Early Wynn

Early Wynn
Pitcher
Born: January 6th, 1920 Hartford , United States
Died on: April 4, 1999 Venice , United States
Suggested: Switch	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
With the  Washington Senators on September 13, 1939
Last MLB assignment
September 13,  1963  with the  Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win-loss	300-244
Earned Run Average	3.54
Strikeouts	2,334
Teams
Washington Senators (1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1948) Cleveland Indians (1949–1957) Chicago White Sox (1958–1962) Cleveland Indians (1963)
Awards
8 × All-Star (1955–1960) Cy Young Award (1959)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1972
Quota	76% (fourth ballot)

Early Wynn Jr. (born January 6, 1920 in Hartford , Alabama , † April 4, 1999 in Venice , Florida ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Gus .

biography

Early Wynn made his debut as a right-handed pitcher in the American League with the Washington Senators on September 13, 1939 at the age of 17. That year he played a total of three games for the Senators before becoming a regular in 1941. His time in Washington was just average.

That was to change when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948. Under the pitching coach of the Indians Mel Harder , Wynn, who previously only worked with fastballs, also learned to work with throws such as curveball, knuckleball, slider and change-up. In 1950, he won 18 games and led the American League with an ERA of 3.20. In 1951, Wynn completed his first of five seasons with at least 20 wins. Together with Bob Lemon , Mike Garcia , Bob Feller and Herb Score , Wynn formed one of the all-time best rotations in baseball history. In 1954, the Indians won the AL title with an impressive 111 wins, but lost to the New York Giants in four games in the World Series .

After the 1957 season, in which he had a record of 14 wins and 17 losses, Wynn moved to the Chicago White Sox . In his first year, he was the first pitcher to head the American League in strikeouts on two different teams for two consecutive years. At the age of 39, Wynn had another outstanding season in 1959. He was able to win 22 games with only ten defeats and lead the White Sox to the title in the American League. He was then awarded the Cy Young Award for best pitcher. In the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers , he won the first game, but lost his two other games, including the crucial seventh game. After the 1962 season, Wyn moved back to the Cleveland Indians . There he succeeded on July 13, 1963, his 300th career win in a game against the Kansas City Athletics . After that season, Wynn ended his career. He was the last active player to have played in the 1930s.

Wynn also had a very good record as a batsman for a pitcher. In five seasons he had a batting average of more than 27%, 17 home runs and 173 RBI . He was used as a substitute hitter 90 times, even hitting a Grand Slam home run once. He is one of five pitchers in the MLB who succeeded.

In 1972, Early Wynn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . He died in 1999 at the age of 79.

His stations as a player

• 1939 Washington Senators
• 1941–1944 Washington Senators
• 1946–1948 Washington Senators
• 1949-1957 Cleveland Indians
• 1958-1962 Chicago White Sox
• 1963 Cleveland Indians

Web links

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography Early Wynn (English)
• Early Wynn in the Hall of Fame (English)