Joe Borden

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name=Joe Borden


position=Starting Pitcher
number=n/a
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=May 9 1854
city-state|Jacobstown|New Jersey
deathdate=death date and age|1929|10|14|1854|5|9
city-state|San Francisco|California
debutdate=July 24
debutyear=by|1875
debutteam=Philadelphia White Stockings
finaldate=Unknown
finalyear=by|1876
finalteam=Boston Red Caps
statyear=Career
statyear=Career
stat1label=W-L Record
stat1value=13-16
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=2.60
stat3label=K
stat3value=41
teams=
*Philadelphia White Stockings (by|1875)
*Boston Red Caps (by|1876)
highlights=
*July 28 1875: First pitcher to throw a no-hitter in a professional game.
*April 22 1876: First pitcher to win a game in the National League.

Joseph Emley Borden (May 9 1854 – October 14 1929), AKA Joseph Josephs, was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Jacobstown, New Jersey.cite web| title = Joe Borden Stats | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bordejo01 | accessdate = 2006-11-16 ] He pitched what is considered the first no-hitter pitched in a professional game.

Borden pitched only one year of Major League Baseball, in 1876 for the Boston Red Caps. He had previously played for the 1875 Philadelphia White Stockings in the National Association, which is not currently considered a Major League.

Although he pitched in just 7 games in 1875, he did throw two shutouts, one of which was a no-hitter against the Chicago White Stockings on July 28, under the pseudonym of Joe Josephs.cite web| title = 1875 | work = BaseballLibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/1875Year.stm | accessdate = 2006-11-16 ] Since the National Association is not considered a Major League, this no-hitter is not recognized officially as the first no-hitter pitched. It is, however, considered the first no-hitter pitched in a professional game.

Borden, still known as Josephs, does have the distinction of being the winner in the first ever game of the new National League, with his Red Caps beating the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 on April 22, 1876 at the Jefferson Street Grounds.cite web| title = 1876 | work = BaseballLibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/1876Year.stm | accessdate = 2006-11-16 ]

Borden died in Yeadon, Pennsylvania at the age of 75. He is interred at Oakland Cemetery in Westchester, Pennsylvania.

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Persondata
NAME = Borden, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Borden, Joseph Emley; Josephs, Joseph Emley
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = May 9, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH = Jacobstown, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH = October 14, 1929
PLACE OF DEATH = Yeadon, Pennsylvania