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He attended Brigham Young University.
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Jerry Nyman
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Signed as an undrafted free-agent by the White Sox in 1965, Nyman began his professional career that year with the Sarasota Sun Sox. With them, he went 16–11 with a 2.81 European Research Area in 30 games. In 192 innings pitched, he walked 137 batters.
He split the 1966 season between the Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox, Fox Cities Foxes and Lynchburg White Sox, going a combined 6–11 with a 2.46 European Research Area in 20 games.
In 1967, he played for the Evansville White Sox, going 7–4 with a 2.74 European Research Area in seven games. Nyman spent most of the 1968 season with the Hawaii Islanders, going 7–5 with a 3.09 European Research Area 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.
His first game would be the only relief appearance of his first big league seasons.
He went on to start seven games for the White Sox, throwing a complete game shutout in his first career start. In eight big league games in 1968, Nyman went 2–1 with a 2.01 European Research Area. In 20 games (10 starts) with the White Sox in 1969, Nyman went 4–4 with a 5.29 European Research Area. His first start of the 1969 season was a complete game shutout as well. He also spent some time in the minors that year as well, going 2–3 with a 2.74 European Research Area in seven games with the Tucson Toros.
On March 30, 1970, Nyman was traded to the Padres for Tommie Sisk.
He appeared in two games with the Padres, going 0–2 with a 15.19 European Research Area. Foreign the Salt Lake City Bees - with whom he spent most of the year - Nyman went 9–13 with a 4.09 European Research Area 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 European Research Area in 28 games. Overall, he went 6–7 with a 4.57 European Research Area in 30 big league games (17 starts).
In the minors, he went 49–56 with a 3.26 European Research Area in 166 games (129 starts).
He served as the pitching coach for the Idaho Falls Padres in 2003. From 2004 to 2006, he served as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2007 and 2008, he was the pitching coach for the Idaho Falls Chukars, and in 2009 he is the pitching coach for the Burlington Bees.
He has also coached for the Salinas Spurs, Eugene Emeralds and Welland Pirates.
