Hank Wyse
[edit] Biography
Born on March 1, 1918 in Lunsford, Arkansas, Hank Wyse (Henry Washington Wyse) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career. Wyse broke into the bigs on September 7, 1942 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 156 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Hank Wyse's best season was 1945, when he posted a 2.68 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 77 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1.93
| 8
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 33
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 38
| 15
| 9
| 7
| 2.94
| 45
| 57
| 51
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 156
| 159
| 4
| 34
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 34
| 16
| 15
| 3.15
| 86
| 113
| 90
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 257.1
| 277
| 9
| 57
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 38
| 34
| 22
| 10
| 2.68
| 77
| 95
| 83
| 23
| 2
| 0
| 278.1
| 272
| 17
| 55
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 27
| 14
| 12
| 2.68
| 52
| 73
| 60
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 201.1
| 206
| 7
| 52
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 19
| 6
| 9
| 4.31
| 53
| 84
| 68
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 142
| 158
| 12
| 64
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 23
| 9
| 14
| 5.85
| 33
| 121
| 111
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 170.2
| 192
| 16
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| 1951
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9.64
| 3
| 14
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.1
| 17
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 7.98
| 5
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 24
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 8.62
| 8
| 28
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 41
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 198
| 133
| 69
| 54
| 3.03
| 321
| 432
| 358
| 63
| 11
| 8
| 1063
| 1105
| 50
| 268
| 0
| 9
| 15
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 53
| 26
| 10
| 16
| 6.20
| 41
| 149
| 134
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 194.2
| 233
| 16
| 105
| 0
| 1
| 9
|
| Total
|
|
| 251
| 159
| 79
| 70
| 3.52
| 362
| 581
| 492
| 67
| 11
| 8
| 1257.2
| 1338
| 66
| 373
| 0
| 10
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 47
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 51
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 67
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 50
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 33
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 34
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1951
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 251
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 291
| 15
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 50
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .080
| .115
| .100
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 90
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 8
| .178
| .196
| .211
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 38
| 101
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 7
| .168
| .168
| .188
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 74
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .243
| .243
| .257
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 45
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .111
| .149
| .156
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 59
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .153
| .167
| .153
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1951
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 12
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 200
| 368
| 28
| 61
| 0
| 28
| .166
| .181
| .190
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 66
| 1
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 53
| 67
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .149
| .162
| .149
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 253
| 435
| 33
| 71
| 0
| 32
| .163
| .178
| .184
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 81
| 1
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 13
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1940).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Shreveport (Texas) (May 10, 1949).
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Shreveport (Texas) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 17, 1949).
- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Washington Senators (May 16, 1951).
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