Today’s is the six-year anniversary of “King” Felix Hernandez’s perfect game and the 28th anniversary of Terry Mulholland’s no-hitter.
The Baltimore Orioles’ Jim Palmer no-hit the Oakland Athletics, 49 years ago today.
Happy 138th birthday to Christy Mathewson, the Hall of Famer who pitched two no-hitters for the New York Giants.
Vic Willis is credited with throwing the second no-hitter for the Braves franchise 119 years ago today, although accounts in both the home and away…
Jack Stivetts threw a no-hitter for the Boston Beaneaters, 126 years ago today.
The Atlanta Braves’ Sean Newcomb fell one out short of throwing the 300th no-hitter in major-league baseball history on Sunday.
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.
