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May 26, 1959 "Pirates' hurler Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings but loses 1-0 to the Braves in the 13th inning. The heart-breaking winning run scores on a Don Hoak error, a sacrifice, a walk, and a two-bagger by Joe Adcock."
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YEAR IN REVIEW : 1959 National League
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1959n.shtml
Excerpts from the www.baseball-almanac.com article:
"Thirty-six consecutive batters were retired by Harvey Haddix before the thirteenth inning—when it all ended on an error, an intentional walk of Hank Aaron, then a double.'
"On May 26, Pirates ace Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game against Milwaukee for twelve innings, only to lose in the 13th. After Felix Mantilla managed to reach base on a fielding error, Hank Aaron was intentionally walked. Pittsburgh's strategy proved meaningless though as Joe Adcock maintained the Braves newfound momentum with a three-run blast for the comeback win. The following day National League President Warren Giles ruled that the final score should be amended to 1-0, since both runners Henry Aaron and Joe Adcock were both ruled out. (Aaron had been called for leaving the field during play, and Adcock had passed him in the base path.)"
"After the game, Lew Burdette told the media, "I called Harvey that night in the visiting clubhouse. I told him 'I realize I got what I wanted, a win, but I'd really give it up because you pitched the greatest game that's ever been pitched in the history of baseball. It was a damned shame you had to lose."
"On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates tossed 12 perfect innings in a game which many historians believe is the finest ever pitched! Review the box score":
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HARVEY HADDIX PERFECT GAME BOX SCORE
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box...05261959.shtml
Baseball Audio Moment | Harvey Haddix Discusses His Perfect Game
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/aud...rfect-Game.mp3
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A Moment in Baseball History • May 26, 1959 • Harvey Haddix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krld1lP8EdY
Haddix Pitches Longest Perfect Game (1959, Frank Koza Collection)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMIJspqtWxE
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May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/may-...loses-in-13th/
Excerpts from the sabr.org article:
"Marcia Haddix was at home — on a Clark County, Ohio, farm — when her mother-in-law called to tell her to turn on the radio — her husband was pitching a pretty good game in Milwaukee. The reception of Pittsburgh’s KDKA was poor so she got in her car and drove a few miles to park on a hill where she knew she could pick up the broadcast."
"In Milwaukee, Harvey Haddix was ill. “I had the flu, I felt terrible,” Haddix said. “We took a morning flight over from Pittsburgh the day of the game, and we didn’t have a lot of rest. I took throat lozenges the whole game to try to keep from coughing.”
"The Pirates started the 1959 season slowly, but on May 26 they were riding a five-game winning streak. In their pregame scouting meeting, Harvey spoke up. “Going over the hitters, I figured I would have some fun so I got into the high and tight and low and away stuff. Don Hoak broke up the meeting with, ‘If you do that you will throw a no-hitter.’ ”
"In the grandstand was a 24-year-old Allan “Bud” Selig. “I was a great Braves fan in those days,” said the former baseball commissioner. “It was an amazing night, just a great baseball night. A game you never forget. It was unbelievable.”
"After the eighth inning Pirates radio broadcaster Bob Prince shouted, “Don’t go away. We are on the verge of … baseball history.” When the ninth inning was over, Prince screamed, “Harvey Haddix has pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game.”
"Harvey Haddix went to the mound for what would be his unlucky 13th time. Through 12 innings he had thrown an unbelievably economical 104 pitches. He would throw only 11 more."
"After the game a despondent Haddix was surprised to hear he had done something — 12 perfect innings — that had not been done before. That did little to console him. “It was just another loss, and that is no good.”
"Burdette called the visitors’ clubhouse and congratulated Haddix, and the next day asked for a raise since he was the winning pitcher in the “Greatest Game Ever Pitched.”
"Haddix became an instant celebrity. He was featured in Life and Sports Illustrated articles. He turned down an invitation to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At a ceremony in Pittsburgh, Giles presented him with an inscribed silver tea service with 13 silver cups."
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Harvey Haddix
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Harvey-Haddix/
Excerpts from the sabr.org article:
"Whenever the name Harvey Haddix is mentioned, there is usually a reference to a 115-pitch game he threw in Milwaukee in 1959. His career in professional baseball, however, was much more — lasting parts of five decades."
