finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1885 7 november 1925 philadelphia , pennsylvania right philadelphia , pennsylvania 1884 september 29 18-21 3.97 126 pitcher providence grays win-loss record earned run average strikeouts may 1 29 october 1852 sam kimber.jpg sam kimber
 brooklyn atlantics sam kimber right
sam kimber

samuel jackson `` sam '' kimber -lrb- october 29 , 1854 -- november 7 , 1925 -rrb- was an american major league baseball player who pitched one full season , for the 1884 brooklyn atlantics of the american association , and one game for the 1885 providence grays of the national league .
although his career was short , sam did have one shining moment , on october 4 , 1884 , he pitched baseball 's first extra-inning no-hitter .
he pitched this game against the toledo blue stockings , a game that lasted ten innings and ended in a 0-0 tie , when it was called because of darkness .
kimber died in his hometown of philadelphia , pennsylvania , he was interred at westminster cemetery in bala cynwyd , pennsylvania .
