Batting average .212 Role Baseball player Name Dizzy Nutter | Runs batted in 3 Hits 11 | |
Died July 25, 1958, Battle Creek, Michigan, United States | ||
Everett Clarence "Dizzy" Nutter (August 27, 1893 – July 25, 1958) is a former professional baseball player. In an eight-year career, Nutter participated in one Major League season with the Boston Braves in 1919. He was officially listed as standing 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) and weighing 160 pounds (73 kg).
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Early life
Nutter was born "Everett Clarence Nutter" on August 27, 1893, in Roseville, Ohio.
Career
In 1914, Nutter began his professional baseball career playing for the D-level Charleston Senators. For the 1914 season, Nutter recorded a .271 batting average with 108 hits and seven home runs. Nutter continued his minor-league career in 1915, again playing for the Charleston Senators of the Ohio State League before joining the B-level New Haven Murlins in 1916. Nutter played the next two years for New Haven before his contract was purchased by the Boston Braves on August 29, 1919. Nutter made his Major League debut for the Boston Braves on September 7, 1919, in a game against the New York Giants. For his debut, Nutter played center field, recording two hits in four plate appearances.
After playing eighteen games for the Braves, Nutter returned to New Haven for the remainder of the 1919 season. Nutter, now playing for the New Haven Weissmen, led the team in hits, doubles, and triples for the 1919 and 1920 seasons. Nutter's last season of professional baseball was in 1922 for New Haven Weissmen.
After baseball
Nutter died on July 25, 1958, in Battle Creek, Michigan, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Roseville, Ohio.