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Waite Charles Hoyt (September 9, 1899 – August 25, 1984) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during 1918–1938. He was one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the most successful pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade.
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Aug 26, 1984 · Waite Hoyt, the top pitcher on the powerful New York Yankee teams of the 1920's, died yesterday in Cincinnati. He was 84 years old. Mr. Hoyt had been hospitalized in...
Jan 4, 2012 · Learn about the life and career of Waite Hoyt, a 23-year major league veteran who won six World Series with the Yankees and was a Hall of Fame broadcaster. Read about his early days as a "boy wonder," his struggles and achievements in the minors and majors, and his legacy in baseball history.
Waite Hoyt played 21 seasons in MLB, mostly with the Yankees, and won three World Series titles in the 1920s. He also had a long career as a broadcaster for the Reds, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969.
Waite Hoyt was the ace pitcher of the legendary 1927 Yankees, but also a vaudeville star, a philosopher, and an alcoholic. In his own words, he shares his remarkable and paradoxical 84-year odyssey in this authorized biography by Tim Manners.
Apr 7, 2023 · Die-hard Yankees fans may think of Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt as a hero because of his essentially flawless performance in the 1921 World Series, his status in 1927 as the best pitcher on the best team in baseball history, or the way his two victories helped sweep the Yankees to a championship in 1928.
