Lou Fette was born on Friday, March 15, 1907, in Alma, Missouri. Fette was 30 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1937, with the Boston Bees. Louis Henry William (Lou) Fette (March 15, 1907 - January 3, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Bees (1937-1940), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Boston Braves (1945). Fette batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Alma, Missouri.
In a five-season career, Fette posted a 41-40 record with 194 strikeouts and a 3.15 ERA in 691 innings pitched.
Fette died in Warrensburg, Missouri, at the age of 73.
Best Season
1937: 20 wins, 2.88 ERA, five shutouts, 23 complete games, 259 innings – all career-highs
Highlights
1939 National League All-Star
Twice led NL in shutouts (1937, five - 1939, six)
In his major league debut defeated Johnny Vander Meer and the Cincinnati Reds, 3–1 (May 19, 1937)
"(Lou) Fette has about the finest curve ball I have seen since the Yankees flashed the wil Walter Beall on an astonished world. Beall had the wonder curve, but could not restrain it. Fette can make his geni obey. Control is one of his glorious superlatives." - Sportswriter Dan M. Daniel in Baseball Magazine (September 1937)
Lou Fette was born on Friday, March 15, 1907, in Alma, Missouri. Fette was 30 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1937, with the Boston Bees. Louis Henry William (Lou) Fette (March 15, 1907 - January 3, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Bees (1937-1940), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Boston Braves (1945). Fette batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Alma, Missouri.
In a five-season career, Fette posted a 41-40 record with 194 strikeouts and a 3.15 ERA in 691 innings pitched.
Fette died in Warrensburg, Missouri, at the age of 73.
Best Season
1937: 20 wins, 2.88 ERA, five shutouts, 23 complete games, 259 innings – all career-highs
Highlights
1939 National League All-Star
Twice led NL in shutouts (1937, five - 1939, six)
In his major league debut defeated Johnny Vander Meer and the Cincinnati Reds, 3–1 (May 19, 1937)
"(Lou) Fette has about the finest curve ball I have seen since the Yankees flashed the wil Walter Beall on an astonished world. Beall had the wonder curve, but could not restrain it. Fette can make his geni obey. Control is one of his glorious superlatives." - Sportswriter Dan M. Daniel in Baseball Magazine (September 1937)
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