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As an 18-year-old first baseman/outfielder with the Phillies, Lush was the youngest regular ML player of the 20th century. He became a full-time pitcher for Philadelphia in 1906, when he had a career-high 18 wins and a no-hitter against the Dodgers, but he had only one more winning season. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 1, 1906: John Lush, 20, posts a 1-0 no-hitter over Brooklyn for the Phils, striking out 11. Mal Eason takers the loss. The Philadelphia Inquirer states, "The trolley dodgers were triumphantly baffled by Lush's drop curve." » July 20, 1906: Brooklyn righthander Mal Eason, the victim of John Lush's no-hitter in May, no-hits the Cardinals 2-0 at St. Louis. Eason walks three and strikes out 5. This will be Eason's last season as an active player: he will become an NL umpire. » August 6, 1908: A scheduled doubleheader in Brooklyn with St. Louis is washed out after five innings of the first game, but lefty Johnny Lush, with one no-hitter over Brooklyn under his belt, allows no Brooklyn hits in his outing. The Cards win 2-0, on two unearned runs, as 1B Tim Jordan drops a fly ball with the bases loaded. » May 24, 1909: Under new manager Roger Bresnahan, the Cardinals finally beat Christy Mathewson after losing to the Giants ace 24 consecutive times. Matty allows just six hits to his former battery mate's squad, but the Giants score once off John Lush to lose, 3-1. » September 20, 1914: John Lush of Portland (PCL) pitches a 9-inning no-hitter against Venice, losing 1–0. It is the 2nd no-hit loss in the PCL in five years (Frank Arellanes, Sacramento, October 17, 1910, loses 2–0).