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  Waite Hoyt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waite Charles Hoyt (September 9, 1899 – August 25, 1984) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s.
Hoyt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 15 was signed to a professional contract by New York Giants manager John McGraw.
Waite Hoyt was also known as "The Merry Mortician" because he worked as a funeral director during the offseason.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waite_Hoyt   (310 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In his finest year, 1927, Hoyt would post a record of 22 wins and 7 losses for the Yankees, with an ERA (A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods) of only 2.64.
Although Hoyt pitched for 8 more years after leaving the Yankees in 1930, he would never again achieve that level of success.
Waite Hoyt finished his career with a win-loss record of 237–182 and an ERA of 3.59 over 21 seasons.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/waite_hoyt.htm   (173 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Waite Hoyt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Hoyt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 15 was signed to a professional contract by
Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt pitched his first inning in the majors at the age of 18, and when he threw his last pitch 20 years later he had more than 230 wins in his Hall of Fame career.
Hoyt was traded to the Yankees on December 15, 1920, in a blockbuster deal that helped launch the Yankee dynasty we know today.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Waite-Hoyt   (993 words)

  
 Reds '98 - The Cincinnati Enquirer - March 30, 1998
Waite Hoyt, Reds broadcaster 1942-1965, was nationally recognized for his sharp voice and articulate speech.
But Hoyt was an equally talented play-by-play man. Burrows never heard Hoyt do a game live, but he studied tapes of him while putting together a video history of Hoyt.
Hoyt the raconteur didn't emerge until he was fairly advanced in his career, but the background was there.
reds.enquirer.com /1998/stadiums/hoyt.html   (638 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt - BR Bullpen
Waite Hoyt described himself as a "fastball pitcher".
Waite Hoyt was the ace of the 1927 Yankees staff - perhaps the greatest baseball team of all time - winning a league-leading 22 games.
Hoyt was denied his first 20-win season after taking the mound with 19 wins under his belt and having The Babe come in to pitch as a stunt with the Yankees ahead.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Waite_Hoyt   (375 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt | The BASEBALL Page
Originally signed by the New York Giants, Hoyt fell from the grasp of John McGraw and was with the Boston Red Sox in 1919-1920 before he was shipped off with the rest of Harry Frazee's big names prior to the 1921 season.
Hoyt had been used both as a reliever and starter by the A's during the regular season.
Hoyt and Schang were imprtant cogs in the Yanks' pennant-winners of 1921-1924.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/hoytwa01.php   (888 words)

  
 DVD: Waite Hoyt: A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder $29.95
Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player.
A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher.
This biography of Waite Hoyt involves many great moments in baseball history, and inсludеs some of the classic tales that Hoyt, a natural-born storyteller, would tell about his teammates.
www.cultmoviesstore.com /tvr0786419601.html   (658 words)

  
 reveries.com - chris hoyt - co-marketing
His father was Waite Hoyt, the hall-of-fame pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Because retailer profits were down and manufacturers were also struggling, Hoyt determined that the answer was for both parties to join forces -- not fight as they had been for so many years.
Hoyt emphasizes that co-marketing should not be confused with account-specific marketing, although it frequently is. A key difference is that account-specific programs are developed unilaterally by the manufacturer, and typically presented as a "menu" of choices.
www.reveries.com /reverb/co-marketing/hoyt   (2719 words)

  
 cloon102
Waite Hoyt was a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees in their first glory days of the 1920s.
Waite's stories and memories of Waite from his colleagues, relatives, historians and friends evoke many smiles.
Waite's widow, Betty, is pre-eminent among them, but it was good to hear from Ed Kennedy, Joe Nuxhall, Pat Harmon, Jim O'Toole and all the others.
www.cincypost.com /living/1997/cloon102097.html   (727 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt | BaseballLibrary.com
Hoyt was a mainstay on the pitching staff of the great Yankee teams of the 1920s.
Hoyt appeared in seven WS (1921-23, '26-28 with the Yankees and 1931 with the A's).
Hoyt's departure follows an argument with manager Bob Shawkey.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hoyt_Waite.stm   (3094 words)

  
 wecker090999
Waite Hoyt, who has been gone 15 years now, would have celebrated his 100th birthday today.
Betty Hoyt hired on as a secretary in the National League office in 1959, when it was in the Carew Tower.
Waite was doing Reds play-by-play at the time, and it was then that they began to get to know each other.
www.cincypost.com /living/1999/wecker090999.html   (736 words)

