Joe Nuxhall | Major Leaguer 1944-1966

Full Name: Joseph Henry Nuxhall
Born: July 30,1928 in Hamilton, Ohio
Death: November 15,2007
Height: 6-3 Weight: 219 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1944] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds. [Jan 25,1961] - Traded by Reds to Athletics for John Briggs and John Tsitouris. [Dec 4,1961] - Released by Athletics. [Jan 1,1962] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Apr 9,1962] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Apr 9,1962] - Released by Orioles. [May 15,1962] - Released by Angels. [Jun 1,1962] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1944	Cincinnati	NL	15	Cin	MLB	0	0	68.18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	5	5	0	5	0	1	0	27.27	0.00	68.18	0.00	10.61	--
1952	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	1	4	3.22	37	5	2	0	21	1	92.1	83	33	33	4	42	52	5	0	8.09	0.39	4.09	5.07	1.35	--
1953	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	9	11	4.32	30	17	5	1	8	2	141.2	136	77	68	13	69	52	0	0	8.64	0.83	4.38	3.30	1.45	--
1954	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	12	5	3.89	35	14	5	1	10	0	166.2	188	77	72	11	59	85	4	0	10.15	0.59	3.19	4.59	1.48	--
1955	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	17	12	3.47	50	33	14	5	8	3	257.0	240	108	99	25	78	98	5	0	8.40	0.88	2.73	3.43	1.24	--
1956	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	13	11	3.72	44	32	10	2	6	3	200.2	196	96	83	18	87	120	3	0	8.79	0.81	3.90	5.38	1.41	--
1957	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	10	10	4.75	39	28	6	2	5	1	174.1	192	104	92	24	53	99	3	1	9.91	1.24	2.74	5.11	1.41	37%
1958	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	12	11	3.79	36	26	5	0	5	0	175.2	169	78	74	15	63	111	3	0	8.66	0.77	3.23	5.69	1.32	37%
1959	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	9	9	4.24	28	21	6	1	3	1	131.2	155	76	62	10	35	75	0	1	10.60	0.68	2.39	5.13	1.44	40%
1960	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	1	8	4.42	38	6	0	0	5	0	112.0	130	58	55	8	27	72	3	0	10.45	0.64	2.17	5.79	1.40	47%
1961	KC A's	AL	32	Kca	MLB	5	8	5.34	37	13	1	0	9	1	128.0	135	81	76	12	65	81	6	1	9.49	0.84	4.57	5.70	1.56	54%
1962	LA Angels	AL	33	Laa	MLB	0	0	10.13	5	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	7	6	6	0	5	2	0	0	11.82	0.00	8.44	3.38	2.25	35%
	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	5	0	2.45	12	9	1	0	1	1	66.0	59	20	18	4	25	57	1	0	8.05	0.55	3.41	7.77	1.27	45%
1963	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	15	8	2.61	35	29	14	2	5	2	217.1	194	73	63	14	39	169	2	0	8.03	0.58	1.62	7.00	1.07	45%
1964	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	9	8	4.07	32	22	7	4	3	2	154.2	146	73	70	19	51	111	4	2	8.50	1.11	2.97	6.46	1.27	44%
1965	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	11	4	3.45	32	16	5	1	6	2	148.2	142	57	57	18	31	117	3	1	8.60	1.09	1.88	7.08	1.16	49%
1966	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	6	8	4.50	35	16	2	1	4	0	130.0	136	71	65	14	42	71	2	1	9.42	0.97	2.91	4.92	1.37	51%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						135	117	3.90	526	287	83	20	100	19	2,302.2	2310	1093	998	209	776	1372	45	7	9.03	0.82	3.03	5.36	1.34	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1944	Cincinnati	NL	15	Cin	MLB	p		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1952	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	p		37	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		0		1	.087	*.097	.087	*184	--
1953	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	p		30	49	6	16	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	13	0		2		1	.327	*.381	.551	*932	--
1954	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	p		36	52	13	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	8	12	0		4	2	2	.173	.274	.346	620	--
1955	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	p		53	86	10	17	4	0	3	14	0	0	8	24	1	0	4	2	0	.198	.268	.349	617	--
1956	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	p		44	59	6	11	2	1	2	7	0	0	4	15	0	0	4	1	1	.186	.234	.356	590	--
1957	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	42	59	6	14	1	1	0	7	0	0	5	15	0	0	5	1	1	.237	.292	.288	580	44%
1958	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	62	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	13	0	0	2	1	0	.210	.219	.226	445	31%
1959	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	28	44	5	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	0	2	.250	.283	.318	601	39%
1960	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	p	9	39	26	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	.077	.107	.115	222	27%
1961	KC A's	AL	32	Kca	MLB	p	9	56	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	0	0	5	0	2	.292	.352	.446	798	59%
1962	LA Angels	AL	33	Laa	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	p	9	12	26	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	.269	.296	.423	719	63%
1963	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	p	9	35	76	6	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	1	0	4	0	0	.158	.169	.184	353	67%
1964	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	p	9	34	54	2	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	1	.130	.130	.185	315	58%
1965	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	p	9	32	45	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	6	0	1	.178	.213	.200	413	68%
1966	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	p	9	35	40	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	1	.100	.100	.125	225	50%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								555	766	76	152	21	3	15	78	2	2	40	199	4		43		13	.198		.292	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1944	Cincinnati	NL	15	Cin	MLB	P	1		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1952	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	P	37		92.1	3	24	1	28	4	-	-	-	.964	2.63

1953	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	P	30		141.2	6	18	3	27	0	-	-	-	.889	1.52

1954	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	P	35		166.2	4	29	1	34	5	-	-	-	.971	1.78

1955	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	P	50		257	12	35	3	50	4	-	-	-	.940	1.65

1956	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	P	44		200.2	6	31	2	39	3	-	-	-	.949	1.66

1957	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	39		174.1	11	20	4	35	1	-	-	-	.886	1.60

1958	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	36		175.2	6	29	3	38	3	-	-	-	.921	1.79

1959	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	28		131.2	6	19	1	26	1	-	-	-	.962	1.71

1960	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	P	38		112	8	26	1	35	4	-	-	-	.971	2.73

1961	KC A's	AL	32	Kca	MLB	P	37		128	10	13	3	26	1	-	-	-	.885	1.62

1962	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	P	12		66	1	9	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.36
1962	LA Angels	AL	33	Laa	MLB	P	5		5.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.06

1963	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	P	35		217.1	5	33	5	43	2	-	-	-	.884	1.57

1964	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	P	32		154.2	5	20	2	27	1	-	-	-	.926	1.45

1965	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	P	32		148.2	5	13	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.09

1966	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	P	35		130	6	20	3	29	1	-	-	-	.897	1.80

Awards

[1955] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1956] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Nuxhall is most often remembered for becoming the youngest player to appear in a Major League game during the modern era when on June 10, 1944, at age 15 years, 10 months, and 11 days, he pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1955-1956)

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