LaMarr Hoyt played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres from 1979 to 1986.
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14 Facts About LaMarr Hoyt
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LaMarr Hoyt won the 1983 American League Cy Young Award and was an All-Star in 1985.
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LaMarr Hoyt was promoted to the major leagues for the first time in September 1979.
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LaMarr Hoyt pitched a complete game victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of the 1983 American League Championship Series, giving up only one run on five hits with no walks.
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LaMarr Hoyt went from winning the most games in the American League in 1983 to losing the most games the following year.
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LaMarr Hoyt was targeted by Padres general manager Jack McKeon to bolster their starting rotation, which struggled in the 1984 World Series.
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LaMarr Hoyt made the National League's All-Star team his first season in the league, and was named the starting pitcher for the game.
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LaMarr Hoyt gave up one run in three innings of work to earn the win and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.
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Baseball writer Bill James said LaMarr Hoyt had the best control of any National League pitcher at this time.
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Barely a month after the season ended, LaMarr Hoyt was arrested again for drug possession when he tried to bring 500 pills through the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the US –Mexico border.
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LaMarr Hoyt was sentenced to 45 days in jail on December 16,1986, and suspended by then-Commissioner Peter Ueberroth on February 25,1987.
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LaMarr Hoyt was sentenced to one year in federal prison in January 1988.
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LaMarr Hoyt's parents divorced when he was six months old, and he was raised by an aunt.
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LaMarr Hoyt died of cancer on November 29,2021, at the age of 66.
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