Nick Maddox

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other Nicholas Maddox (November 9, 1886 – November 27, 1954) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1907 through 1910. Maddox is one of the few pitchers to throw a no-hitter in his rookie season.

Personal life

Maddox was born in Govanstown, Maryland. Maddox died on November 27, 1954, at the age of 68 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Playing career

Maddox pitched a 4-0 shutout in his major league debut against the St. Louis Cardinals. A week later, he threw a no-hitter on September 20, 1907, defeating the Brooklyn Superbas 2–1 at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park

The next no-hitter thrown by a Pirate was by Cliff Chambers in 1951. The next no-hit game to occur in Pittsburgh happened in 1971, when Bob Gibson of the Cardinals no-hit the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium; John Candelaria became the next Pirate pitcher to do so in Pittsburgh in 1976. The Pirates' home stadium in between, Forbes Field, had not witnessed a no-hitter in its 61-year (mid-1909–mid-1970) history. After his rookie season, Maddox spent two more years with the Pirates as a starting pitcher and finished his career in 1910 as a relief pitcher. In his career, he had 43 wins, 20 losses, and a 2.29 earned run average.

Player profile

since 2013Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), Maddox is still the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the majors and he was the last Pirate to win his first 4 career starts (in 1907) 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."

See also

• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

External links

• Career statistics from
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