Jan292016

Two pitchers who threw no-hitters – Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson – were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame 80 years ago today.

Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson

Christy Mathewson, left, and Walter Johnson are the Hall’s inaugural Class of 1936.

Mathewson and Johnson joined Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner as the Hall’s inaugural Class of 1936. The results were announced to the press four days after the vote.

The five ballplayers would have to wait until 1939 for official induction, as the facility in Cooperstown, New York had yet to be built.

Mathewson, who posted a career record of 373-188 over 17 seasons, threw two no-hitters for the New York Giants:

  • Monday, July 15, 1901
    New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0
    Robison Field (St. Louis)
  • Tuesday, June 13, 1905
    New York Giants 1, Chicago Cubs 0
    West Side Park (Chicago)

Johnson, with a record of 417-279 over his 21-year career, threw one no-no for the Washington Senators:

  • Thursday, July 1, 1920
    Washington Senators 1, Boston Red Sox 0
    Fenway Park (Boston)
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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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