Don Cardwell
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1935 – 2008
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Who was Don Cardwell?
Donald Eugene Cardwell was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five National League teams from 1957 to 1970. He was the first pitcher in major league history to pitch a no-hitter in his first game after being traded, hurling a 4-0 win on May 15, 1960, just two days after being traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs. After winning 15 games for the 1961 Cubs, he twice won 13 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates before helping the New York Mets win the 1969 World Series title.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1935
Winston-Salem - Profession
- Lived in
- Winston-Salem
- Died
- Jan 14, 2008
Winston-Salem
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on July 23, 2013
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