John Wilson Gaddy (February 5, 1914 – May 3, 1966), nicknamed "Sheriff", was a professional baseball player who played

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

in the Major Leagues (MLB) for the

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. He was the starting pitcher in two games for the Dodgers during the final week of the 1938 season. Gaddy pitched 4 innings in his MLB debut on September 27 debut to earn the victory, 5–1, in the second game of a doubleheader over the

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. His other victory came in the final game of the season, pitching a

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as the Dodgers defeated the

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, 7–2, at

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on October 2. Gaddy died in an automobile accident in

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