John Whitlow Wyatt (September 27, 1907 – July 16, 1999) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1929–33), Chicago White Sox (1933–36), Cleveland Indians (1937), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–44), and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). While injuries sidetracked much of Wyatt\'s early career, he is most famous for his performance in 1941, when his team (the Dodgers) won the National League pennant.\n', '

Wyatt was born in Kensington, Georgia, in 1907. As a high school pitching phenom, he once struck out 23 college hitters in a game. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1927.\n', '

In 1928, Wyatt joined the Evansville Hubs in the Three-I League. After nearly two full seasons with Evansville, including a stretch in 1929 where he won sixteen straight games, he was acquired by the major league Detroit Tigers late in the 1929 season. He made four starts that September and October, going 0–1 with a 6.75 ERA.\n', '

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