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Early Wynn

Birthdate:

1/6/1920

Died:

4/4/1999

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 200 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Hartford, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the greatest right-handed pitchers of all-time, 'Big Burly' Early Wynn overpowered batters, collected five 20 win seasons and posted 300 career wins. The 6-foot, 205-pounder strung together 18-8, 20-13, 23-12, 17-12, 23-11, 17-11 and 20-9 seasons for the Cleveland Indians from 1950-1957. This great curve ball pitcher started his career for the weak hitting Washington Senators and if not for this fact he would have won many more career games. Traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1958, Wynn led the league in strikeouts again and got the win in the All-Star game.

Baseball History

In 1959, Early Wynn won 20 games, was the starting pitcher in the All-Star game and won the Cy Young Award. The Go Go White Sox won the pennant and Wynn pitched a 11-0 shutout against the L.A. Dodgers. He was the losing pitcher in games 4 and 6 as the Dodgers won the World Series, 4 games to 2. He won his 300th game after being traded back to the Indians in 1962. Early Wynn led the league in games started and innings pitched 3 times and twice in strikeouts. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1939	WSH (AL)	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	20.1	26	15	13	0	10	0	1	2	0	0	5.75
1941	WSH (AL)	5	5	3	1	0	4	0	40.0	35	14	7	1	10	0	15	0	0	0	1.58
1942	WSH (AL)	30	28	10	16	0	10	1	190.0	246	129	108	6	73	0	58	3	3	1	5.12
1943	WSH (AL)	37	33	18	12	0	12	3	256.2	232	97	83	15	83	0	89	2	1	0	2.91
1944	WSH (AL)	33	25	8	17	2	19	2	207.2	221	97	78	3	67	0	65	2	2	0	3.38
1946	WSH (AL)	17	12	8	5	0	9	0	107.0	112	45	37	8	33	0	36	3	3	0	3.11
1947	WSH (AL)	33	31	17	15	0	22	2	247.0	251	114	100	13	90	0	73	4	5	0	3.64
1948	WSH (AL)	33	31	8	19	0	15	1	198.0	236	144	128	18	94	0	49	2	1	0	5.82
1949	CLE (AL)	26	23	11	7	0	6	0	164.2	186	84	76	8	57	0	62	0	1	0	4.15
1950	CLE (AL)	32	28	18	8	0	14	2	213.2	166	88	76	20	101	0	143	0	4	1	3.20
1951	CLE (AL)	37	34	20	13	1	21	3	274.1	227	102	92	18	107	0	133	1	3	0	3.02
1952	CLE (AL)	42	33	23	12	3	19	4	285.2	239	103	92	23	132	0	153	5	1	0	2.90
1953	CLE (AL)	36	34	17	12	0	16	1	251.2	234	121	110	19	107	0	138	5	4	0	3.93
1954	CLE (AL)	40	36	23	11	2	20	3	270.2	225	93	82	21	83	0	155	2	0	0	2.73
1955	CLE (AL)	32	31	17	11	0	16	6	230.0	207	86	72	19	80	3	122	3	3	0	2.82
1956	CLE (AL)	38	35	20	9	2	18	4	277.2	233	93	84	19	91	7	158	5	5	0	2.72
1957	CLE (AL)	40	37	14	17	1	13	1	263.0	270	139	126	32	104	7	184	0	5	0	4.31
1958	CHW (AL)	40	34	14	16	2	11	4	239.2	214	115	110	27	104	3	179	3	6	0	4.13
1959	CHW (AL)	37	37	22	10	0	14	5	255.2	202	106	90	20	119	5	179	5	9	0	3.17
1960	CHW (AL)	36	35	13	12	1	13	4	237.1	220	105	92	20	112	2	158	1	4	0	3.49
1961	CHW (AL)	17	16	8	2	0	5	0	110.1	88	43	43	11	47	0	64	1	1	0	3.51
1962	CHW (AL)	27	26	7	15	0	11	3	167.2	171	90	83	15	56	6	91	2	3	0	4.46
1963	CLE (AL)	20	5	1	2	1	1	0	55.1	50	14	14	2	15	3	29	0	0	0	2.28
23 years		691	612	300	244	15	290	49	4564.0	4291	2037	1796	338	1775	36	2334	51	64	2	3.54

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	WSH (AL)	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	SLG
1941	WSH (AL)	5	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.133	SLG
1942	WSH (AL)	30	69	4	15	2	0	0	7	3	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	.217	.250	SLG
1943	WSH (AL)	38	98	6	29	3	1	1	11	1	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.296	.303	SLG
1944	WSH (AL)	43	92	4	19	2	0	1	6	3	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.232	SLG
1946	WSH (AL)	25	47	4	15	2	0	1	9	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.385	SLG
1947	WSH (AL)	54	120	6	33	6	0	2	13	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.281	SLG
1948	WSH (AL)	73	106	9	23	3	1	0	16	14	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	SLG
1949	CLE (AL)	35	70	3	10	1	0	1	7	4	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.189	SLG
1950	CLE (AL)	39	77	12	18	5	1	2	10	10	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	.234	.322	SLG
1951	CLE (AL)	41	108	8	20	8	1	1	13	7	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	.185	.235	SLG
1952	CLE (AL)	44	99	5	22	2	0	0	10	9	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	.222	.287	SLG
1953	CLE (AL)	37	91	11	25	2	0	3	10	7	17	0	0	0	0	6	0	.275	.327	SLG
1954	CLE (AL)	40	93	10	17	3	0	0	4	7	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	.183	.240	SLG
1955	CLE (AL)	34	84	8	15	3	0	1	7	6	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	.179	.233	SLG
1956	CLE (AL)	38	101	5	23	5	0	1	15	7	22	1	0	0	0	5	0	.228	.278	SLG
1957	CLE (AL)	40	86	4	10	0	0	0	4	11	23	0	0	0	0	3	1	.116	.214	SLG
1958	CHW (AL)	40	75	7	15	1	0	0	11	10	25	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.291	SLG
1959	CHW (AL)	37	90	11	22	7	0	2	8	9	18	0	0	0	1	2	1	.244	.317	SLG
1960	CHW (AL)	36	75	8	15	2	1	1	7	14	17	0	0	0	1	6	1	.200	.330	SLG
1961	CHW (AL)	17	37	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.162	.225	SLG
1962	CHW (AL)	27	54	5	7	1	0	0	2	7	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	.130	.230	SLG
1963	CLE (AL)	20	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	SLG
23 years		796	1704	136	365	59	5	17	173	141	330	1	0	0	2	52	4	.214	.274	.SLG

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