James Hoyt Wilhelm, 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. Wilhelm was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Wilhelm with the New York Giants in 1953
James Hoyt Wilhelm Commemorative Statue outside Huntersville Athletic Park in Huntersville, NC
Wilhelm served as pitching coach of the Nashville Sounds from 1982 to 1984.
New York Giants (baseball)
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the 1883 season as the New York Gothams and became known as the Giants in 1885. They continued as the New York Giants until the team moved to San Francisco, California after the 1957 season, where the team continues its history as the San Francisco Giants. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the Brooklyn Dodgers, also in the National League, moved to Los Angeles in southern California as the Los Angeles Dodgers, continuing the National League, same-state rivalry.
The 1883 New York Gothams
Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson
The Giants at the batting cage in 1923
