finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1897 21 may 1938 st. louis , missouri right st. louis , missouri 1886 august 19 203-154 3.18 1,229 pitcher washington senators win-loss record earned run average strikeouts september 28 11 january 1868 charles . jpg ` silver ' king -lrb- baseball card -rrb- silver king -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 kansas city cowboys silver king right
silver king -lrb- baseball -rrb-

silver king -lrb- january 11 , 1868 -- may 21 , 1938 -rrb- , born charles frederick koenig in st. louis , missouri , was a major league baseball player from 1886 through 1897 .
in a 10-year career , spent primarily as a pitcher , king played for jacksonville illinois -lrb- 1885 -rrb- and st. joseph missouri in the western league -lrb- 1886 -rrb- , the kansas city cowboys -lrb- 1886 -rrb- , st. louis browns -lrb- 1887 -rrb- , chicago pirates -lrb- 1890 -rrb- , pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1891 -rrb- , new york giants -lrb- 1892 -- 93 -rrb- , cincinnati reds -lrb- 1893 -rrb- , and washington senators -lrb- 1896 -- 97 -rrb- .
the first part of king 's nickname was a reference to the color of his hair , while the latter part was a translation of his german surname .
king was an unusual pitcher for his time .
gripping the ball with unusually large hands , he delivered the ball without a windup .
he also was one of the first pitchers in major league history to employ a sidearm delivery .
the unconventional methods worked , as he went on to pitch 3,190 innings , winning 203 games with 1229 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average in 397 games .
his strong fastball enabled him to become a notable strikeout artist ; he finished among the league 's top 10 in that category six times .
king 's best season came in 1888 , when he led the browns to their second consecutive american association championship .
that year , king led the league with 585 innings pitched in 66 games , 45 wins , and a 1.64 era .
in 1890 , he jumped to chicago of the players league and added another era title while winning 30 games .
on june 21 , 1890 , king threw a no-hitter for chicago , the only one in the league 's one-year history .
-lrb- king lost 1 -- 0 , and pitched only eight innings in the loss , so this game is not officially recognized by mlb as a no-hitter . -rrb-
after baseball , king returned to his native st. louis .
he died in 1938 , at age 70 , and was laid to rest at new st. marcus cemetery in st. louis .
