“Honest” John Clapp
“Honest” John Clapp, who caught the major’s first officially recognized no-hitter in 1876, died 111 years ago today.
Clapp, the catcher for the National League’s St. Louis Brown Stockings, was behind the plate for George Washington Bradley’s 2-0 no-no over the Hartford Dark Blues at St. Louis’ Grand Avenue Ball Grounds on Saturday, July 15, 1876.
Clapp, an Ithaca, New York-native who played in the NL from 1872-1883, batted .305 during the 1876 season.
Author: Dirk Lammers
http://www.nonohitters.com/about-the-author/ 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).
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