Hoyt Wilhelm was a prominent American baseball player, known best for his outstanding pitch known as the knuckleball. Born in Huntersville, North Carolina, on July 26, 1922, Wilhelm grew up in a small family of six siblings. In his early years, he worked on his family farm and played amateur baseball games during his free time. He began his professional baseball career as a relief pitcher in 1952 while playing for the New York Giants. He later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, the Atlanta Braves, and the Baltimore Orioles. Wilhelm was a versatile player, and throughout his career, he switched between starting pitcher, relief pitcher, and closer positions. More about Hoyt Wilhelm
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Wilhelm's statistics remarkably represent his success as a pitcher throughout his baseball career. His lifetime ERA was 2.52, while his W–L record was 143–122. Wilhelm pitched in 1070 games of his 1072 games played throughout his baseball career, which is an outstanding achievement. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, becoming one of the few knuckleball pitchers to achieve that feat. Wilhelm's contributions to the game of baseball have been significant and widely acknowledged, especially his notable performances as a relief pitcher, where he often played with an injured hand or elbow.In total, we tracked 1837 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Hoyt Wilhelm (Hoyt Wilhelm 2015 Topps Dynasty 1/1 Cut Signature) was sold in December 2015 for $389.95 while the cheapest item (*Autograph* HOYT WILHELM Index Card Signed Baseball HOF) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2023. The month with the most items sold (29) was July 2011 with an average selling price of $11.00 for an autographed item of Hoyt Wilhelm. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2015 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.00 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Hoyt Wilhelm is worth $15.05.
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It was impossible -- in real life and the movies -- to hit a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckl (04/13/20): Hoyt Wilhem proved for years that a knuckleball is impossible to hit, catch or call. In the movies, actors and directors learned the same thing.
Hoyt Wilhelm, Grandfather of R. A. Dickey’s Knuckleball, Once No-Hit Yankees (06/20/12): The last pitcher to no-hit the Yankees by himself was Hoyt Wilhelm, a godfather of the knuckleball, who twisted Yankee hitters into knots on Sept. 20, 1958, while pitching for the Orioles.