I am very pleased to announce that retired major league pitcher Dave Baldwin has agreed to be our newest contributor at D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today. Here is little information about our newest contributor.
Dave Baldwin grew up in Tucson, Arizona, thousands of miles from Washington D.C., yet his favorite pitcher was Walter Johnson. After pitching at the University of Arizona, Dave signed with the Phillies and kicked around the minors for seven years before Gil Hodges found a spot for him in the Senators’ bullpen in 1966.
Later he also pitched for the Brewers and White Sox. Upon retiring after sixteen years of pro ball, he earned a Ph.D. in genetics and an M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Arizona. He has enjoyed careers as a geneticist, engineer, and artist. His painting “Fugue for the Pepper Players” is in the collection of the Hall of Fame and was featured in Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame by John Thorn. In recent years he has published his baseball memoir, Snake Jazz, and he has collaborated with other researchers studying the physics, physiology, and psychology of baseball.
