Jesse Haines Marquee Hall of Fame 1970

b. July 22, 1893 · Cincinnati Reds 1918, St. Louis Cardinals 1920–1937

Cincinnati used him in one game in July 1918 and let him go. St. Louis bought him for 1920, when he was twenty-six, and he was still pitching for the club in 1937. Eighteen seasons in a Cardinals uniform is a tenure only Adam Wainwright has matched.

On July 17, 1924, he no-hit the Boston Braves 5-0 at home. His best year was 1927: 24-10, 25 complete games, and six shutouts to lead the National League, which he had also led in 1921. He finished 210-158 with 208 complete games and a 3.64 earned run average.

He threw a hard knuckleball, and it kept him working until he was forty-four. The writers never gave him serious support. The Veterans Committee elected him instead, thirty-three years after his last game, and that choice is still argued about as freely as any in the Hall.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1927

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1918	CIN	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1920	STL	48	108	6	19	5	0	1	2	3	26	0	.176
1921	STL	39	94	9	17	1	0	0	6	1	23	0	.181
1922	STL	30	72	6	12	1	1	0	3	1	16	1	.167
1923	STL	37	99	8	20	1	0	0	8	1	20	0	.202
1924	STL	35	74	3	14	1	0	0	7	2	20	0	.189
1925	STL	29	74	8	13	1	1	0	5	3	15	0	.176
1926	STL	33	61	4	13	1	0	0	1	3	5	0	.213
1927	STL	38	114	6	23	3	0	0	8	3	30	0	.202
1928	STL	33	87	4	16	2	0	0	10	4	13	0	.184
1929	STL	28	69	5	11	0	0	1	3	1	22	1	.159
1930	STL	29	65	3	16	3	0	0	12	4	15	0	.246
1931	STL	19	45	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	6	0	.133
1932	STL	20	27	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	.185
1933	STL	33	30	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	0	.067
1934	STL	37	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.158
1935	STL	30	33	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	.273
1936	STL	25	30	3	5	0	0	0	4	2	7	0	.167
1937	STL	16	22	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	.182
Career	—	560	1124	76	209	23	2	3	79	30	246	2	.186

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1918	CIN	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	2	1.80
1920	STL	13	20	47	37	2	301.2	303	100	80	120	2.98
1921	STL	18	12	37	29	0	244.1	261	95	56	84	3.50
1922	STL	11	9	29	26	0	183.0	207	78	45	62	3.84
1923	STL	20	13	37	36	0	266.0	283	92	75	73	3.11
1924	STL	8	19	35	31	0	222.2	275	109	66	69	4.41
1925	STL	13	14	29	25	0	207.0	234	105	52	63	4.57
1926	STL	13	4	33	21	1	183.0	186	66	48	46	3.25
1927	STL	24	10	38	36	1	300.2	273	91	77	89	2.72
1928	STL	20	8	33	28	0	240.1	238	85	72	77	3.18
1929	STL	13	10	28	25	0	179.2	230	114	73	59	5.71
1930	STL	13	8	29	24	1	182.0	215	87	54	68	4.30
1931	STL	12	3	19	17	0	122.1	134	41	28	27	3.02
1932	STL	3	5	20	10	0	85.1	116	45	16	27	4.75
1933	STL	9	6	32	10	1	115.1	113	32	37	37	2.50
1934	STL	4	4	37	6	1	90.0	86	35	19	17	3.50
1935	STL	6	5	30	12	2	115.1	110	46	28	24	3.59
1936	STL	7	5	25	9	1	99.1	110	43	21	19	3.90
1937	STL	3	3	16	6	0	65.2	81	33	23	18	4.52
Career	—	210	158	555	388	10	3208.2	3460	1298	871	981	3.64

On this day & linked events

1893

Born July 22, 1893

Clayton, OH, USA

1978

Died August 5, 1978

1918

Major-league debut: Jesse Haines

Jesse Haines made a major-league debut on July 20, 1918.

1924

Jesse Haines's No-Hitter

Jesse Haines threw a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Braves on July 17, 1924, winning 5–0.

1937

Final major-league game: Jesse Haines

Jesse Haines played a final major-league game on September 10, 1937.

Image: Goudey, public domain