Facts: - hofdate: 1972 - debutteam: washington senators - birth date: 6 january 1920 - debutyear: 1939 - finalteam: cleveland indians - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - statvalue: 300 -- 244 3.54 2,334 - caption: wynn in 1960 . - death date: 4 april 1999 - name: early wynn - death place: venice , florida - birth place: hartford , alabama - position: pitcher - throws: right - debutdate: september 13 - finalyear: 1963 - bats: switch - hofvote: 76 % -lrb- fourth ballot -rrb- - finaldate: september 13 - image: early wynn 1960.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of early wynn .
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early wynn jr. -lrb- january 6 , 1920 -- april 4 , 1999 -rrb- , nicknamed '' gus '' , was an american major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- right-handed pitcher .he pitched for the washington senators , cleveland indians , and chicago white sox during his 23-year major league career .he was identified as one of the most intimidating pitchers in the game with his powerful fastball combined with a hard attitude towards batters .wynn was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1972 .wynn was born in alabama and signed with the senators at the age of 17 , deciding to pursue baseball instead of finishing high school .he spent a couple of seasons in the minor leagues , had a brief major league stint in 1939 , returned to the major leagues in 1941 and pitched his first full mlb season in 1942 .he missed the 1945 mlb season and a portion of the next season while serving in the united states army during the latter part of world war ii .wynn was a member of one of baseball 's best pitching rotations along with bob feller , mike garcia , and bob lemon , while with the indians in the mid-1950s .he won the 1959 cy young award , beginning to rely on the knuckleball as the velocity of his pitches declined .wynn retired in 1963 .he finished with exactly 300 career wins ; he had spent several months in pursuit of his 300th win .wynn served as a coach and broadcaster in the major leagues after his retirement as a player .in 1999 , he was included on the the sporting news list of the 100 greatest players in baseball history .he died that year in an assisted living facility following heart related problems and a stroke .