Carl Willey

Carlton Francis Willey (June 6, 1931 – July 20, 2009 ) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Milwaukee Braves and New York Mets.

Willey was a native of Cherryfield, Maine, who threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 175 lb. He missed the first three months of the 1964 season after having his jaw broken by a line drive hit by Gates Brown during a spring training game. After his playing career ended, Carlton Willey served as a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Willey died of lung cancer on July 20, 2009, in Ellsworth, Maine.