Waite Hoyt

Full Name: Waite Charles Hoyt Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: July 24, 1918 Birthdate: September 9, 1899 Final Game: May 15, 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York MLB Experience: 21 years Died: August 25, 1984 Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969

Biography

Born on September 9, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, Waite Hoyt (Waite Charles Hoyt) played for the New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 21 year career. Hoyt broke into the bigs on July 24, 1918 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.25 ERA in 105.1 innings pitched in 1919, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Waite Hoyt's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1928, when he posted a 3.36 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 67 batters. However, others believe that it was 1927, when he posted a 2.63 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 86 batters. Another season that some believe was Waite Hoyt's best was 1934, when he posted a 2.93 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 105 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1918	NY	N	1	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	BOS	A	13	11	4	6	3.25	28	42	38	6	1	0	105.1	99	1	22	0	1	0
1920	BOS	A	22	11	6	6	4.38	45	72	59	6	2	1	121.1	123	2	47	0	3	1
1921	NY	A	43	32	19	13	3.09	102	121	97	21	1	3	282.1	301	3	81	0	3	5
1922	NY	A	37	31	19	12	3.43	95	114	101	17	3	0	265	271	13	76	0	5	9
1923	NY	A	37	28	17	9	3.02	60	97	80	19	1	1	238.2	227	9	66	0	1	4
1924	NY	A	46	32	18	13	3.79	71	117	104	14	2	4	247	295	8	76	0	1	3
1925	NY	A	46	30	11	14	4.00	86	124	108	17	1	6	243	283	14	78	0	5	1
1926	NY	A	40	28	16	12	3.85	79	112	93	12	1	4	217.2	224	4	62	0	2	2
1927	NY	A	36	32	22	7	2.63	86	90	75	23	3	1	256.1	242	10	54	0	1	4
1928	NY	A	42	31	23	7	3.36	67	118	102	19	3	8	273	279	16	60	0	2	1
1929	NY	A	30	25	10	9	4.24	57	115	95	12	0	1	201.2	219	9	69	0	2	3
1930	NY	A	8	7	2	2	4.53	10	27	24	2	0	0	47.2	64	7	9	0	1	0
1930	DET	A	26	20	9	8	4.78	25	89	72	8	1	4	135.2	176	7	47	0	4	2
1930	TOT	A	34	27	11	10	4.71	35	116	96	10	1	4	183.1	240	14	56	0	5	2
1931	PHI	A	16	14	10	5	4.22	30	60	52	9	2	0	111	130	9	37	0	1	0
1931	DET	A	16	12	3	8	5.87	10	70	60	5	0	0	92	124	2	32	0	0	2
1931	TOT	A	32	26	13	13	4.97	40	130	112	14	2	0	203	254	11	69	0	1	2
1932	NY	N	18	12	5	7	3.42	29	43	37	3	0	0	97.1	103	6	25	0	0	5
1932	BRO	N	8	4	1	3	7.76	7	27	23	0	0	1	26.2	38	3	12	0	1	0
1932	TOT	N	26	16	6	10	4.35	36	70	60	3	0	1	124	141	9	37	0	1	5
1933	PIT	N	36	8	5	7	2.92	44	45	38	4	1	4	117	118	3	19	0	1	1
1934	PIT	N	48	17	15	6	2.93	105	75	62	8	3	5	190.2	184	6	43	0	1	2
1935	PIT	N	39	11	7	11	3.40	63	72	62	5	0	6	164	187	8	27	0	2	1
1936	PIT	N	22	9	7	5	2.70	37	44	35	6	0	1	116.2	115	5	20	0	0	3
1937	PIT	N	11	0	1	2	4.50	21	14	14	0	0	2	28	31	3	6	0	0	0
1937	BRO	N	27	19	7	7	3.23	44	83	60	10	1	0	167	180	5	30	0	2	0
1937	TOT	N	38	19	8	9	3.42	65	97	74	10	1	2	195	211	8	36	0	2	0
1938	BRO	N	6	1	0	3	4.96	3	9	9	0	0	0	16.1	24	1	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		216	81	48	51	3.31	355	412	340	36	5	19	924.2	980	40	187	0	7	12
Total	AL		458	344	189	131	3.68	851	1368	1160	190	21	33	2837.2	3057	114	816	0	32	37
Total			674	425	237	182	3.59	1206	1780	1500	226	26	52	3762.1	4037	154	1003	0	39	49

