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Waite Hoyt

Waite Hoyt
| Full name Waite Charles Hoyt |
| Born September 9, 1899, Brooklyn, New York |
| Died August 25, 1984, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Section 103) |
| First Game: July 24, 1918; Final Game: May 15, 1938 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180 |
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| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1969 |
| Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1928) |
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| Ejections: 1922 (1), 1923 (2), 1927 (1), 1929 (1). Total: 5 |
| SABR Biography |
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1918 NY N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1918 NY N
1919 BOS A Daily Splits 13 38 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 .132 .132 .132 0.0 1919 BOS A
1920 BOS A Daily Splits 22 43 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .116 .136 .163 0.0 1920 BOS A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 43 99 8 22 1 1 0 9 2 0 17 0 9 0 2 1 0 0 .222 .238 .253 0.0 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 37 92 4 20 2 2 0 7 5 0 12 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 .217 .258 .283 0.0 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 37 84 7 16 0 1 0 4 3 0 15 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 .190 .218 .214 0.0 1923 NY A
1924 NY A Daily Splits 46 75 8 10 2 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 .133 .167 .160 0.0 1924 NY A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 46 79 5 24 2 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 8 0 2 4 0 1 .304 .329 .405 0.0 1925 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 40 76 4 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 .211 .211 .250 0.0 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 36 99 10 22 2 1 0 9 3 0 8 0 9 0 5 3 0 0 .222 .245 .263 0.0 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 42 109 15 28 1 0 0 12 1 0 5 0 3 0 5 6 0 0 .257 .264 .266 0.0 1928 NY A
1929 NY A Daily Splits 30 76 9 17 4 1 0 6 1 0 11 0 8 0 3 4 0 0 .224 .234 .303 0.0 1929 NY A
1930 NY A Daily Splits 8 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .063 .118 .063 0.0 1930 NY A
1930 DET A Daily Splits 26 46 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 .196 .213 .196 0.0 1930 DET A
1930 TOT A 34 62 2 10 0 0 0 3 2 0 9 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 .161 .188 .161 0.0 1930 TOT A
1931 DET A Daily Splits 16 30 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .133 .133 .133 0.0 1931 DET A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 16 43 5 13 3 0 0 4 2 0 8 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .302 .333 .372 0.0 1931 PHI A
1931 TOT A 32 73 6 17 3 0 0 8 2 0 12 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 .233 .253 .274 0.0 1931 TOT A
1932 BRO N Daily Splits 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1932 BRO N
1932 NY N Daily Splits 18 31 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .097 .097 .129 0.0 1932 NY N
1932 TOT N 26 37 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .081 .081 .108 0.0 1932 TOT N
1933 PIT N Daily Splits 36 32 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .156 .156 .156 0.0 1933 PIT N
1934 PIT N Daily Splits 48 56 2 10 1 0 0 7 4 0 8 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 .179 .233 .196 0.0 1934 PIT N
1935 PIT N Daily Splits 39 54 4 14 1 1 0 7 1 0 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .259 .273 .315 0.0 1935 PIT N
1936 PIT N Daily Splits 22 39 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .154 .214 .179 0.0 1936 PIT N
1937 PIT N Daily Splits 11 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .167 0.0 1937 PIT N
1937 BRO N Daily Splits 27 48 1 4 1 0 0 3 6 0 9 0 8 0 2 4 0 0 .083 .185 .104 0.0 1937 BRO N
1937 TOT N 38 60 2 5 2 0 0 5 6 0 13 0 8 0 2 4 0 0 .083 .167 .117 0.0 1937 TOT N
1938 BRO N Daily Splits 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0.0 1938 BRO N
Total NL ( 8 Years) 216 282 14 43 6 1 0 26 15 0 43 0 17 0 6 11 0 0 .152 .195 .181 0.0 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years) 458 1005 82 212 20 10 0 74 25 0 118 1 74 0 31 32 0 1 .211 .231 .251 0.0 Total AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 674 1287 96 255 26 11 0 100 40 0 161 1 91 0 37 43 0 1 .198 .223 .235 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1921 NY A Daily Splits 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1923 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 1928 NY A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1931 PHI A
