51st anniversary of Horlen’s White Sox no-no
Today is the 51st anniversary of Joel “Joe” Horlen’s Chicago White Sox no-hitter.
The Padres have played 7,963 regular-season games without a no-hitter.
Koufax tosses perfecto to set new career no-no mark, 53 years ago today
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax threw his fourth no-hitter in the form of a perfect game, 53 years ago today.
Today is the 25th anniversary of Darryl Kile’s no-no vs. the Mets
Darryl Kile threw a Houston Astros no-hitter against the New York Mets, 25 years ago today.
Smith, Tesreau, Sanchez threw no-hitters on this date.
Frank Smith, Jeff Tesreau and Anibal Sanchez threw no-hitters on this date.
Brooklyn’s Rucker, Hilldale’s Cockrell tossed no-nos on this date
Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter and the Brooklyn Suberbas’ “Nap” Rucker threw a National League no-no on this date.
Cubs’ Pappas no-hits Padres, 46 years ago today
Forty-six years ago today, on Sept. 2, 1972, the Chicago Cubs’ Milt Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field, becoming the only pitcher…
Why the name NoNoHitters.com?
Although NoNoHitters.com over the past decade has blossomed into baseball’s online home for all things no-hitter, its origins are rooted in a 50-plus-year drought of no-hitters by the New York Mets.
For four-and-a-half seasons (2008-2012), NoNoHitters.com site dutifully logged the climbing count of Mets games without a no-hitter, which finally ended at 8,019 on June 1, 2012, when Johan Santana made history. During our tenure chronicling baseball’s longest no-no drought from inception, we watched two of baseball’s newer franchises – the Colorado Rockies and the Tampa Bay Rays pass us on the baselines and exit the no-no club out of turn. But one team, the circa-1969 San Diego Padres, continues to serve as its sole member.
Dirk Lammers is a veteran journalist and author who created NoNoHitters.com in 2008. Read more here.
