Whit Wyatt
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Born: September 27, 1907 Kensington, Georgia |
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Died: July 16, 1999 (aged 91) Carrollton, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 16, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
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| July 18, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 106–95 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.79 | ||
| Strikeouts | 872 | ||
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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, he is most famous for his performance in 1941, when his team (the Dodgers) won the National League pennant.
Wyatt was born in Kensington, Georgia, in 1907. As a high school pitching phenom, he once struck out 23 college hitters in a game. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1927.
In 1928, Wyatt joined the Evansville Hubs in the Three-I League. After nearly two full seasons with Evansville, including a stretch in 1929 where he won sixteen straight games, he was acquired by the major league Detroit Tigers late in the 1929 season. He made four starts that September and October, going 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA.
In 1930, Wyatt appeared in 21 games, including seven starts, posting a record of 4-5 with a 3.57 ERA. He spent most of 1931 in the minor leagues, leading the Texas League with a 1.53 earned run average.
In 1932, Wyatt managed his first full season, appearing in 43 games, including 22 starts, with a 9-13 record and a 5.03 ERA. In 1933, he was traded in midseason to the White Sox, where he was used mostly in relief for the next several seasons. After spending most of 1936 back in the minor leagues, he was acquired by the Indians in the Rule 5 draft. He pitched in 29 games in 1937, then was back in the minor leagues in 1938. In the midst of an MVP season in the American Association, during which he won 23 games for the Milwaukee Brewers, he was purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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