Today is the fifth anniversary of Johan Santana breaking the Mets’ no no-hitters streak at 8,019 games. As always, we celebrate by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012. The streak ends at 8,019: Santana no-hits Cards For the first time in 8,019 games, a New York Mets game has ended with a zero…
Joe Benz threw the fifth no-hitter in Chicago White Sox history, 103 years ago today. At Comiskey Park, on Sunday, May 31, 1914, Benz no-hit the Cleveland Naps for a 6-1 win in a game with six total blunders, three by each time. “Errors were plentiful on both sides,” noted one newspaper report. “Two of…
Today is the 40th anniversary of the no-hitter thrown by the Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Eckersley. On Monday, May 30, 1977, Eckersely walked just one Angels batter at Cleveland Stadium as the Indians topped California 1-0. Eckersley, who also pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Oakland A’s, currently serves as a special assistant…
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay threw a perfect game against the Florida Marlins, seven years ago today. On Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Sun Life Stadium, Halladay sent every Marlins batter he faced back to the dugout, and a lone unearned run in the third was all the Phillies needed to defeat Florida 1-0. Halladay…
Brooklyn’s Adonis Terry threw the second of his two no-hitters, 129 years ago today. On Sunday, May 27, 1888, Terry no-hit Louisville at Brooklyn’s Ridgewood Park to give the Bridegrooms a 4-0 win over the Louisville Colonels. His first no-no came on Saturday, July 24, 1886, when Terry no-hit the St. Louis Browns for a…
Today, May 26, marks the 58th anniversary of what is perhaps the greatest baseball game ever thrown by a pitcher. On May 26, 1959, in Harvey Haddix’s first season with the Pirates, the Medway, Ohio southpaw retired 36 Milwaukee Braves batters for a perfect game through 12 innings, but his team couldn’t score. Haddix lost…