The Cincinnati Reds, No. 4 on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown have thrown 16 no-hitters during the team’s history dating back to the 1880s.
The team’s first no-hitter was thrown in 1892 by Bumpus Jones, who amazingly accomplished the feat in his first major league appearance.
Topping that accomplishment, Johnny Vander Meer threw no-hitters in back-to-back starts in 1938. Homer Bailey has also thrown two no-nos for the Reds. Tom Browning has the club’s only perfect game, thrown Sept. 16, 1988, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here is the list of Cincinnati Reds no-hitters:
| 1 | Charles "Bumpus" Jones |
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| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Saturday, October 15, 1892 Cincinnati Reds 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 League Park (Cincinnati) (His first Major League game) |
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| 2 | Ted Breitenstein |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Friday, April 22, 1898 Cincinnati Reds 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 League Park (Cincinnati) (His second of two no-hitters; with Hughes’ no hitter below, first time two have been thrown on same day.) |
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| 3 | Frank "Noodles" Hahn |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Thursday, July 12, 1900 Cincinnati Reds 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 League Park (Cincinnati) | |
| 4 | Fred Toney |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Wednesday, May 2, 1917 Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 0 (10 innings) Weeghman Park (Chicago) (10-inning no hitter; opposing pitcher Hippo Vaughn also threw a no hitter through nine innings – only time in major league history a game has had no hits through nine on both sides.) |
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| 5 | Horace "Hod" Eller |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Sunday, May 11, 1919 Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Redland Field (Cincinnati) | |
| 6 | Johnny Vander Meer |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Saturday, June 11, 1938 Cincinnati Reds 3, Boston Bees 0 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) (His first of two no-hitters; with no hitter below against Brooklyn, Vander Meer is the only pitcher to have thrown no-hitters in consecutive starts.) |
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| 7 | Johnny Vander Meer |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Wednesday, June 15, 1938 Cincinnati Reds 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) (His second of two no-hitters; with no hitter above against Boston, Vander Meer is the only pitcher to have thrown no-hitters in consecutive starts.) |
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| 8 | Clyde Shoun |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Monday, May 15, 1944 Cincinnati Reds 1, Boston Braves 0 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) | |
| 9 | Ewell Blackwell |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Wednesday, June 18, 1947 Cincinnati Reds 6, Boston Braves 0 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) (Blackwell, Vander Meer’s teammate, just misses duplicating his back-to-back no-nos in his next start.) |
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| 10 | Jim Maloney |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Thursday, August 19, 1965 (First game of doubleheader) Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 0 (10 innings) Wrigley Field (Chicago) (His first of two no-hitters) |
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| 11 | George Culver |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Monday, July 29, 1968 (Second game of doubleheader) Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia) | |
| 12 | Jim Maloney |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Wednesday, April 30, 1969 Cincinnati Reds 10, Houston Astros 0 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) (His second of two no-hitters) |
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| 13 | Tom Seaver |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Friday, June 16, 1978 Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati) (Seaver took no-hitters into the ninth three times for the Mets. He finally reaches the finish line in a Reds uniform.) |
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| 14 | Tom Browning |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Friday, September 16, 1988 Cincinnati Reds 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati) (Perfect game) |
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| 15 | Homer Bailey |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Friday, September 28, 2012 Cincinnati Reds 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 PNC Park (Pittsburgh) (His first of two no-hitters) |
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| 16 | Homer Bailey |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 0 Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati) (His second of two no-hitters) |
Here’s our list so far from 4 to 30:
No-hitters thrown by franchise
| 16 | Cincinnati Reds |
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| (Cincinnati Red Stockings/Cincinnati Redlegs) | |
| 16 | San Francisco Giants |
| (New York Gothams/New York Giants) | |
| 14 | Cleveland Indians |
| (Cleveland Bluebirds/Cleveland Naps) | |
| 14 | Atlanta Braves |
| (Boston Red Caps/Boston Beaneaters/Boston Doves/Boston Rustlers/Boston Bees/Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves) | |
| 13 | Chicago Cubs |
| (Chicago White Stockings/Chicago Colts/Chicago Orphans) | |
| 12 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| (Philadelphia Quakers) | |
| 11 | Oakland Athletics |
| (Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics) | |
| 11 | New York Yankees |
| (New York Highlanders/Baltimore Orioles) | |
| 11 | Houston Astros |
| (Houston Colt .45’s) | |
| 10 | Los Angeles Angels |
| (California Angels/Anaheim Angels) | |
| 10 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| (St. Louis Browns/St. Louis Perfectos) | |
| 9 | Baltimore Orioles |
| (Milwaukee Brewers/St. Louis Browns) | |
| 7 | Minnesota Twins |
| (Washington Senators) | |
| 7 | Detroit Tigers |
| 6 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| (Pittsburgh Alleghenys) | |
| 5 | Texas Rangers |
| 5 | Miami Marlins |
| 5 | Washington Nationals |
| 4 | Kansas City Royals |
| 4 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 1 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1 | Colorado Rockies |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Rays |
| (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) | |
| 1 | New York Mets |
| 0 | San Diego Padres |
The Cincinnati @Reds, No. 4 on our count, have thrown 16 #nohitters with 2 each from Vander Meer, Maloney & Bailey http://t.co/QWYXM8Y5X8