Joe Haynes (baseball)

Joe Haynes
Pitcher
Born: (1917-09-21)September 21, 1917 Lincolnton, Georgia, U.S.
Died: January 6, 1967(1967-01-06) (aged 49) Hopkins, Minnesota, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1939, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
August 30, 1952, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	76–82
Earned run average	4.01
Strikeouts	475
Teams
Washington Senators (1939–1940) Chicago White Sox (1941–1948) Washington Senators (1949–1952)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1948) AL ERA leader (1947)

Joseph Walton Haynes (September 21, 1917 – January 6, 1967) was an American professional baseball player, coach and front office executive. A right-handed pitcher, he logged 14 seasons in Major League Baseball as a member of the Washington Senators (1939–40; 1949–52) and Chicago White Sox (1941–48). He married Thelma Mae Robertson Griffith, niece of Washington owner Clark Griffith, in October 1941, ten months after he had been traded to Chicago by his fiancée's uncle.