Roy Ogden Wise (November 18, 1923 – February 25, 2008) was a

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Mod ...

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 ...

. He played in

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for the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

during the

1944 Pittsburgh Pirates season The 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 63rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 58th in the National League (baseball), National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 90–63. Regular season ...

appearing in two games on May 12 and May 13. He died in

Irvine, California Irvine () is a Planned community, master-planned city in South Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on ...

on February 25, 2008.

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Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Albany Senators players Illinois Wesleyan Titans baseball players 1923 births 2008 deaths Baseball players from Springfield, Illinois {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub