Noodles Hahn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left • Throws: Left
5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)
Born: April 29, 1879 in Nashville, TN us
Died: February 6, 1960 in Candler, NC
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Candler, NC
Debut: 1899 (2,122nd in major league history)
Last Game: July 7, 1906
Full Name: Frank George Hahn
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Players Who Debuted Sin 1899

Sam Crawford
Joe McGinnity
Noodles Hahn
Jack Chesbro
Roy Thomas
Bill Bradley
Freddy Parent
Deacon Phillippe
Jimmy Williams

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Notable Events and Chronology

July 15, 1900

Noodles Hahn follows up his no-hitter with a 9-hitter and second straight shutout

July 21, 1900

Aan intentional walk to Deacon McGuire goes awry. McGuire reaches out and taps a Noodles Hahn pitch, but the catcher picks it up, then drops it, and the winning run scores.

Biography

Noodles Hahn of the Cincinnati Reds, In a relatively short career spanning from 1899-1906, Hahn had a 2.55 ERA, threw 917 strikeouts, and pitched an incredible 210 complete games in 229 starts, threw 25 shutouts, issued only 379 walks, about 1.7 per nine innings. At the turn of the century, Noodles was Cincinnati’s best pitcher. A splendid 23-7 in his rookie season, he was the only lefthander until Steve Carlton to win 20 games for an eighth-place team. He also led the league in strikeouts.

He fired the first no-hitter in the 20th century when he no-hit the Phillies in 1900. He completed 41 games in 42 1901 starts, a year in which he fanned 19 Bostons, and he achieved his fourth 20-win record in five seasons in 1903. In 1905 his arm gave out.

He was also the first player to throw a no-hitter in the 20th century. Noodles continued to work out with the Reds on game days until he turned 70 years old.

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