Hoyt Wilhelm Autographed Picture
by Jerry Griffin
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Hoyt Wilhelm Autographed Picture
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Jerry Griffin
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Photograph
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Hoyt Wilhelm shown here demonstrating how he held his knuckleball was a 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. After 8 years on the ballot he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and was the first relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame. Known for throwing a knuckleball, the most unpredictable pitch in baseball that even he didn’t know where it was going.
He served in the United States Army in the European Theater during World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded, earning the Purple Heart for his actions. He rose to the rank of staff sergeant while in the Army, and played his entire career with a piece of shrapnel lodged in his back as a result of the wounds he received in battle.
At the time of his retirement, Wilhelm had pitched in a then major league record 1,070 games. He is recognized as the first pitcher to have saved 200 games in his career, and the first pitcher to appear in 1,000 games. Wilhelm is one of the oldest players to have pitched in the major leagues; his final appearance was 16 days short of his 50th birthday.
Wilhelm retired with the lowest career earned run average of any major league hurler after 1927 (Walter Johnson) who had pitched more than 2,000 innings. On Sept 20, 1958 pitching for the Baltimore Orioles he no hit the New York Yankees and won 1-0.
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