There have been six Subway Series no-nos over New York’s baseball history, with the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hitting the New York Giants three times, the Giants topping Brooklyn twice and the New York Yankees’ Don Larsen throwing a perfect game against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.
And then there’s the "Cookie Game" in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series, when the New York Yankees’ Bill Bevens threw 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before Cookie Lavagetto lined a double off the right field wall to kill the no-no and drive home two runs for the Dodgers win.
But on Sept. 9, 1971, the New York Mets nearly no-hit the New York Yankees in the annual Mayor’s Trophy Game exhibition. (For those who don’t remember the pre-interleague play tradition, the Mayor’s Trophy Game was a once-a-year contest between New York’s AL and NL teams to benefit the city’s sandlot baseball program.)
In front of a Shea Stadium crowd of 48,872, the Mets’ Jim McAndrew and Nolan Ryan no-hit the Yankees for seven innings as the Mets nursed an early 1-0 lead. Ron Taylor took the ball for the eighth and got the first two outs before Frank Baker singled to left for the game’s first hit. The Yankees wound up winning 2-1 in the ninth.
Here are the true Subway Series no-nos.
1 | Tom Lovett |
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Brooklyn Grooms (NL) | |
Monday, June 22, 1891 Brooklyn Grooms 4, New York Giants 0 Eastern Park (Brooklyn) | |
2 | Amos Rusie |
New York Giants (NL) | |
Friday, July 31, 1891 New York Giants 6, Brooklyn Grooms 0 Polo Grounds (New York) | |
3 | Richard "Rube" Marquard |
New York Giants (NL) | |
Thursday, April 15, 1915 New York Giants 2, Brooklyn Robins 0 Polo Grounds (New York) | |
4 | Rex Barney |
Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) | |
Thursday, September 9, 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Giants 0 Polo Grounds (New York) | |
5 | Carl Erskine |
Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) | |
Saturday, May 12, 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 3, New York Giants 0 Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) (His second of two no-hitters) |
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6 | Don Larsen |
New York Yankees (WS Game 5) | |
Monday, October 8, 1956 New York Yankees 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 Yankee Stadium (New York) (Perfect game in Game 5 of 1956 World Series) |