Jerry Nyman

Who is Jerry Nyman?

Gerald Smith "Jerry" Nyman is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1968 to 1970 for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres. He attended Brigham Young University.

Signed as an undrafted free-agent by the White Sox in 1965, Nyman began his professional career that year with the Sarasota Sun Sox. With them, he went 16–11 with a 2.81 ERA in 30 games. In 192 innings pitched, he walked 137 batters. He split the 1966 season between the Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox, Fox Cities Foxes and Lynchburg White Sox, going a combined 6–11 with a 2.46 ERA in 20 games. In 1967, he played for the Evansville White Sox, going 7–4 with a 2.74 ERA in seven games.

Nyman spent most of the 1968 season with the Hawaii Islanders, going 7–5 with a 3.09 ERA in 23 games with them. On August 24 of that year, he made his big league debut, facing the Minnesota Twins. He pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief in his first game, allowing a hit and a walk but surrendering no runs.

His first game would be the only relief appearance of his first big league seasons. He went on to start seven games for the White Sox, throwing a complete game shutout in his first career start.