Barry Latman | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Los Angeles, California |
May 21, 1936 |||
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MLB debut | |||
September 10, 1957, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
August 12, 1967, for the Houston Astros | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 59–68 | ||
Earned run average | 3.91 | ||
Strikeouts | 829 | ||
Teams | |||
Arnold Barry Latman (born May 21, 1936, in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional baseball pitcher.
Latman played all or part of 11 seasons in the majors, from 1957 until 1967, for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles / California Angels, and Houston Astros.
Latman was an All Star in both 1961 and 1962. In 1961 he was 4th in the AL with a .722 winning percentage, as he went 13–5 for the Indians.
Through 2010, Latman was 6th all-time in career strikeouts (directly behind Jason Marquis), and 8th in games (344; directly behind Sandy Koufax) and wins (59; directly behind Erskine Mayer) among Jewish major league baseball players.