James Edwin Nash (born February 9, 1945), commonly known as Jim Nash, is a retired American

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pitcher. He debuted on July 3, 1966 against the

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after then

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signed him as a free agent. During his rookie season in 1966 he went 12–1 with a 2.06

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in 127

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as part of the kiddie corps of pitchers featured in Kansas City. He also received the only two votes not won by

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for the

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. Nash would appear on the cover of the March 13, 1967 Sports Illustrated and was featured in a story along with up and coming pitchers

Catfish Hunter James Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From to , he was a pitcher for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Hunter wa ...

and

Blue Moon Odom Johnny Lee "Blue Moon" Odom (born May 29, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won t ...

Nash however failed to live up to the hype from his first two seasons, battling shoulder soreness, and ended with a career record of 68 wins and 64 losses with a lifetime ERA of 3.58, allowing 1,050 hits and 441 earned runs in 1,107.1 innings pitched. He went on to play 4 seasons for the Athletics and 3 seasons for the

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, playing his final season with the

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in 1972.

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1945 births Living people Kansas City Athletics players Atlanta Braves players Philadelphia Phillies players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state) Baseball players from Nevada Birmingham Barons players Burlington Bees players Lewiston Broncs players Mobile A's players Birmingham A's players People from Hawthorne, Nevada People from Marietta, Georgia {{US-baseball-pitcher-1940s-stub