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Joe Nuxhall
Joseph Henry Nuxhall
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 219 lb.

Born: July 30, 1928 in Hamilton, OH
High School: Hamilton (Hamilton, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1944
Final Game: October 2, 1966
Died: November 15, 2007 in Fairfield, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 15 CIN NL 0 0 67.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 9 5 10.500 27.0 0.0 67.5 0.0 0.00
1952 23 CIN NL 1 4 .200 3.22 37 5 21 2 0 1 92.1 83 33 33 4 42 52 3 0 5 388 117 1.354 8.1 0.4 4.1 5.1 1.24
1953 24 CIN NL 9 11 .450 4.32 30 17 8 5 1 2 141.2 136 77 68 13 69 52 8 0 0 628 100 1.447 8.6 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.75
1954 25 CIN NL 12 5 .706 3.89 35 14 10 5 1 0 166.2 188 77 72 11 59 85 6 0 4 727 108 1.482 10.2 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.44
1955 26 CIN NL 17 12 .586 3.47 50 33 8 14 5 3 257.0 240 108 99 25 78 6 98 5 0 5 1061 121 1.237 8.4 0.9 2.7 3.4 1.26 AS
1956 27 CIN NL 13 11 .542 3.72 44 32 6 10 2 3 200.2 196 96 83 18 87 6 120 6 0 3 865 106 1.410 8.8 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.38 AS
1957 28 CIN NL 10 10 .500 4.75 39 28 5 6 2 1 174.1 192 104 92 24 53 3 99 7 1 3 768 86 1.405 9.9 1.2 2.7 5.1 1.87
1958 29 CIN NL 12 11 .522 3.79 36 26 5 5 0 0 175.2 169 78 74 15 63 5 111 1 0 3 735 109 1.321 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.7 1.76
1959 30 CIN NL 9 9 .500 4.24 28 21 3 6 1 1 131.2 155 76 62 10 35 1 75 1 1 0 574 96 1.443 10.6 0.7 2.4 5.1 2.14
1960 31 CIN NL 1 8 .111 4.42 38 6 5 0 0 0 112.0 130 58 55 8 27 6 72 4 0 3 482 87 1.402 10.4 0.6 2.2 5.8 2.67
1961 32 KCA AL 5 8 .385 5.34 37 13 9 1 0 1 128.0 135 81 76 12 65 2 81 3 1 6 580 78 1.563 9.5 0.8 4.6 5.7 1.25
1962 33 TOT MLB 5 0 1.000 3.03 17 9 2 1 0 1 71.1 66 26 24 4 30 1 59 2 0 1 305 132 1.346 8.3 0.5 3.8 7.4 1.97
1962 33 LAA AL 0 0 10.12 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 7 6 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 29 38 2.250 11.8 0.0 8.4 3.4 0.40
1962 33 CIN NL 5 0 1.000 2.45 12 9 1 1 0 1 66.0 59 20 18 4 25 1 57 1 0 1 276 164 1.273 8.0 0.5 3.4 7.8 2.28
1963 34 CIN NL 15 8 .652 2.61 35 29 5 14 2 2 217.1 194 73 63 14 39 2 169 6 0 2 878 129 1.072 8.0 0.6 1.6 7.0 4.33
1964 35 CIN NL 9 8 .529 4.07 32 22 3 7 4 2 154.2 146 73 70 19 51 3 111 6 2 4 648 89 1.274 8.5 1.1 3.0 6.5 2.18
1965 36 CIN NL 11 4 .733 3.45 32 16 6 5 1 2 148.2 142 57 57 18 31 2 117 3 1 3 601 109 1.164 8.6 1.1 1.9 7.1 3.77
1966 37 CIN NL 6 8 .429 4.50 35 16 4 2 1 0 130.0 136 71 65 14 42 7 71 9 1 2 564 87 1.369 9.4 1.0 2.9 4.9 1.69
16 Seasons 135 117 .536 3.90 526 287 100 83 20 19 2302.2 2310 1093 998 209 776 44 1372 70 7 45 9813 101 1.340 9.0 0.8 3.0 5.4 1.77
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .536 3.90 44 24 8 7 2 2 193 193 91 83 17 65 115 6 1 4 821 101 1.340 9.0 0.8 3.0 5.4 1.77
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CIN (15 yrs) 130 109 .544 3.80 484 274 90 82 20 18 2169.1 2168 1006 916 197 706 42 1289 66 6 39 9204 104 1.325 9.0 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.83
KCA (1 yr) 5 8 .385 5.34 37 13 9 1 0 1 128.0 135 81 76 12 65 2 81 3 1 6 580 78 1.563 9.5 0.8 4.6 5.7 1.25
LAA (1 yr) 0 0 10.12 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 7 6 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 29 38 2.250 11.8 0.0 8.4 3.4 0.40
NL (15 yrs) 130 109 .544 3.80 484 274 90 82 20 18 2169.1 2168 1006 916 197 706 42 1289 66 6 39 9204 104 1.325 9.0 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.83
AL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 5.54 42 13 10 1 0 1 133.1 142 87 82 12 70 2 83 4 1 6 609 75 1.590 9.6 0.8 4.7 5.6 1.19

