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James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9 1888 - May 29 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s. He had some good years for the Cubs during a time when they were not always competitive, winning over 20 games in four seasons, including a National League-leading 22 in 1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I.

Vaughn was born in Weatherford, Texas. Aside from the unflattering nickname (at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, he was only slightly less heavy than 1970s Cubs star Rick Reuschel), he is best remembered for his participation in what the record books used to refer to as a "double no-hitter". Early in the 1917 season, at the ballpark now known as Wrigley Field, Vaughn dueled with Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds for 9 hitless innings. In the tenth, the Reds scored on a couple of hits, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds. This game is no longer listed as a no-hitter for Vaughn, but it is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.

Vaughn died at age 78 in Chicago, Illinois.

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