  
 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
His career on the mound and as the Cincinnati Reds announcer lasted from 1915 to 1965, and to walk in his footsteps is to journey through the history of baseball in the 20th century.
This biography of Waite Hoyt involves many great moments in baseball history, and includes some of the classic tales that Hoyt, a natural-born storyteller, would tell about his teammates.
It follows his transition from a career on the field to his career behind the microphone, and his struggles with alcoholism that almost cost him his dream of working as a broadcaster.
www.mcfarlandpub.com /book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-1960-1   (277 words)

  
 Photographs1915s
Hoyt is captured here, along with the entire New York Giants pitching staff, before boarding a Spring Training-bound train in New York City's Penn Station.
Hoyt can be seen at far left sporting the freshest face of the Giants hurling crew in this pre-rookie photograph of the future HOFer.
Waite has autographed the picture with his full name -- "Waite C. Hoyt" -- and has apended a typed note in response to a request.
www.vintageball.com /Photographs1915s.html   (1312 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Waite Hoyt was born on Saturday, September 9 1899, in Brooklyn, New York.
Hoyt was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 24, 1918, with the New York Giants.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Waite Hoyt baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=hoytwa01   (288 words)

  
 American Heroes
Waite Hoyt won 237 games in his 20 year 'Hall of Fame' career including winning 157 games in 9 years with the New York Yankees.
Waite Hoyt won 145 of the Yankees 750 regular season victories and 6 of their 18 World Series' games.
Waite Hoyt's career: 237-182,.566 pct., 3.59 ERA, 674 games, 423 GS, 226 GC, 26 shutouts, 52 saves, 1206 Ks, 1003 Ws in 3762.3 innings,.276 opponents BA,.325 on-base-pct.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=59   (1143 words)

  
 reveries - chris hoyt - the brand and the babe
(Editor's Note: The author is the son of Hall of Fame pitcher, Waite Hoyt, whom the Red Sox traded to the Yankees along with Babe Ruth and Herb Pennock in 1920.
Waite Hoyt was 22-7 and led the league in pitching with a 2.63 ERA in 1927, and repeated as the league leader with a 23-7 won-lost record in 1928.
Chris Hoyt is President of Hoyt and Company LLC, a packaged goods training and consulting organization based in Scottsdale, AZ.
www.reveries.com /reverb/essays/outthere/hoyt7.html   (1105 words)

  
 TIMES NEWSWEEKLY/OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE WAY IT WAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Waite Hoyt appeared in one game as a New York Giant, but left that organization.
Hoyt pitched nine-plus seasons for the Yanks, before he and shortstop Mark Koenig were dealt to the Detroit Tigers during the 1930 season.
Hoyt compiled a 6-4 career record, with an ERA of 1.83, for his World Series efforts.
www.timesnewsweekly.com /OldSite/092001/NewFiles/OURNEIGH.html   (2214 words)

  
 1928 AL CY YOUNG AWARD
But by then a new crop of players was being ushered in; this season was a swan song for guys like Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt.
His teammates Pennock and Hoyt also benefitted from playing for the Yankees; Pennock, though he didn't pitch much, led the AL in shutouts, and had a great ERA.
Hoyt's numbers are similar to Pipgras' but slightly better.
webhome.idirect.com /~brettsmith/History/400Pages/alcy1928.htm   (295 words)

  
 1928 World Series Highlights
Waite Hoyt won the opener and the finale by scores of 4-1 and 7-3, George Pipgras took Game 2, 9-3, and lefty Tom Zachary won Game 3, 7-3.
The Cardinals' Jim Bottomley homered off Hoyt in the seventh, but successive singles by Mark Koenig, Ruth, and Gehrig produced a fourth Yankee run and concluded the scoring.
Waite Hoyt gained his second victory, mostly on the strength of five solo Yankee homers, including three by Babe Ruth.
www.cardinalshistory.com /1928.htm   (1181 words)

