Nick Maddox
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1886 – 1954
Who was Nick Maddox?
Nicholas Maddox was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1907 through 1910 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 4–0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in his major league debut. At the age of 20 years and ten months, he became the youngest pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter in major league history.
Not until Cliff Chambers in 1951 would another Pirate pitch a no-hitter, and the next no-hitter in Pittsburgh would not come until 1971, when Bob Gibson of the 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 history. Through 2013, Maddox is still the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the majors.
Maddox was also the last Pirate to win his first 4 career starts until the feat was matched by Gerrit Cole in 2013. William F. Kirk of the New York American in 1908 called Maddox a "...a well formed youth with a face like a dried apple."
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1886
United States of America - Profession
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Died
- Nov 27, 1954
Pittsburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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