finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1906 left 6 february 1960 candler , north carolina nashville , tennessee 1899 june 7 130 -- 94 2.55 917 pitcher new york highlanders win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 18 april 29 , 1879 -lrb- 46 -rrb- noodles hahn.jpg noodles hahn
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noodles hahn

frank george `` noodles '' hahn -lrb- april 29 , 1879 -- february 6 , 1960 -rrb- 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 .
