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Harvey Haddix
Harvey Haddix
Born: September 18, 1925 at Medway, O.
Died: January 8, 1994 at Springfield, O.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 5.10 Weight: 170

Harvey Haddix was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on January 8, 2011, and January 16, 2014.

Share your memories of Harvey Haddix HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: mets May 29, 2003 The "Kitten" was a 20 game winner with the Cardinals. He also pitched for the Phillies, Reds and Pirates. He won a Gold Glove winner with the Reds. He is best remembered for his no hitter against the Braves in 1959 which he lost 1-0. He was the pitching coach under Wes Westrum. Kevin C. Delahanty, MD September 1, 2004 I disagree. The most notable thing about Mr. Haddix is his 10-inning perfect game, which he lost. (You can look it up!) Bob P March 8, 2005 To clear up some confusion on a couple of earlier posts about Harvey Haddix: On May 26, 1959 while with Pittsburgh, Harvey pitched a perfect game for twelve innings against the Milwaukee Braves. Future Met Felix Mantilla led off the bottom of the thirteenth by reaching on an error. After a sac bunt then an intentional walk to Henry Aaron, Joe Adcock hit one over the fence in right- center, but Aaron left the field before coming around to score, and Adcock passed him while rounding the bases. Both were called out, making the final score 1- 0. The next day NL President Warren Giles ruled the hit by Adcock a double rather than a home run. In September 1991, the Committee for Statistical Accuracy redefined a no-hit game as one that ends after nine or more innings with a team failing to get a hit. So Haddix lost the perfect game in the thirteenth inning, and 32 years later lost the no- hitter from baseball's official records. Harvey wound up the winning pitcher in game seven of the 1960 World Series thanks to Bill Mazeroski's home run. He also had been the starter and winner in game five. Jonathan Stern June 16, 2005 The poor guy who lost his no-hitter was among the first major-league pitching coaches of such young arms as Seaver, Ryan, McGraw, etc. WDM June 13, 2017 In 1959, Harvey provided the greatest pitched game in baseball history with his 12 innings of perfection and then got tagged with the loss in the 13th. One year later, he got some redemption by getting the win in the seventh game of the World Series after pitching only the top of the ninth. Losing after setting down thirty-six straight batters and recording three outs for the victory to make your team World Champions. Go figure! NYB Buff March 30, 2023 Harvey is known solely for his twelve perfect innings pitched before suffering the loss in a game in 1959. As WDM states in the entry above, he was also the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. However, it's the string of perfection with a sad ending that people think of whenever his name is mentioned. Haddix's pitching gem was even more incredible than it might seem. It came in a Pirates' road game against the Milwaukee Braves, which was the best team in the majors at the time. The Braves had won a pair of National League championships and a World Series over the previous two years. In '59, they were leading the league again on the date that Harvey faced them. The Milwaukee club would end the season tied for first place before losing a best-of-three series to the Dodgers that foiled their quest for a third straight pennant. Haddix's stellar performance that night at County Stadium did not come against any second-rate bunch. His opponent was the toughest one around! Flitgun Frankie April 14, 2024 In game 7 of the 1960 World Series, Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh let sentiment get to him, which is a bad thing in baseball. With a two run lead going into the 9th inning he brought in future Met Bob Friend to finish the game. Friend was a longtime Pirate who had suffered through years of bad teams. He could do nothing with the Yankee hitters and they had bombed him in his two starts in the series. It seems Murtaugh wanted to give him a chance at a little redemption, but Friend proceeded to blow the two run lead, setting up Bill Mazeroski’s famous HR. After Friend’s fiasco, Murtaugh put in Haddix to put out the fire. If instead Murtaugh brings in Haddix instead of Friend to start the inning, no Yankee rally, the Pirates win the game 9-7 and no Mazeroski home run. A little trivia: the Yankees won their 3 games in the series by scores of 16-3, 12-0 and 10-0. Two of those games were started by Friend. The starter of the other? Who else but Met favorite Vinegar Bend Mizell.

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