Waite Hoyt

Waite Charles Hoyt (September 9, 1899 – August 25, 1984) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams from 1918 to 1938. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Addison and Louise Benedum Hoyt, he attended Erasmus Hall High School. Though a Dodgers fan, Hoyt was signed to a professional contract by New York Giants manager John McGraw at the age of 15, with Ernie Stanton securing him the position. His extreme youth earned him the nickname "the Schoolboy Wonder."

After a brief stint with the Giants, McGraw sent him to the minor leagues for refinement and experience. Hoyt returned to the majors with the Boston Red Sox, where his performance drew the attention of the Yankees, who acquired him in 1920. In his first season in New York he won 19 games and pitched three complete games in the World Series.

Hoyt was one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s and the most successful pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.