john, wyatt, baseball, john, thomas, wyatt, april, 1934, april, 1998, american, professional, baseball, pitcher, played, part, nine, seasons, major, league, baseball, primarily, relief, pitcher, from, 1961, through, 1969, played, kansas, city, athletics, 1961,. John Thomas Wyatt April 19 1934 April 6 1998 1 was an American professional baseball pitcher He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball MLB primarily as a relief pitcher From 1961 through 1969 he played for the Kansas City Athletics 1961 66 Boston Red Sox 1966 68 New York Yankees 1968 Detroit Tigers 1968 and Oakland Athletics 1969 In the Negro leagues he played for the Indianapolis Clowns 1953 55 2 Wyatt batted and threw right handed John WyattPitcherBorn 1934 04 19 April 19 1934Chicago Illinois U S Died April 6 1998 1998 04 06 aged 63 Omaha Nebraska U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 8 1961 for the Kansas City AthleticsLast MLB appearanceMay 1 1969 for the Oakland AthleticsMLB statisticsWin loss record42 44Earned run average3 47Strikeouts540Saves103TeamsKansas City Athletics 1961 1966 Boston Red Sox 1966 1968 New York Yankees 1968 Detroit Tigers 1968 Oakland Athletics 1969 Career highlights and awardsAll Star 1964 Wyatt saved John O Donoghue s first big league win coming at Dodger Stadium on May 12 1964 Life and career editWyatt was born in Chicago Illinois a son of Claudette nee Watkins and John Wyatt Sr He grew up in Buffalo New York where he attended Fosdick Masten Park High School 3 His contract was sold to the Tigers from the Yankees on June 15 1968 4 In his major league career Wyatt posted a 42 44 record with a 3 72 ERA and 103 saves in 435 games pitched He was selected to the 1964 American League All Star Team and pitched for the Red Sox in the 1967 World Series as the winning pitcher in Game Six Wyatt died from a heart attack in Omaha Nebraska at the age of 63 References edit Illinois Cook County Birth Certificates 1871 1940 FamilySearch Clark Dick Lester Larry 1994 The Negro Leagues Book Cleveland Ohio Society for American Baseball Research pp 237 256 JOHN WYATT AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER THROUGHOUT THE 60S DIES AT 63 Major League Teams Beat Clock with Last Minute Trading Spurt Schenectady NY Gazette Monday June 17 1968 Retrieved February 17 2023 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Wyatt baseball amp oldid 1215782215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
