One-hitters by Mets pitchers
Although the New York Mets have never thrown a no-hitter, the club has come within one hit of the accomplishment 31 times (not including two rain-shortened one-hitters by Tom Glavine and John Maine in 2007). Here’s the list:
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| June 22, 1962 | Al Jackson | Houston Colt .45s 0 | New York Mets 2 | Joey Amalfitano, single, 1st |
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| May 4, 1966 | Jack Hamilton | New York Mets 8 | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | Ray Sadecki, single, 3rd |
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| July 9, 1969 | Tom Seaver | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 4 | Jimmy Qualls, single, 9th (1 out) |
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| April 18, 1970 | Nolan Ryan | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | New York Mets 7 | Denny Doyle, 1st-inning single |
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| May 13, 1970 | Gary Gentry | New York Mets 4 | Chicago Cubs 0 | Ernie Banks, single, 8th |
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| May 15, 1970 | Tom Seaver | New York Mets 4 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | Mike Compton, single, 3rd |
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| April 18, 1971 (Game 1 of doubleheader) | Gary Gentry | Pittsburgh Pirates 2 | New York Mets 5 | Roberto Clemente, triple, 6th |
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| Sept. 26, 1971 | Tom Seaver | Pittsburgh Pirates 1 | New York Mets 3 | Vic Davalillo, single, 7th |
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| July 4, 1972 (Game 1 of doubleheader) | Tom Seaver | San Diego Padres 0 | New York Mets 2 | Leron Lee, single, 9th (1 out) |
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| July 10, 1973 | Jon Matlack | Houston Astros 0 | New York Mets 1 | Tommy Helms, double, 6th |
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| June 29, 1974 | Jon Matlack | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | New York Mets 4 | John Curtis, double, 3rd |
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| April 17, 1977 | Tom Seaver | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 6 | Steve Ontiveros, single, 5th |
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| Oct. 1, 1982 | Terry Leach | New York Mets 1 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 (in 10) | Luis Aguayo, triple, 5th |
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| Sept. 7, 1984 | Dwight Gooden | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 10 | Keith Moreland, single, 5th |
| A little commentary on this one-hitter from NoNoHitters.com reader Steve: “You should know that Keith Moreland’s hit against Dwight Gooden in September 1984 — I was there — was an absolutely positively *&%$#$ %*$&!#% ERROR by Ray Knight on a slow roller toward third base. Knight gloved it, double clutched and could have rolled it to first and beaten the Kranepool-esque Moreland and gotten him. Knight never threw, I never forgave him or the official scorer, who was a total and complete brainless nitwit (G rated) to score it a hit. For confirmation, you can ask Rick Sutcliffe, who has said on the air a number of times that it should have been a no-hitter.”
Another comment comes from NoNoHitters.com reader Mark: “I too was at that game, and I too yelled and screamed at Knight for not having the common sense and decency to at least throw the ball away in an attempt to draw an error on that play, since it was obvious that Gooden was unhittable that night. Still, even I acknowledge that had to be scored a hit, whatever Rick Sutcliffe might say.” |
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| April 16, 1985 | Ron Darling(7) Jesse Orosco (2) |
New York Mets 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates 1 | Johnnie Ray, single, 1st |
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| May 11, 1985 | Sid Fernandez (6) Roger McDowell (3) |
Philadelphia Phillies 0 | New York Mets 4 | Von Hayes, single, 4th |
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| Aug. 29, 1988 | David Cone | San Diego Padres 0 | New York Mets 6 | Tony Gwynn, double, 4th |
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| Sept. 10, 1991 | Pete Schourek | Montreal Expos 0 | New York Mets 9 | Kenny Williams, single, 5th |
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| Sept. 14, 1991 | David Cone (7) Jeff Innis (1) |
New York Mets 1 | St. Louis Cardinals 2 | Ray Lankford, single, 5th |
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| Sept. 20, 1991 | David Cone | New York Mets 1 | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | Felix Jose, double, 8th |
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| Oct. 8, 2000 (NLDS) | Bobby J. Jones | San Francisco Giants 0 | New York Mets 4 | Jeff Kent, double, 5th |
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| July 14, 2001 | Glendon Rusch (8) Armando Benitez (1) |
Boston Red Sox 0 | New York Mets 2 | Trot Nixon, bunt single, 1st |
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| April 26, 2002 | Shawn Estes | Milwaukee Brewers 0 | New York Mets 1 | Eric Young, single, 7th |
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| June 15, 2003 | Steve Trachsel | New York Mets 8 | Anaheim Angels 0 | David Eckstein, double, 6th |
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| June 17, 2003 | Jae Seo (7) David Weathers (1) Armando Benitez (1) |
Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 5 | Juan Encarnacion, single, 5th |
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| Aug. 18, 2003 | Steve Trachsel | Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 8 | Chin-hui Tsao, double, 6th |
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| May 23, 2004 | Tom Glavine | Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 4 | Kit Pellow, double, 8th |
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| April 15, 2005 | Aaron Heilman | Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 4 | Luis Castillo, single, 4th |
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| Sept. 3, 2006 | Orlando Hernandez (5 1/3) Roberto Hernandez (1) Darren Oliver (2/3) Guillermo Mota (1) |
New York Mets 1 | Houston Astros 2 | Aubrey Huff, single, 2nd |
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On June 27, 2007, Tom Glavine threw a rain shortened one-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals. Mets 2, Cards 0, 5 1/2-innings. (We’re not including it in our count.) |
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On July 29, 2007, John threw a rain shortened one-hitter against the Washington Nationals. Mets 5, Nats 0, 5 innings. (We’re not including it in our count.) |
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| Sept. 29, 2007 | John Maine (7 2/3) Willie Collazo (1/3) Carlos Muniz (1) |
Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 13 | Paul Hoover, single, 8th |
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| July 12, 2008 |
Pedro Martinez (4) Carlos Muniz (2) Aaron Heilman (1) Scott Schoeneweis (1) Billy Wagner (1) |
Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 3 | Brad Hawpe, single, 4th |
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Source: Mets.com |
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