Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Altrock was one of the better pitchers in baseball for a brief period from 1904 to 1906 with the White Sox. He was instrumental in the White Sox World Series championship in 1906, going 20-13 with a 2.06 ERA in the regular season and 1-1 with a Series-best 1.00 ERA against the Chicago Cubs. An arm injury after 1906 ruined his career, but he hung on with the White Sox and Senators until 1924, though he pitched very little after 1908 and made sporadic pinch-hitting appearances after that, including one in 1933 at 56 years of age. Altrock became a coach for the Senators in 1912 and remained on the staff until 1953. During that time, he was noted for his antics in the coaching box and teamed with Al Schacht, the "Clown Prince of Baseball," for a dozen years to perform silly antics on baseball fields in the days before official mascots.

Altrock was the last player to have played major league baseball in the 19th century to play in a game.

Altrock died at age 88 in Washington, D.C.

YEAR TEAM AGE W L PCT G GS CG SV GF IP H R ER BB SO ERA RSAA 1898 Colonels 21 3 3 .500 11 7 6 0 4 70 89 54 35 21 13 4.50 -8 1902 Americans 25 0 2 .000 3 2 1 1 1 18 19 13 4 7 5 2.00 3 1903 Americans 26 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8 13 10 8 4 3 9.00 -5 Whitesox 26 4 3 .571 12 8 6 0 3 71 59 35 17 19 19 2.15 5 TOTALS 4 4 .500 13 9 7 0 3 79 72 45 25 23 22 2.85 0 1904 Whitesox 27 19 14 .576 38 36 31 0 2 307 274 117 101 48 87 2.96 -15 1905 Whitesox 28 23 12 .657 38 34 31 0 4 316 274 89 66 63 97 1.88 20 1906 Whitesox 29 20 13 .606 38 30 25 0 7 288 269 95 66 42 99 2.06 10 1907 Whitesox 30 8 12 .400 30 21 15 2 7 213.2 210 76 61 31 61 2.57 -1 1908 Whitesox 31 5 7 .417 23 13 8 2 7 136 127 59 41 18 21 2.71 -8 1909 Whitesox 32 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9 16 6 5 1 2 5.00 -3 Senators 32 1 3 .250 9 5 2 0 4 38 55 23 23 5 9 5.45 -13 TOTALS 1 4 .200 10 6 3 0 4 47 71 29 28 6 11 5.36 -16 1912 Senators 35 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18.00 -2 1913 Senators 36 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 9.1 7 5 5 4 2 4.82 -2 1914 Senators 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1915 Senators 38 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 7 4 3 1 2 9.00 -2 1918 Senators 41 1 2 .333 5 3 1 0 2 24 24 11 8 6 5 3.00 0 1919 Senators 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 -4 1924 Senators 47 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 TOTALS 84 74 .532 218 161 128 6 46 1515 1455 604 449 272 425 2.67 -24 LG AVERAGE 84 83 .500 127 6 1515 1390 635 451 398 648 2.68 0 YEAR TEAM HR H/9 BR/9 SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB SHO WP IBB HBP BFP BK NW NL 1898 Colonels 2 11.44 14.53 1.67 2.70 0.62 0 5 0 3 0 0 2 4 1902 Americans 0 9.50 13.00 2.50 3.50 0.71 0 0 0 0 79 0 1 1 1903 Americans 0 14.63 19.13 3.38 4.50 0.75 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 1 Whitesox 4 7.48 10.27 2.41 2.41 1.00 1 2 0 3 296 0 4 3 TOTALS 4 8.20 11.16 2.51 2.62 0.96 1 2 0 3 337 0 4 4 1904 Whitesox 2 8.03 9.56 2.55 1.41 1.81 6 7 0 4 1222 0 14 19 1905 Whitesox 3 7.80 9.66 2.76 1.79 1.54 3 6 0 2 0 0 22 13 1906 Whitesox 0 8.41 9.81 3.09 1.31 2.36 4 5 0 3 0 0 19 14 1907 Whitesox 3 8.85 10.24 2.57 1.31 1.97 1 4 0 2 870 0 10 10 1908 Whitesox 2 8.40 9.73 1.39 1.19 1.17 1 2 0 2 532 1 5 7 1909 Whitesox 0 16.00 17.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 1 Senators 0 13.03 14.45 2.13 1.18 1.80 0 0 0 1 171 0 1 3 TOTALS 0 13.60 14.94 2.11 1.15 1.83 0 0 0 1 205 0 1 4 1912 Senators 0 9.00 27.00 0.00 18.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1913 Senators 0 6.75 11.57 1.93 3.86 0.50 0 0 0 1 43 0 0 0 1914 Senators 0 27.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1915 Senators 0 21.00 24.00 6.00 3.00 2.00 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 1918 Senators 1 9.00 11.63 1.88 2.25 0.83 0 0 0 1 105 0 1 2 1919 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1924 Senators 0 18.00 18.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 TOTALS 17 8.64 10.39 2.52 1.62 1.56 16 31 0 22 3433 1 79 79 LG AVERAGE 20 8.26 10.96 3.85 2.37 1.63 17 36 0 57 4120 1 NICK ALTROCK LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1902 AL SAVES T3RD 1

1904 AL WINS T10TH 19; GAMES T10TH 38; GAMES STARTED T10TH 36; EARNED RUNS 6TH 101; WORST ERA 9TH 2.96; WORST RSAA T9TH -15; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 6TH 9.56; WALKS/9 IP 5TH 1.41; SHUTOUTS T6TH 6; NEUTRAL LOSSES T4TH 19

1905 AL WINS T3RD 23; WINNING PERCENTAGE 5TH .657; GAMES STARTED T10TH 34; COMPLETE GAMES T6TH 31; INNINGS PITCHED 7TH 316; HITS 5TH 274; ERA 5TH 1.88; RSAA T5TH 20; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 6TH 9.66; WALKS/9 IP 5TH 1.79; NEUTRAL WINS T3RD 22

1906 AL WINS T7TH 20; WINNING PERCENTAGE 7TH .606; GAMES T10TH 38; GAMES FINISHED T9TH 7; INNINGS PITCHED 8TH 288; HITS 8TH 269; ERA 8TH 2.06; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 7TH 9.81; WALKS/9 IP 2ND 1.31; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 7TH 2.36; NEUTRAL WINS T8TH 19

1907 AL SAVES T9TH 2; HOMERUNS T6TH 3; WALKS/9 IP 2ND 1.31; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 10TH 1.97

1908 AL SAVES T4TH 2; BALKS T4TH 1

1909 AL WORST RSAA 5TH -16