  
 OOTP V3 REPORT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Monday 6/19/1931 : Waite Hoyt was injured while pitching.
Wednesday 7/5/1931 : Waite Hoyt was injured while pitching.
Saturday 8/26/1931 : Waite Hoyt was injured while pitching.
www.sportplanet.com /sbb/hootp/1931/tinj6.htm   (229 words)

  
 NetShrine Discussion Forum - Which HOF Pitcher would get the "Smedbar" (crowbar)?
I agree; Hoyt and Pennock are the "class" of this group.
And Bunning, while he was often in the shadows of Koufax and others, was considered by opposing hitters to be one of the toughest pitchers to face during his career.
Hoyt's more marginal in terms of W-L, but Hoyt was a better pitcher, IMO.
www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=4835   (1179 words)

  
 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: WAITE HOYT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/07/1977
Please accept this in good spirit - the way it is written - and good luck, and thank you for all and everything - I hope the future heals the wounds...." Waite Hoyt (1899-1984) was a mainstay on the pitching staff of the great Yankee teams of the 1920s.
In 1927, the year Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, he was 22-7, led the AL in wins, ERA (2.63) and winning percentage (.759).
Hoyt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2004/sports/265266-WAITE-HOYT.htm   (235 words)

  
 The Highlander
The Babe wasn't alone though as teammate Bob Meusel contributed 24 homers and 135 RBIs and the rest of the Yankees batted.288 or higher.
Game 8 evolved into a classic pitcher's duel between Waite Hoyt and Art Nehf, who led the standoff 1-0 going into the bottom of the 9th.
Waite Hoyt had not allowed a single earned run in 27 innings and Carl Mays had been just as effective with an ERA of 1.73 over 26.
www.angelfire.com /ny5/thehighlander/Highlander7page7.htm   (2113 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hoyt Waite
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 The Pinstripe Press
This time it was St. Louis exhausting their bullpen as Yankee vet Waite Hoyt stood tall against 5 Cardinal pitchers including Flint Rhem, Art Reinhart, Hi Bell, Bill Hallahan and finally Vic Keen.
For Game 1, Waite Hoyt went up against Bill Sherdel in a classic rematch of David vs. Goliath.
It truly was a 2-man show as the rest of the Yankees batted.196, but were supported by solid pitching by Hoyt, George Pipgras and Tom Zachary.
www.angelfire.com /ny5/pinstripepress/YankeesWS.htm   (19919 words)

  
 Autographed Baseballs -- 1931 Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals with Babe Ruth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The presence of former Yankee star Waite Hoyt, a member of the A's only from June 30 to season's end, provides the strongest argument for a 1931 date (the same two teams appeared in the Series in 1930).
None of the players appearing on this ball figured especially prominently in the Series, which is best remembered for the superb performance of Pepper Martin, the Cardinal center fielder.
Louis was a highly respected team, the Athletics were winners of two consecutive world championships and had gone 107-45 during the season, a record that would prove to be Connie Mack's best in fifty years of managing the club.
www.sports.nd.edu /exhibits/bbexhibit/balls/31phiA/31phiA.html   (317 words)

  
 The National Pastime: Waite Hoyt, Conveyor of Baseball Memories.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In late 1941, when Burger Beer hired Waite Hoyt, a noted former pitcher for the New York Yankees, as the principal radio broadcaster for the games of the Cincinnati Reds, few ex-players had announced baseball games for major league clubs.
Although Hoyt had voiced his desire to do so many times, he had been denied a chance to audition for an announcing job by three teams, including the Yankees.
Ellen Frell, his niece, wrote an article about her uncle entitled "Waite Hoyt: The Broadcast Years...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:70451235&refid=ink_d8   (217 words)

  
 Waite's World
So said Waite Hoyt in 1945 during the stormiest, darkest period of his life.
"Waite taught us you were allowed to be a baseball lover and still use words you had to look up in the dictionary."
Journey through the 84 years of the 20th century that are Waite's World with his friends, coworkers, and family for a unprecedented inside look at an extraordinary talent.
home.fuse.net /whoyt   (228 words)

  
 Waite Hoyt | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Signed by John McGraw after pitching batting practice for the Giants at the age of 15, Waite Hoyt went on to become the mainstay of six Yankees pennant winners in the 1920s.
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www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/Hoyt_Waite.htm   (282 words)

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