| Joe Nuxhall | ||
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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: July 30, 1928 | ||
| Died: November 15, 2007 (aged 79) | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | ||
| June 10, 1944 for the Cincinnati Reds |
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| Final game | ||
| October 2, 1966 for the Cincinnati Reds |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss record | 135-117 | |
| ERA | 3. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over St The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball, a loss (denoted L) is charged to the Pitcher of the losing team who allows the run that gives the opposing team the lead with which In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 90 | |
| Strikeouts | 1372 | |
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Joseph Henry Nuxhall (July 30, 1928 – November 15, 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Cincinnati Reds. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over St Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA He held the team's record for career games pitched (484) from 1965 to 1975, and still holds the team mark for lefthanders, though he was long most remembered for having been the youngest player ever to appear in a major league game in the modern era, pitching 2/3 of an inning for the Reds on June 10, 1944 at the age of 15 years, 316 days due to player shortages during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Long known as "The Ol' Lefthander," he compiled a career earned run average of 3. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 90 and a record of 135-117 during his 16-season career, with all but 5 of his victories being earned with the Reds. A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead After retiring as a player, he became a broadcaster for the Reds from 1967 through 2004. Nuxhall died in 2007 after a long bout with cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled
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Wartime roster
Nuxhall was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio. Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. During World War II, many regular baseball players were unavailable while serving in the military. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Meanwhile, Nuxhall was the biggest member of the ninth grade class in nearby Hamilton, Ohio at 6' 2" and 190 pounds -- a left-hander with a hard fastball, but not much control. Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. He had already been playing in a semipro league with his father for a few years. Scouts looking to fill out the Reds' depleted roster were following Orville Nuxhall, Joe's father, in 1943. But they were informed that the elder Nuxhall wasn't interested in signing a professional contract because of his five children. The scouts then became interested in the son, who was only 14 at the time. After waiting until the following year's basketball season was over, Nuxhall signed a major league contract with the Reds on February 18, 1944. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General manager Warren Giles intended to wait until school was over in June to add him to the team, but more of his players were inducted into the service in the spring. Warren Crandall Giles ( 28 May, 1896 - 7 February, 1979) was a National League executive in Major League Baseball. With permission from his high school principal, Nuxhall was in uniform with the team on Opening Day.
Teenage debut
| “ | I was pitching against seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders, kids 13 and 14 years old. . . All of a sudden, I look up and there's Stan Musial and the likes. Stanley Frank Musial (born November 21, 1920) originally Stanisław Franciszek Musiał, (ˈmjuːziəl nicknamed "Stan the Man" and It was a very scary situation. [1] | ” |
On June 10, the Reds were playing the first place St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field and trailing 13-0 in the ninth inning when Manager Bill McKechnie called on Nuxhall to enter the game. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. William Boyd McKechnie ( August 7 1886 - October 29 1965) was an American Third baseman, manager and coach He started well, retiring the first batter he faced, Cardinals shortstop George Fallon, on a groundout. Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. But he was unable to get out of the inning, yielding five walks, two hits, one wild pitch and five runs before being relieved. A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a wild pitch (abbreviated WP) is charged against a Pitcher when his pitch is too high too short or too wide of Home In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching He spent the rest of the 1944 season in the minor leagues. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North But unlike Jake Eisenhart, who made his debut for the Reds the same day and got the last out of the frame, Nuxhall would return to pitch in the majors. Jacob Henry Eisenhart ( October 3 1922 - December 20 1987) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball
Nuxhall remains the youngest person to play in a major league game in the modern era (since 1901). In 1887, 14-year-old Fred Chapman pitched five innings in one game, and is the youngest-ever participant in major league history. Fred Chapman, born Frederick Joseph Chapman, ( 24 November 1872 – 14 December 1957) was the youngest professional Baseball
Minor leagues
Following his appearance with the Reds, he was assigned to the Birmingham Barons in the Southern League, but pitched only a third of an inning there (he struck out his first batter, then allowed a hit, five walks, a hit batter and five runs). The Birmingham Barons are a Minor league baseball team based in Birmingham Alabama. The Southern League is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes Nuxhall attended spring training with the Reds in 1945, but decided to remain home until he finished high school the following year. In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3 All-Star Game He regained his amateur status and played football, basketball and baseball for Hamilton High School as a senior in 1946, earning all-state honors in football and basketball. Over the next five years, Nuxhall played in the minor leagues with Syracuse, Lima, Muncie, Columbia, Charleston, and Tulsa before returning to the Reds in 1952. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. Lima (ˈlaɪmə is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Allen County. Muncie (ˈmʌnsi is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina. Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 All-Star Game
