Bill Hawke
Pitcher
Born: April 28, 1870 Elsmere, Delaware, US
Died: December 11, 1902(1902-12-11) (aged 32) Wilmington, Delaware, US
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 28, 1892, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1894, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win/Loss Record	32-31
Strikeouts	193
Earned run average	4.98
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1892–1893) Baltimore Orioles (1893–1894)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched a No-hitter on August 16, 1893

William Victor Hawke (April 28, 1870 – December 11, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for three seasons, all in the National League, with a career record of 32 wins and 31 losses.^[1]

Career

Born in Elsmere, Delaware, Hawke began his major league career with the St. Louis Browns in 1892. He pitched in 14 games that first season, with a 5–5 win–loss record and threw one shutout. Bill split 1893 season between the Browns and the Baltimore Orioles. It was for the latter that he pitched a no-hit, 5-0 victory against the Washington Senators on August 16, 1893.^[1] It was the first no-hitter at the new distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate. For the 1893 season, the mound was moved from 50 feet to 60 feet 6 inches, the distance that is still used to this day.^[2] Hawke finished his career the following season, with a 16-9 record for the National League champion Baltimore Orioles.^[3]

Post-career

On December 11, 1902, he died of carcinoma^[4] at the age of 32 in Wilmington, Delaware, and was interred at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington.^[1]

He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.^[5]