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- Early Wynn Jr. , familiarly known as "Gus" Wynn, (January 6, 1920 – April 4, 1999) was a right-handed baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. Armed with a blazing fastball and a hard-nosed attitude, during his career he was identified as one of the most intimidating pitchers in the game. Wynn once admitted that if he was in a tight situation, with men in scoring position and the game in the balance, he would deck his own mother if she was the batter. The truth is that many opposing batters believed him. Early Wynn was born in Hartford, Alabama. His durability helped him lead the American League in innings three times (1951, 1954, 1959) and propelled him to an AL record for most years pitched (23). Wynn won an even 300 games, highlighted by five 20-win seasons, 2,334 strikeouts, 290 complete games, 49 shutouts, and 4,556 innings pitched in 691 games. In a book entitled "Spirit of St. Louis" by Peter Golenbock, a former St. Louis Browns player named Ellis Clary was recaping his career and mentioned that he was playing for the Birmingham Barons an independent team in the Southern League, a 17-year old Early Wynn showed up for a tryout in Florida in a T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans and a Coca-Cola cap. He said he could play, they said, "We'll find out. " Wynn signed with the Senators at age 17, and after only three appearances in 1939 he blossomed in 1941, winning 72 games before being dealt to Cleveland in December 1948. The Indians' pitching coach and former star pitcher Mel Harder, taught him how to throw a curveball, slider, changeup and knuckleball. Wynn assimilated Harder's lessons easily, and after his '49 season adjustment, the next year he won 18 games and led the AL with a 3.20 ERA. In 1950 he had his first 20-win season. By this time he had become part of a strong pitching staff, forming – with Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Mike Garcia – one of the greatest pitching rotations in baseball history. Wynn was traded to the White Sox after the '57 season. In 1954, he posted a 2.73 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 155 batters. In 1958 Wynn became the first major league pitcher to lead his league in strikeouts in consecutive years with different teams (184 with Cleveland, 189 with Chicago), and he won the Cy Young Award in 1959 at the age of 39, posting a record of 22-10, with 179 strikeouts and a 3.16 ERA to lead the Sox to the pennant. In this decade Wynn had more strikeouts (1,544) than any other pitcher in the majors, and he was capable with the bat as well. A dangerous switch hitter, Wynn hit .270 or better five times, and in his career batted .214 (365 for 1704), with 17 home runs and 173 RBI, with 90 pinch-hit appearances including a grand slam, making him one of five MLB pitchers to clear the bases as a pinch-hitter. Widely known as a pitcher with a mean disposition (or at least as a pitcher who cultivated that image), Wynn threw at batters frequently enough to be labeled a "headhunter. " When asked if he would throw at his own grandmother, he said, "I'd have to. My grandma could really hit the curveball. " Early Wynn returned to Cleveland in 1963 for a last run. In that season, he won his 300th game, after failing to collect the milestone win in seven starts over nine months in 1962-63. Both the timeframe and the number of attempts are the longest between any pitcher's 299th and 300th wins in history. At the end of his career, Wynn had simply lost his stuff. Opposing Kansas City batter Ed Charles recalled Wynn's 300th win: "His fastball, if it reached 80, that was stretching it. He was laboring, throwing nothing but bloopers and junk. " Nonetheless, Wynn left the game after five innings, and the bullpen preserved the victory, Wynn's last. Said Wynn, "I was exhausted. " Upon his retirement in 1963, Wynn was the last major leaguer to have played in the 1930s to still be playing. In 1972 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Wynn became the pitching coach for the Indians in 1964, where he coached Sam McDowell, Sonny Siebert, Luis Tiant, Steve Hargan, and others, who were to set the American League team record for strikeouts in a season in 1967. Wynn was the pitcher who allowed the most home runs in Mickey Mantle's career (13). From 1977 to 1980, he provided the color commentary for radio broadcasts of Toronto Blue Jays games, working alongside Tom Cheek. He also provided color commentary for Chicago White Sox radio broadcasts for a while. In 1999, Wynn ranked Number 100 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and he was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. According to the Baseball Reference website (www. baseball-reference. com), Wynn is the "most linkable" player in baseball history. (This means that, if a value of 1 is assigned to any player Wynn played on the same team with, and a value of 2 assigned to any player who played on the same team with a player with a value of 1, and so on, and the mean value is found by considering each player in baseball history, Wynn's value is lower than any other player's.)
- Early Wynn Jr. war ein US-amerikanischer Baseballspieler in der Major League Baseball. Sein Spitzname war Gus.
- Early Wynn Jr. est un ancien lanceur de la Ligue majeure de baseball entre 1939 et 1962. Il a mené la Ligue américaine trois fois en manches lancées, et détient le record pour le plus grand nombre de saisons jouées pour un lanceur dans la Ligue américaine, avec 23 saisons consécutives. Il a aussi mené la ligue pour les retraits sur les prises en 1957 et 1958. Il a gagné le Trophée Cy Young en 1959 ayant 39 ans, avec 22 victoires pour 10 défaites et 179 retraits sur les prises. Il a gagné 20 parties 5 fois dans sa carrière - 20 pour 13 en 1951, 23 pour 12 en 1952, 23 pour 11 en 1954 20 pour 11 en 1956 et 22 pour 10 en 1959. Pendant les années 1950, il a mené tous les lanceurs pour les retraits sur les prises (1544 en dix ans). Wynn fut aussi un bon frappeur, avec une moyenne en carrière de 0,214 et une moyenne supérieure à 0,270 en 5 occasions. En 1962, il a gagné sa 299 partie vers la fin de la saison, et avait quelques opportunités de gagner sa 300 partie. Mais il n'a pas réussi et il est revenu aux Indians de Cleveland en 1963. Il a gagné sa 300 partie lors de son 5 match de la saison, et a immédiatement pris sa retraite avec 300 victoires pour 244 perdues, 2334 retraits sur les prises. Depuis 1920, seuls 12 lanceurs ont gagné 300 parties dans les Ligues majeures, Wynn fut le troisième à le faire, après Grover Cleveland Alexander et Lefty Grove.
- アーリー・ウィン（Early Wynn Jr. , 1920年1月6日 - 1999年4月4日）は、主に1940 - 1950年代に活躍したアメリカ・メジャーリーグの野球選手。ポジションは投手。アラバマ州ハートフォード生まれ。右投げ、スイッチヒッター。ニックネームは"Gas"（ガス）。23年間現役を続け通算300勝を挙げた。
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