Weldon Wyckoff
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John Weldon Wyckoff (February 19, 1892 - May 8, 1961) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1913-1916[start]) and Boston Red Sox (1917[end]-1918). Wyckoff batted and threw right handed. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In some baseball resources, he is referred as John Wyckoff.
In a six-season career, Wyckoff posted a 23-34 record with 299 strikeouts and a 3.55 ERA in 573-2/3 innings pitched.
Wyckoff attended Bucknell University and began his baseball career at age 19 with Wilmington in the Tri-State League in 1911. He joined the Philadelphia Athletics two years later. His most most productive season came in 1914, when he recorded career-highs with 11 wins and a 3.02 ERA, and pitched in Game One of the World Series.
A hard thrower, Wyckoff was prone to wildness, always walking more batters than he struck out. In 1915 he led the American League with 165 walks in 276 innings. A year later, he led the league with 22 losses. He was sent to the Boston Red Sox in the 1916 midseason. Over parts of two seasons he appeared in only nine games and was released in 1917. He ended the year with the Buffalo Bisons of the International League and rejoined Boston in 1918, his last major league season, and retired to his taxicab business in Williamsport.
Wyckoff died in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, at the age of 79.
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