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Apr 09, 1888 Weatherford, Texas, United States Died on 29 May 1966 (aged 78)
American baseball player
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About Hippo Vaughn
- James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9, 1888 – May 29, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
- In a career that spanned thirteen seasons, he played for the New York Highlanders (1908, 1910–1912), the Washington Senators (1912), and the Chicago Cubs (1913–1921).
- Vaughn won over twenty games in five seasons for the Cubs.
- His highlight year was 1918, where he won a National League-leading 22 in 1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I.
- That same year, Vaughn also led the National League in earned run average (ERA) and strikeouts to become the ninth triple crown winner in the modern era and the fifteenth overall.
- His nickname of "Hippo" came from his height and weight of 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds.
