Gus Weyhing

Gus Weyhing
1888 baseball card of Weyhing
Pitcher
Born: (1866-09-29)September 29, 1866 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died: September 4, 1955(1955-09-04) (aged 88) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 2, 1887, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 21, 1901, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	264–232
Earned run average	3.88
Strikeouts	1,667
Stats at Baseball Reference
Non-MLB stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1887–1889) Brooklyn Ward's Wonders (1890) Philadelphia Athletics (1891) Philadelphia Phillies (1892–1895) Pittsburgh Pirates (1895) Louisville Colonels (1895–1896) Washington Senators (1898–1899) St. Louis Cardinals (1900) Brooklyn Superbas (1900) Cleveland Blues (1901) Cincinnati Reds (1901)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched a no-hitter on July 31, 1888

August Weyhing (September 29, 1866 – September 4, 1955) was an American pitcher in professional baseball. Nicknamed "Cannonball", "Rubber Arm Gun", and "Rubber-Winged Gus", he played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams from 1887 to 1901. Weyhing had a career win–loss record of 264–232. He holds the record for most batters hit in a career, with 277, and was the last major league pitcher to play without a baseball glove.^[1]