"In July 1903, just two months after turning 24, Noodles Hahn won his 100th game, becoming the youngest player since the pitching distance moved to its current 60' 6" in 1893 to reach that milestone. In the century since, only Bob Feller, another power pitcher, managed to win 100 games at a younger age. But Hahn had also racked up 300 innings pitched in each of his first four seasons, and the strain on his young left arm would soon take its toll. 'I am wise enough to know that I cannot last forever and that I am greatly shortening my career by pitching as I did last season,' he told The Sporting News after the 1901 season, in which he'd pitched a career-high 375 innings. Those words proved prophetic; after achieving his 100th victory, Hahn won only 30 more games, and within three years he was out of baseball, a victim of a dead arm at the age of 26."
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"Frank George 'Noodles' Hahn (April 29, 1879 – February 6, 1960) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (NL, 1899–1905) and New York Highlanders (AL, 1906). Hahn batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee. In an eight-season career, Hahn posted a 130–94 record with 917 strikeouts and a 2.55 ERA in 1020-1/3 innings pitched."
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