Don Schwall

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Donald Bernard Schwall

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Oklahoma
Debut May 21, 1961
Final Game April 12, 1967
Born March 2, 1936 in Wilkes-Barre, PA USA

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Don Schwall is one of a handful of players to start a season in the minor leagues and still be named to the All-Star team. His best season was his rookie year, with the 1961 Red Sox, when he finished 15-7 and won the American League's Rookie of the Year Award. Bill James has pointed out that his won-loss record was rather freakish, given that he walked 110 men in 178.2 innings (while only striking out 91), and that Dick Howser would have been a much better choice for the award. Indeed his only other success in later years came as a middle reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1965 and 1966