Duane Pillette

Duane Xavier "Dee" Pillette (July 24, 1922 – May 6, 2011) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four different teams from 1949 through 1956. Listed at , , Pillette batted and threw right-handed. He attended Santa Clara University.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Duane Pillette was a second-generation major league pitcher as his father, Herman Pillette, hurled for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers between the 1917 and 1924 seasons. Herman won a career-high 19 games in 1922, the year Duane was born.

Pillette entered the majors in 1949 with the New York Yankees, playing for them for two years. In his rookie season, he posted a 2–4 record and a 4.34 earned run average (ERA) in 12 games for the World Champion Yankees.

Pillette opened 1956 with the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies late in the season. After that, he pitched in the minors until 1960.

Pillette was a longtime resident of San Jose, California; on May 6, 2011, he died at the age of 88.

Pitching statistics WLW-L%ERAGPGSGFCGSHSVIPHRAERHRBBSOHBPBKWPWHIP 38 66 .365 4.40 188 119 25 34 4 2 904 985 498 442 67 391 305 17 2 15 1.52