Larry Yount Baseball player

Lawrence King "Larry" Yount (born February 15, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is a former professional baseball player. Yount (whose younger brother is Hall of Famer Robin Yount) holds the unique distinction of being the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to appear in the official record books without ever actually having faced a batter. In his only major league appearance on September 15, 1971, he had to leave the game during his warm-up pitches due to injury.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 15, 1950

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 15, 1971
Career endSeptember 15, 1971
batting sideRight
former teams
Houston Astros
position
Pitcher
teams
Houston Astros
throwing sideRight

Larry Yount on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/person.php?milbID=yount-001law
  2. http://www.astrosdaily.com/history/yount.html