Record 40-28 Role Baseball player Name Vito Tamulis | Strikeouts 294 Earned run average 3.97 | |
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Died May 5, 1974, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | ||
Vitautis Casimirus Tamulis (July 11, 1911 – May 5, 1974) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934 to 1941. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died at age 62 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Biography
He began his professional baseball career with the Chambersburg Young Yanks of the Blue Ridge League in 1930. He made his major league debut with the New York Yankees late in the 1934 season. During his last playing season in 1951, he was also the manager of the Hopkinsville Hoppers of the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. The Hoppers qualified for postseason play in 1951, but lost in the first round.
Personal life
He was of Lithuanian descent.