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As a boy, Hacker wanted to be a coal miner like his father, who insisted he pursue baseball instead. Hacker followed a 15-9, 2.58 1952 season with a league-leading 19 defeats in 1953, and had three more losing seasons with poor Cub teams. The righthander relied mostly on knucklers and sinkers. He came within two outs of a no-hitter versus the Braves on May 21, 1955. (AA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 7, 1951: Warren Hacker, pitching for LA (PCL), pitches a no-hitter against Seattle, winning, 4–0. » April 30, 1954: Willie Mays homers in the 14th inning off Cubs lefty Warren Hacker to give Sal Maglie and the Giants a 4–2 victory. » May 21, 1955: In Milwaukee, Cubs pitcher Warren Hacker loses his no-hitter when he gives up a one-out 9th-inning home run to George Crowe. Hacker holds on to win 2–1. » November 13, 1956: The Cubs send P Warren Hacker, 3B Don Hoak and OF Pete Whisenant to the Reds for 36-year-old P Elmer Singleton, 18–8 with Seattle in 1956, and 3B Ray Jablonski.