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1944 15 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 23 CIN NL 37 23 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .087 .087 .087 .174 -52 2 1 0 0 1
1953 24 CIN NL 30 55 49 6 16 2 0 3 8 0 0 4 13 .327 .377 .551 .928 138 27 1 0 2 1
1954 25 CIN NL 36 66 52 13 9 0 0 3 7 0 0 8 12 .173 .274 .346 .620 60 18 2 0 4 2 1
1955 26 CIN NL 53 101 86 10 17 4 0 3 14 0 0 8 24 .198 .268 .349 .617 59 30 0 1 4 2 0 1 AS
1956 27 CIN NL 44 68 59 6 11 2 1 2 7 0 0 4 15 .186 .234 .356 .590 52 21 1 0 4 1 0 1 AS
1957 28 CIN NL 42 70 59 6 14 1 1 0 7 0 0 5 15 .237 .292 .288 .580 54 17 1 0 5 1 0 1
1958 29 CIN NL 36 66 62 4 13 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 13 .210 .219 .226 .445 16 14 0 0 2 1 0 1
1959 30 CIN NL 28 48 44 5 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .283 .318 .601 58 14 2 1 2 0 0 1
1960 31 CIN NL 39 28 26 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .077 .107 .115 .223 -39 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1961 32 KCA AL 56 76 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798 112 29 2 0 5 0 0 1
1962 33 TOT MLB 17 30 26 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .269 .296 .423 .719 88 11 0 1 3 0 0 1
1962 33 LAA AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 33 CIN NL 12 30 26 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .269 .296 .423 .719 88 11 0 1 3 0 0 1
1963 34 CIN NL 35 81 76 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .158 .169 .184 .353 1 14 0 1 4 0 0 1
1964 35 CIN NL 34 55 54 2 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 20 .130 .130 .185 .315 -13 10 1 0 1 0 0 1
1965 36 CIN NL 32 53 45 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .178 .213 .200 .413 14 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
1966 37 CIN NL 35 41 40 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .100 .100 .125 .225 -40 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
16 Seasons 555 861 766 76 152 21 3 15 78 2 2 40 199 .198 .240 .292 .532 41 224 13 4 43 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 251 224 22 44 6 1 4 23 1 1 12 58 .198 .240 .292 .532 41 65 4 1 13
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CIN (15 yrs) 494 785 701 71 133 19 2 13 65 2 2 34 181 .190 .229 .278 .507 35 195 11 4 38 8 0
KCA (1 yr) 56 76 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798 112 29 2 0 5 0 0
LAA (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 494 785 701 71 133 19 2 13 65 2 2 34 181 .190 .229 .278 .507 35 195 11 4 38 8 0
AL (2 yrs) 61 76 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798 112 29 2 0 5 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 CIN NL 15 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1952 CIN NL 23 P 37 28 3 24 1 4 .964 0.73 .954 0.98
1953 CIN NL 24 P 30 27 6 18 3 0 .889 0.80 .959 0.87
1954 CIN NL 25 P 35 14 166.2 34 4 29 1 5 .971 1.78 0.94 .959 2.07 0.87
1955 CIN NL 26 P 50 33 256.2 50 12 35 3 4 .940 1.65 0.94 .950 2.04 0.83 AS
1956 CIN NL 27 P 44 32 200.2 39 6 31 2 3 .949 1.66 0.84 .967 2.05 0.83 AS
1957 CIN NL 28 P 39 28 174.1 35 11 20 4 1 .886 1.60 0.79 .966 2.06 0.82
1958 CIN NL 29 P 36 26 175.2 38 6 29 3 3 .921 1.79 0.97 .958 1.97 0.77
1959 CIN NL 30 P 28 21 131.2 26 6 19 1 1 .962 1.71 0.89 .954 1.99 0.82
1960 CIN NL 31 P 38 6 112.0 35 8 26 1 4 .971 2.73 0.89 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 KCA AL 32 P 37 13 128.0 26 10 13 3 1 .885 1.62 0.62 .958 2.05 0.83
1962 TOT MLB 33 P 17 9 71.1 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.64 0.76 .954 2.07 0.81
1962 LAA AL 33 P 5 0 5.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.06 0.60 .967 2.02 0.80
1962 CIN NL 33 P 12 9 66.0 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.36 0.83 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 CIN NL 34 P 35 29 217.1 43 5 33 5 2 .884 1.57 1.09 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 CIN NL 35 P 32 22 154.2 27 5 20 2 1 .926 1.45 0.78 .956 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 36 P 32 16 148.2 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.56 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 CIN NL 37 P 35 16 130.0 29 6 20 3 1 .897 1.80 0.74 .948 1.96 0.74
16 Seasons P 526 265 2067.2 468 95 341 32 31 .932 1.90 0.83 .957 2.05 0.84
16 Seasons TOT 526 265 2067.2 468 95 341 32 31 .932 1.90 0.83 .889 2.05 0.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 *
1956

