Bill Hawke
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| Born: April 28, 1870 Elsmere, Delaware |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 28, 1892, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1894, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win/Loss Record | 32-31 | ||
| Strikeouts | 193 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.98 | ||
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William Victor "Bill" Hawke (April 28, 1870 – December 11, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for three seasons, all in the National League, with a career record of 32 wins and 31 losses.[1]
Career
Born in Elsmere, Delaware, he began his major league career with the St. Louis Browns in 1892. He pitched in 14 games that first season, with a 5-5 win/loss record and threw one shutout. Bill split 1893 season between the Browns and the Baltimore Orioles. It was for that latter, that he pitched a no-hitter, 5-0 victory against the Washington Senators on August 16, 1893.[1] It was the first no-hitter at the new distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate. For the 1893 season, the mound was moved from 50 feet to 60 feet 6 inches, the distance that is still used to this day.[2] He finished his career the following season, with a 16-9 record for the National League champion Baltimore Orioles.[3]
Post-career
On December 11, 1902, he died of carcinoma[4] at the age of 32 in Wilmington, Delaware, and was interred at Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington.[1]
See also
References
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Triple plays
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| Preceded by | No-hitter pitcher August 16, 1893 |
Succeeded by Cy Young |
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- 1870 births
- 1902 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- 19th-century baseball players
- Baseball players from Delaware
- Reading Actives players
- Brockton Shoemakers players
- Albany Senators players
- St. Louis Browns (NL) players
- Baltimore Orioles (NL) players
- People from New Castle County, Delaware
- Burials in Delaware
