Waite Charles Hoyt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 404-405. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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Made major league debut on 24 July 1918.
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Nicknamed "The Merry Mortician" because he worked as an undertaker during the off-season.
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Pitched for the New York Giants (1918, 1932), Boston Red Sox (1919 and 1920), New York Yankees (1921-1930), Detroit Tigers (1930 and 1931), Philadelphia A's (1931), Brooklyn Dodgers (1932, 1937-1938), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-1937).
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He was a Cincinnati broadcaster for 24 years after his playing career.
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Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1969.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Battery of Songs
1930
Short
Waite, Baseball Player and Singer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
When It Was a Game 2
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself (voice)
The Way It Was
1977
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
A Battery of Songs (1930) as Waite, Baseball Player and Singer
$1.1 Million
