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Johnny Lush began his professional career in 1904 with the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies. Right out of the gate he played both sides of the ball.

As a pitcher he went 66-85 with a 2.68 ERA (97 ERA+) and 6.6 rWAR. As a hitter he had 1,090 plate appearances, a .630 OPS (97 OPS+) and 2.9 rWAR. On 1 May 1906 he became the youngest man to ever pitch a no-hitter. He beat Brooklyn 6-0. In 1907 he moved to Cardinals and threw a second no-hitter in August 1908, also against Brooklyn. The game ended after six innings because of rain and is not currently recognized by MLB as a no-hitter.

To the very end, Johnny Lush kept plugging away at being a two-way player. The stats tell the clear tale of someone who could have been a darn good professional pitcher had he just focused on that element of his game. Alas, Johnny thought he could do both and he kept playing both year-after-year with diminishing results. File Johnny Lush as a failed two-way player, but a pitcher with a lot of wasted talent. Lush moved to Hawaii after he was through with baseball and opened a high-end antique and jewelry business that made him quite a bit of money. - wordsabovereplacement.com & verdun2.wordpress.com

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