Born:(1925-09-18)September 18, 1925 Medway, Ohio, U.S.
Died: January 8, 1994(1994-01-08) (aged 68) Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 20, 1952, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
August 28, 1965, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
136–113
Earned run average
3.63
Strikeouts
1,575
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1956)
Philadelphia Phillies (1956–1957)
Cincinnati Redlegs (1958)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1959–1963)
Baltimore Orioles (1964–1965)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1953–1955)
2× World Series champion (1960, 1979)
3× Gold Glove Award (1958–1960)
Harvey Haddix Jr. (September 18, 1925 – January 8, 1994) was an American professional baseball left-handed pitcher and pitching coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1956–57), Cincinnati Redlegs (1958), Pittsburgh Pirates (1959–1963), and Baltimore Orioles (1964–65).[1]
Haddix is most notable for pitching 12 perfect innings in a game against the Milwaukee Braves on May 26, 1959; the Pirates lost the game in the 13th inning.[2][3]
Haddix enjoyed his best season in 1953, pitching for the Cardinals. He compiled a 20–9 record with 163 strikeouts, a 3.06 earned run average (ERA), 19 complete games, and six shutouts.[1] After five-plus seasons with the Cardinals, Haddix was traded to the Phillies. He also pitched for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and finished his pitching career as an effective reliever with the Orioles.[1][4] Haddix was on the Pirate team that won the 1960 World Series, and was the winning pitcher of Game Seven, pitching in relief as the Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski clubbed a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth.[5]
^"Milwaukee Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. May 26, 1959. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^Biederman, Lester J. (May 27, 1959). "Haddix Loses 'Greatest Game'; Pirate Lefty Hurls 12 Perfect Innings Before Bowing, 1-0; Bucs' 12 Hits to No Avail". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 32. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
^Cite error: The named reference SI-TGGEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Pittsburgh Pirates 10, New York Yankees 9 Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. October 13, 1960. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
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