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Early Wynn

Full name Early Wynn
Born January 6, 1920, Hartford, Alabama
Died April 4, 1999, Venice, Florida
Cremated
First Game: September 13, 1939; Final Game: September 13, 1963
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Bats right from 1941 to 1944
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1972
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1959)
Named Major League Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1959)
Named AL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1959)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1959)
Ejections as coach: 1967 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1939 WAS A    Daily Splits    3     6    0    1   0   0   0    1    1   0    1   0   1       0   0   0    0   0  .167  .286  .167   0.0 1939 WAS A
1941 WAS A    Daily Splits    5    15    1    2   1   0   0    0    0   0    5   0   1       0   0   1    0   0  .133  .133  .200   0.0 1941 WAS A
1942 WAS A    Daily Splits   30    69    4   15   2   0   0    7    3   0   13   0   2       0   2   1    0   0  .217  .250  .246   0.0 1942 WAS A
1943 WAS A    Daily Splits   38    98    6   29   3   1   1   11    1   0   11   0   1       0   4   1    0   0  .296  .303  .378   0.0 1943 WAS A
1944 WAS A    Daily Splits   43    92    4   19   2   0   1    6    3   0   21   0   0       0   2   2    0   0  .207  .232  .261   0.0 1944 WAS A
1946 WAS A    Daily Splits   25    47    4   15   2   0   1    9    5   0    7   0   0       0   2   0    0   0  .319  .385  .426   0.0 1946 WAS A
1947 WAS A    Daily Splits   54   120    6   33   6   0   2   13    1   0   19   0   0       0   0   1    0   0  .275  .281  .375   0.0 1947 WAS A
1948 WAS A    Daily Splits   73   106    9   23   3   1   0   16   14   1   22   0   0       0   2   4    0   0  .217  .308  .264   0.0 1948 WAS A
1949 CLE A    Daily Splits   35    70    3   10   1   0   1    7    4   0   10   0   2       0   3   4    0   0  .143  .189  .200   0.0 1949 CLE A
1950 CLE A    Daily Splits   39    77   12   18   5   1   2   10   10   0   12   0   4       0   0   1    0   0  .234  .322  .403   0.0 1950 CLE A
1951 CLE A    Daily Splits   41   108    8   20   8   1   1   13    7   0    9   0   3       0   3   5    0   0  .185  .235  .306   0.0 1951 CLE A
1952 CLE A    Daily Splits   44    99    5   22   2   0   0   10    9   0   15   0   4       0   2   3    0   0  .222  .287  .242   0.0 1952 CLE A
1953 CLE A    Daily Splits   37    91   11   25   2   0   3   10    7   0   17   0   6       0   1   0    0   0  .275  .327  .396   0.0 1953 CLE A
1954 CLE A    Daily Splits   40    93   10   17   3   0   0    4    7   0   13   0   5   0   0   3   2    0   0  .183  .240  .215   0.0 1954 CLE A
1955 CLE A    Daily Splits   34    84    8   15   3   0   1    7    6   0   17   0   2   0   0   1   2    0   0  .179  .233  .250   0.0 1955 CLE A
1956 CLE A    Daily Splits   38   101    5   23   5   0   1   15    7   0   22   0   5   0   0   3   1    1   0  .228  .278  .307   0.0 1956 CLE A
1957 CLE A    Daily Splits   40    86    4   10   0   0   0    4   11   0   23   0   3   1   0   2   1    0   0  .116  .214  .116   0.0 1957 CLE A
1958 CHI A    Daily Splits   40    75    7   15   1   0   0   11   10   0   25   0   2   1   0   1   2    0   0  .200  .291  .213   0.0 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits   37    90   11   22   7   0   2    8    9   0   18   1   2   1   0   3   1    0   0  .244  .317  .389   0.0 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A    Daily Splits   36    75    8   15   2   1   1    7   14   0   17   1   6   1   0   3   0    0   0  .200  .330  .293   0.0 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A    Daily Splits   17    37    4    6   0   0   0    2    3   0   11   0   1   0   0   1   1    0   0  .162  .225  .162   0.0 1961 CHI A
1962 CHI A    Daily Splits   27    54    5    7   1   0   0    2    7   0   17   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .130  .230  .148   0.0 1962 CHI A
1963 CLE A    Daily Splits   20    11    1    3   0   0   0    0    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .385  .273   0.0 1963 CLE A
Total    (23 Years) Splits  796  1704  136  365  59   5  17  173  141   1  330   2  52   4   0  39  33    1   0  .214  .274  .285   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1954 CLE A    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1954 CLE A
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits    3     5    0    1   1   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .400 1959 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    4     7    0    2   2   0   0    1    0   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .286  .571 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1955 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1955 AL   
1956 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1956 AL   
1957 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1957 AL   
1958 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1958 AL   
1959 AL       Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1959 AL   
1960 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1960 AL   
