Howie Nunn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1935
Place of Birth: Westfield, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 17-Feb-2012
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Howie Nunn
- Howard Ralph Nunn (October 18, 1935 – February 17, 2012) was an American professional baseball player.
- The right-handed pitcher appeared in Major League Baseball for the full 1961 season (although he was sidelined by a sore arm for part of the campaign), along with partial seasons in 1959 and 1962.
- He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 173 pounds (78 kilograms) during his active career.
- Nunn was nicknamed "Perry" by his teammates due to his pleasant singing voice.Nunn entered baseball in 1954 after signing with the St.
- Louis Cardinals, and was very successful at the minor league level.
- He compiled a 112–58 won/lost record in nine minor league seasons, including a 23–7 season in the Class C California League, an 18-win year in the Class D Appalachian League, and a 16-victory campaign in the Double-A Texas League.
- In 1960, he posted a 1.99 earned run average in the Triple-A International League and overall had a career minor-league ERA of 3.38 in 1,463 innings pitched.As a Major Leaguer, Nunn won four of seven decisions in 46 games pitched, all in relief, with an ERA of 5.11.
- In 68?2/3 innings pitched, he allowed 73 hits and 42 bases on balls, striking out 50. He was a teammate (and, briefly, roommate) of Jim Brosnan on the 1959 Cardinals and 1961 Cincinnati Reds, and appears in Brosnan's memoirs The Long Season and Pennant Race.
- Nunn worked in 24 games for the National League champion Reds in 1961, but did not appear in the World Series.
- He spent spring training with the 1962 New York Mets — the inaugural season for that expansion team — but was returned to the Reds' organization before the regular season began.
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