Mr. Wynn had suffered a heart attack and a stroke in recent years, according to his daughter, Sherry Van Tilburg of Venice, Fla.

During his 24-year pitching career, which spanned from 1939 to 1963, Mr. Wynn won 20 games or more for the Cleveland Indians four times and once for the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s. He was 23-11 in 1954, when the Indians won the American League pennant with 111 wins in a 154-game season. In 1959, he won the Cy Young Award for the pennant-winning White Sox, posting a 22-10 record at age 39.

Mr. Wynn was also that rarity among pitchers: a good hitter, with 17 career home runs and a batting average of .319 one season. Managers would even use him as a pinch hitter. In 1963, he returned to the Indians at the age of 43, needing one more win to reach 300. He was 43. On July 13, 1963, he reached the milestone, pitching the first five innings of a 5-4 Indians victory in Kansas City.

After he retired, Mr. Wynn was a pitching coach for the Indians and the Minnesota Twins. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972. Mr. Wynn's wife of 50 years, Lorraine, died in 1994. He is survived by his daughter and son, Joe Early Wynn, also of Venice, a half-sister and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are being determined.
--Associated Press © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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