What did hall of fame pitcher Dizzy Dean do after his baseball career was over?”
, Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, and was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.Dean, who was born in Lucas, Arkansas, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1937), the Chicago Cubs (1938-1941), and briefly for the St. Louis Browns (1947). Dean was best known for leading the 1934 “Gashouse Gang” team. He had a 30–7 record with a 2.66 ERA during the regular season. His brother, Paul, was also on the roster, and was nicknamed “Daffy,” although this was usually only done for press consumption. Though “Diz” sometimes called his brother “Daf”, he typically referred to himself and his brother as “Me an’ Paul”. The Gashouse Gang was the southernmost and westernmost team in the major leagues at the time, and became a de-facto “America’s Team.” Team members, particularly Southerners such as the Dean brothers and Pepper Martin, became folk h
