Dwain Clifford Sloat (December 1, 1918 – April 18, 2003) was a

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 ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. He pitched in nine games during the 1948 and 1949 seasons for the

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association (19th century), American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the ...

and

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

External links

*
Nokomis Illinois
Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloat, Lefty Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Dodgers players Chicago Cubs players 1918 births 2003 deaths Baseball players from Illinois People from Nokomis, Illinois Grand Forks Chiefs players St. Paul Saints (AA) players DeLand Reds players Richmond Colts players Meridian Peps players Fort Worth Cats players Toledo Mud Hens players Atlanta Crackers players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players