Kemp Wicker

Kemp Caswell Wicker (born Kemp Caswell Whicker; August 13, 1906 – June 11, 1973) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941.

He played collegiately at North Carolina State University.

[1] He is most known for pitching one inning in the 1937 World Series for the Yankees.

He died in Kernersville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 66, the same disease that claimed his teammate Lou Gehrig and Catfish Hunter.

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