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Hoyt Wilhelm

Relief Pitcher

1952—1972

BORN

July 26, 1922, in Huntersville, NC

THROWS

Right-Handed

MLB DEBUT

April 18, 1952

PITCH ARSENAL

Knuckleball

Fastball

Curve

Slider

PRIMARY TEAM

Chicago White Sox

143 WINS

228 SAVES

QUALITY START PCT

47.1 WAR

2.52 ERA

147

28.1 WAR7

1610

STRIKEOUTS

2.07 K / BB RATIO

2.1 WAR PER SEASON

Hoyt Wilhelm

The best knuckleball pitcher in history, and the first man to prove how valuable a relief pitcher could be.

— Hall of Fame —

— White Sox ALL-TIME TEAM —

— 1954 WS CHAMP —

Hoyt Wilhelm Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

	CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS	WAR PER SN
Wilhelm	47.1	28.1	17.6	15.2	37.6	2.1
AVG HOFer	36.2	24.6	16.8	13.7	30.4	4.5

Where Does Hoyt Wilhelm Rank?

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS
NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

WAR + WAR7 / 2

PITCHING TEAMMATES

Gary Peters

Phil Niekro

Sal Maglie

Milt Pappas

Don Sutton

FAVORITE CATCHER

J.C. Martin

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