"...on December 29 he...signed as pitching coach of the New York Mets. He would be the first big-league pitching coach for Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, and Jerry Koosman. In 2009 Ryan said, “Harvey could not have been, from my perspective, more of the right person at the right time for me.”
"A heavy chain-smoker, who described cigarettes as his best friend, Haddix developed emphysema. This hastened the end of his baseball career and eventually his life...His health continued to deteriorate but he never stopped smoking. He died on January 8, 1994, in Springfield, Ohio. “I loved cigarettes, but they finally got to me,” he said a year or so before his death."
"In 1999 fans voted Harvey Haddix the left-handed pitcher on the Pirates’ All-Century Team to celebrate a career that consisted of much more than the 115 pitches thrown on a rainy night in Milwaukee."
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Harvey Haddix Stats
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...hp?p=haddiha01
Excerpts from the www.baseball-almanac.com article:
"Harvey Haddix was born on Friday, September 18, 1925, in Medway, Ohio. Haddix was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 20, 1952, with the St. Louis Cardinals."
""Every once in a while a little guy squeezes in among the giants and shows he can play baseball, too. Such was the case with the diminutive Harvey Haddix, a wee left-hander who stood just five-feet, nine-inches, weighed a mere 160 pounds and in his early days was often mistaken for being a batboy. Haddix, whose nickname was 'The Kitten,' was no pussycat on the mound. In his first full year in the majors, 1953, he won 20 games. He won 18 the following year, and was in double figures six other times." - Westcott, Rich. Author No-Hitters: Harvey Haddix. McFarland Publishing. 15 February 2000. Page 195."
"In 1958, Harvey Haddix won a Gold Glove Award — historical because it also happened to be the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a National League pitcher, and the first ever won by a Pittsburgh Pirate, at ANY position! The Kitty won again in 1959, making him the first Senior Circuit pitcher to win consecutive Gold Gloves, and again in 1960, the first with three-in-a-row!"
May 26, 1959 "Pirates' hurler Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings but loses 1-0 to the Braves in the 13th inning. The heart-breaking winning run scores on a Don Hoak error, a sacrifice, a walk, and a two-bagger by Joe Adcock."
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YEAR IN REVIEW : 1959 National League
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1959n.shtml
Excerpts from the www.baseball-almanac.com article:
"Thirty-six consecutive batters were retired by Harvey Haddix before the thirteenth inning—when it all ended on an error, an intentional walk of Hank Aaron, then a double.'
"On May 26, Pirates ace Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game against Milwaukee for twelve innings, only to lose in the 13th. After Felix Mantilla managed to reach base on a fielding error, Hank Aaron was intentionally walked. Pittsburgh's strategy proved meaningless though as Joe Adcock maintained the Braves newfound momentum with a three-run blast for the comeback win. The following day National League President Warren Giles ruled that the final score should be amended to 1-0, since both runners Henry Aaron and Joe Adcock were both ruled out. (Aaron had been called for leaving the field during play, and Adcock had passed him in the base path.)"
"After the game, Lew Burdette told the media, "I called Harvey that night in the visiting clubhouse. I told him 'I realize I got what I wanted, a win, but I'd really give it up because you pitched the greatest game that's ever been pitched in the history of baseball. It was a damned shame you had to lose."
"On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates tossed 12 perfect innings in a game which many historians believe is the finest ever pitched! Review the box score":
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HARVEY HADDIX PERFECT GAME BOX SCORE
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box...05261959.shtml
Baseball Audio Moment | Harvey Haddix Discusses His Perfect Game
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/aud...rfect-Game.mp3
=========================================================
A Moment in Baseball History • May 26, 1959 • Harvey Haddix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krld1lP8EdY
Haddix Pitches Longest Perfect Game (1959, Frank Koza Collection)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMIJspqtWxE
=========================================================
May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/may-...loses-in-13th/
Excerpts from the sabr.org article:
"Marcia Haddix was at home — on a Clark County, Ohio, farm — when her mother-in-law called to tell her to turn on the radio — her husband was pitching a pretty good game in Milwaukee. The reception of Pittsburgh’s KDKA was poor so she got in her car and drove a few miles to park on a hill where she knew she could pick up the broadcast."