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits    7     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1939 WAS A    Daily Splits    3   3   1   0   0   0   20.1   26    97   0   15   13   10   0    1   4       2   0   0   3   2   1   3   0   2   5.75  5.33  -0.3 1939 WAS A
1941 WAS A    Daily Splits    5   5   4   0   0   0   40     35   167   1   14    7   10   1   15   2       0   0   0   1   2   2   6   3   1   1.58  5.20   0.8 1941 WAS A
1942 WAS A    Daily Splits   30  28  10   1   2   0  190    246   870   6  129  108   73   3   58  10       3   3   1  40  16  16  17  10  16   5.12  4.39  -3.5 1942 WAS A
1943 WAS A    Daily Splits   37  33  12   3   4   0  256.2  232  1067  15   97   83   83   6   89  17       2   1   0  39  11  22  24  18  12   2.91  4.09   1.9 1943 WAS A
1944 WAS A    Daily Splits   33  25  19   2   7   2  207.2  221   883   3   97   78   67   4   65  15       2   2   0  38  10  27  18   8  17   3.38  3.32  -0.3 1944 WAS A
1946 WAS A    Daily Splits   17  12   9   0   5   0  107    112   460   8   45   37   33   1   36   5       3   3   0  20   4   9   9   8   5   3.11  3.17   1.1 1946 WAS A
1947 WAS A    Daily Splits   33  31  22   2   2   0  247    251  1058  13  114  100   90  10   73   5       4   5   0  46  11  20  13  17  15   3.64  3.84   0.9 1947 WAS A
1948 WAS A    Daily Splits   33  31  15   1   1   0  198    236   912  18  144  128   94   9   49  18       2   1   0  49  13  12  15   8  19   5.82  3.84  -3.3 1948 WAS A
1949 CLE A    Daily Splits   26  23   6   0   2   0  164.2  186   724   8   84   76   57   8   62   6       0   1   0  33   4  13  13  11   7   4.15  4.87  -0.4 1949 CLE A
1950 CLE A    Daily Splits   32  28  14   2   4   0  213.2  166   903  20   88   76  101   7  143  14       0   4   1  24   2  14  13  18   8   3.20  5.64   3.7 1950 CLE A
1951 CLE A    Daily Splits   37  34  21   3   3   1  274.1  227  1138  18  102   92  107   5  133  20       1   3   0  39  11  17  14  20  13   3.02  4.38   3.1 1951 CLE A
1952 CLE A    Daily Splits   42  33  19   4   9   3  285.2  239  1190  23  103   92  132   5  153  22       5   1   0  36   7  24  17  23  12   2.90  4.64   2.6 1952 CLE A
1953 CLE A    Daily Splits   36  34  16   1   2   0  251.2  234  1077  19  121  110  107   3  138  11       5   4   0  46   7  23  14  17  12   3.93  4.97   0.4 1953 CLE A
1954 CLE A    Daily Splits   40  36  20   3   4   3  270.2  225  1102  21   93   82   83   2  155  15   3   2   0   0  25   6  14  21  23  11   2.73  4.56   3.6 1954 CLE A
1955 CLE A    Daily Splits   32  31  16   6   1   0  230    207   964  19   86   72   80   3  122  11   7   3   3   0  25   7  21  10  17  11   2.82  4.10   3.3 1955 CLE A
1956 CLE A    Daily Splits   38  35  18   4   2   2  277.2  233  1144  19   93   84   91   7  158  12  12   5   5   0  37   2  20  13  20   9   2.72  4.97   5.1 1956 CLE A
1957 CLE A    Daily Splits   40  37  13   1   2   1  263    270  1146  32  139  126  104   7  184  13   5   0   5   0  43   9  16  12  14  17   4.31  4.46  -1.8 1957 CLE A
1958 CHI A    Daily Splits   40  34  11   4   6   2  239.2  214  1016  27  115  110  104   3  179  14   6   3   6   0  30   5  14  10  14  16   4.13  4.26  -1.1 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits   37  37  14   5   0   0  255.2  202  1076  20  106   90  119   5  179   5   6   5   9   0  33   1  18  13  22  10   3.17  5.19   2.7 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A    Daily Splits   36  34  12   4   2   1  237.1  220  1024  20  105   92  112   2  158  13   6   1   4   0  25   4  10  10  13  12   3.49  5.35   1.2 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A    Daily Splits   17  16   5   0   1   0  110.1   88   457  11   43   43   47   0   64   6   3   1   1   0  10   5   5   2   8   2   3.51  5.62   0.5 1961 CHI A
1962 CHI A    Daily Splits   27  26  11   3   1   0  167.2  171   710  15   90   83   56   6   91   2   2   2   3   0  27   2  15   4   7  15   4.46  3.54  -1.3 1962 CHI A
1963 CLE A    Daily Splits   20   5   1   0   7   1   55.1   50   223   2   14   14   15   3   29   6   2   0   0   0   6   1   4   0   1   2   2.28  3.60   0.6 1963 CLE A
Total    (23 Years) Splits  691 611 289  49  67  16 4564   4291 19408 338 2037 1796 1775 100 2334 246  52  51  64   2 675 142 337 271 300 244   3.54  4.50  19.5 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1954 CLE A    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      4    27   1    3    3    2   0    5   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86  1.00 1954 CLE A
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits    3   3   0   0   0   0   13     19    62   1    9    8    4   0   10   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   5.54  6.00 1959 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    4   4   0   0   0   0   20     23    89   2   12   11    6   0   15   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   2   4.95  4.75 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1955 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      3    11   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0.00     - 1955 AL   
1956 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      0     3   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1956 AL   
