Nick, as I’m sure an old SABR hand like you knows, Hoyt Wilhelm’s second major-league game was just as uncharacteristic as his first, though in a different way. In his first major-league plate appearance, on April 23, 1952, Wilhelm hit a home run against Dick Hoover of the Boston Braves. He never hit another one.
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Fred Schwarz was a deputy managing editor of National Review.
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