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| Sid Hudson | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1915-01-03)January 3, 1915 Coalfield, Tennessee, U.S. | |
| Died: October 10, 2008(2008-10-10) (aged 93) Waco, Texas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 18, 1940, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 25, 1954, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 104–152 |
| Earned run average | 4.28 |
| Strikeouts | 734 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Sidney Charles Hudson (January 3, 1915 – October 10, 2008) was an Americanstarting pitcher inMajor League Baseball who played for theWashington Senators (1940–42, 1946–52) andBoston Red Sox (1952–54) who had a lengthy post-playing career as apitching coach andscout. Born inCoalfield, Tennessee, he batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
Hudson entered baseball in 1938 with the Class DSanford Lookouts, who had a working agreement with the Senators. In his second year with Sanford, Hudson led theFlorida State League in games won (24),winning percentage (24–4, .857),earned run average (1.79) andstrikeouts (192). The following year, he won 17 games for asecond-division Washington team as arookie, and he was selected to theAmerican LeagueAll–Star team in both1941 and1942. He appeared in the1941 midsummer classic on July 8 atBriggs Stadium and worked theseventh inning, allowing a two-runhome run toArky Vaughan that put the rivalNational League ahead, 3–2. (The American League would triumph in the ninth inning, however, on a three-run,walk-off homer byTed Williams).
Hudson's career was interrupted by three years (1943–45) of military service during World War II. A veteran of theUnited States Army Air Forces, he served in thePacific Theater of Operations and attained the rank ofsergeant.[1] Pitching for Washington's struggling late-1940s teams, he led the American League in games lost (17) in1949. On April 27, 1947, Hudson was the starting pitcher against theNew York Yankees onBabe Ruth Day atYankee Stadium. In front of 58,000 fans in one of Ruth's last public appearances, Hudson threw acomplete game, 1–0shutout, scattering eight hits and three bases on balls.[2] He was traded to the rebuilding Red Sox in the middle of the1952 campaign, and went 16–22 as a spotstarter andreliever over 21⁄2 years.
He retired from the field after the1954 campaign. In his 12-season MLB career, Hudson posted a 104–152 record with 734strikeouts, 123 complete games, 11 shutouts, 13saves, and a 4.28 earned run average in 2,181innings pitched. He allowed 2,384hits and 835bases on balls. A good-hitting pitcher, hebatted .220 with 164 hits and 75runs batted in during his big-league tenure.
Following his pitching career, hescouted for the Red Sox from 1955 through 1960, then joined theexpansion edition of the Senators in1961 as the team's firstpitching coach. He spent all or parts of 13 years over three different terms (1961–April 1965; 1968–1972; and mid-1975–1978) in that role for the franchise in both Washington andDallas–Fort Worth, where it moved in1972 to become theTexas Rangers. In between those assignments, Hudson served the team as aminor league pitching instructor. After leaving professional baseball in 1985, he was a pitching coach forBaylor University's varsity baseball team.
At the time of his death, at 93 years of age, Hudson was one of the oldest living major league players. He died inWaco, Texas.
| Preceded by Franchise established Rube Walker | Washington Senatorspitching coach 1961–1965 1968–1971 | Succeeded by Rube Walker Franchise transferred |
| Preceded by Franchise transferred Art Fowler | Texas Rangerspitching coach 1972 1975–1978 | Succeeded by |