Randall E. "Randy" Wiles (September 10, 1951 – September 15, 2015) was an American baseball

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 ...

who appeared in five games for the

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in 1977. Wiles played with

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from 1970 to 1972, earning all-SEC recognition in 1972. His seven college shutouts were still an LSU record as of his death in 2015. Wiles was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. Wiles died after a brief battle with

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on September 15, 2015.

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1951 births 2015 deaths Chicago White Sox players St. Petersburg Cardinals players Arkansas Travelers players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Charleston Charlies players Iowa Oaks players Gulf Coast Cardinals players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players LSU Tigers baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Virginia Deaths from cancer in Louisiana People from Fort Belvoir, Virginia {{US-baseball-pitcher-1950s-stub