Samuel Jackson Kimber (October 29, 1852 – November 6, 1925) was an American
Major League Baseball
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player who
pitched one full season, for the 1884
Brooklyn Atlantics
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of the
American Association, and one game for the 1885
Providence Grays
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of the
National League
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.
Although his career was short, Sam did have one shining moment, on October 4, 1884, he pitched baseball's first
extra-inning no-hitter
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. He pitched this game against the
Toledo Blue Stockings
The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league baseball team in Toledo, Ohio, in 1883. They won the Northwestern League championship in 1883. Their home ballpark was League Park. The following year, they joined the major league American As ...
, a game that lasted ten innings and ended in a scoreless tie, when it was called because of darkness.
Kimber died in his hometown of
Philadelphia
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, he was interred at Westminster Cemetery in
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
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1850s births
1925 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Philadelphia
19th-century baseball players
19th-century American sportsmen
Providence Grays players
Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) players
Brooklyn Grays (Interstate Association) players
Camden Merritts players
Newark Domestics players
Richmond Virginians (minor league) players
Williamsport (minor league baseball) players
Atlanta Atlantas players
Jersey City Jerseys players
Danbury Hatters players
Wheeling (minor league baseball) players
Wheeling National Citys players
Wheeling Nailers (baseball) players
Portland (minor league baseball) players
Philadelphia Giants (Middle States League) players
Reading (minor league baseball) players
Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters players