Born:(1888-04-09)April 9, 1888 Weatherford, Texas, U.S.
Died: May 29, 1966(1966-05-29) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 19, 1908, for the New York Highlanders
Last MLB appearance
July 9, 1921, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
178–137
Earned run average
2.49
Strikeouts
1,416
Teams
New York Highlanders (1908, 1910–1912)
Washington Senators (1912)
Chicago Cubs (1913–1921)
Career highlights and awards
Triple Crown (1918)
NL wins leader (1918)
NL ERA leader (1918)
2× NL strikeout leader (1918, 1919)
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9, 1888 – May 29, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In a career that spanned thirteen seasons, he played for the New York Highlanders (1908, 1910–1912), the Washington Senators (1912), and the Chicago Cubs (1913–1921). Vaughn won over twenty games in five out of nine seasons for the Cubs, over seventeen games in seven of them. His highlight year was 1918, where he earned a National League-leading 22 wins when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I. That same year, Vaughn also led the National League in earned run average (ERA) and strikeouts to become the ninth triple crown winner in the modern era and the fifteenth overall. His nickname of "Hippo" came from his height of 6 feet 4 inches and weight of 215 pounds.
James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9, 1888 – May 29, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In a career that spanned thirteen...
game's only run, driving in Dave Shean with a fourth-inning single off HippoVaughn. During the seventh-inning stretch, the U.S. Navy band began to play...
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season. In the "double no-hitter" between Fred Toney of the Reds and HippoVaughn of the Chicago Cubs, Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning...
Alexander† 200 Philadelphia Phillies HippoVaughn 195 1918 HippoVaughn 148 Chicago Cubs Wilbur Cooper 117 1919 HippoVaughn 141 Chicago Cubs Hod Eller 137...
(NYG) 25 L Lee Meadows (SLC/PHP) 20 ERA Grover Cleveland Alexander (CHC) 1.72 K HippoVaughn (CHC) 141 IP HippoVaughn (CHC) 306.2 SV Oscar Tuero (SLC) 4...
victories with Chicago were the fourth most by a left-hander, behind HippoVaughn (151), Larry French (95), and Dick Ellsworth (84). He received four votes...
Stroman Rick Sutcliffe Kevin Tapani Jack Taylor Steve Trachsel George Van Haltren HippoVaughn Lon Warneke Jake Weimer Kerry Wood Hank Wyse Carlos Zambrano...
Although the Cubs featured stars such as pitchers Grover Alexander and HippoVaughn, along with a young catcher named Gabby Hartnett, over the next few seasons...
Bill Hutchison, Jon Lieber, Ray Burris, Claude Passeau, Jack Taylor and HippoVaughn each made three such starts. Five Cubs' Opening Day starting pitchers...
that his favorite moment came in 1917 "when our big left hander, Jim (Hippo) Vaughn, and Fred Toney, a right hander for Cincinnati pitched a double no-hitter...
without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and HippoVaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds...
Total W Hippo Vaughn1 (CHC) 22 L Rube Marquard (BKN) Joe Oeschger (PHP) 18 ERA Hippo Vaughn1 (CHC) 1.74 K Hippo Vaughn1 (CHC) 148 IP HippoVaughn (CHC)...
of the Cincinnati Reds and Jim "Hippo" Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs pitched opposing no-hitters for 9 innings, with Vaughn finally giving up 2 hits and a...
Washington Senators American League Park 1910 HippoVaughn T Boston Red Sox Hilltop Park 1911 HippoVaughn (2) W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park 1912...
in 139 games for the St. Louis Browns in 1914 and 1916–1917. May 29 – HippoVaughn, 78, left-handed pitcher who won 178 games for the New York Highlanders...
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