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1918	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1919	BOS	A	P	13	0	0	6	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1920	BOS	A	P	22	0	0	3	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	NY	A	P	43	0	0	15	65	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1922	NY	A	P	37	0	0	9	58	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1923	NY	A	P	37	0	0	17	58	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1924	NY	A	P	46	0	0	12	57	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1925	NY	A	P	46	0	0	7	73	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1926	NY	A	P	40	0	0	5	40	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1927	NY	A	P	36	0	0	12	60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1928	NY	A	P	42	0	0	12	56	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1929	NY	A	P	30	0	0	8	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1930	NY	A	P	8	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	DET	A	P	26	0	0	5	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1930	TOT	A	P	34	0	0	6	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1931	PHI	A	P	16	0	0	2	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	DET	A	P	16	0	0	7	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1931	TOT	A	P	32	0	0	9	44	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1932	NY	N	P	18	0	0	5	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	BRO	N	P	8	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	TOT	N	P	26	0	0	7	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	PIT	N	P	36	0	0	5	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1934	PIT	N	P	48	0	0	3	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1935	PIT	N	P	39	0	0	5	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1936	PIT	N	P	22	0	0	2	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1937	PIT	N	P	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	BRO	N	P	27	0	0	10	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1937	TOT	N	P	38	0	0	10	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1938	BRO	N	P	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	674	0	0	153	842	35	41	0	0	0	0	0	.966

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1918	NY	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	BOS	A	13	38	1	5	0	3	.132	.132	.132	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
1920	BOS	A	22	43	3	5	0	0	.116	.136	.163	0	1	1	11	0	2	0	0	0
1921	NY	A	43	99	8	22	0	7	.222	.238	.253	1	1	2	17	0	9	0	0	0
1922	NY	A	37	92	4	20	0	6	.217	.258	.283	2	2	5	12	0	3	0	0	0
1923	NY	A	37	84	7	16	0	4	.190	.218	.214	0	1	3	15	0	6	0	0	0
1924	NY	A	46	75	8	10	0	3	.133	.167	.160	2	0	3	6	0	12	0	0	0
1925	NY	A	46	79	5	24	0	8	.304	.329	.405	2	3	2	1	1	8	0	0	0
1926	NY	A	40	76	4	16	0	4	.211	.211	.250	3	0	0	8	0	7	0	0	0
1927	NY	A	36	99	10	22	0	9	.222	.245	.263	2	1	3	8	0	9	0	0	0
1928	NY	A	42	109	15	28	0	12	.257	.264	.266	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0
1929	NY	A	30	76	9	17	0	6	.224	.234	.303	4	1	1	11	0	8	0	0	0
1930	NY	A	8	16	0	1	0	0	.063	.118	.063	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
1930	DET	A	26	46	2	9	0	3	.196	.213	.196	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	0	0
1930	TOT	A	34	62	2	10	0	3	.161	.188	.161	0	0	2	9	0	3	0	0	0
1931	PHI	A	16	43	5	13	0	4	.302	.333	.372	3	0	2	8	0	2	0	0	0
1931	DET	A	16	30	1	4	0	5	.133	.133	.133	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1931	TOT	A	32	73	6	17	0	9	.233	.253	.274	3	0	2	12	0	2	0	0	0
1932	NY	N	18	31	1	3	0	1	.097	.097	.129	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
1932	BRO	N	8	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1932	TOT	N	26	37	1	3	0	1	.081	.081	.108	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
1933	PIT	N	36	32	1	5	0	5	.156	.156	.156	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1934	PIT	N	48	56	2	10	0	7	.179	.233	.196	1	0	4	8	0	2	0	0	3
1935	PIT	N	39	54	4	14	0	7	.259	.273	.315	1	1	1	7	0	3	0	0	1
1936	PIT	N	22	39	4	6	0	1	.154	.214	.179	1	0	3	6	0	2	0	0	0
1937	PIT	N	11	12	1	1	0	2	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1937	BRO	N	27	48	1	4	0	3	.083	.185	.104	1	0	6	9	0	8	0	0	4
1937	TOT	N	38	60	2	5	0	5	.083	.167	.117	2	0	6	13	0	8	0	0	4
1938	BRO	N	6	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		216	282	14	43	0	26	.152	.195	.181	6	1	15	43	0	17	0	0	10
Total	AL		458	1005	82	212	0	74	.211	.231	.251	20	10	25	118	1	74	0	0	0
Total			674	1287	96	255	0	100	.198	.223	.235	26	11	40	161	1	91	0	0	10

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Giants (1915).
• Traded by New York Giants with Joe Wilhoit, Jose Rodriguez, Jack Ogden, Bill Kelly and cash to Rochester (International) in exchange for Earl Smith (January 2, 1919).
• Traded by Boston Red Sox with Harry Harper, Wally Schang and Mike McNally to New York Yankees in exchange for Muddy Ruel, Del Pratt, Sammy Vick and Hank Thormahlen (December 15, 1920).
• Traded by New York Yankees with Mark Koenig to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ownie Carroll, Yats Wuestling and Harry Rice (May 30, 1930).
• Sold by Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Athletics (June 30, 1931).
• Released by Philadelphia Athletics (February 8, 1932).
• Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (February 27, 1932).
• Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 7, 1932).
• Signed by New York Giants (June 23, 1932).
• Released by New York Giants (November 29, 1932).
• Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 21, 1933).
• Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Dodgers (June 12, 1937).
• Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 15, 1938).