Today would be the 149th birthday of Charles “Bumpus” Jones, who threw a no-hitter in his major-league debut for the Cincinnati Reds.
Reds player-manager Charles Comiskey, who had watched Jones pitch well in an 1892 exhibition, gave Jones the opportunity to pitch Cincinnati’s final game of the ’92 season on Saturday, October 15, 1892. Jones no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at League Park for a 7-1 win.
Two pitchers have thrown no-hitters in the first major league starts, but no one else has done it in their first major league appearance.
