To celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball’s first combined no-hitter (Babe Ruth/Ernie Shore), here is the first chapter of my book Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders. Four balls and a bop on the beezer When baseball fans reminisce about the legend of Babe Ruth, what comes to mind first are his 60 home runs in 1927 or…
The Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer threw baseball’s 289th no-hitter two years ago yesterday, becoming just the second pitcher to plunk the 27th batter during a perfecto yet recover for the no-no. Scherzer retired the first 26 Pittsburgh Pirates he faced on June 20, 2015, before grazing pinch-hitter Jose Tabata with a pitch in the ninth…
John Montgomery Ward who threw the majors’ second perfect game, 137 years ago today. Ward tossed his perfecto for the National League’s Providence Grays on June 17, 1880, shutting out the Buffalo Bisons 5-0 at the Messer Street Grounds in Providence. Beating him to the punch five days earlier was Lee Richmond of the Worcester…
The Chicago American Giants’ Tom Johnson threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter, 98 years ago today. On Tuesday, June 17, 1919, Johnson no-hit the Detroit Stars for a 7-3 victory. View the full list of Negro Leagues no-nos here.
The Texas Rangers’ Colby Lewis took a perfect game into the eighth inning and a no-hitter into the ninth, one year ago today. On Thursday, July 15, 2016, Lewis lost his perfecto by issuing a two-out walk to the Oakland Athletics’ Yonder Alonso. He escaped the eighth with the no-no intact but lost it in…
The New York Giants’ Christy Mathewson threw the second of his two no-hitters, 112 years ago today. Mathewson, nicknamed “The Christian Gentleman,” no-hit the Chicago Cubs at West Side Park for a 1-0 win. The right-hander from Factoryville, Pennsylvania faced just 28 batters, with the only Cubs base runners coming courtesy of errors by Bill…