Early Wynn
Early Wynn
Born: January 6, 1920
Hartford, AL USA
Deceased: 1999
Venice, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1939-1963
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
Minor League Statistics
Early Wynn compiled a career batting average of .214 with 17 home runs and 173 RBI in his 796-game career with the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1939 season and last took the field during the 1963 campaign. Wynn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | 10 | 16 | .385 | 5.12 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 190.0 | 246 | 129 | 108 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 870 |
| 1943 | AL | Washington Senators | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.91 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 256.7 | 232 | 97 | 83 | 15 | 83 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1067 |
| 1944 | AL | Washington Senators | 8 | 17 | .320 | 3.38 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 207.7 | 221 | 97 | 78 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 883 |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.11 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 112 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 460 |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3.64 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 247.0 | 251 | 114 | 100 | 13 | 90 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1058 |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | 8 | 19 | .296 | 5.82 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 198.0 | 236 | 144 | 128 | 18 | 94 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 912 |
| 1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.15 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 164.7 | 186 | 84 | 76 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 724 |
| 1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.20 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 213.7 | 166 | 88 | 76 | 20 | 101 | 0 | 143 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 903 |
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 13 | .606 | 3.02 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 274.3 | 227 | 102 | 92 | 18 | 107 | 0 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1138 |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 12 | .657 | 2.90 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 285.7 | 239 | 103 | 92 | 23 | 132 | 0 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1190 |
| 1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.93 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 251.7 | 234 | 121 | 110 | 19 | 107 | 0 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1077 |
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2.73 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 270.7 | 225 | 93 | 82 | 21 | 83 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1102 |
| 1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.82 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 230.0 | 207 | 86 | 72 | 19 | 80 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 964 |
| 1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 9 | .690 | 2.72 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 277.7 | 233 | 93 | 84 | 19 | 91 | 7 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1144 |
| 1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 14 | 17 | .452 | 4.31 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 263.0 | 270 | 139 | 126 | 32 | 104 | 7 | 184 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1146 |
| 1958 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 14 | 16 | .467 | 4.13 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 239.7 | 214 | 115 | 110 | 27 | 104 | 3 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1016 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 10 | .688 | 3.17 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 255.7 | 202 | 106 | 90 | 20 | 119 | 5 | 179 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1076 |
| 1960 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.49 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 237.3 | 220 | 105 | 92 | 20 | 112 | 2 | 158 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1024 |
| 1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.51 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 88 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 457 |
| 1962 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.46 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 167.7 | 171 | 90 | 83 | 15 | 56 | 6 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 710 |
| 1963 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.28 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 50 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 |
| Totals | 300 | 244 | .551 | 3.54 | 691 | 612 | 66 | 290 | 49 | 15 | 4564.0 | 4291 | 2037 | 1796 | 338 | 1775 | 36 | 2334 | 64 | 2 | 51 | 19408 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | 30 | 74 | 69 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .217 | .250 | .246 | .496 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | AL | Washington Senators | 38 | 100 | 98 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .296 | .303 | .378 | .681 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | AL | Washington Senators | 43 | 95 | 92 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .207 | .232 | .261 | .492 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | 25 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .319 | .385 | .426 | .810 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | 54 | 121 | 120 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .275 | .281 | .375 | .656 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | 73 | 120 | 106 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .217 | .308 | .264 | .572 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 35 | 76 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .143 | .189 | .200 | .389 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 39 | 91 | 77 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .234 | .322 | .403 | .724 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 41 | 118 | 108 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .185 | .235 | .306 | .540 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 44 | 112 | 99 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .222 | .287 | .242 | .529 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 37 | 104 | 91 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .275 | .327 | .396 | .722 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 40 | 105 | 93 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .183 | .240 | .215 | .455 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 34 | 92 | 84 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .483 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 38 | 113 | 101 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .228 | .278 | .307 | .585 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 40 | 101 | 86 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .116 | .214 | .116 | .331 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 88 | 75 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .200 | .291 | .213 | .504 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 37 | 103 | 90 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .244 | .317 | .389 | .706 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 36 | 97 | 75 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .200 | .330 | .293 | .623 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 17 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .162 | .225 | .162 | .387 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 27 | 63 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .130 | .230 | .148 | .378 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 796 | 1903 | 1704 | 136 | 365 | 59 | 5 | 17 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 330 | .214 | .274 | .285 | .559 | 485 | 33 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.200 | |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 1.367 | |
| 1943 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 1.459 | |
| 1944 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 1.061 | |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.471 | |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.455 | |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.152 | |
| 1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.808 | |
| 1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 5 | .932 | 1.281 | |
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.486 | |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .943 | 1.571 | |
| 1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.306 | |
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 40 | 36 | 270.7 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.463 | 1.100 |
| 1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 32 | 31 | 230.0 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.330 | 1.063 |
| 1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 38 | 35 | 277.7 | 15 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .955 | 2.042 | 1.658 |
| 1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 40 | 37 | 263.0 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.643 | 1.200 |
| 1958 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 40 | 34 | 239.7 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.389 | .925 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 37 | 37 | 255.7 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.584 | 1.216 |
| 1960 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 36 | 34 | 237.3 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.327 | .972 |
| 1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 17 | 16 | 110.3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.224 | .882 |
| 1962 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 27 | 26 | 167.7 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.235 | .852 |
| 1963 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 20 | 5 | 55.3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.627 | .500 |
| Totals | 691 | 291 | 2107.3 | 193 | 670 | 29 | 47 | .967 | 3.686 | 1.249 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.95 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.769 | 1.333 |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 1.500 |
Awards
1959 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
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