Charles Robert Hendley is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

Pitcher

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Born in Macon, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

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, Hendley was signed by the Milwaukee Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 as an amateur free agent

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 in 1958. After the 1963 season, Hendley was traded to the San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 in a six-player deal; one of the three players the Braves received was Felipe Alou. On May 28, 1965, Hendley, Harvey Kuenn

Harvey Kuenn

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, and Ed Bailey

Ed Bailey

Lonas Edgar Bailey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from through . Bailey batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee...

 were traded to the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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; coincidentally, Bailey was another player traded for Hendley in the Milwaukee-San Francisco deal.

On September 9, 1965, at Los Angeles

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's Dodger Stadium

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, he threw a one-hitter, but lost to Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...

, who threw a perfect game

Perfect game

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 (to date, the last no-hitter

No-hitter

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 pitched against the Cubs). Oddly, the one run he gave up in the game did not come on the hit

Hit (baseball)

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. Five days later, the two pitchers faced each other in a rematch at Wrigley Field

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. This time, Hendley gave up only four hits and defeated Koufax 2-1.

In a 7-season career, Hendley was 48-52 with a 3.97 ERA

Earned run average

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 in 216 games, 126 of them starts. He struck out

Strike Out

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 522 batters in 879.1 innings pitched

Innings pitched

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. Hendley, after retiring from the majors went on to coach in his hometown of Macon, Georgia at two high schools, posting winning records at both schools.

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