Daily Archives: March 30, 2015

#6, the Cleveland Indians

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 30, 2015 Leave a comment

Cleveland Indians pitchers have thrown 14 no-hitters, which gives the club the No. 6 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown. Cleveland was awarded one of the American League’s eight charter franchises in 1901 when the AL declared itself a competing major league, but the team wasn’t initially known as the Indians The franchise, known as…

#7, the Atlanta/Milwaukee/Boston Braves

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 30, 2015 Leave a comment

The Braves’ franchise, which began in Boston under a variety of early nicknames before settling on the Braves, spent 12 years in Milwaukee before landing at its present home of Atlanta. The franchise notched its first seven no-hitters in Boston, threw four in Milwaukee and have three to date in Atlanta. Warren Spahn is the…