The Milwaukee Braves’ Warren Spahn, the Boston Red Sox’s Dave Morehead and the Cincinnati Reds’ Tom Browning all threw no-hitters on this date.

Fifty-five years ago today, on Friday, September 16, 1960, Spahn no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for a 4-0 win at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was his first of two no-nos.

Fifty years ago today, on Thursday, September 16, 1965, Morehead no-hit the Cleveland Indians for a 2-0 win at Fenway Park. And 27 years ago today, on Friday, September 16, 1988, Browning threw a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers for a 1-0 win at Riverfront Stadium.

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Author: Dirk Lammers

Dirk Lammers is a veteran journalist who began rooting for the New York Mets in the early-1970s when the team’s no no-hitter count was barely 2,000 games old. Lammers has since turned his research into Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching’s Greatest Feats (Unbridled Books) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.

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