Biography
In a 12-season career, Hudson posted a 104–152 record with 734 strikeouts and a 4.28 ERA in 2181.0 innings pitched.
Following his pitching career, he scouted for the Red Sox from 1955 through 1960, then joined the expansion edition of the Senators in 1961 as the team's first pitching coach. He spent three different terms (1961 through April 1965; 1968 through 1972; and mid-1975 through 1978) in that role for the franchise as the Senators, and after it moved in 1972, the Texas Rangers. In between those assignments, Hudson served the team as a minor league pitching instructor.
After leaving professional baseball, he was a pitching coach for Baylor University's varsity baseball team.
During his playing days, Sid pitched on Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium in front of 58,000 fans in one of Babe's last ever public appearances
At the time of his death, at 93 years of age, Hudson was one of the oldest living major league players. He died in Waco, Texas.
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