Jimmy Wynn

Jimmy Wynn
Jimmy Wynn (2011)
Outfielder
Born: March 12, 1942 Ohio ,  United States
Died on: March 26, 2020 Houston ,  United States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 10,  1963  with the  Houston Colt .45s
Last MLB assignment
September 27,  1977  at the  Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	.250
Home runs	291
Runs Batted In	964
Teams
Houston Colt .45s ( 1963 - 1964 ) Houston Astros ( 1965 - 1973 ) Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1974 - 1975 ) Atlanta Braves ( 1976 ) New York Yankees ( 1977 ) Milwaukee Brewers (1977)
Awards
3 × All-Star ( 1967 , 1974 , 1975 ) In his honor, the number 24 is no longer awarded by the Houston Astros
Last update: May 12, 2020

James Sherman "Jimmy" Wynn , also known as Jim Wynn , nickname The Toy Cannon , (born March 12, 1942 in Ohio , † March 26, 2020 in Houston , Texas ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB ) in the position of outfielder . In his 15 year career, of which he was eleven years for the franchise of the Astros Houston ran aground, he was three times in the Star All-team of the National League selected. In his honor, the number 24 is no longer awarded by the Astros.

Career

Minor league

Wynn signed a contract with the Cincinnati Reds in 1962 and played that same year for the Tampa Tarpons, a Reds farm team , in the Florida State League . There he was used in 88 of 122 games as a third baseman . He hit 14 home runs with the Tarpons and had a batting average of .290. After just a year with the Reds, he moved to the Houston Colt .45s . There Wynn first played in the Texas League with the San Antonio Bullets in 1963 and was used there mainly as a shortstop . In total, he came to the Bullets on 78 missions in which he hit 16 home runs and a batting average of .288.

Major League

Houston Astros (1963-1973)

Wynn made his MLB debut on July 10, 1963 at the age of 21 wearing the Houston Colt .45s against the Pittsburgh Pirates . In the match he played as a shortstop like in the Bullets, had four at-bats , one hit , and a stolen base . The game won the Colts 2-0. In his debut year, he came to a total of 70 missions, in which he ran a large part as a left fielder , as well as 61 hits, four home runs and 27 Run Batted In (RBI) with a batting average of. 244.

From 1964 the outfield was Wynn's master position in the MLB. From July to September of the same year he played in the Pacific Coast League for the Oklahoma City 89ers, a triple-A team of the Colts. 1965 was the first year in which he only played in the MLB and completed 157 games there. In early August 1966 he ran into the edge of the field of play and broke his arm while trying to catch a ball hit by Dick Allen . Allen could then run an inside-the-park home run, which is a home run with the ball still in the field, and decide the game in the tenth inning for the Philadelphia Phillies . Wynn ended the season with 107 hits, 18 home runs, 62 RBI with a batting average of .256. Wynn came back in 1967 and was elected to the National League All-Star Team for the first time . He also came eleventh in the Most Valuable Player (MVP) election .

After a few more years with the Astros, Wynn was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 6, 1973 for David Culpepper and Claude Osteen .

Los Angeles Dodgers (1974-1975)

Wynn reached the World Series in his first season with the Dodgers . But the Dodgers were defeated by the Oakland Athletics in one to four games. Wynn was elected to the National League All-Star Team for the second time in his career that same year, and was also fifth in the MVP election. He was also named Comeback Player of the Year .

After another year with the Dodgers, in which he was elected for the third and final time in the All-Star Team, the Dodgers exchanged him on November 17, 1975 along with Lee Lacy , Tom Paciorek and Jerry Royster for Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson to the Atlanta Braves .

Atlanta Braves (1976)

In his only year in Atlanta, Wynn appeared 148 times for the franchise, hitting 93 hits, 17 home runs, and having 66 RBI with a batting average of .207. On November 30, 1976, the Braves sold him to the New York Yankees .

New York Yankees / Milwaukee Brewers (1977)

In his final year as a professional baseball player, Wynn was mainly used as a designated hitter . For the Yankees he made 30 games before joining the Milwaukee Brewers in July 1977 . On September 27, 1977 Wynn played his last game in the MLB. The Brewers won the game against the California Angels 7-5.

death

Wynn died in Houston in late March 2020 at the age of 78. He was buried in the Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Texas .

Web links

Commons : Jimmy Wynn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  baseball reference  or  fangraphs  or  baseball reference (minor league) (English)
• Jimmy Wynn on the website of the Society for American Baseball Research (English)
• Jimmy Wynn in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jimmy Wynn's defensive stats. In: Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 11, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Houston Colt .45s at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, July 10, 1963. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
3. ^ Phils Nip Astros On Allen's HR . Callison Rapeseed Pair In 6-5 Victory; Jim Wynn Hurt. In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazett . August 2, 1966, p. 16 (English, google.com [accessed on May 12, 2020]).
4. ↑ Philadelphia Phillies 6, Houston Astros 5. In: retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, accessed on May 12, 2020 . 
5. ↑ 1967 NL MVP voting. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
6. ↑ 1973 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
7. ↑ 1974 NL MVP voting. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
8. ↑ 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Trades and Transactions. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
9. ↑ 1976 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
10. ↑ California Angels at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score, September 27, 1977. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Ex-Astros slugger Jimmy Wynn, nicknamed 'Toy Cannon', dies at 78. In: ESPN.com . ESPN Internet Ventures, March 26, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 .