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 NL  3.467 (7th)
1963 NL  2.609 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL  17 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1954 NL  .706 (5th)
1955 NL  .586 (7th)
1963 NL  .652 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 NL  1.237 (7th)
1963 NL  1.072 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  8.405 (8th)
1958 NL  8.658 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  2.732 (10th)
1963 NL  1.615 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  4.590 (9th)
1956 NL  5.382 (4th)
1957 NL  5.111 (8th)
1958 NL  5.687 (6th)
1963 NL  6.999 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  50 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 NL  257.0 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 NL  120 (10th)
1963 NL  169 (9th)
Career  1372 (219th)

Games Started s c a p y
1955 NL  33 (4th)
1956 NL  32 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL  14 (4th)
1963 NL  14 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (1st)
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1964 NL  4 (6th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  25 (9th)
1957 NL  24 (10th)
Career  209 (175th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  78 (5th)
1956 NL  87 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  240 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  1.441 (9th)
1957 NL  1.868 (9th)
1963 NL  4.333 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  .594 (4th)
1955 NL  .875 (9th)
1956 NL  .807 (10th)
1958 NL  .769 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  99 (7th)
1957 NL  92 (9th)
Career  998 (228th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 NL  5 (7th)
1955 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  8 (3rd)
1954 NL  6 (6th)
1955 NL  5 (9th)
1956 NL  6 (6th)
1957 NL  7 (4th)
1966 NL  9 (5th)
Career  70 (159th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 NL  1061 (3rd)
Career  9813 (236th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 NL  21 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 NL  121 (4th)
1963 NL  129 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1928-07-30 (10th)
1966 NL  born 1928-07-30 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1928-07-30 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 51 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

January 25, 1961: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Athletics for John Briggs and John Tsitouris.

December 4, 1961: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

Before 1962 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

April 9, 1962: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 9, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

May 15, 1962: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

June, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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