BORN KEMP CASWELL WHICKER. Professional baseball player 1936-1941. Pitcher for the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.∼Husband of Wilhelmina Curtis (Bunt) Michael.
Kemp Caswell Wicker (born Whicker) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. Whicker was born in Kernersville, North Carolina to Jasper Newton and Alice Crews Whicker. He played collegiately at North Carolina State University. He is most known for pitching one inning in the 1937 World Series for the Yankees. After retirement he managed in the minor leagues. He died in Kernersville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 66, the same disease that claimed his teammate Lou Gerhig and Yankee great Catfish Hunter.
Kemp Caswell Wicker (born Whicker) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. Whicker was born in Kernersville, North Carolina to Jasper Newton and Alice Crews Whicker. He played collegiately at North Carolina State University. He is most known for pitching one inning in the 1937 World Series for the Yankees. After retirement he managed in the minor leagues. He died in Kernersville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 66, the same disease that claimed his teammate Lou Gerhig and Yankee great Catfish Hunter.
BORN KEMP CASWELL WHICKER. Professional baseball player 1936-1941. Pitcher for the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.∼Husband of Wilhelmina Curtis (Bunt) Michael.
Kemp Caswell Wicker (born Whicker) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. Whicker was born in Kernersville, North Carolina to Jasper Newton and Alice Crews Whicker. He played collegiately at North Carolina State University. He is most known for pitching one inning in the 1937 World Series for the Yankees. After retirement he managed in the minor leagues. He died in Kernersville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 66, the same disease that claimed his teammate Lou Gerhig and Yankee great Catfish Hunter.
Kemp Caswell Wicker (born Whicker) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941. Whicker was born in Kernersville, North Carolina to Jasper Newton and Alice Crews Whicker. He played collegiately at North Carolina State University. He is most known for pitching one inning in the 1937 World Series for the Yankees. After retirement he managed in the minor leagues. He died in Kernersville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 66, the same disease that claimed his teammate Lou Gerhig and Yankee great Catfish Hunter.
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