Joe Wilhoit
Right fielder, Baseball Player
1885 – 1930
Who was Joe Wilhoit?
Joseph William Wilhoit was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a right fielder from 1916 through 1919 for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 ft 2 in, 175 lb., Wilhoit batted left-handed and threw right-handed. A native of Hiawatha, Kansas, he attended DePaul University.
In a four-season career, Wilhoit was a .257 hitter with three home runs and 73 RBI in 283 games, including 93 runs, 23 doubles, nine triples, 28 stolen bases, and a .323 on-base percentage. He also appeared in Games 2 and 6 of the 1917 World Series as a pinch-hitter and went 0-for-1 with a walk.
Wilhoit died at the age of 44 in Santa Barbara, California.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1885
Hiawatha - Profession
- Education
- DePaul University
- Lived in
- Hiawatha
- Died
- Sep 25, 1930
Santa Barbara
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on July 23, 2013
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