Claude Hendrix

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Claude Raymond Hendrix

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
• School Wichita State University
• Debut June 7, 1911
• Final Game August 27, 1920
• Born April 13, 1889 in Olathe, KS USA
• Died March 22, 1944 in Allentown, PA USA

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While pitching for the Chicago Whales of the Federal League, Claude Hendrix threw a no-hitter against Pittsburgh in May 1915.

Hendrix agreed to throw a game in August 1920 and was subsequently banned from baseball. Hendrix did not actually take the mound. The Chicago Cubs, suspecting wrong-doing, substituted Grover Cleveland Alexander for Hendrix at the last minute. What makes his behavior odd was the fact that his father was a town sheriff and bank president on the Kansas frontier in the late nineteenth century.

Following his involuntary departure from baseball, Hendrix owned and operated a cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for many years.

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