Maglie and Scott, pitchers who share birthdays, threw no-nos on this date.

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Two major league pitchers who share the same birthday threw no-hitters on this date.

Sal “The Barber” Maglie, born April 26, 1917, threw a Brooklyn Dodgers no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field on Tuesday, September 25, 1956, for a 5-0 win.

The Houston Astros’ Mike Scott, born April 26, 1955, no-hit the San Francisco Giants at the Astrodome on Thursday, September 25, 1986, to clinch the National League West division with a 2-0 victory.

Category: This day in no-no historySeptember 25, 2017 Leave a comment

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).

Maglie and Scott, pitchers who share birthdays, threw no-nos on this date.

Author: Dirk Lammers

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