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Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library

Nieves jerseyHappy 51st birthday to Juan Nieves, who threw the only no-hitter in Milwaukee Brewers history.

Nieves, who was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, is the first Puerto Rico-born pitcher to throw a major-league no-hitter. At Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 15, 1987, Nieves no-hit the Orioles for a 7-0 win. The Brewers’ Robin Yount made a diving catch in right-center field for the final out.

Also born on this date in 1888 is George “Rube” Foster, who threw a Boston Red Sox no-hitter against the New York Yankees on Wednesday, June 21, 1916, at Fenway Park for a 2-0 win.

(Feature image courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library)

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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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