Whit Wyatt

Whit Wyatt
Pitcher
Born: (1907-09-27)September 27, 1907
Kensington, Georgia, U.S.
Died: July 16, 1999(1999-07-16) (aged 91)
Carrollton, Georgia, U.S.
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 record106–95
Earned run average3.79
Strikeouts872
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.

  1. ^ "The Ballplayers – Whit Wyatt". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.