Hippo Vaughn

Infobox MLB retired
name=Hippo Vaughn
position=Pitcher


bgcolor1=#d82427
bgcolor2=#0e3386
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=April 9, 1888
city-state|Weatherford|Texas
deathdate=death date and age|1966|5|29|1888|4|9
city-state|Chicago|Illinois
bats=Both
throws=Left
debutdate=June 19
debutyear=1908
debutteam=New York Highlanders
finaldate=July 9
finalyear=1921
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Pitching Record
stat2label=Earned run average
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=178-137
stat2value=2.49
stat3value=1416
teams=
*New York Highlanders (1908, 1910-1912)
*Washington Senators (1912)
*Chicago Cubs (1913-1921)
highlights=
*National League pennant: 1918
*1918 National League Pitching Triple Crown
*National League ERA champion: 1918
*National League wins champion: 1918
*National League strkeout champion: 1918, 1919
*2-time National League innings pitched leader
*5 20-win seasons

James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9 1888 - May 29 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s. He had some good years for the Cubs during a time when they were not always competitive, winning over 20 games in five seasons, including a National League-leading 22 in by|1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I.

Vaughn was born in Weatherford, Texas. Aside from the unflattering nickname (at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, he was only slightly less heavy than 1970s Cubs star Rick Reuschel), he is best remembered for his participation in what the record books used to refer to as a "double no-hitter". On May 2, by|1917, at the ballpark now known as Wrigley Field, Vaughn dueled with Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, the Reds scored on a couple of hits after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds. With changes to the scoring rules in recent years, this game is no longer considered as a no-hitter for Vaughn; but it is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.

Vaughn died at age 78 in Chicago, Illinois.

ee also

* Triple Crown
* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
* List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
* List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
* List of Major League Baseball wins champions
* MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List

External links

*baseball-reference|id=v/vaughhi01