Return to "The Show"
Nuxhall spent almost 15 of his 16 major league seasons with Cincinnati, where he was a two-time National League All-Star and led the league in shutouts in 1955. Great American Ball Park is the home of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-3 Johnny Podres, MVP He also played for the Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels in the American League before returning to the Reds. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in In 1965 he broke Eppa Rixey's team record of 440 games pitched; his final mark of 484 stood until Clay Carroll surpassed it in 1975. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Eppa "Jeptha" Rixey ( May 3, 1891 - February 28, 1963) was a Left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher Clay Palmer Carroll (born May 2 1941 Clanton Alabama) is a former Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball with a 15-year career from Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP
Second career
Nuxhall retired from the Reds in April 1967 and immediately began his second career as a Reds broadcaster despite his lack of broadcasting experience. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit
Part of his trademark radio signoff phrase - "This is the old lefthander, rounding third and heading for home" - is displayed on the outside of the Reds' stadium, Great American Ball Park, which opened in 2003. Great American Ball Park is the home of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to A likeness of Nuxhall (see photo) is one of four statues that decorate the main entrance of the stadium. He was elected to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1968, and officially retired from the Reds on October 3, 2004, 60 years after his pitching debut, though he still made guest appearances on some game broadcasts. The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame was instituted in 1958 to recognize the career of former Cincinnati Reds players managers and front-office executives The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. Also, for many years after retiring as a player and during his broadcasting career, Nuxhall pitched batting practice for the Reds.
On June 10, 2007, the Reds honored Nuxhall, Marty Brennaman, and Waite Hoyt with replica microphones that hang on the wall near the radio booth. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Franchester Martin Brennaman (born July 28, 1942 in Portsmouth Virginia) is an American Sportscaster, known primarily as the Waite Charles Hoyt ( September 9, 1899 &ndash August 25, 1984) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in At Redsfest in December, 2007 the Reds announced Nuxhall will be honored throughout the 2008 baseball season - their uniforms will display a dark patch with the word "NUXY" printed in white. On March 31, 2008 the Cincinnati Reds paid tribute to Nuxhall by wearing his #41 jersey for opening day.
In December of 2007, Nuxhall was named as one of the ten finalists for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award, an honor bestowed annually on broadcasters that make major contributions to the game of baseball. Of more than 122,000 online ballots cast by fans, Nuxhall received an astounding 82,304 votes. [2] However, despite this incredible show of fan support, it was announced on February 19, 2008 that the Frick election committee had voted not in favor of Nuxhall, but instead to the voice of the Seattle Mariners, Dave Niehaus. [3]
His book and character education fund
In September 2004, Orange Frazer Press released Joe: Rounding Third & Heading for Home. [4] A portion of the proceeds from the book benefits the Joe Nuxhall Character Education Fund, which was established in 2003 to underwrite character development programs and projects for children.
Community remembrance
In the days following Nuxhall's death, several radio stations in the Cincinnati area devoted shows to him, and fans left cards, flowers and banners at the statue of Nuxhall at Great American Ball Park. A public visitation ceremony was attended by thousands of fans and several local and national sports and broadcasting personalities. At his visitation held at Fairfield High School (Fairfield, Ohio), an estimated 6,000 people showed up to pay their respects to Nuxhall and the Nuxhall family. Fairfield High School is a public High school in Fairfield Ohio.
2008 Opening Day Memorial
The Reds remembered Nuxhall on their 2008 Opening Day. Players wore an alternate jersey during their introductions, which bore the number 41 and Nuxhall's name on the back. Aaron Harang, who usually wears the number 39 jersey, was allowed by MLB to wear the number 41 jersey with Nuxhall's name for the entire game. Aaron Michael Harang (born May 9, 1978 in San Diego California) is a right-handed Starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in Nuxhall's number 41 was honored by the team displaying it in left-center field over Reds' the bull pen.
References
- Bob Rathgeber (1982). Cincinnati Reds Scrapbook. JCP Corp. of Virginia. ISBN 0-938694-05-7
- Lonnie Wheeler and John Baskin (1988). The Cincinnati Game. Orange Frazer Press. ISBN 0-9619637-1-9
- Rick Van Blair (1994). Dugout to Foxhole: Interviews with Baseball Players Whose Careers Were Affected by World War II. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0017-X
- Greg Rhodes and John Snyder (2000). Redleg Journal: Year by Year and Day by Day with the Cincinnati Reds Since 1866. Road West Publishing. ISBN 0-9641402-5-X
- http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS/71112010/-1/CINCI
Footnotes
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- BaseballLibrary.com
- Baseball Almanac
- WCPO.com Tribute page
- Joe Nuxhall Character Education Fund
- Video interviews with Joe Nuxhall
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