Joe Nuxhall

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: July 30, 1928 in Hamilton, OH us

Died: November 15, 2007 in Fairfield, OH

Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairfield, OH

High School: Hamilton HS (Hamilton, OH)

Debut: June 10, 1944 (Age 15-316d, 9,728th in major league history)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 38-064d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Joseph Henry Nuxhall

Nicknames: Ol' Lefthander

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

135

117

ERA

3.90

526

287

2302.2

1372

WHIP

1.340

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-20 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 5

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	154	1	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	12	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.00	4.15	40	12	10	0	2	12	47			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.102	3.52	-0.16%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
2	155	5	Apr 22(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-4		4	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.46	4.37	15	4	5	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.067	1.60	0.09%	0.89	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
3	156	10	Apr 29(1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS-7		6	6.2	6	4	3	4	1	2	0	3.66	5.52	30	7	12	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.02	-0.251	2.18	-0.32%	-0.94	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	157	14	May 3	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	GS-4	L(0-2)	3	3.0	5	5	5	1	4	2	0	5.16	6.03	15	2	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.253	1.49	-0.45%	-2.88	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d4
5	158	16	May 5	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	GS-8		1	8.0	6	4	4	6	1	1	0	4.99	6.02	34	9	12	0	1	6	49			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.214	2.88	-0.38%	0.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
6	159	20	May 9	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.0	5	5	3	1	3	0	0	5.35	5.61	16	2	5	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.284	3.58	-0.57%	-2.34	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a1
7	160	23	May 13(1)	CIN		MLN	L,0-15	5-5		3	0.0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	5.61	5.87	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.060	2.44	-0.13%	-2.35	5t -23 0 out d3	5t 123 0 out d5
8	161	25	May 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-4	L(0-3)	2	3.1	6	5	5	3	3	0	0	6.32	5.64	19	3	4	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.331	3.81	-0.55%	-2.51	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d1
9	162	30	May 22	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	4	3	3	2	5	2	0	5.67	5.48	32	6	15	0	0	4	70			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.074	2.13	0.14%	1.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	163	31	May 25	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	5.46	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.03	0.188	27.69	0.45%	0.46	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
11	164	34	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-4)	2	4.1	6	4	2	3	7	0	0	5.51	5.09	23	3	4	0	0	6	43			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.56	-0.241	4.52	-0.42%	-1.80	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	165	39	Jun 1	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-5)	3	8.0	7	3	1	5	11	1	0	4.91	4.82	36	11	2	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.040	4.30	-0.07%	1.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	166	44	Jun 5	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	9	4	3	2	1	0	1	4.66	4.60	37	13	11	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	3	1	1	.71	0.115	2.43	0.24%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	167	46	Jun 7	CIN		PHI	W,8-5	8-8	W(3-5)	1	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.59	4.61	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.107	12.41	0.25%	0.50	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
15	168	50	Jun 12	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	8	2	0	4.76	4.60	22	1	6	0	0	7	45			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.248	3.86	-0.70%	-1.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
16	169	54	Jun 17(2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	8	0	0	4.25	4.31	32	8	10	0	0	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.815	4.72	1.67%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	170	56	Jun 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.20	4.32	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.013	.93	0.03%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
18	171	61	Jun 24(2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	7	4	0	0	3.88	4.27	34	11	12	4	0	0	74			2	0	0	27	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.96	0.610	9.71	1.81%	3.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	172	65	Jun 29	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	4	8.0	6	4	3	3	5	0	1	3.84	4.14	33	7	11	0	1	6	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.167	5.99	-0.56%	-0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	173	67	Jul 1(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,19-15	10-GF(10)	S(2)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.15	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.003	1.04	0.01%	-1.53	10b --- 0 out a6	10b end a 4
21	174	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	GS-5	L(5-8)	1	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.16	4.17	20	4	6	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.165	7.63	-0.73%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
22	175	75	Jul 8	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	4	7.0	11	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.06	4.02	31	8	9	0	2	9	50			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.088	6.17	0.28%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	176	79	Jul 15(1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	GS-5		6	5.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.04	4.01	21	2	9	0	4	5	52			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.048	4.48	0.14%	0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
24	177	88	Jul 22(2)	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	GS-7	W(7-8)	6	7.0	8	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.89	3.94	30	7	11	2	0	8	55			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.174	6.56	0.51%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
25	178	98	Jul 31(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.95	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.18	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	179	100	Aug 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.94	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.004	7.18	-0.01%	0.54	7b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
27	180	101	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-2	7-GF	S(3)	0	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.76	3.89	8	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.015	.39	0.05%	1.83	7b 12- 1 out a7	9b end a 8
28	181	102	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.77	3.87	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	0.000	.27	0.00%	-0.07	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 3
29	182	104	Aug 6	CIN		STL	W,7-6	GS-2		2	2.0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.92	3.92	11	5	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.309	7.10	-0.81%	-3.00	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
30	183	105	Aug 7	CIN		STL	L,4-8	8-8	BS(1)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.97	3.93	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	-0.191	19.56	-0.56%	-0.86	8t 12- 1 out a1	8t 123 2 out tie
31	184	107	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	GS-7		1	7.0	6	2	1	2	4	0	1	3.84	3.86	30	5	12	2	0	6	61			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.138	5.24	0.40%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	185	112	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.61	3.74	34	10	14	1	5	5	80			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.648	5.06	1.51%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	186	118	Aug 19	CIN		MLN	L,1-3	GS-1		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	3.74	1	0	0	0	0	1	48			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.036	8.97	-0.22%	-0.38	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out tie
34	187	121	Aug 22	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	2	6.0	10	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.64	3.64	27	5	8	1	1	10	44			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.046	4.26	-0.11%	-0.99	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
35	188	125	Aug 26(1)	CIN		PHI	W,10-5	GS-1		3	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.74	3.67	6	1	1	0	1	2	38			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.184	4.21	-0.43%	-1.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d2
36	189	127	Aug 28	CIN		NYG	W,11-1	CG	W(10-8)	1	9.0	11	1	1	6	4	0	0	3.59	3.66	42	6	16	1	3	10	59			0	0	0	36	1	1	1	2	0	0	.64	0.092	2.19	0.19%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	190	131	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.51	3.56	35	6	12	3	0	7	69			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.519	6.36	1.22%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
38	191	136	Sep 7	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.42	3.54	25	6	9	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.176	8.61	0.89%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
39	192	140	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-8	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	4.1	9	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.64	3.66	23	1	9	0	1	9	21			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.169	4.28	-0.60%	-2.18	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
40	193	141	Sep 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	8-8	W(12-10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.62	3.67	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.028	1.86	0.08%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
41	194	143	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-2	L(12-11)	2	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.66	7	4	3	3	0	0	40			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.159	9.60	-0.91%	-1.66	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d2
42	195	145	Sep 18(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-8		1	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.71	3.67	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	.72	-0.010	1.09	-0.01%	-0.60	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 1 out d1
43	196	149	Sep 21	CIN		STL	W,9-1	CG	W(13-11)	2	9.0	5	1	1	5	2	0	1	3.58	3.69	36	10	13	0	3	5	70			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.301	1.12	0.20%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
44	197	154	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-3		7	2.1	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.72	3.73	13	4	1	0	0	5	32			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.329	2.46	-0.37%	-2.83	1b start a 2	3b --- 1 out d2
							24-20		W-L:13-11,Sv:3,BSv:1	2.8	200.2	196	96	83	87	120	18	6	3.72	3.73	865	0.73		4%	6%	185	51	11	36%	10	5	3	761	35	5	7	19	6	10	1.12	0.429	4.42	1.08%	5.50

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