Clyde Goodwin

Background

Goodwin was born in Shade, Ohio, in 1886.

Education

He attended Purdue University, where he played college baseball for the Boilermakers from 1905–1906.

Career

He played in the minor leagues from 1903 to 1914 and appeared in Major League Baseball in 1906. Goodwin was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds. He started his professional baseball career in the Central League in 1903, when he was 16 years old.

In 1905, Goodwin went to the American Association.

Goodwin played four games for the major league club in September and October 1906, going 0–2 with a 4.43 earned run average. That was the only time he made it to the majors.

In 1907, he returned to the Associate of Arts"s Milwaukee Brewers and went 21–23, leading the league in innings pitched (376) and losses. Goodwin stayed in the American Association until 1909.

He joined the Southern Association"s Memphis Turtles in 1910, went 5–12 over two years, and then pitched for the Texas League"s San Antonio Bronchos from 1911 to 1914.

Goodwin retired from professional baseball after 1914. He died in Dayton, Ohio, in 1963 and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery.

Achievements

• The following season, he pitched in the Southern Association and had a win–loss record of 17–6. He won 23 games in 1905 and 16 games in 1906 before being purchased by the American League"s Washington Senators in August. He won 22 games for the Bronchos in 1912, which was the third and last time that he won more than 20 games in a season. Overall, he had a win–loss record of 168–140 in the minor leagues during his 12-year career.