Duane Pillette Notable

b. July 24, 1922 · New York Yankees 1949–1950, St. Louis Browns 1950–1953, Baltimore Orioles 1954–1955, Philadelphia Phillies 1956

Duane Pillette played for four clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Yankees in 1949 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1956.

He went 38 and 66 with a 4.40 earned run average, pitching 904 innings in 188 games. He struck out 305, completed 34 of his 119 starts and threw 4 shutouts. Across 202 games he batted .140, with 38 hits and 21 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 5 doubles.

He was born in Detroit, MI, USA on July 24, 1922, and died on May 6, 2011. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1949	NYY	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000
1950	NYY/SLB	31	22	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	.136
1951	SLB	41	59	3	8	0	0	1	6	12	.136
1952	SLB	35	66	7	12	2	0	7	4	15	.182
1953	SLB	31	53	4	7	1	1	4	5	16	.132
1954	BAL	25	53	5	7	1	0	3	5	18	.132
1955	BAL	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.167
1956	PHI	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	202	271	21	38	5	1	15	25	70	.140

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1949	NYY	2	4	12	3	0	37.1	43	18	19	9	4.34
1950	NYY/SLB	3	5	28	7	2	80.2	113	59	47	22	6.58
1951	SLB	6	14	35	24	0	191.0	205	106	115	65	4.99
1952	SLB	10	13	30	30	0	205.1	222	82	55	62	3.59
1953	SLB	7	13	31	25	0	166.2	181	83	62	58	4.48
1954	BAL	10	14	25	25	0	179.0	158	62	67	66	3.12
1955	BAL	0	3	7	5	0	20.2	31	15	14	13	6.53
1956	PHI	0	0	20	0	0	23.1	32	17	12	10	6.56
Career	—	38	66	188	119	2	904.0	985	442	391	305	4.40

On this day & linked events

1922

Born July 24, 1922

Detroit, MI, USA

2011

Died May 6, 2011

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain