Gary Blaylock
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Gary Nelson Blaylock (born October 11, 1931) is an American former
right-handed pitcher, he appeared in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees during the 1959 season. The native of Clarkton, Missouri
, was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 196 pounds (89 kg).
In 41 career Major League
bases on balls. Blaylock recorded 81 strikeouts and three complete games. He also spent three seasons in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, two with the Industriales de Valencia and one with the Licoreros de Pampero, going 15–13 in 35 career games.[1]
Blaylock was signed by the Cardinals in 1950 and spent nine seasons in the St. Louis
waivers
by the Yankees on July 26, 1959, and worked in 15 more games that season. He then resumed his minor league pitching career in 1960, before becoming a manager and instructor in the Yankee farm system in 1963.
Blaylock moved to the
Dunklin County Hall of Honor in 2010 at the Dunklin County Library in Kennett, Missouri
.
References
- ^ "Gary Nelson Blaylock". Estadisticas Beisbol profesional Venezolano. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
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