John Wyatt (baseball)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
Wyatt saved John O'Donoghue's first big league win, coming at Dodger Stadium on May 12, 1964.
Life and career
Wyatt was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Claudette (née 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.
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