Daily Archives: August 11, 2016

Honoring Bill Monbouquette on his birthday

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers August 11, 2016 Leave a comment

Today would have been the 80th birthday of Bill Monbouquette, who threw a Boston Red Sox no-hitter in 1962. Monbouquette no-hit the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 1, 1962, in front of 17,185 fans at Comiskey Park. His only blemish was a second-inning base on balls issued to Al Smith, as he struck out seven…

25th anniversary of Wilson Alvarez’s no-hitter

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers August 11, 2016 Leave a comment

Wilson Alvarez threw a no-hitter for the 1991 Chicago White Sox in just his second major league start, 25 years ago today. Alvarez, a 6-foot-1 southpaw from Maracaibo, Venezuela, no-hit the Baltimore Orioles on August 11, 1991, walking five and striking out seven. His outing at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium went considerable better than his major-league…