[Player file : Hoyt, Waite Charles, 1918- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.]

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[Player file : Hoyt, Waite Charles, 1918- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44461339

Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. File contents: folder 1 (1918-1959); folder 2 (1960- ).

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Hoyt, Waite, 1899-1984.

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Waite Hoyt, born in Brooklyn in 1899, was a pitcher for several professional baseball teams from 1918 to 1938. From 1942 to 1965 he was a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds. He was particularly known for the entertaining baseball stories he told during rain delays. Hoyt also appeared on the vaudeville stage and had a television program on WCET. During retirement, Hoyt began painting as a hobby. From the description of Waite Hoyt papers, 1907-1980 (bulk 1940-1980). (Cincin...