Dizzy Trout
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Born: June 29, 1915 Sandcut, Indiana |
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Died: February 28, 1972 (aged 56) Harvey, Illinois |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 25, 1939, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
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| February 28, 1957, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 170–161 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.23 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,256 | ||
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Paul Howard "Dizzy" Trout (June 29, 1915 – February 28, 1972) was a Major League Baseball pitcher primarily for the Detroit Tigers. Born in Sandcut, Indiana, he first played professionally in 1935 with the Terre Haute Tots in the Three-I League before signing with Detroit in 1939.
Trout played for the Tigers for fourteen seasons, accompanying the team to two World Series, in 1940 and 1945.
In his first four seasons (1939–1942), Dizzy Trout never had a winning record and totaled 33 wins and 44 losses. Even in 1940, as the Tigers won the American League pennant, Trout finished 3-7.
Dizzy Trout was classified 4-F due to hearing impairment [1] and was not accepted for military service during World War II. It was during the war years that Trout had his best seasons.
Whereas Trout had a losing record in his first four seasons, the next four years (1943–1946) saw Trout turn into one of the best pitchers in the American League, winning 82 and losing 54.
Dizzy Trout led the American League in wins in 1943 with 20 wins, but his best season was 1944, when he won 27 games and lost 14. He led the American League that year in ERA (2.12), complete games (33), shutouts (7), and innings pitched (352-1/3). He also finished second in the league to his Detroit teammate, Hal Newhouser, in wins (27) and strikeouts (144). The Tigers' pitching duo of Trout and Newhouser won 56 games in 1944 and finished 1-2 in ERA, wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games, and shutouts. Newhouser and Trout also finished 1-2 in the American League MVP voting, with Trout trailing Newhouser in the voting by only 4 votes.
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