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Waite Hoyt

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Waite Hoyt
  • Birth Name:
    Waite Charles Hoyt
  • Nickname:
    Schoolboy
  • Date of Birth:
    September 9, 1899
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Virgo
  • Place of Birth:
    Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Date of Death:
    August 25, 1984
  • Cause of Death:
    Heart Attack
  • Height:
    6' 0"
  • Weight:
    180 lb
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Religion:
    Christianity

Family

Waite Hoyt
  • Spouse:
    Betty Dearie
  • Son:
    Chris

Career

Waite Hoyt
  • Profession:
    Sportsman
  • Debut:
    July 24, 1918 for the New York Giants

Trivia

Waite Hoyt
  • Hoyt was known for entertaining radio audiences with anecdotes during rain delays.
  • He retired from full-time broadcasting work in 1965, though he would later make appearances on both radio and television including doing the color commentary for the Reds telecasts in 1972.
  • After retiring as a player, Hoyt went into broadcasting. During a stint as the host of "Grandstand and Bandstand" on WMCA, he tried to audition for the Yankees, but sponsor Wheaties vetoed him out of hand.
  • By the time he retired in 1938, he was the winningest pitcher in World Series history (his World Series record with the Yankees and A's is 6 wins and 4 losses).
  • Hoyt finished his career with a win-loss record of 237–182 and an ERA of 3.59.
  • During his 21 year career, he won ten or more games twelve times, eleven of them consecutively.
  • In his finest years with the Yankees, 1927 and 1928, Hoyt would post records of 22 wins and 7 losses with a 2.64 ERA and 23 wins and 7 losses with a 3.36 ERA.
  • In his first season as a Yankee, 1921, he rose to instant stardom, winning 19 games and pitching three complete games in the World Series without allowing an earned run — over his career, he would win six American League pennants with the Yankees and one with the Philadelphia Athletics.
  • He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
  • Was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade.

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