Issued by Bowman Gum Company | Hoyt Wilhelm, Pitcher, New York Giants, from Name on Bat series, series 9 (R406-9) issued by Bowman Gum | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat it willl be his only career homerun - This Day In Baseball Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat it willl be his only career homerun - This Day In Baseball](https://i0.wp.com/thisdayinbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/1952/04/D557CAFE-B1BA-4D48-9684-80CA0DE025E0.jpeg?resize=806%2C640&ssl=1)
Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat it willl be his only career homerun - This Day In Baseball
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Hoyt Wilhelm set the standard for bullpen arms, becoming the first reliever inducted into the Hall of Fame. The knuckleballer and Purple Heart recipient
Nobody Hits It; an article about Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckler in a 1959 Sports Illustrated – Knuckleball Nation
![The All-Time Jacksonville Team: For Hoyt Wilhelm, everything always turned out just fine | by Scott Kornberg | Shrimp & Grits | Medium The All-Time Jacksonville Team: For Hoyt Wilhelm, everything always turned out just fine | by Scott Kornberg | Shrimp & Grits | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*7GdwiccbxlJqDxTL-t2MnA.jpeg)
The All-Time Jacksonville Team: For Hoyt Wilhelm, everything always turned out just fine | by Scott Kornberg | Shrimp & Grits | Medium
![July 10, 1972: Hoyt Wilhelm appears in 1,070th and final game – Society for American Baseball Research July 10, 1972: Hoyt Wilhelm appears in 1,070th and final game – Society for American Baseball Research](https://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Wilhelm-Hoyt-1972.jpg)