Happy birthday to Frank Mountain, threw no-no with homer

Happy 156th birthday to Frank Mountain, one of five major league pitchers to hit a home run while throwing a no-hitter.

Mountain, a hurler for the American Association’s Columbus Buckeyes, threw the majors’ 13th no-no against the Washington Nationals on June 5, 1884. The National Republican’s account of the game was not particularly kind to the hometown Nats.

“The Columbus club yesterday played a fine game in the field and at the bat,” the newspaper said. “The Washingtons fielded poorly and batted like school boys, the net result being a well earned victory for the former and a well deserved defeat for the latter.”

Here are the four no-hitters in which the pitcher hit one homer:

13 of 295	Frank Mountain
	Columbus Buckeyes (AA)
	Thursday, June 5, 1884 Columbus Buckeyes 12, Washington Nationals 0 Capitol Grounds (Washington, D.C.)
101 of 295	Wes Ferrell
	Cleveland Indians (AL)
	Wednesday, April 29, 1931 Cleveland Indians 9, St. Louis Browns 0 League Park (Cleveland)
112 of 295	Jim Tobin
	Boston Braves (NL)
	Thursday, April 27, 1944 Boston Braves 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 Braves Field (Boston)
145 of 295	Earl Wilson
	Boston Red Sox (AL)
	Tuesday, June 26, 1962 Boston Red Sox 2, Los Angeles Angels 0 Fenway Park (Boston)

… and here is the only no-hitter in which the pitcher hit two homers:

179 of 295	Rick Wise
	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
	Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 0 Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)