Английская Википедия:Claude Willoughby

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Claude William Willoughby (November 14, 1898– August 14, 1973), was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from Шаблон:Baseball year to Шаблон:Baseball year. He was nicknamed "Weeping Willie" and "Flunky".[1][2] In 219 games pitched, 101 of which were starts, Willoughby recorded a 38-58 win–loss record with a 5.84 earned run average (ERA) and 175 strikeouts in Шаблон:Frac innings pitched over seven seasons.

MLB career

In Шаблон:By, Willoughby led the Phillies in both wins (15) and ERA (4.99).[3] He also walked the most batters in the National League.[4]

Willoughby pitched poorly the following season, surrendering 241 hits and 68 walks in 153 innings pitched, which resulted in a 7.59 ERA and a 4–17 win–loss record.[2] On November 6, Шаблон:By, he was traded to the Pirates, along with shortstop Tommy Thevenow, for shortstop Dick Bartell.[4] Willoughby pitched in just nine games for Pittsburgh, after which his major league career ended.[5]

Later life and death

After his professional baseball career, Willoughby moved back to Kansas, where he pitched for a semipro team located in Chanute in 1938-39 and managed a team in Independence in 1940-41.[6] He worked as a pump mechanic, and moved to McPherson, Kansas in 1948, where he died on August 14, 1973.[7]

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External links

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