Cotton Nash

Cotton Nash
Cotton Nash
	First baseman / left fielder
	Born: July 24, 1942 (age 82); Jersey City, New Jersey
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 1, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	October 1, 1970, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average	.188
Hits	3
Strikeouts	3
Runs batted in	2
Teams
	Chicago White Sox (1967); Minnesota Twins (1969–70);

Cotton Nash
Personal information
Born	July 24, 1942 (age 82); Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Lake Charles; (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
College	Kentucky (1961–1964)
NBA draft	1964: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1964–1968
Position	Small forward
Number	33, 17, 44
Career history
1964–1965	Los Angeles Lakers
1965	San Francisco Warriors
1967–1968	Kentucky Colonels
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus first-team All-American (1964); 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1962, 1963); Third-team Parade All-American (1960);
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points	470 (5.6 ppg)
Rebounds	273 (3.3 rpg)
Assists	65 (0.8 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and National Basketball Association (NBA) forward.

Basketball career

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played collegiately for Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, where he was named a first-team All-American in 1964. He went on to play in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964–65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game.

While at the University of Kentucky, Nash also played on the school's baseball team. In 1963, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[1]^[2] He went on to appear in 13 games over three MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning.^[3]