Archie Wise

Archibald Edwin Wise

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.
• Debut July 24, 1932
• Final Game July 27, 1932
• Born July 31, 1912 in Waxahachie, TX USA
• Died February 2, 1978 in Dallas, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Archie Wise was a pitcher ten years (1932-1941), nine in semipro/independent ball (1933-1941); four in the minors (1932;1936;1938;1940) and a cup of coffee in 1932. He was born on Wednesday, July 31, 1912, in Waxahachie, TX. He broke into Organized Baseball in 1932 at age 19 and played for Waterloo in the Mississippi Valley League and Muskogee in the Western Association.

In 1932, his best year in the minors, he was (13-15) with an ERA of 4.22. Overall in the minors, he was (14-18).

Wise was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 24, 1932, with the Chicago White Sox. He was (0-0) in two games of relief pitching, both of which he finished, with 2 strikeouts and 5 walks in 7⅓ innings pitched with an ERA of 4.91 and a WHIP 1.773 of in 3 games (he also was a pinch runner). He played his final MLB game on July 21, 1932 at age 19.

He returned to the minors with St. Augustine in the Florida State League (1936); Gadsden in the Southeastern League (1938); and Ft. Pierce in the Florida East Coast League (1940); ending his baseball playing career at age 29. He then turned to scouting until 1969, ending his baseball career at age 57.

Scouting for the Houston Astros (1962-1967) and Atlanta Braves (1967-1974), he discovered players such as Jimmy Freeman.

Wise served in the U.S. Navy during World War II (BN). He was a retired postal employee. He died at age 65 at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, TX on February 2, 1978 and is buried at Hillcrest Burial Park in Waxahachie.

Sources

Principal sources for Archie Wise include newspaper obituaries (OB), government Veteran records (VA,CM,CW), Stars & Stripes (S&S), Sporting Life (SL), The Sporting News (TSN), The Sports Encyclopedia:Baseball 2006 by David Neft & Richard Cohen (N&C), old Who's Who in Baseballs (none) (WW), old Baseball Registers (none) (BR) , old Daguerreotypes by TSN (none) (DAG), Stars&Stripes (S&S), The Baseball Necrology by Bill Lee (BN), Pat Doyle's Professional Ballplayer DataBase (PD), The Baseball Library (BL), Baseball in World War II Europe by Gary Bedingfield (GB) ; and independent research by Walter Kephart (WK) and Frank Russo (FR) and others.

Related Sites

• Archie Wise at the Baseball Almanac
• Bio at Baseball Page
• and a full Bibliography from SABR's The Baseball Index (TBI)