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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.
[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 ...
At 36, Hoyt Wilhelm’s best years were thought to be behind him. Moreover, his best pitch, the knuckleball, was a fluttery offering that drove catchers nuts, eluded their grasp and created havoc.
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Hoyt Wilhelm managed the Braves in 1973. The team was disbanded after the 1979 season when the Western Carolinas League was reorganized into the South Atlantic League. However, the franchise was revived in 1981, when the Greenwood Pirates, also playing at Legion Park, entered the South Atlantic League. [1] [2]
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.
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