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James Hoyt Wilhelm (July 26, 1922 – August 23, 2002), nicknamed "Old Sarge", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers between 1952 and 1972.
[1] 136 players have hit a home run in their first at bat of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, [A] the most recent being Jhonkensy Noel of the Cleveland Guardians on June 26, 2024. [3] George Tebeau and Mike Griffin both hit home runs in their first at bats on April 16, 1887.
The first 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Candlestick Park in San Francisco on July 11, 1961. The National League scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth inning to win 5–4. Stu Miller was the winning pitcher and Hoyt Wilhelm was charged with the loss.
June 19 – In a brilliant pair of pitching performances, Orioles pitchers Hoyt Wilhelm and Milt Pappas throw shutouts to beat the host Detroit Tigers in a twin bill. Wilhelm allows two hits in winning the opener, 2–0, over Jim Bunning, and Pappas surrenders three hits in winning the nightcap, 1–0, over Don Mossi.
[8] [34] [35] Player/manager Norm Small led the league with both 18 home runs and 100 runs scored, while Moors pitcher Lacy James led the league with 247 strikeouts. [8] Hoyt Wilhelm returned to Mooresville in 1946, pitching to a 21–8 record with a 2.47 ERA. Wilhelm returned after serving in the Army during World War II and earning the Purple ...
The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in ... Jimmy Collins (1909) Ray Dandridge ... Hoyt Wilhelm (1950–1951 ...
This is a list of players, both past and present, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Giants or the San Francisco Giants.. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Erskine will pitch his second career no-hitter on May 12, 1956 against the New York Giants, 3–0, also at Ebbets Field. June 20 – In a night game at Sportsman's Park, the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators play to an 18-inning, 5–5 tie before a curfew halts the game. Satchel Paige of the Browns, age 46, throws ten shutout innings in ...