Jerry Nyman

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Gerald Smith Nyman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
School Brigham Young University
Debut August 24, 1968
Final Game September 27, 1970
Born November 23, 1942 in Logan, UT USA

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Jerry Nyman began his professional career in 1965 with the Sarasota Sun Sox. With them, he went 16-11 with a 2.81 ERA in 30 games. In 192 innings pitched, he walked 137 batters. He split the 1966 season between the Deerfield Beach Sun Sox/Winter Haven Sun Sox, Fox Cities Foxes and Lynchburg White Sox, going a combined 6-11 with a 2.46 ERA in 20 games. In 1967, he played for the Evansville White Sox, going 7-4 with a 2.74 ERA in seven games.

Nyman spent most of the 1968 season with the Hawaii Islanders, going 7-5 with a 3.09 ERA in 23 games with them. On August 24 of that year, he made his big league debut, facing the Minnesota Twins. He pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief in his first game, allowing a hit and a walk but surrendering no runs.

He threw a complete game shutout in his first career start, on August 28, 1968.

Nyman threw a one-hit shutout on May 17, 1969 as a member of the Chicago White Sox against the Washington Senators. He gave up 3 walks and struck out 7. The lone hit was a single in the 2nd inning by Brant Alyea. That was his first start of the 1969 season. He also spent some time in the minors that year as well, going 2-3 with a 2.74 ERA in seven games with the Tucson Toros.

On March 30, 1970, Nyman was traded to the Padres for Tommie Sisk. For the Salt Lake City Bees - with whom he spent most of the year - Nyman went 9-13 with a 4.09 ERA in 37 games.

He played his final big league game on September 27, 1970; however he continued his minor league career until 1971. That year, he played for the Lodi Padres, Evansville Triplets and Hawaii Islanders, going a combined 2-9 with a 4.59 ERA in 28 games.

In the minors, he went 49-56 with a 3.26 ERA in 166 games (129 starts).