Wally Hebert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball pitcher
Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1907
Place of Birth: Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 08-Dec-1999
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Wally Hebert
- Wallace Andrew "Wally" Hebert (August 21, 1907 – December 8, 1999) was a sidearming left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played from 1931 to 1933 for the St.
- Louis Browns and in 1943 for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- His professional career began in 1930. Hebert played for the Springfield Midgets in 1930, going 15–16 in 36 games.
- He rose to the big leagues quickly, making his debut on May 1, 1931, with the Browns.
- That season, Hebert went 6–7 with a 5.07 ERA in 23 games (13 starts).
- In 103 innings, he walked 43 batters and struck out only 26. In 1932, Hebert went 1–12 with a 6.48 ERA in 35 games (15 starts).
- In 108?1/3 innings, he had 29 strikeouts and 45 base on balls.
- After going 4–6 with a 5.30 ERA in 33 games (10 starts) in 1933, he was traded, with Smead Jolley and Jim Levey, to the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League for Alan Strange.
- He would spend about the next decade in the minor leagues. In 1934 and 1935, Hebert pitched for the Hollywood Stars, going 11–11 with a 4.24 ERA in 37 games in 1934 and 10–17 with a 4.93 ERA in 39 games in 1935. Hebert played for the San Diego Padres from 1936 to 1942.
- In his first year with the Padres, he made 35 appearances, and he went 18–12 with a 3.03 ERA.
- He posted a 17–14 record with a 3.02 ERA in 39 games in 1937, and in 1938 he went 12–16 with a 3.11 ERA in 37 games.
- For the first time in his professional career, he won 20 games in 1939, as he went 20–10 with a 3.13 ERA in 39 games.
- In 1940, he went 15–18 with a 3.92 ERA and in 1941, he went 22–10 with a 3.00 ERA. After going 22–15 with a 2.37 in 40 games in 1942, Hebert was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1942 Rule 5 draft.
- With the Pirates in 1943, Hebert went 10–11 with a 2.98 ERA in 34 games (23 starts).
- In 184 innings, he had 12 complete games and he walked 45 batters, striking out only 41.
- He played his final big league game on September 29, 1943.
- Pittsburgh offered him a deal for the 1944 season, however he opted to retire. Overall, Hebert went 21–36 with a 4.63 in 125 big league appearances (61 starts).
- In 483?2/3 innings, he had 168 walks and only 115 strikeouts.
- He was also a solid hitter, posting a .270 career batting average in 159 at-bats. In the minor leagues, Hebert posted a 162–139 record, as well as a .239 batting average.
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