Noodles Hahn
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Born: April 29, 1879 Nashville, Tennessee |
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Died: February 6, 1960 (aged 80) Candler, North Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 18, 1899, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
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| June 7, 1906, for the New York Highlanders | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 130–94 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.55 | ||
| Strikeouts | 917 | ||
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Frank George "Noodles" Hahn (April 29, 1879 – February 6, 1960) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Highlanders between 1899 and 1906. The left-hander posted a 130–94 win-loss record with 917 strikeouts and a 2.55 earned run average in 1020-1/3 innings pitched. Hahn was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the 20th century. He also struck out 16 batters in a single game in 1901, the highest major league total since the 1880s.
Hahn completed veterinary school while playing for Cincinnati and he entered the profession after he retired from baseball. He worked out with the Reds on game days until he was almost 70 years old.
Hahn was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Hahn acquired his nickname as a child, but said that he did not know how he had gotten it. Hahn's biography from the Society for American Baseball Research suggests four possible origins for the nickname, all involving the fact that Hahn had frequently carried, sold or enjoyed noodle soup. Before he turned 15 years old, he signed a contract for $35 per month with a team in Clarksville, Tennessee. Hahn later talked about having to wait outside of saloons as his teammates went in for drinks. He moved on to the Southern League before reaching the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds at the age of 20.
During his first MLB season, Hahn threw a one-hit game to defeat the Louisville Colonels. Though not armed with a powerful fastball, Hahn developed a reputation as a strikeout pitcher. Long after Hahn's retirement, sportswriter Grantland Rice described Hahn's pitching style. "Hahn was a left hander who belonged to the Herb Pennock, Eddie Plank school. He lacked the blazing speed of a Grove or a Rube Waddell, but he could tie up batters into more knots than 10 sailors could untie in a week. And you could see the seams on the ball as it came floating up", Rice wrote.
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