Joe Borden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Major League Baseball player
Date of Birth: 09-May-1854
Place of Birth: Jacobstown, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 14-Oct-1929
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Joe Borden
- Joseph Emley Borden, aka Joe Josephs, (May 9, 1854 – October 14, 1929), nicknamed "Josephus the Phenomenal", was a starting pitcher in professional baseball for two seasons.
- Born in the Jacobstown section of North Hanover Township, New Jersey, he was playing for a Philadelphia amateur team when he was discovered by the Philadelphia White Stockings of the National Association (NA) in 1875.
- The White Stockings needed a replacement for a recently released pitcher, and were awaiting the arrival of a replacement.
- During his short, seven-game stint with the team, he posted a 2–4 win–loss record, both victories recorded as shutouts.
- On July 28 of that season, he threw the first no-hitter in professional baseball history. When the NA folded after the 1875 season, Borden signed a three-year contract with the Boston Red Caps.
- On April 22, 1876, Borden and the Red Caps were victorious in the first National League (NL) game ever played.
- Later that season, on May 23, he pitched a shutout, which some historians claim was the first no-hitter in Major League Baseball.
- Known for having an eccentric personality, he played under different surnames, such as Josephs and Nedrob, so as to disguise his involvement in baseball; his prominent family would have disapproved had they known.
- After he was released from the Red Caps as a player during the first season of his contract, he worked for a short period of time as their groundskeeper until he and the owner agreed to a buyout of the remainder of his contract.
- It was mistakenly claimed that he died in 1889, in the Johnstown Flood.
- His official death date is recognized as occurring in 1929 when he was 75 years of age.
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