Gus Weyhing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and manager
Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1866
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 04-Sep-1955
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Gus Weyhing
- August "Gus" Weyhing (September 29, 1866 – September 4, 1955) was a pitcher for nine professional baseball teams in a career that spanned 14 years from 1887 to 1901.
- He was small for a pitcher by today's standards, listed at 5 feet 10 inches tall and between 120 and 145 pounds.
- He enjoyed quite a bit of success, winning 25 games or more for six years in a row, capped by a 32 win season in 1892 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
- He completed 46 of his 49 starts that year, hurled six shutouts, and logged 469?2/3 innings pitched.
- He collected 216 wins in his first eight professional seasons.
- Weyhing was nicknamed "Cannonball", "Rubber Arm", and "Rubber-Winged Gus".
- Weyhing was known to be a poor hitter and suspect fielder.
- He holds the dubious honor of having hit the most batters in a career (277).
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