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There were 16 Major League teams when Hoyt Wilhelm began his career and he played for nine different teams by the time he was done. "Old Sarge" threw his knuckleball for 20 seasons, was the first pitcher to record 200 saves and the first to appear in 1,000 games and his 120 wins in relief is still a Major League record. He was almost 30 years old in his rookie season and pitched until he was nearly 50. In one of his rare starts, he no-hit the New York Yankees. As of this posting, I only have 90 Beckett recognized cards of Hoyt. Here are nine from my collection.

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1953 Topps #151 Hoyt Wilhelm
1954 Bowman #57 Hoyt Wilhelm
1954 Topps #36 Hoyt Wilhelm (Interesting that he has blue eyes on this card.)

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1957 Topps #203 Hoyt Wilhelm
1958 Topps #324 Hoyt Wilhelm
1960 Topps #395 Hoyt Wilhelm

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1965 Topps #276 Hoyt Wilhelm
1972 Topps #777 Hoyt Wilhelm
2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Swatch Triple Prime Red #127 Hoyt Wilhelm J-J-J/75