Hoyt Wilhelm Strikeouts
Hoyt Wilhelm Career Strikeouts Overview
During Hoyt Wilhelm's 21-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
166 strikeouts, an average of 8 strikeouts per season. 1956 was his best season
with 1 strikeouts and his worst season was 1959 when he had
23 strikeouts. Hoyt Wilhelm is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by RP (82.7697), USA (305.465), The Greatest Generation (192.236), Y (769.398), and mlb (314.894) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)
Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)