
1959
BAL
A
32
27
15
11
2.19
139
64
55
13
3
0
226
178
13
77
3
5
10
1960
BAL
A
41
11
11
8
3.31
107
69
54
3
1
7
147
125
13
39
0
6
1
1961
BAL
A
51
1
9
7
2.30
87
35
28
0
0
18
109.2
89
5
41
5
3
4
1962
BAL
A
52
0
7
10
1.94
90
28
20
0
0
15
93
64
5
34
2
11
3
1963
CHI
A
55
3
5
8
2.64
111
47
40
0
0
21
136.1
106
8
30
1
4
4
1964
CHI
A
73
0
12
9
1.99
95
35
29
0
0
27
131.1
94
7
30
1
3
2
1965
CHI
A
66
0
7
7
1.81
106
34
29
0
0
20
144
88
11
32
7
10
2
1966
CHI
A
46
0
5
2
1.66
61
21
15
0
0
6
81.1
50
6
17
2
3
1
1967
CHI
A
49
0
8
3
1.31
76
21
13
0
0
12
89
58
2
34
4
2
4
1968
CHI
A
72
0
4
4
1.73
72
20
18
0
0
12
93.2
69
4
24
5
1
2
1969
CAL
A
44
0
5
7
2.47
53
21
18
0
0
10
65.2
45
4
18
4
5
3
1969
ATL
N
8
0
2
0
.73
14
1
1
0
0
4
12.1
5
0
4
0
1
1
1969
Total
52
0
7
7
2.19
67
22
19
0
0
14
78
50
4
22
4
6
4
1970
CHI
N
3
0
0
1
9.82
1
4
4
0
0
0
3.2
4
1
3
0
0
0
1970
ATL
N
50
0
6
4
3.10
67
29
27
0
0
13
78.1
69
7
39
7
4
1
1970
TOT
N
53
0
6
5
3.40
68
33
31
0
0
13
82
73
8
42
7
4
1
1971
LA
N
9
0
0
1
1.02
15
2
2
0
0
3
17.2
6
1
4
0
0
0
1971
ATL
N
3
0
0
0
15.43
1
5
4
0
0
0
2.1
6
2
1
0
0
0
1971
TOT
N
12
0
0
1
2.70
16
7
6
0
0
3
20
12
3
5
0
0
0
1972
LA
N
16
0
0
1
4.62
9
16
13
0
0
1
25.1
20
0
15
0
4
0
Total
NL
448
0
51
36
3.12
521
336
278
0
0
73
802.2
694
65
356
28
35
23
Total
AL
622
52
92
86
2.19
1089
437
354
20
5
154
1451.2
1063
85
422
38
55
39
Total
1070
52
143
122
2.52
1610
773
632
20
5
227
2254.1
1757
150
778
66
90
62
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1952
NY
N
P
71
0
0
9
32
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.953
1953
NY
N
P
68
0
0
11
19
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1954
NY
N
P
57
0
111.1
5
25
0
0
0
8
1
0
1
1.000
1955
NY
N
P
59
0
0
6
28
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1956
NY
N
P
64
0
0
4
20
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
STL
N
P
40
0
55
3
8
0
0
0
6
3
0
0
1.000
1957
CLE
A
P
2
0
3.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1957
Total
P
42
0
58.2
3
8
0
0
0
6
3
0
0
1.000
1958
CLE
A
P
30
6
90.1
8
16
0
0
0
21
7
3
2
1.000
1958
BAL
A
P
9
4
40.2
1
6
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1.000
1958
TOT
A
P
39
10
131
9
22
0
0
0
23
9
4
3
1.000
1959
BAL
A
P
32
27
226
13
32
0
1
0
36
12
12
1
1.000
1960
BAL
A
P
41
11
147
4
28
1
2
0
14
19
3
1
.970
1961
BAL
A
P
51
1
109.2
6
22
2
1
0
13
9
3
0
.933
1962
BAL
A
P
52
0
93
10
12
0
0
0
22
11
7
0
1.000
1963
CHI
A
P
55
3
136.1
4
24
1
1
0
12
9
5
0
.966
1964
CHI
A
P
73
0
131.1
5
16
0
2
0
17
8
1
1
1.000
1965
CHI
A
P
66
0
145
7
20
0
2
0
21
9
1
2
1.000
1966
CHI
A
P
46
0
81.1
2
10
0
1
0
11
9
1
0
1.000
1967
CHI
A
P
49
0
89
2
11
1
1
0
10
8
6
0
.929
1968
CHI
A
P
72
0
93.2
3
10
0
1
0
3
12
5
1
1.000
1969
CAL
A
P
44
0
65.2
3
8
1
0
0
9
9
4
0
.917
1969
ATL
N
P
8
0
12.1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1.000
1969
Total
P
52
0
78
3
10
1
0
0
10
10
4
1
.929
1970
CHI
N
P
3
0
3.2
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.000
1970
ATL
N
P
50
0
78.1
4
13
1
0
0
8
12
1
0
.944
1970
TOT
N
P
53
0
82
4
16
1
0
0
9
12
1
0
.952
1971
LA
N
P
9
0
17.2
1
1
0
0
0
3
1
3
0
1.000
1971
ATL
N
P
3
0
2.1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.000
1971
TOT
N
P
12
0
20
1
3
0
0
0
3
1
3
1
1.000
1972
LA
N
P
16
0
25.1
3
5
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
1.000
Total
P
1070
52
1758.2
114
373
11
17
0
222
144
56
12
.978
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1952
NY
N
71
38
4
6
1
2
.158
.179
.237
0
0
1
11
0
3
0
0
0
