Dizzy Trout
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| Born: | Tuesday Jun 29 1915 |
| Birthplace: | Sandcut IN USA |
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| Weight: | 195 |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
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| Other Teams: | Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles |
| Years with Boston: | 1952 |
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Overall Career
RHP; 1939-52 Detroit Tigers, 1952 Boston Red Sox, 1957 Baltimore Orioles
"The colorful, fun-loving Trout led the AL in wins in 1943 for Detroit, but his best season was 1944, when he won 27 and led the league in ERA (2.12). He also topped the AL in shutouts (7) and hit five of his 20 career home runs while batting .271. That season, he and lefty Hal Newhouser, who won 29, came closer to teammates winning 30 each than any pair since 1904.
In 1945 Trout was the Tigers' workhorse in the pennant drive, pitching six games and winning four over a nine-game late-season stretch. In Game Four of the 1945 WS, Trout beat the Cubs 4-1 on a five-hitter. He remained a Tiger mainstay /8 x x into the 1950s. Five years after Dizzy "retired," he signed with the Orioles and pitched twice after an impressive showing in an Old-Timers Game. Dizzy is the father of pitcher Steve Trout. (RTM)"
Taken from the Baseball Library
Trout's Moments in the Sun
- 1938 MVP Texas League Beaumont Exporters
- Inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981; see above
Trivia
- Real name: Paul Howard Trout;
- father of LHP Steve Trout, also known as "Rainbow."
- Broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers from 1953 to 1955.
- On April 30, 1952, Ted Williams Day at Fenway Park, in Ted's final game before going to Korea, in his last at-bat, Williams hits a game-winning 2-run HR against Detroit's Dizzy Trout to give the Red Sox a 5-3 win.
Transactions
In June, 1952 the Red Sox sent Walt Dropo, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, Fred Hatfield, and Bill Wight to the Detroit Tigers for 3B George Kell, Hoot Evers, Dizzy Trout, and Johnny Lipon.
External Links
- Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
