Whit Wyatt | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Kensington, Georgia, U.S. | September 27, 1907|
Died: July 16, 1999 Carrollton, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 91)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 16, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 18, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 106–95 |
Earned run average | 3.79 |
Strikeouts | 872 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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John Whitlow Wyatt (September 27, 1907 – July 16, 1999) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1929–33), Chicago White Sox (1933–36), Cleveland Indians (1937), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–44), and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). While injuries sidetracked much of Wyatt's early career,[1] he is most famous for his performance in 1941, when his team (the Dodgers) won the National League pennant.