Bio
- Debut
- 1918
Bio
- Debut
- 1918
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 674
- W
- 237
- L
- 182
- ERA
- 3.59
- IP
- 3762.1
- K
- 1,206
- BB
- 1,003
- WHIP
- 1.34
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | SF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1919 | BOS | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3.25 | 105.1 | 28 | 22 | 1.15 |
| 1920 | BOS | 22 | 6 | 6 | 4.38 | 121.1 | 45 | 47 | 1.40 |
| 1921 | NYY | 43 | 19 | 13 | 3.09 | 282.1 | 102 | 81 | 1.35 |
| 1922 | NYY | 37 | 19 | 12 | 3.43 | 265.0 | 95 | 76 | 1.31 |
| 1923 | NYY | 37 | 17 | 9 | 3.02 | 238.2 | 60 | 66 | 1.23 |
| 1924 | NYY | 46 | 18 | 13 | 3.79 | 247.0 | 71 | 76 | 1.50 |
| 1925 | NYY | 46 | 11 | 14 | 4.00 | 243.0 | 86 | 78 | 1.49 |
| 1926 | NYY | 40 | 16 | 12 | 3.85 | 217.2 | 79 | 62 | 1.31 |
| 1927 | NYY | 36 | 22 | 7 | 2.63 | 256.1 | 86 | 54 | 1.15 |
| 1928 | NYY | 42 | 23 | 7 | 3.36 | 273.0 | 67 | 60 | 1.24 |
| 1929 | NYY | 30 | 10 | 9 | 4.24 | 201.2 | 57 | 69 | 1.43 |
| 1930 |  NYY/DET | 34 | 11 | 10 | 4.71 | 183.1 | 35 | 56 | 1.61 |
| 1931 |  DET/ATH | 32 | 13 | 13 | 4.97 | 203.0 | 40 | 69 | 1.59 |
| 1932 |  LAD/SF | 26 | 6 | 10 | 4.35 | 124.0 | 36 | 37 | 1.44 |
| 1933 | PIT | 36 | 5 | 7 | 2.92 | 117.0 | 44 | 19 | 1.17 |
| 1934 | PIT | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2.93 | 190.2 | 105 | 43 | 1.19 |
| 1935 | PIT | 39 | 7 | 11 | 3.40 | 164.0 | 63 | 27 | 1.30 |
| 1936 | PIT | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2.70 | 116.2 | 37 | 20 | 1.16 |
| 1937 |  PIT/LAD | 38 | 8 | 9 | 3.42 | 195.0 | 65 | 36 | 1.27 |
| 1938 | LAD | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4.96 | 16.1 | 3 | 5 | 1.78 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- W
- 6
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 1.84
- IP
- 83.0
- K
- 49
- BB
- 22
- WHIP
- 1.24
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 226
- SHO
- 26
- K/9
- 2.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BOS | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NYY | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NYY | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NYY | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NYY | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NYY | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NYY | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NYY | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NYY/DET | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | DET/ATH | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | LAD/SF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | PIT | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | PIT/LAD | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Waite Hoyt's career stats?
Waite Hoyt played 21 seasons for the Giants, the Red Sox, the Yankees, the Pirates and the Dodgers. He had 237 wins and 1,206 strikeouts with a 3.59 ERA over 3,762.1 innings. His best season was 1928: 23 wins, a 3.36 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
21 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1918 to 1938
Championships ×3
- 1923 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1927 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1928 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 59th in wins (pitching) (237)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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