| Pete Wojey | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1919-12-01)December 1, 1919 Stowe, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: April 23, 1990(1990-04-23) (aged 70) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 2, 1954, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 25, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–1 |
| Earned run average | 3.00 |
| Strikeouts | 22 |
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Peter Paul Wojey (December 1, 1919 – April 23, 1990) was an American professionalbaseballpitcher whose career extended for fifteen seasons over a twenty-year span. It included eighteengames pitched over parts of three years inMajor League Baseball for theBrooklyn Dodgers (1954) andDetroit Tigers (1956–1957).
He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Born inStowe, Pennsylvania December 1, 1919, Wojey began his pro career in 1941 at the age of twenty-one. Starting out in the Class DFlorida East Coast League, he briefly left baseball between 1942 and 1946, but then returned to the professional game. In 1948, he was acquired by the Dodger organization and spent 61⁄2 years at theDouble-A level, 41⁄2 of them with theMobile Bears of theSouthern Association.
When he was recalled from Mobile by Brooklyn in July 1954, he made his firstMLB appearance on July 2 at 34 years, 213 days old.[1] His debut would be his onlystarting pitcher assignment in the majors. Facing thePhiladelphia Phillies atConnie Mack Stadium, he hurled fourhitlessinnings, allowing only anunearned run. By the bottom of the fifth inning, the Dodgers had built a 4–1 lead, but Wojey ran into trouble, surrendering four hits and threeruns and recording only oneout. The Phillies would win the game, 7–6, withrelief pitcherClem Labine tagged with the loss.[2]
Wojey would work in seventeen more MLB games, all in relief, for the Dodgers and Tigers. He earned his only big-league victory on August 2, 1954, against theMilwaukee Braves by throwing a scoreless 13th inning (strandingHank Aaron on third base after Aaron led off the Braves' half with atriple),[3] and his onlysave 27 days later, preserving a 12–4 triumph for Labine, also against the Braves.[4]
Wojey's two brief stints with the Tigers took place in the early weeks of the 1956 and 1957 seasons, at a time when MLB teams could carry three extra players on their rosters for each campaign's first thirty days.
Overall, Wojey posted a 1–1won–lost record and one save, all as a member of the Dodgers, with a careerearned run average of 3.00. In thirty-threeinnings pitched, he gave up twenty-seven hits and fifteenbases on balls, recording twenty-twostrikeouts.
He continued hisminor league baseball career through 1960, working in 444 games in the minors.
Wojey died inMobile, Alabama on April 23, 1990. He was seventy years old.
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