Billy Loes

William Loes (born December 13, 1929 in Long Island City, Queens) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1950 through 1961, Loes played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1950, 1952-56), Baltimore Orioles (1956-59) and San Francisco Giants (1960-61). He batted and threw right handed.

In an eleven-season career, Loes posted an 80-63 record with 645 strikeouts and a 3.89 ERA in 1190.1 innings pitched. He made the American League All-Star team in 1957.

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Trivia

• The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Loes is prominent in many of these stories.

• Before the 1952 World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen cornered pitcher Billy Loes.

"I see in the paper where you picked the Yankees to beat us in seven games. What's wrong with you," Dressen said.

"I was misquoted," Loes protested. "I picked them in six games." - Baseball Anecdotes [1]

• Loes also famously said that he didn't want to be a 20-game winner, "Because then I'd be expected to do it every year."[2]

• Jimmy Breslin, in his book Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? (about the 1962 New York Mets), referred to Loes as "the only pitcher in history to lose a World Series game because he lost a ground ball in the sun."

• Loes' Greek immigrant father originated from Peloponnese, he worked as a laborer in the fur industry and changed their family name from Semertzis to Loes when he arrived in the States.[3]

External links

• Baseball Almanac - Player page
• Baseball Reference - Career statistics
• Answers.com - References his WPA quote

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