1953
NY
N
68
33
5
5
0
1
.152
.243
.273
2
1
4
8
0
5
0
0
2
1954
NY
N
57
21
0
1
0
1
.048
.048
.048
0
0
0
8
0
1
0
0
0
1955
NY
N
59
19
2
3
0
0
.158
.200
.158
0
0
1
4
0
1
0
0
0
1956
NY
N
64
9
0
2
0
0
.222
.222
.222
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1957
STL
N
40
6
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1957
CLE
A
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1957
Total
42
6
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1958
CLE
A
30
21
1
2
0
2
.095
.136
.095
0
0
1
6
0
3
0
0
2
1958
BAL
A
9
11
1
1
0
0
.091
.091
.091
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
1958
TOT
A
39
32
2
3
0
2
.094
.121
.094
0
0
1
10
0
4
0
0
2
1959
BAL
A
32
76
2
4
0
2
.053
.111
.053
0
0
5
23
0
4
0
0
1
1960
BAL
A
41
42
1
3
0
4
.071
.111
.071
0
0
2
14
0
3
0
0
1
1961
BAL
A
51
20
1
1
0
2
.050
.136
.050
0
0
2
10
0
2
0
0
1
1962
BAL
A
52
16
1
2
0
0
.125
.176
.125
0
0
1
10
0
0
0
0
0
1963
CHI
A
55
29
3
2
0
2
.069
.182
.069
0
0
4
11
0
3
0
0
1
1964
CHI
A
73
21
2
3
0
3
.143
.182
.143
0
0
1
7
0
2
0
0
0
1965
CHI
A
66
22
1
0
0
0
.000
.083
.000
0
0
2
12
0
4
0
0
0
1966
CHI
A
46
8
0
1
0
0
.125
.125
.250
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1967
CHI
A
49
13
0
1
0
1
.077
.077
.077
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
1968
CHI
A
72
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1969
CAL
A
44
8
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1969
ATL
N
8
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1969
Total
52
9
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1970
CHI
N
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1970
ATL
N
50
11
0
1
0
1
.091
.231
.091
0
0
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
1970
TOT
N
53
11
0
1
0
1
.091
.231
.091
0
0
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
1971
LA
N
9
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1971
ATL
N
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1971
TOT
N
12
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1972
LA
N
16
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Total
NL
448
142
11
18
1
5
.127
.173
.176
2
1
8
45
0
11
0
0
2
Total
AL
622
290
13
20
0
16
.069
.123
.072
1
0
18
121
0
23
0
0
6
Total
1070
432
24
38
1
21
.088
.139
.106
3
1
26
166
0
34
0
0
8
Transactions[]
Sold by Mooresville (North Carolina State) to Boston Braves (@October 28, 1947).
Selected by New York Giants from Boston Braves in the minor league draft (November 20, 1947).
Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Whitey Lockman (February 26, 1957).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from St. Louis Cardinals (September 21, 1957).
Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Cleveland Indians (August 23, 1958).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward and Ron Hansen to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith (January 14, 1963).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from Chicago White Sox (49th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to California Angels in exchange for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke (December 12, 1968).
Traded by California Angels with Bob Priddy to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton (September 8, 1969).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Atlanta Braves (September 21, 1970).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Hal Breeden (November 30, 1970).
