Jimmy Dygert

James Henry Dygert (July 5, 1884 – February 8, 1936) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1910.

Dygert, a spitball specialist,[1] started his professional baseball career in 1904 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

On a pitching staff with three Hall of Famers – Chief Bender, Eddie Plank, and Waddell – Dygert was the number three starter.

Bill James listed him as one of the lightest major league players of the 1900–1909 decade.

[8] After his baseball days, Dygert became a construction foreman and was married to Clara Castaing.

Jimmy Dygert, circa 1911