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Nick Altrock
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Birthdate: 9/15/1876
Died: 1/20/1965
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 197 lbs.
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: B / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Nick Altrock , 1929 coach of Washington Senators, juggling baseballs in Comiskey Park, in Chicago, prior to game against White Sox. Chicago Daily News photo negative SDN - 068390 courtesy Chicago HIstorical Society 

A long-time major league pitcher Nick Altrock starting pitching with the Louisville Colonels of the National Association back in July 1898, and had a 3-3 record for the year. Nick Altrock signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1902 and after losing his first game of the 1903 season was traded to the Chicago White Sox.

 

Pitching with the White Sox, called the Hitless Wonders, from 1904 thru 1906, Nick Altrock strung together a streak of three resounding seasons, 19-14, with a 2.96 earned run average and 6 shutouts, then 23-12, a .1.88 ERA and 20-13 with a 2.06 ERA in 1906. In the 1906 World Series against the highly favored Chicago Cubs, Nick Altrock started Game 1 and pitched a complete game 2-1 win over the Cubs, limiting them to just 4 hits. Game 4: Altrock lost a complete game 1-0 to Cubs pitcher Mordecia Three Fingered Brown. The White Sox defeated the Cubs in 6 games, winning 4 games. Nick posted a World Series leading 1.00 Era in 2 games.

After hurting his pitching arm in 1906 he never had a winning season. Traded to the Washington Nationals in 1909 he pitched some but was mainly used as a pitching coach in 1912 and coach for Washington some 41 more seasons. A fun loving coach he egged on Germany Schaefer, the only man that ever stole first base and broke in and encouraged Al Schacht, the Crown Prince of Baseball.  

Nick Altrock - Baseball Player


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1898 LOU (NL) 11 7 3 3 0 6 0 70.0 89 54 35 2 21 0 13 5 3 0 4.50
1902 BOS (AL) 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 18.0 19 13 4 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 2.00
1903 BOS (AL) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0 13 10 8 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.00
1903 CHW (AL) 12 8 4 3 0 6 1 71.0 59 35 17 4 19 0 19 2 3 0 2.15
1904 CHW (AL) 38 36 19 14 1 31 6 307.0 274 117 101 2 48 0 87 7 4 0 2.96
1905 CHW (AL) 38 34 23 12 0 31 3 315.2 274 89 66 3 63 0 97 6 2 0 1.88
1906 CHW (AL) 38 30 20 13 0 25 4 287.2 269 95 66 0 42 0 99 5 3 0 2.06
1907 CHW (AL) 30 21 7 13 2 15 1 213.2 210 76 61 3 31 0 61 4 2 0 2.57
1908 CHW (AL) 23 13 5 7 2 8 1 136.0 127 59 41 2 18 0 21 2 2 1 2.71
1909 CHW (AL) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 16 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5.00
1909 WSH (AL) 9 5 1 3 0 2 0 38.0 55 23 23 0 5 0 9 0 1 0 5.45
1912 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00
1913 WSH (AL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 5.00
1914 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1915 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 7 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.00
1918 WSH (AL) 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 24.0 24 11 8 1 6 0 5 0 1 0 3.00
1919 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
21 years   218 161 83 75 7 128 16 1514.0 1455 604 445 17 272 0 425 31 22 1 2.65
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1898 LOU (NL) 11 29 4 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .241 .313 SLG
1902 BOS (AL) 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1903 BOS (AL) 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 SLG
1903 CHW (AL) 13 30 6 9 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .364 SLG
1904 CHW (AL) 41 111 13 22 1 0 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 .198 .239 SLG
1905 CHW (AL) 40 112 8 14 1 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 .125 .190 SLG
1906 CHW (AL) 38 100 4 16 2 0 0 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .160 .222 SLG
1907 CHW (AL) 30 72 7 13 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .181 .234 SLG
1908 CHW (AL) 23 49 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 .204 .235 SLG
1909 WSH (AL) 12 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .53 .143 SLG
1909 CHW (AL) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1912 WSH (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1913 WSH (AL) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1914 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1915 WSH (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1918 WSH (AL) 5 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .125 SLG
1919 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1924 WSH (AL) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1000 .1000 SLG
1929 WSH (AL) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1000 .1000 SLG
1931 WSH (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .0 .1000 SLG
1933 WSH (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
21 years   230 550 52 97 9 1 2 27 29 0 5 1 0 11 15 0 .176 .232 .SLG



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