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 12 30 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .133 .133 .133 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1918 NY N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.0 1918 NY N
1919 BOS A Daily Splits 13 11 6 1 2 0 105.1 99 400 1 42 38 22 0 28 26 1 0 0 17 6 7 9 4 6 3.25 3.18 -0.3 1919 BOS A
1920 BOS A Daily Splits 22 11 6 2 10 1 121.1 123 504 2 72 59 47 1 45 22 3 1 0 27 6 9 6 6 6 4.38 4.73 -1.3 1920 BOS A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 43 32 21 1 7 3 282.1 301 1201 3 121 97 81 4 102 25 3 5 1 40 12 16 30 19 13 3.09 5.16 3.3 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 37 31 17 3 3 0 265 271 1117 13 114 101 76 4 95 25 5 9 0 38 3 9 17 19 12 3.43 4.45 2.0 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 37 28 19 1 7 1 238.2 227 993 9 97 80 66 2 60 25 1 4 0 36 12 16 15 17 9 3.02 4.32 1.8 1923 NY A
1924 NY A Daily Splits 46 32 14 2 13 4 247 295 1088 8 117 104 76 3 71 26 1 3 0 43 13 16 21 18 13 3.79 4.75 0.7 1924 NY A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 46 30 17 1 14 6 243 283 1074 14 124 108 78 6 86 27 5 1 0 41 15 16 19 11 14 4.00 4.80 1.3 1925 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 40 28 12 1 8 4 217.2 224 941 4 112 93 62 2 79 29 2 2 0 41 16 12 33 16 12 3.85 5.25 -0.1 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 36 32 23 3 4 1 256.1 242 1045 10 90 75 54 0 86 23 1 4 0 48 8 18 22 22 7 2.63 6.72 3.8 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 42 31 19 3 11 8 273 279 1138 16 118 102 60 2 67 31 2 1 0 40 22 22 27 23 7 3.36 6.48 1.6 1928 NY A
1929 NY A Daily Splits 30 25 12 0 3 2 201.2 219 884 9 115 95 69 2 57 26 2 3 0 52 12 15 12 10 9 4.24 6.12 -0.7 1929 NY A
1930 NY A Daily Splits 8 7 2 0 0 0 47.2 64 213 7 27 24 9 0 10 2 1 0 2 13 5 2 5 2 2 4.53 6.86 -0.2 1930 NY A
1930 DET A Daily Splits 26 20 8 1 5 4 135.2 176 628 7 89 72 47 2 25 17 4 2 0 41 14 9 13 9 8 4.78 4.55 -0.5 1930 DET A
1930 TOT A 34 27 10 1 5 4 183.1 240 841 14 116 96 56 2 35 19 5 2 2 54 19 11 18 11 10 4.71 5.15 -0.7 1930 TOT A
1931 DET A Daily Splits 16 12 5 0 4 0 92 124 429 2 70 60 32 1 10 6 0 2 0 26 3 7 14 3 8 5.87 3.83 -1.4 1931 DET A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 16 14 9 2 0 0 111 130 479 9 60 52 37 1 30 6 1 0 0 19 4 16 6 10 5 4.22 5.79 0.7 1931 PHI A
1931 TOT A 32 26 14 2 4 0 203 254 908 11 130 112 69 2 40 12 1 2 0 45 7 23 20 13 13 4.97 4.88 -0.7 1931 TOT A
1932 BRO N Daily Splits 8 4 0 0 1 1 26.2 38 128 3 27 23 12 1 7 5 1 0 0 7 4 1 4 1 3 7.76 2.75 -1.6 1932 BRO N
1932 NY N Daily Splits 18 12 3 0 4 0 97.1 103 420 6 43 37 25 3 29 15 0 5 0 12 4 2 7 5 7 3.42 3.67 0.3 1932 NY N
1932 TOT N 26 16 3 0 5 1 124 141 548 9 70 60 37 4 36 20 1 5 0 19 8 3 11 6 10 4.35 3.44 -1.3 1932 TOT N
1933 PIT N Daily Splits 36 8 4 1 14 4 117 118 478 3 45 38 19 1 44 7 1 1 1 15 4 11 11 5 7 2.92 2.62 0.6 1933 PIT N
1934 PIT N Daily Splits 48 17 8 3 20 5 190.2 184 785 6 75 62 43 0 105 11 1 2 0 34 7 9 11 15 6 2.93 4.53 2.3 1934 PIT N
1935 PIT N Daily Splits 39 11 5 0 19 6 164 187 694 8 72 62 27 3 63 11 2 1 1 31 5 11 11 7 11 3.40 3.64 1.7 1935 PIT N
1936 PIT N Daily Splits 22 9 6 0 10 1 116.2 115 483 5 44 35 20 4 37 9 0 3 0 16 1 7 11 7 5 2.70 3.89 1.5 1936 PIT N
1937 PIT N Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 6 2 28 31 121 3 14 14 6 2 21 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 2 4.50 - -0.2 1937 PIT N
1937 BRO N Daily Splits 27 19 10 1 4 0 167 180 707 5 83 60 30 1 44 10 2 0 0 29 10 7 16 7 7 3.23 4.37 0.6 1937 BRO N
1937 TOT N 38 19 10 1 10 2 195 211 828 8 97 74 36 3 65 10 2 0 0 37 10 7 17 8 9 3.42 4.37 0.4 1937 TOT N
1938 BRO N Daily Splits 6 1 0 0 3 0 16.1 24 78 1 9 9 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 3 0 3 4.96 2.00 -0.2 1938 BRO N
Total NL ( 8 Years) 216 81 36 5 81 19 924.2 980 3897 40 412 340 187 16 355 69 7 12 2 160 35 49 75 48 51 3.31 3.86 5.0 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years) 458 344 190 21 91 34 2837.2 3057 12134 114 1368 1160 816 30 851 316 32 37 3 522 151 190 249 189 131 3.68 5.20 10.7 Total AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 674 425 226 26 172 53 3762.1 4037 16031 154 1780 1500 1003 46 1206 385 39 49 5 682 186 239 324 237 182 3.59 4.95 15.7 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1921 NY A Daily Splits 3 3 3 1 0 0 27 18 106 0 2 0 11 0 18 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 1 0.00 2.00 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 34 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.12 0.00 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 11 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.43 4.00 1923 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 19 67 0 8 2 1 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 1.20 6.00 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 32 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 4.91 5.00 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 18 14 71 1 4 3 6 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1.50 5.50 1928 NY A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 24 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 1.00 1931 PHI A
