Ledell "Cannonball" Titcomb (August 21, 1866 – June 8, 1950) was an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player who played for several teams in the National League

National League

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 and American Association

American Association (19th century)

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. Born in West Baldwin, Maine, he pitched a total of five seasons, finishing with a 30-29 record and a 3.47 ERA

Earned run average

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. Cannonball pitched a no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 on September 15, 1890, against the Syracuse Stars

Syracuse Stars (American Association)

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, a 7-0 victory. Also, in two games at third base, he fielded all five of his chances cleanly, while putting up a respectable 2.50 range factor

Range Factor

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. Titcomb died at the age of 83 in Kingston, New Hampshire

Kingston, New Hampshire

Kingston is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 6,025.- History :Kingston was the fifth town to be established in New Hampshire. Originally, it was a part of Hampton, New Hampshire...

, and was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Kingston.

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