Career

Latman played all or part of 11 seasons in the majors, from 1957 until 1967, for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles / California Angels, and Houston Astros.

Latman was an All Star in both 1961 and 1962. In 1961 he was 4th in the AL with a .722 winning percentage, as he went 13-5 for the Indians.

Through 2010, Latman was 6th all-time in career strikeouts (directly behind Jason Marquis), and 8th in games (344; directly behind Sandy Koufax) and wins (59; directly behind Erskine Mayer) among Jewish major league baseball players.

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