Art Houtteman (1927–2003) was an American
right-handedpitcher in
Major League Baseball. In 325 career games, Houtteman pitched 1,555
innings and posted a
win–loss record of 87–91, with 78
complete games, 14
shutouts, and a 4.14
earned run average. He was signed by
scoutWish Egan in 1945 at 17 years of age, and joined a
Detroit Tigers pitching staff that had lost players to injuries and World War II. After moving between the major and
minor leagues over the next few years, he was nearly killed in a driving accident just before the 1949 season. Houtteman rebounded from his injuries and went on to win 15 games that season and made his only
All-Star appearance in the following year. He played three more seasons with the Tigers, then pitched for the
pennant-winning
Cleveland Indians during their
1954 season. After losing his position as
starting pitcher, he played two more seasons with the Indians before he was bought by the
Baltimore Orioles, with whom he finished his final season in Major League Baseball. Houtteman ended his baseball career in the minor leagues and became a sales executive in
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The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) is a
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