The Reds lost their greatest spokesmen when Joe passed yesterday, he was the voice of summer and he’ll forever be a part of my youth like humidity and river fog. He was big part of the Reds of the fifties, a close knit team with limited on the field success and memories that extend beyond the box score. Oddly enough the Reds of 1961 was the only team that didn’t have Joe around for more then a half a century, knowing that Joe missed that season always made me sad.
Knowing that I’ll miss Joe’s voice now just makes me sadder.
Joe sits at number nine in the Reds all time win list.
WINS W L SO/9 IP ERA 1 Eppa Rixey 179 148 2.06 3.33 2 Tony Mullane 163 124 3.44 3.15 3 Paul Derringer 161 150 3.65 3.35 4 Bucky Walters 160 107 3.36 2.93 5 Dolf Luque 153 152 3.27 3.09 6 Will White 136 69 2.29 2.51 7 Jim Maloney 134 81 7.88 3.16 8 Frank Dwyer 132 101 1.46 3.77 9 Joe Nuxhall 130 109 5.34 3.80 T10 Pete Donohue 127 110 2.42 3.73 T10 Noodles Hahn 127 92 4.08 2.52
So long Joe.