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Nick Maddox Pitcher Born: November 9, 1886
Govanstown, MarylandDied: November 27, 1954 (aged 68)
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaBatted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut September 13, 1907 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Last MLB appearance September 12, 1910 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics Win–loss record 43-20 Earned run average 2.29 Strikeouts 193 Teams Career highlights and awards - 4th in the NL in wins in 1908 with 23
Nicholas Maddox (November 9, 1886 in Govanstown, Maryland - November 27, 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1907-10 for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Maddox is one of the few pitchers to throw a no-hitter in his rookie season; he defeated the Brooklyn Superbas 2-1 at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park on September 20, 1907, one week after pitching a shutout in his major league debut. Not until Cliff Chambers in 1951 would another Pirate pitch a no-hitter, and the next no-hitter in Pittsburgh wouldn't come until 1971; Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates' home stadium in between, Forbes Field, had not witnessed a no-hitter in its 61-year (mid-1909 to mid-1970) history.
William F. Kirk of the New York American in 1908 called Maddox a "...a well formed youth with a face like a dried apple."[citation needed]
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Preceded by
Big Jeff PfefferNo-hitter pitcher
September 20, 1907Succeeded by
Cy YoungPittsburgh Pirates 1909 World Series Champions Ed Abbaticchio | Bill Abstein | Babe Adams | Bobby Byrne | Howie Camnitz | Fred Clarke | George Gibson | Ham Hyatt | Tommy Leach | Lefty Leifield | Nick Maddox | Dots Miller | Paddy O'Connor | Deacon Phillippe | Honus Wagner | Vic Willis | Chief Wilson
Manager Fred ClarkeCategories:- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Maryland
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- People from Baltimore, Maryland
- Wheeling Stogies players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Wichita Witches players
- 1886 births
- 1954 deaths
- American baseball pitcher, 1880s births stubs
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