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Joe Nuxhall
Joe Nuxhall was a major league baseball pitcher and longtime radio announcer for the Cincinnati Reds.
Joe Nuxhall started his major league baseball career in 1944 as a relive pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He was only 15 years old making him the youngest player in major league baseball history. He would record his first out on his first batter before walking 5 batters and giving up 2 hits without getting another out. He would then go to the minors for the rest of the season before retiring to mature. He would return for the Reds in 1952. Over the next 14 seasons, 12 with the Reds, Nuxhall would post a 135-117 record with an ERA of 3.9 and just under 1400 strikeouts. Nuxhall retired in 1966 but still wasnt through with baseball.
After Nuxhall retired as a player, he joined the announcing team on the radio with no experience. But Nuxhall had a knack for telling the way he saw the game and making the people see it at home. He would also have a catch phrase that became a part of his show that fans tuned in to hear. He would always say at the end of his show, This is the old left hander rounding third and heading home. Nuxhall would spend 36 seasons behind the microphone where he would announce for 3 different World Series championships. He would also have the honor of calling the play where Pete Rose broke Ty Cobbs hitting record.
This statue of Joe Nuxhall sits outside Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Oh. It was reveiled in 2003 for the grand opening of Great American Ballpark.
Joe Nuxhall
Joe Nuxhall was a major league baseball pitcher and longtime radio announcer for the Cincinnati Reds.
Joe Nuxhall started his major league baseball career in 1944 as a relive pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He was only 15 years old making him the youngest player in major league baseball history. He would record his first out on his first batter before walking 5 batters and giving up 2 hits without getting another out. He would then go to the minors for the rest of the season before retiring to mature. He would return for the Reds in 1952. Over the next 14 seasons, 12 with the Reds, Nuxhall would post a 135-117 record with an ERA of 3.9 and just under 1400 strikeouts. Nuxhall retired in 1966 but still wasnt through with baseball.
After Nuxhall retired as a player, he joined the announcing team on the radio with no experience. But Nuxhall had a knack for telling the way he saw the game and making the people see it at home. He would also have a catch phrase that became a part of his show that fans tuned in to hear. He would always say at the end of his show, This is the old left hander rounding third and heading home. Nuxhall would spend 36 seasons behind the microphone where he would announce for 3 different World Series championships. He would also have the honor of calling the play where Pete Rose broke Ty Cobbs hitting record.
This statue of Joe Nuxhall sits outside Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Oh. It was reveiled in 2003 for the grand opening of Great American Ballpark.