Early Wynn

Early Wynn Jr. (January 6, 1920 – April 4, 1999), nicknamed "Gus", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 25-year baseball career, he pitched for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

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Acting Credits

1958

1958 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1957

1957 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1956

1956 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1955

1955 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1949

The Kid from Cleveland

Early Wynn - Cleveland Indians Pitcher

Self

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Early Wynn.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1939	WSH	0-2	5.75	3	3	1	0	0	20	26	15	13	10	1
1941	WSH	3-1	1.58	5	5	4	0	0	40	35	14	7	10	15
1942	WSH	10-16	5.12	30	28	10	1	0	190	246	129	108	73	58
1943	WSH	18-12	2.91	37	33	12	3	0	256	232	97	83	83	89
1944	WSH	8-17	3.38	33	25	19	2	2	207	221	97	78	67	65
1946	WSH	8-5	3.11	17	12	9	0	0	107	112	45	37	33	36
1947	WSH	17-15	3.64	33	31	22	2	0	247	251	114	100	90	73
1948	WSH	8-19	5.82	33	31	15	1	0	198	236	144	128	94	49
1949	CLE	11-7	4.15	26	23	6	0	0	164	186	84	76	57	62
1950	CLE	18-8	3.20	32	28	14	2	0	213	166	88	76	101	143
1951	CLE	20-13	3.02	37	34	21	3	1	274	227	102	92	107	133
1952	CLE	23-12	2.90	42	33	19	4	3	285	239	103	92	132	153
1953	CLE	17-12	3.93	36	34	16	1	0	251	234	121	110	107	138
1954	CLE	23-11	2.73	40	36	20	3	2	270	225	93	82	83	155
1955	CLE	17-11	2.82	32	31	16	6	0	230	207	86	72	80	122
1956	CLE	20-9	2.72	38	35	18	4	2	277	233	93	84	91	158
1957	CLE	14-17	4.31	40	37	13	1	1	263	270	139	126	104	184
1958	CHW	14-16	4.13	40	34	11	4	2	239	214	115	110	104	179
1959	CHW	22-10	3.17	37	37	14	5	0	255	202	106	90	119	179
1960	CHW	13-12	3.49	36	35	13	4	1	237	220	105	92	112	158
1961	CHW	8-2	3.51	17	16	5	0	0	110	88	43	43	47	64
1962	CHW	7-15	4.46	27	26	11	3	0	167	171	90	83	56	91
1963	CLE	1-2	2.28	20	5	1	0	1	55	50	14	14	15	29
Career		300-244	-	691	612	290	49	15	-	4291	2037	1796	1775	2334

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Early Wynn.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1939	WSH	3		-	1	0	0	0	1.000
1941	WSH	5		-	2	9	1	1	0.917
1942	WSH	30		-	5	36	2	3	0.953
1943	WSH	38		-	5	49	3	3	0.947
1944	WSH	43		-	4	31	1	4	0.972
1946	WSH	25		-	7	18	1	2	0.962
1947	WSH	54		-	15	33	1	3	0.980
1948	WSH	73		-	6	32	2	1	0.950
1949	CLE	35		-	16	31	0	3	1.000
1950	CLE	39		-	5	36	3	5	0.932
1951	CLE	41		-	13	42	1	2	0.982
1952	CLE	44		-	20	46	4	2	0.943
1953	CLE	37		-	11	36	0	2	1.000
1954	CLE	40	36	270	17	27	2	1	0.957
1955	CLE	34	31	230	7	27	2	0	0.944
1956	CLE	38	35	277	15	48	3	3	0.955
1957	CLE	40	37	263	10	38	0	5	1.000
1958	CHW	40	34	239	12	25	0	2	1.000
1959	CHW	37	37	255	6	39	2	2	0.957
1960	CHW	36	34	237	7	28	1	1	0.972
1961	CHW	17	16	110	4	11	0	0	1.000
1962	CHW	27	26	167	3	20	0	2	1.000
1963	CLE	20	5	55	2	8	0	0	1.000
Career		796	291	-	193	670	29	47	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Early Wynn.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1939	WSH	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.167	0.286	0.167
1941	WSH	5	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.133	0.133	0.200
1942	WSH	30	69	4	15	2	0	0	7	0	3	13	0.217	0.250	0.246
1943	WSH	38	98	6	29	3	1	1	11	0	1	11	0.296	0.303	0.378
1944	WSH	43	92	4	19	2	0	1	6	0	3	21	0.207	0.232	0.261
1946	WSH	25	47	4	15	2	0	1	9	0	5	7	0.319	0.385	0.426
1947	WSH	54	120	6	33	6	0	2	13	0	1	19	0.275	0.281	0.375
1948	WSH	73	106	9	23	3	1	0	16	0	14	22	0.217	0.308	0.264
1949	CLE	35	70	3	10	1	0	1	7	0	4	10	0.143	0.189	0.200
1950	CLE	39	77	12	18	5	1	2	10	0	10	12	0.234	0.322	0.403
1951	CLE	41	108	8	20	8	1	1	13	0	7	9	0.185	0.235	0.306
1952	CLE	44	99	5	22	2	0	0	10	0	9	15	0.222	0.287	0.242
1953	CLE	37	91	11	25	2	0	3	10	0	7	17	0.275	0.327	0.396
1954	CLE	40	93	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	7	13	0.183	0.240	0.215
1955	CLE	34	84	8	15	3	0	1	7	0	6	17	0.179	0.233	0.250
1956	CLE	38	101	5	23	5	0	1	15	1	7	22	0.228	0.278	0.307
1957	CLE	40	86	4	10	0	0	0	4	0	11	23	0.116	0.214	0.116
1958	CHW	40	75	7	15	1	0	0	11	0	10	25	0.200	0.291	0.213
1959	CHW	37	90	11	22	7	0	2	8	0	9	18	0.244	0.317	0.389
1960	CHW	36	75	8	15	2	1	1	7	0	14	17	0.200	0.330	0.293
1961	CHW	17	37	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	11	0.162	0.225	0.162
1962	CHW	27	54	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	7	17	0.130	0.230	0.148
1963	CLE	20	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.273	0.385	0.273
Career		796	1704	136	365	59	5	17	173	1	141	330	-	-	-

First Name	Early
Last Name	Wynn
Full Name at Birth	Early Wynn
Other Names	Gus
Age	79 (age at death)
Date of Birth	January 6, 1920
Birthplace	Hartford, AL
Date of Death	April 4, 1999
Location of Death	Venice, FL
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
High School	Geneva County (Geneva County, AL)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Both
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	13 September 1939
Last MLB Game	13 September 1963
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1972 (301/396 ballots).