The Chicago Pirates’ Silver King tossed a complete-game no-hitter and lost, 128 years ago today, in a feat that’s no longer considered an official no-no.
The Brooklyn Dodgers’ Carl Erskine and the Kansas City Royals’ Steve Busby threw no-hitters on this date.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw threw a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies four years ago today.
The Chicago American Giants’ Tom Johnson threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter, 99 years ago today.
Edwin Jackson nearly made San Diego Padres history in his first start for the club, two years ago today.
The Texas Rangers’ Colby Lewis lost a perfect game in the eighth inning and a no-hitter into the ninth, two years ago today.
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.
