The Cincinnati Reds’ Charles “Bumpus” Jones threw a no-hitter in his first major league appearance, 123 years ago today.

After watching Jones pitch well in an exhibition, player-manager Charles Comiskey gave him the opportunity to pitch the Reds’ final game of the season on Saturday, October 15, 1892. Jones no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates for a 7-1 home victory at League Park.

We also wish a happy 70th birthday today to Jim Palmer, who threw a no-no for the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, August 13, 1969. Palmer no-hit the Oakland Athletics for an 8-0 win at Memorial 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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