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Waite Hoyt
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Birthdate: 9/9/1899 Died: 8/25/1984
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 180 lbs. Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Waite Hoyt won 237 games in his 20 year 'Hall of Fame' career including winning 157 games in 9 years with the New York Yankees. He helped the Yankees win six pennants and three World Series from 1921-1928. Waite Hoyt won 145 of the Yankees 750 regular season victories and 6 of their 18 World Series' games. In the 1921 World Series, he pitched 27 innings without allowing an earned run, winning two and losing one. In 1927, he led the American League in wins (22-7) and winning percentage .759. In 1928 Hoyt went 23-7, pitched 237 innings and led the league in saves with 8. Waite Hoyt stats: 237-182, .566 pct., 3.59 ERA, 674 games, 423 GS, 226 GC, 26 shutouts, 52 saves, 1206 Ks, 1003 Ws in 3762.3 innings, .276 opponents BA, .325 on-base-pct. In 1942, Hoyt began broadcasting Cincinnati Reds baseball, a post he held for 25 years. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1918 NYG (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00
1919 BOS (AL) 13 11 4 6 0 6 1 105.1 99 42 38 1 22 0 28 1 0 0 3.25
1920 BOS (AL) 22 11 6 6 1 6 2 121.1 123 72 59 2 47 0 45 3 1 0 4.38
1921 NYY (AL) 43 32 19 13 3 21 1 282.1 301 121 97 3 81 0 102 3 5 1 3.09
1922 NYY (AL) 37 31 19 12 0 17 3 265.0 271 114 101 13 76 0 95 5 9 0 3.43
1923 NYY (AL) 37 28 17 9 1 19 1 238.2 227 97 80 9 66 0 60 1 4 0 3.02
1924 NYY (AL) 46 32 18 13 4 14 2 247.0 295 117 104 8 76 0 71 1 3 0 3.79
1925 NYY (AL) 46 30 11 14 6 17 1 243.0 283 124 108 14 78 0 86 5 1 0 4.00
1926 NYY (AL) 40 28 16 12 4 12 1 217.2 224 112 93 4 62 0 79 2 2 0 3.85
1927 NYY (AL) 36 32 22 7 1 23 3 256.1 242 90 75 10 54 0 86 1 4 0 2.63
1928 NYY (AL) 42 31 23 7 8 19 3 273.0 279 118 102 16 60 0 67 2 1 0 3.36
1929 NYY (AL) 30 25 10 9 1 12 0 201.2 219 115 95 9 69 0 57 2 3 0 4.24
1930 DET (AL) 26 20 9 8 4 8 1 135.2 176 89 72 7 47 0 25 4 2 0 4.78
1930 NYY (AL) 8 7 2 2 0 2 0 47.2 64 27 24 7 9 0 10 1 0 2 4.53
1931 DET (AL) 16 12 3 8 0 5 0 92.0 124 70 60 2 32 0 10 0 2 0 5.87
1931 PHA (AL) 16 14 10 5 0 9 2 111.0 130 60 52 9 37 0 30 1 0 0 4.22
1932 NYG (NL) 18 12 5 7 0 3 0 97.1 103 43 37 6 25 0 29 0 5 0 3.42
1932 BRO (NL) 8 4 1 3 1 0 0 26.2 38 27 23 3 12 0 7 1 0 0 7.76
1933 PIT (NL) 36 8 5 7 4 4 1 117.0 118 45 38 3 19 0 44 1 1 1 2.92
1934 PIT (NL) 48 15 15 6 5 8 3 190.2 184 75 62 6 43 0 105 1 2 0 2.93
1935 PIT (NL) 39 11 7 11 6 5 0 164.0 187 72 62 8 27 0 63 2 1 1 3.40
1936 PIT (NL) 22 9 7 5 1 6 0 116.2 115 44 35 5 20 0 37 0 3 0 2.70
1937 PIT (NL) 11 0 1 2 2 0 0 28.0 31 14 14 3 6 0 21 0 0 0 4.50
1937 BRO (NL) 27 19 7 7 0 10 1 167.0 180 83 60 5 30 0 44 2 0 0 3.23
1938 BRO (NL) 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 24 9 9 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.96
25 years   674 423 237 182 52 226 26 3762.1 4037 1780 1500 154 1003 0 1206 39 49 5 3.59
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1918 NYG (NL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1919 BOS (AL) 13 38 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .132 .132 SLG
1920 BOS (AL) 22 43 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 .116 .136 SLG
1921 NYY (AL) 43 99 8 22 1 1 0 7 2 17 0 0 0 0 9 0 .222 .238 SLG
1922 NYY (AL) 37 92 4 20 2 2 0 6 5 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 .217 .258 SLG
1923 NYY (AL) 37 84 7 16 0 1 0 4 3 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 .190 .218 SLG
1924 NYY (AL) 46 75 8 10 2 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 12 0 .133 .167 SLG
1925 NYY (AL) 46 79 5 24 2 3 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 .304 .329 SLG
1926 NYY (AL) 40 76 4 16 3 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 .211 .211 SLG
1927 NYY (AL) 36 99 10 22 2 1 0 9 3 8 0 0 0 0 9 0 .222 .245 SLG
1928 NYY (AL) 42 109 15 28 1 0 0 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 .257 .264 SLG
1929 NYY (AL) 30 76 9 17 4 1 0 6 1 11 0 0 0 0 8 0 .224 .234 SLG
1930 DET (AL) 26 46 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 .196 .213 SLG
1930 NYY (AL) 8 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .63 .118 SLG
1931 DET (AL) 16 30 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .133 SLG
1931 PHA (AL) 16 43 5 13 3 0 0 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 .302 .333 SLG
1932 BRO (NL) 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1932 NYG (NL) 18 31 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .97 .97 SLG
1933 PIT (NL) 36 32 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156 .156 SLG
1934 PIT (NL) 48 56 2 10 1 0 0 7 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 .179 .233 SLG
1935 PIT (NL) 39 54 4 14 1 1 0 7 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 .259 .273 SLG
1936 PIT (NL) 22 39 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 .154 .214 SLG
1937 BRO (NL) 27 48 1 4 1 0 0 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 .83 .185 SLG
1937 PIT (NL) 11 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .83 .83 SLG
1938 BRO (NL) 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .250 SLG
25 years   674 1287 96 255 26 11 0 100 40 161 0 1 0 1 91 0 .198 .223 .SLG



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