Billy Loes
Position:Â Pitcher
Bats: Right  âąÂ  Throws: Right
6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)
Born: December 13, 1929 in Long Island City, NY
Died: July 15, 2010 (Aged 80-214d) in Tucson, AZ
High School:Â Bryant HS (Astoria, NY)
Debut:Â May 18, 1950Â (Age 20-156d, 8,293rd in MLB history)
vs. STLÂ 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER
Last Game:Â September 14, 1961Â (Age 31-275d)
vs. PHIÂ 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER
Full Name:Â William Loes
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
In a widely circulated national profile of the Brooklyn Dodgersâ Billy Loes in the Saturday Evening Post in 1953, journalist Jimmy Breslin described the young hurler as a âDizzy Dean from the sidewalks of New York.â Loes advised against becoming a 20-game winner, because âIf you win 20 games, they expect you to do it every year.â Loes never did win 20, but was 50-25 over four seasons in Brooklyn.
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