Arnold Barry Latman (May 21, 1936 – April 28, 2019) was an American professional All Star Major League Baseball
pitcher
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.
Early and personal life
Latman was born in Los Angeles, California, and was Jewish.
[Barry Latman Stats , Baseball-Reference.com]
/ref> Latman would not pitch on the Jewish High Holidays
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. His parents were Nathan (a furniture auctioneer) and Elsie (Snitzer) Latman.[Barry Latman , Society for American Baseball Research]
/ref> He had two younger sisters, Ann Lorraine and Carolee. When he was 10 years old, his parents required that he stop playing baseball for three years, to leave himself time to study for his bar mitzvah
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.[Barry Latman , Society for American Baseball Research]
/ref> He died on April 28, 2019, in Richmond, Texas
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History
In 1822, a group of Austin's ...
.
High school and college
He attended Fairfax High School, pitching for the baseball team, and playing alongside future major leaguer Larry Sherry
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.perfect game
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in 1954, and was named the Los Angeles All-City Player by the Helms Athletic Foundation
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.University of Southern California
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on a baseball scholarship.
Career
In the minor leagues in 1955 he pitched in Waterloo, Iowa
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, for the Waterloo White Hawks
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, in the Class-B Three-I League, and was 18–5 with an earned run average of 4.12, leading the league in innings pitched, and with his 18 wins one behind league leader Mudcat Grant.[Barry Latman Minor Leagues Statistics & History , Baseball-Reference.com]
/ref> In 1956, he pitched for the Memphis Chicks in the Double-A Southern Association
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, and was 14–14 with a 3.85 earned run average.Indianapolis Indians
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of the Triple-A American Association, going 13–13 with an earned-run average of 3.95, and in three starts for the team the following year he was 3–0 with a 0.76 ERA.Chicago White Sox
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, Cleveland Indians
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, Los Angeles/California Angels, and Houston Astros
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.Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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.Jason Marquis
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), and 8th in games (344; directly behind Sandy Koufax
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) and wins (59; directly behind Erskine Mayer
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Phil ...
) among Jewish major league baseball players.
See also
*List of Jewish Major League Baseball players
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References
External links
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1936 births
2019 deaths
Baseball players from Los Angeles
Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Chicago White Sox players
Cleveland Indians players
Houston Astros players
Indianapolis Indians players
Jewish American baseball players
Los Angeles Angels players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Memphis Chickasaws players
Oklahoma City 89ers players
Rapiños de Occidente players
Seattle Angels players
USC Trojans baseball players
Waterloo White Hawks players
Memphis Chicks players
21st-century American Jews
Fairfax High School (Los Angeles) alumni
20th-century American sportsmen