Nick Maddox

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Nick Maddox

|image=Nick_Maddox.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1886|11|9}}

|birth_place=Govanstown, Maryland, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1954|11|27|1886|11|9}}

|death_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 13

|debutyear=1907

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 12

|finalyear=1910

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=43–20

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.29

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=193

|teams=

Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1907}}–{{Baseball year|1910}})

|highlights=

World Series champion ({{wsy|1909}})
Pitched a no-hitter on September 20, 1907

}}

Nicholas Maddox (November 9, 1886 – November 27, 1954) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1907 through 1910. Maddox is one of the few pitchers to throw a no-hitter in his rookie season.

Maddox was born in Govanstown, Maryland. He defeated the Brooklyn Superbas 2–1 at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park on September 20, {{Baseball year|1907}}, one week after pitching a 4–0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in his major league debut.

Not until Cliff Chambers in {{Baseball year|1951}} would another Pirate pitch a no-hitter, and the next no-hitter in Pittsburgh would not come until {{Baseball year|1971}}, when Bob Gibson of the Cardinals no-hit the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium, nor would another Pirate pitch a no-hitter in Pittsburgh until John Candelaria did so in {{Baseball year|1976}}. The Pirates' home stadium in between, Forbes Field, had not witnessed a no-hitter in its 61-year (mid-{{Baseball year|1909}}–mid-{{Baseball year|1970}}) history. Through 2013, Maddox is still the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the majors.

Maddox was also the last Pirate to win his first 4 career starts (in 1907) until the feat was matched by Gerrit Cole in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/pirates-cole-wins-4th-straight-022427468--mlb.html|title=Pirates' Cole wins 4th straight to start career – Yahoo! Sports|date=29 June 2013|work=Yahoo!|accessdate=29 June 2013}} William F. Kirk of the New York American in 1908 called Maddox a "a well formed youth with a face like a dried apple."[https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC&dq=%22well+formed+youth+with+a+face+like+a+dried+apple%22&pg=PA287 The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers]

After his rookie season, Maddox spent two more years with the Pirates as a starting pitcher and finished his career in 1910 as a relief pitcher. In his career, he had 43 wins, 20 losses, and a 2.29 earned run average.

Maddox died on November 27, 1954, at the age of 68 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.