Clyde Samuel Goodwin (September 2, 1886 – October 12, 1963) was a

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. He played in the minor leagues from 1903 to 1914 and appeared in

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in 1906. Goodwin was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds.Clyde Goodwin Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

Career

Goodwin was born in

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, in 1881. He attended

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, where he played

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for the

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from 1905–1906. He started his professional baseball career in the

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in 1903, when he was 22 years old."Clyde Goodwin Minor League Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011. The following season, he pitched in the

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and had a

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of 17–6. In 1905, Goodwin went to the American Association. He won 23 games in 1905 and 16 games in 1906 before being purchased by the

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's Washington Senators in August. Goodwin played four games for the major league club in September and October 1906, going 0–2 with a 4.43

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. That was the only time he made it to the majors. In 1907, he returned to the AA's

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and went 21–23, leading the league in

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(376) and losses."1907 American Association Pitching Leaders"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011. Goodwin stayed in the American Association until 1909. He joined the Southern Association's

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in 1910, went 5–12 over two years, and then pitched for the

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from 1911 to 1914. He won 22 games for the Bronchos in 1912, which was the third and last time that he won more than 20 games in a season. Goodwin retired from professional baseball after 1914. Overall, he had a win–loss record of 168–140 in the minor leagues during his 12-year career. He died in

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, in 1964 and was buried in Russellville Cemetery.

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