Hooks Dauss played 15 seasons of Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1912 to 1926.
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27 Facts About Hooks Dauss
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Hooks Dauss was given the nickname "Hooks", because his curveball was hard to hit.
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Hooks Dauss's parents were John Dauss, a machinist, and Anna E Dauss, a native of Indiana.
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Hooks Dauss's parents divorced when he was a child, and he was living with his mother and grandparents at the time of the 1900 Census.
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Hooks Dauss first gained note as a pitcher on the Manual High School baseball team.
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Hooks Dauss began his professional baseball career in 1908 with the South Bend, Indiana team in the Central League.
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Hooks Dauss did pitch an exhibition game, a shutout against the Duluth White Sox of the Northern League.
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Hooks Dauss pitched for the Winona Pirates in the Class C Minnesota–Wisconsin League during the 1911 season.
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Hooks Dauss was next acquired by the St Paul Saints of the Class AA American Association.
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Detroit team president Frank Navin tried unsuccessfully to draft Hooks Dauss and ended up purchasing him from St Paul in September 1912.
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In February 1913, Hooks Dauss signed a contract with the Tigers for the 1913 season.
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Hooks Dauss became a regular in Detroit's starting rotation, a position he would hold for the next 14 years.
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Hooks Dauss finished the 1913 season ranked ninth in the American League with a 7.
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Hooks Dauss finished among the American League's leaders with 22 complete games, 19 wins, 302 innings pitched, and 150 strikeouts.
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Hooks Dauss actually hit three batters in one game on August 24,1914.
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Hooks Dauss developed into one of the best fielding pitchers in the game during the 1915 season.
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Hooks Dauss led the league's pitchers with 137 assists and a range factor of 4.
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Hooks Dauss then pitched for the Tigers that afternoon, explaining his zest for privacy on the ground that he thought he would be nervous if the crowd knew he had just been married.
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Nothing appears to ruffle Hooks Dauss; he takes a victory or defeat with the same measure of unconcern.
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Hooks Dauss went on to compile his first losing record in his major league career.
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In 1919, Hooks Dauss rebounded and had his second 20-win season in the major leagues.
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Hooks Dauss posted impressive fielding numbers, leading the league's pitchers with 101 assists.
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Hooks Dauss has held the Tigers record for pitcher wins ever since: 96 years as of 2021.
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Hooks Dauss is likely to retain this record for some time to come, unless Justin Verlander returns to Detroit.
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Hooks Dauss was an excellent fielding pitcher, with a career range factor of 2.
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