William Kiernan Haywood (born April 21, 1937, at Colón, Panama

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) is an American

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 former pitcher

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, coach

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, manager

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 and farm system official in professional baseball

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, and a longtime coach in college baseball

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. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 in 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg).

After serving in the United States Marine Corps

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, Haywood enrolled in college at the relatively advanced age of 23, attending the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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. Signing his first pro contract at age 27, he played his entire professional career for the Washington Senators

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' organization and appeared in 14 Major League Baseball

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 games for the 1968 Senators

1968 Washington Senators season

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, for whom he worked in 23 innings and had an earned run average

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 of 4.70. As a minor leaguer

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, he compiled a won/lost mark of 47–37 with an earned run average of 3.03 in 165 games.

In 1969 he became head baseball coach of Western Carolina University

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 and later held the same position at Georgia Southwestern State University

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. He also served in professional baseball as a minor league coach and manager for the Senators/Texas Rangers franchise and as field coordinator and assistant player development director for the Seattle Mariners

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