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Baseball player
Nick Altrock
Pitcher
Born:(1876-09-15)September 15, 1876 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died: January 20, 1965(1965-01-20) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 14, 1898, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1933, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
83–75
Earned run average
2.65
Strikeouts
425
Teams
As player
Louisville Colonels (1898)
Boston Americans (1902–1903)
Chicago White Sox (1903–1909)
Washington Senators (1909, 1912–1915, 1918–1919, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1933)
As coach
Washington Senators (1912–1953)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1906, 1924)
Nicholas Altrock (September 15, 1876 – January 20, 1965) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in the major leagues as a left-handed pitcher between 1898 and 1919. After the 1919 season he continued to make periodic appearances as a pinch hitter for many years, until his final game at the age of 57. As a player, Altrock was a member of two World Series winning teams and then won a third World Series as a coach. He was a coach for the Washington Senators for many years.
Nicholas Altrock (September 15, 1876 – January 20, 1965) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in the major leagues as a left-handed...
introduction of the 40 man roster and league minimum salaries. Minnie Miñoso, NickAltrock and Satchel Paige are the only three players to have appeared in major...
AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2) White Sox starter NickAltrock faced Cub starter Mordecai "Three-Fingered" Brown in game 1. Both were...
which they will not relinquish through the end of the season. June 30: NickAltrock starts and pitches eight innings in a 10–3 road loss to the Chicago White...
team history and the second-longest such streak in MLB history behind NickAltrock, who spent 42 straight seasons listed as a coach for the old Washington...
70 Joe McGinnity 2.657 Dick Rudolph 2.657 72 Pete Schneider 2.663 73 NickAltrock 2.669 Carl Weilman 2.669 75 Charlie Ferguson 2.674 76 Charles Radbourn*...
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1906 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers NickAltrock Lou Fiene Frank Owen Roy Patterson Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White Catchers Hub Hart Ed McFarland Frank...
Fred H. Poteet (1911) Edwin L. Breckenridge (1912–1913) Unknown (1914) NickAltrock (1915–1916) Billy Lush (1917–1922) Blakeslee (1923) Chief Bender (1924–1928)...
became the third oldest player to hit a triple (behind Julio Franco and NickAltrock) and became the oldest player in major league history to hit a double...
Fred H. Poteet (1911) Edwin L. Breckenridge (1912–1913) Unknown (1914) NickAltrock (1915–1916) Billy Lush (1917–1922) Blakeslee (1923) Chief Bender (1924–1928)...
fans, Griffith hired NickAltrock as a first base coach in his first season with Washington. Described as a "natural buffoon", Altrock engaged in lighthearted...
coach NickAltrock, earned him the nickname of "The Clown Prince of Baseball". Ironically, at the height of their collaboration, Schacht and Altrock developed...
1924 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers NickAltrock Walter Johnson Firpo Marberry Joe Martina Slim McGrew George Mogridge Curly Ogden Allen Russell By...
more complete memorial service, attended by Kiki Cuyler, Charlie Grimm, NickAltrock and other players from the Cubs and the Martinsburg team (by then renamed...
pitched over 400 innings each season in his prime. Walsh, Doc White and NickAltrock paced the White Sox to their 1906 pennant and faced the crosstown rival...
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