Major League Baseball Player. For eleven seasons (1950, 1952 to 1961), he was a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants. Born William Loes, he attended Bryant High School (Queens, New York), where he was a standout pitcher, and signed with the Dodgers as an amateur free agent upon graduation in 1948. He broke into the Majors on May 18, 1950 with the Dodgers, and appeared in 10 games that season, struggling with a high ERA of 7.82. Following his service in the US Army, Loes returned in 1952 and pitched in 39 games (starting 21) that season, recording 13 victories, with a much improved ERA of 2.69, as the Dodgers won the first of two consecutive National League Pennants (1952 and 1953), each one resulting in a loss to the Yankees in the World Series. In addition to Loes, their staff which included Carl Erskine, Clem Labine, Don Newcombe and Johnny Podres, would help the Dodgers capture their first World Series title (their only one while playing in Brooklyn) in 1955, as they finally defeated the Yankees. Loes appeared in 4 career World Series games, compiling a 1 win 2 loss record, with 18 strikeouts, in 22 innings pitched, with a 4.91 ERA. In 316 career regular season games, he compiled an 80 win 63 loss record, with a 3.89 ERA, in 1,190 innings pitched. He earned American League All-Star status in 1957, while with Baltimore. Loes was known for his daffy character, as he once explained why he mishandled a ground ball claiming "I lost it in the sun". Following his baseball career, he worked as a cab driver.
Major League Baseball Player. For eleven seasons (1950, 1952 to 1961), he was a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants. Born William Loes, he attended Bryant High School (Queens, New York), where he was a standout pitcher, and signed with the Dodgers as an amateur free agent upon graduation in 1948. He broke into the Majors on May 18, 1950 with the Dodgers, and appeared in 10 games that season, struggling with a high ERA of 7.82. Following his service in the US Army, Loes returned in 1952 and pitched in 39 games (starting 21) that season, recording 13 victories, with a much improved ERA of 2.69, as the Dodgers won the first of two consecutive National League Pennants (1952 and 1953), each one resulting in a loss to the Yankees in the World Series. In addition to Loes, their staff which included Carl Erskine, Clem Labine, Don Newcombe and Johnny Podres, would help the Dodgers capture their first World Series title (their only one while playing in Brooklyn) in 1955, as they finally defeated the Yankees. Loes appeared in 4 career World Series games, compiling a 1 win 2 loss record, with 18 strikeouts, in 22 innings pitched, with a 4.91 ERA. In 316 career regular season games, he compiled an 80 win 63 loss record, with a 3.89 ERA, in 1,190 innings pitched. He earned American League All-Star status in 1957, while with Baltimore. Loes was known for his daffy character, as he once explained why he mishandled a ground ball claiming "I lost it in the sun". Following his baseball career, he worked as a cab driver.
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