Dick Fowler

Richard John Fowler was a Canadian-born starting pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, pitching in 1941–1942 and 1945–1952 with military service in between. He worked in 221 total games, 170 of them as a starter. On September 9, 1945, in his first start in three years after returning from the Canadian Army, Fowler threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns, winning 1–0 while walking four of the 29 batters he faced. It was the American League's first no-hitter since Bob Feller's on Opening Day 1940, and it made Fowler the first Canadian-born pitcher to throw a major league no-hitter. The game was his only win of the 1945 season, in which he finished 1–2 with a 4.82 earned run average, making him the only pitcher whose sole win in a season was a no-hitter. Over a ten-season career he posted a 66–79 record with 11 shutouts, 75 complete games, 382 strikeouts, and a 4.11 earned run average across 1,303 innings pitched. He played his entire major league career under Athletics manager Connie Mack.