Early Wynn Jr., nicknamed "Gus", was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. During a 25-year baseball career, he pitched for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. Armed with a powerful fastball and a hard-nosed attitude, he was identified as one of the most intimidating pitchers in the game. Wynn was born in Alabama and signed with the Senators at the age of 17, deciding to pursue baseball instead of finishing high school. Wynn spent a couple of seasons in the minor leagues, had a brief MLB stint in 1939, returned to the majors in 1941 and pitched his first full MLB season in 1942. He missed the 1945 season and a portion of the next season while serving in the military during World War II. Along with Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Mike Garcia, Wynn was a member of one of baseball's best pitching rotations while with the Indians in the mid-1950s. He won the 1959 Cy Young Award, beginning to rely on the knuckleball as the velocity of his pitches declined. Wynn retired in 1963. He finished with exactly 300 career wins; he had spent several months in pursuit of his 300th win. [More at Wikipedia]

January 6th, 1920 in Hartford  /  Died:   Apr 4th, 1999