"In Milwaukee, Harvey Haddix was ill. “I had the flu, I felt terrible,” Haddix said. “We took a morning flight over from Pittsburgh the day of the game, and we didn’t have a lot of rest. I took throat lozenges the whole game to try to keep from coughing.”
"The Pirates started the 1959 season slowly, but on May 26 they were riding a five-game winning streak. In their pregame scouting meeting, Harvey spoke up. “Going over the hitters, I figured I would have some fun so I got into the high and tight and low and away stuff. Don Hoak broke up the meeting with, ‘If you do that you will throw a no-hitter.’ ”
"In the grandstand was a 24-year-old Allan “Bud” Selig. “I was a great Braves fan in those days,” said the former baseball commissioner. “It was an amazing night, just a great baseball night. A game you never forget. It was unbelievable.”
"After the eighth inning Pirates radio broadcaster Bob Prince shouted, “Don’t go away. We are on the verge of … baseball history.” When the ninth inning was over, Prince screamed, “Harvey Haddix has pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game.”
"Harvey Haddix went to the mound for what would be his unlucky 13th time. Through 12 innings he had thrown an unbelievably economical 104 pitches. He would throw only 11 more."
"After the game a despondent Haddix was surprised to hear he had done something — 12 perfect innings — that had not been done before. That did little to console him. “It was just another loss, and that is no good.”
"Burdette called the visitors’ clubhouse and congratulated Haddix, and the next day asked for a raise since he was the winning pitcher in the “Greatest Game Ever Pitched.”
"Haddix became an instant celebrity. He was featured in Life and Sports Illustrated articles. He turned down an invitation to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At a ceremony in Pittsburgh, Giles presented him with an inscribed silver tea service with 13 silver cups."
=========================================================
Harvey Haddix
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Harvey-Haddix/
Excerpts from the sabr.org article:
"Whenever the name Harvey Haddix is mentioned, there is usually a reference to a 115-pitch game he threw in Milwaukee in 1959. His career in professional baseball, however, was much more — lasting parts of five decades."
"...on December 29 he...signed as pitching coach of the New York Mets. He would be the first big-league pitching coach for Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, and Jerry Koosman. In 2009 Ryan said, “Harvey could not have been, from my perspective, more of the right person at the right time for me.”
"A heavy chain-smoker, who described cigarettes as his best friend, Haddix developed emphysema. This hastened the end of his baseball career and eventually his life...His health continued to deteriorate but he never stopped smoking. He died on January 8, 1994, in Springfield, Ohio. “I loved cigarettes, but they finally got to me,” he said a year or so before his death."
"In 1999 fans voted Harvey Haddix the left-handed pitcher on the Pirates’ All-Century Team to celebrate a career that consisted of much more than the 115 pitches thrown on a rainy night in Milwaukee."
=========================================================
Harvey Haddix Stats
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...hp?p=haddiha01
Excerpts from the www.baseball-almanac.com article:
"Harvey Haddix was born on Friday, September 18, 1925, in Medway, Ohio. Haddix was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 20, 1952, with the St. Louis Cardinals."
""Every once in a while a little guy squeezes in among the giants and shows he can play baseball, too. Such was the case with the diminutive Harvey Haddix, a wee left-hander who stood just five-feet, nine-inches, weighed a mere 160 pounds and in his early days was often mistaken for being a batboy. Haddix, whose nickname was 'The Kitten,' was no pussycat on the mound. In his first full year in the majors, 1953, he won 20 games. He won 18 the following year, and was in double figures six other times." - Westcott, Rich. Author No-Hitters: Harvey Haddix. McFarland Publishing. 15 February 2000. Page 195."
"In 1958, Harvey Haddix won a Gold Glove Award — historical because it also happened to be the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a National League pitcher, and the first ever won by a Pittsburgh Pirate, at ANY position! The Kitty won again in 1959, making him the first Senior Circuit pitcher to win consecutive Gold Gloves, and again in 1960, the first with three-in-a-row!"
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