LaMarr Hoyt
| LaMarr Hoyt | |||
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Born: January 1, 1955 Columbia, South Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 14, 1979, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1986, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 98–68 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.99 | ||
| Strikeouts | 681 | ||
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Dewey LaMarr Hoyt, Jr. (born January 1, 1955, in Columbia, South Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who won the 1983 American League Cy Young Award.
Originally signed by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft, Hoyt was traded with fellow pitching prospect Bob Polinsky, outfielder Oscar Gamble and $200,000 to the Chicago White Sox in a 1977 season-opening deal that sent the Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent. A relief pitcher when he made the White Sox to stay in 1980, Hoyt was switched to the starting rotation in 1982 and tied a club record by winning his first nine decisions. The record was first set by Lefty Williams in 1917 and equaled by Orval Grove in 1943. Hoyt ended up leading the American League with nineteen wins and showed devastating control on the mound; he walked a mere 48 batters in 239.2 innings.
Hoyt was even better in 1983, winning the American League Cy Young Award. His 24-10 won-lost record, 3.66 earned run average and even better control than the previous season, (walking 31 batters in 260.2 innings, and leading the league in fewest walks per nine innings for the first of three straight seasons), helped the White Sox capture the American League West title.
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