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Hoyt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 15 was signed to a professional contract by New York Giants manager John McGraw (because of his young age, he was immediately nicknamed "The Schoolboy Wonder"). Hoyt would not achieve his greatest success, however, as a Giant.

After a brief stint with the Boston Red Sox, Hoyt joined the New York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. The Yankees have won 26 and competed in 39 World Series. These numbers dominate the sport, considering the St in 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke, and rose to instant stardom, pitching three games in the World SeriesIn baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. for his team without giving up a single earned runIn baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable (i. the run did not score as a result of a fielding error or a passed ball). If a run is not earned, it is an unearned run . Even if a runner scores on a fielding error by the—over his career, he would win six American LeagueThe American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. It developed from a minor league, the Western League, that aspired to pennantA pennant is usually a narrow tapering flag most commonly flown by ships at sea. A commissioning pennant is the traditional sign of a warship, and is flown from the masthead while the ship is in commission. A broad pennant in the Royal Navy is a swallow-ts with the Yankees. In his finest year, 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu, Hoyt would post a record of 22 wins and 7 losses for the Yankees, with an ERAERA is an abbreviation for several different things, including: the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed, but unratified, Constitutional amendment in United States Earned run average, a baseball statistic Engine Room Artificer Education Reform Act Engineeri of only 2.64. Although Hoyt pitched for 8 more years after leaving the Yankees in 1930, he would never again achieve that level of success.

Waite Hoyt finished his career with a win-loss record of 237-182 and an ERA of 3.59 over 21 seasons. He then went into broadcasting, and worked as a broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds for 24 years.