John Wyatt
[edit] Biography
Born on April 19, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, John Wyatt (John Thomas Wyatt) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 9 year career. Wyatt broke into the bigs on September 8, 1961 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 4.46 ERA in 125 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Wyatt's best season was 1967, when he posted a 2.60 ERA, won 10 games, notched 20 saves and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.45
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7.1
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 59
| 9
| 10
| 7
| 4.46
| 106
| 66
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 125
| 121
| 12
| 80
| 5
| 8
| 5
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 63
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 3.13
| 81
| 37
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 92
| 83
| 12
| 43
| 2
| 7
| 0
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| 81
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 3.59
| 74
| 53
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 128
| 111
| 23
| 52
| 5
| 4
| 1
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 3.25
| 70
| 36
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 88.2
| 78
| 8
| 53
| 12
| 13
| 4
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5.32
| 25
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 23.2
| 19
| 3
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 2
|
| 1966
| BOS
| A
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3.14
| 63
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 71.2
| 59
| 3
| 27
| 3
| 6
| 4
|
| 1966
| TOT
| A
| 61
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 3.68
| 88
| 41
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 95.1
| 78
| 6
| 43
| 7
| 8
| 6
|
| 1967
| BOS
| A
| 60
| 0
| 10
| 7
| 2.60
| 68
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 93.1
| 71
| 6
| 39
| 5
| 6
| 2
|
| 1968
| NY
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2.16
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 7
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.37
| 25
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 30.1
| 26
| 2
| 11
| 2
| 4
| 1
|
| 1968
| BOS
| A
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4.22
| 11
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2.74
| 42
| 19
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 49.1
| 42
| 5
| 26
| 2
| 7
| 2
|
| 1969
| OAK
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.40
| 5
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 435
| 9
| 42
| 44
| 3.47
| 540
| 290
| 265
| 0
| 0
| 103
| 687.1
| 600
| 72
| 346
| 39
| 56
| 23
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 7.1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| P
| 59
| 9
| 125
| 8
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .880
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| P
| 63
| 0
| 92
| 3
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| .882
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| P
| 81
| 0
| 128
| 8
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| .960
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| P
| 65
| 0
| 88.2
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 23.2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| BOS
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 71.2
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .875
|
| 1966
| TOT
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 95.1
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 6
| 0
| .933
|
| 1967
| BOS
| A
| P
| 60
| 0
| 93.1
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| NY
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 8.1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 30.1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| BOS
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 10.2
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| .800
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 49.1
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 3
| 0
| .923
|
| 1969
| OAK
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 8.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 435
| 9
| 687.1
| 30
| 100
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 12
| 71
| 23
| 1
| .935
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 59
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .103
| .133
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 63
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| 81
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .067
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 65
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| BOS
| A
| 42
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| TOT
| A
| 61
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| BOS
| A
| 60
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .154
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| NY
| A
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| DET
| A
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| BOS
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| OAK
| A
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 435
| 83
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .048
| .092
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 50
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1954).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (1955).
- Sent to Milwaukee Braves by Indianapolis (Negro American) for future considerations (April, 1956).
- Returned to Indianapolis (Negro American) (May, 1956).
- Sold by El Paso (Southwestern) to Kansas City Athletics (@July, 1956).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Rollie Sheldon and Jose Tartabull to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Gosger, Ken Sanders and Guido Grilli (June 13, 1966).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees (May 17, 1968).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers (June 15, 1968).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (April 3, 1969).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 7, 1969).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (May 27, 1969).
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