Happy 62nd birthday to former Oakland Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart, who threw a no-hitter in Toronto in 1990.
On Friday, June 29, 1990, Stewart no-hit the Blue Jays for a 5-0 victory at the SkyDome. Hours later and thousands of miles away, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals for a 6-0 win at Dodger Stadium.
The games marked only the second time that no-hitters were thrown on the same day. The other two were back in 1898:
| Ted Breitenstein | |
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| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Friday, April 22, 1898 Cincinnati Reds 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 League Park (Cincinnati) |
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| Jim Jay Hughes | |
| Baltimore Orioles (NL) | |
| Friday, April 22, 1898 Baltimore Orioles 8, Boston Beaneaters 0 Union Park (Baltimore) |