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 12 11 6 1 1 0 83.2 81 345 2 28 17 22 0 49 11 0 0 1 0 13 1 3 8 6 4 1.83 3.55 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1918 NY N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1919 BOS A Daily Splits P 13 11 6 105.1 6 33 2 1 0 1 9 7 1 .951
1920 BOS A Daily Splits P 22 11 6 120.1 3 35 0 1 0 1 13 5 1 1.000
1921 NY A Daily Splits P 43 32 21 282.2 15 65 5 4 0 2 12 14 2 .941
1922 NY A Daily Splits P 37 31 17 263 9 58 2 0 0 3 16 18 1 .971
1923 NY A Daily Splits P 37 28 19 239.2 17 58 3 1 0 1 14 8 0 .962
1924 NY A Daily Splits P 46 32 14 247 12 57 3 2 0 4 10 10 0 .958
1925 NY A Daily Splits P 46 30 17 244.2 7 73 2 3 0 1 18 14 0 .976
1926 NY A Daily Splits P 40 28 12 217.2 5 40 2 4 0 3 17 9 0 .957
1927 NY A Daily Splits P 36 32 23 256.1 12 60 1 1 0 0 15 9 5 .986
1928 NY A Daily Splits P 42 31 19 273 12 56 1 6 0 1 13 11 2 .986
1929 NY A Daily Splits P 30 25 12 201.2 8 37 2 1 0 1 7 6 0 .957
1930 NY A Daily Splits P 8 7 2 47.2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.000
1930 DET A Daily Splits P 26 20 8 135.2 5 14 1 1 0 1 6 2 0 .950
1930 TOT A P 34 27 10 183.1 6 24 1 1 0 1 6 6 0 .968
1931 DET A Daily Splits P 16 12 5 92 7 17 2 2 0 1 2 4 0 .923
1931 PHI A Daily Splits P 16 14 9 111 2 27 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 1.000
1931 TOT A P 32 26 14 203 9 44 2 4 0 1 4 9 0 .964
1932 BRO N Daily Splits P 8 4 0 26.2 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1.000
1932 NY N Daily Splits P 18 12 3 97.1 5 24 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 1.000
1932 TOT N P 26 16 3 124 7 36 0 1 0 2 6 9 0 1.000
1933 PIT N Daily Splits P 36 8 4 117 5 30 1 3 0 0 9 9 0 .972
1934 PIT N Daily Splits P 48 17 8 189.2 3 37 2 0 0 0 9 6 0 .952
1935 PIT N Daily Splits P 39 11 5 163 5 34 2 3 0 1 9 5 1 .951
1936 PIT N Daily Splits P 22 9 6 116.1 2 30 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 .941
1937 PIT N Daily Splits P 11 0 0 28.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000
1937 BRO N Daily Splits P 27 19 10 167 10 32 2 2 0 2 3 7 0 .955
1937 TOT N P 38 19 10 195.1 10 33 2 2 0 2 7 7 0 .956
1938 BRO N Daily Splits P 6 1 0 16.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total (21 Years) Splits P 674 425 226 3760.1 153 842 35 39 0 25 195 168 13 .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1921 NY A Daily Splits P 3 3 3 27 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.000
1922 NY A Daily Splits P 2 1 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1923 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -
1926 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1927 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1928 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 2 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .750
1931 PHI A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 7 Years) Splits P 12 11 6 83.2 1 12 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 .929
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 3-1922 BOX NY A Frank Wilson Bench jockeying
7-26-1923 BOX NY A George Moriarty Bench jockeying
8-19-1923 BOX NY A Brick Owens Call at HP
9- 7-1927 BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Call at 3B
5-26-1929 BOX NY A Dick Nallin Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as a free agent by New York Giants (1915).
Traded by New York Giants with Joe Wilhoit, Jose Rodriguez, Jack Ogden, Bill Kelly
and cash to Rochester (International) in exchange for Earl Smith (January 2, 1919).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Harry Harper, Wally Schang and Mike McNally to New
York Yankees in exchange for Muddy Ruel, Del Pratt, Sammy Vick and Hank Thormahlen
(December 15, 1920).
Traded by New York Yankees with Mark Koenig to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ownie
Carroll, Yats Wuestling and Harry Rice (May 30, 1930).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Athletics from Detroit Tigers (July 3, 1931).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (February 8, 1932).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (February 27, 1932).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 7, 1932).
Signed by New York Giants (June 23, 1932).
Released by New York Giants (November 29, 1932).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 21, 1933).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Dodgers (June 12, 1937).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 15, 1938).
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