1957 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    3     4   0    2    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  54.00     - 1957 AL   
1958 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      0     3   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00     - 1958 AL   
1959 AL       Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    5      3    22   2    2    2    4   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   3.60  4.00 1959 AL   
1960 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      0     6   0    0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1960 AL   
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits    7   1   0   0   1   0   12.1    9    49   2    4    4    4   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   1   0   2.92  4.00 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1939 WAS A Daily Splits   P    3    3    1    20.1     1    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1941 WAS A Daily Splits   P    5    5    4    40       2    9    1    1   0    0    1    2    0  .917
1942 WAS A Daily Splits   P   30   28   10   190       5   36    2    3   0    2   16    9    1  .953
1943 WAS A Daily Splits   P   37   33   12   256.2     5   49    3    3   0    2    8    9    0  .947
1944 WAS A Daily Splits   P   33   25   19   207.2     4   31    1    4   0    0    7    2    2  .972
1946 WAS A Daily Splits   P   17   12    9   107       7   18    1    2   0    0    3    2    0  .962
1947 WAS A Daily Splits   P   33   31   22   247      15   33    1    3   0    2    6    7    1  .980
1948 WAS A Daily Splits   P   33   31   15   198       6   32    2    1   0    1    3   11    2  .950
1949 CLE A Daily Splits   P   26   23    6   164.2    16   31    0    3   0    0    3    4    0 1.000
1950 CLE A Daily Splits   P   32   28   14   213.2     5   36    3    5   0    1    2    6    0  .932
1951 CLE A Daily Splits   P   37   34   21   274.1    13   42    1    2   0    5    6   12    0  .982
1952 CLE A Daily Splits   P   42   33   19   285.2    20   46    4    2   0    1   12   13    3  .943
1953 CLE A Daily Splits   P   36   34   16   251.2    11   36    0    2   0    4    6    6    0 1.000
1954 CLE A Daily Splits   P   40   36   20   270.2    17   27    2    1   0    0    9   12    1  .957
1955 CLE A Daily Splits   P   32   31   16   230       7   27    2    0   0    0    4    3    0  .944
1956 CLE A Daily Splits   P   38   35   18   277.2    15   48    3    3   0    0    4    4    0  .955
1957 CLE A Daily Splits   P   40   37   13   263      10   38    0    5   0    4   11    7    1 1.000
1958 CHI A Daily Splits   P   40   34   11   239.2    12   25    0    2   0    2   15   13    0 1.000
1959 CHI A Daily Splits   P   37   37   14   255.2     6   39    2    2   0    3   14    8    0  .957
1960 CHI A Daily Splits   P   36   34   12   237.1     7   28    1    1   0    1   12   14    0  .972
1961 CHI A Daily Splits   P   17   16    5   110.1     4   11    0    0   0    0    4    2    0 1.000
1962 CHI A Daily Splits   P   27   26   11   167.2     3   20    0    2   0    3    9    4    0 1.000
1963 CLE A Daily Splits   P   20    5    1    55.1     2    8    0    0   0    4    2    2    1 1.000
Total (23 Years) Splits   P  691  611  289  4564     193  670   29   47   0   35  157  153   12  .967
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1954 CLE A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     7       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1959 CHI A Daily Splits   P    3    3    0    13       1    3    0    0   0    1    2    0    0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   P    4    4    0    20       2    4    0    0   0    1    2    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1955 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1956 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1957 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1958 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1959 AL    Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1960 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total ( 6 Years) Splits   P    7    1    0    12.1     2    1    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1964 CLE A  Coach                       4-14  10- 4
1965 CLE A  Coach                       4-13  10- 3
1966 CLE A  Coach                       4-11  10- 2
1967 MIN A  Pitching                    4-11  10- 1
1968 MIN A  Pitching                    4-10   9-29
1969 MIN A  Coach                       4- 8  10- 6
Total ( 6 Years) 

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-10-1967     BOX  MIN A  Johnny Stevens      Balk non-call

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1937).

Traded by Washington Senators with Mickey Vernon to Cleveland Indians in exchange
for Ed Klieman, Joe Haynes and Eddie Robinson (December 14, 1948).

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Al Smith to Chicago White Sox in exchange for
Minnie Minoso and Fred Hatfield (December 4, 1957).

Released by Chicago White Sox (November 20, 1962).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (June 21, 1963).

Released by Cleveland Indians (October 14, 1963).
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