- Sam Kimber
Infobox MLB retired
name=Sam Kimber
position=Pitcher
birthdate=October 29 ,1852
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1925|11|7|1852|10|29
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=May 1
debutyear=by|1884
debutteam=Brooklyn Atlantics
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=by|1885
finalteam=Providence Grays
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat2label=ERA
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=18-21
stat2value=3.97
stat3value=126
teams=
*Brooklyn Atlantics (by|1884)
*Providence Grays (by|1885)
highlights=Samuel Jackson "Sam" Kimber (
October 29 1854 –November 7 1925 was an AmericanMajor League Baseball player who pitched one full season, for the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics of the American Association, and one game for the 1885Providence Grays of theNational League .cite web| title = Sam Kimber's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/K/Pkimbs101.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-07 ]Although his career was short, Sam did have one shining moment, on October 4, 1884, he pitched baseball's first extra-inning
no-hitter . He pitched this game against theToledo Blue Stockings , a game that lasted ten innings and ended in a 0-0 tie, when it was called because of darkness.cite web| title = The Dodgers Encyclopedia, pg. 296 | work = by William McNeil | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aKQ3CQYbYXkC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=%22sam+kimber%22+baseball&source=web&ots=Tuh53AD2VY&sig=rUhauJhjWvusQlEoZp9Oym77aIo&hl=en | accessdate = 2008-03-07 ]Kimber died in his hometown of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , he was interred at Westminster Cemetery inBala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania .ee also
*
List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
*Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster References
External links
*findagrave|13310412
Persondata
NAME = Kimber, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kimber, Samuel Jackson
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = October 29, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH = November 7, 1925
PLACE OF DEATH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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