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) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.
A trio of New York Yankees pitchers on Friday tossed a spring training no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. Masahiro Tanaka threw 4⅓ innings of no-hit ball at Lakeland’s at Joker Merchant Stadium before turning the ball over to Chasen Shreve (⅔ innings) and then Jordan Montgomery (4 innings) for the 3-0 win. View all the…
The Philadelphia Phillies came just two outs from throwing a combined Spring Training no-hitter on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. Vince Velasquez (3⅔), Jake Thompson (2⅓), Colton Murray (1⅔) and Michael Mariot (⅔) combined for 8⅓ no-hit innings at Ed Smith Stadium before Chris Dickerson tagged Mariot for a single to right. Sean Coyle followed…
Today would be the 92nd birthday of Alva “Bobo” Holloman, who pitched a no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Holloman no-hit the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 6 of that year. The game was the pinnacle of his brief major league career, which ended after two seasons with a…
Happy 55th birthday to Mark Gardner, who threw nine no-hit innings in 1991 but lost the game in extra innings. Gardner, who last season served as the San Francisco Giants pitching coach, no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers through nine on Friday, July 26, 1991, at Dodger Stadium but the Montreal Expos couldn’t score a run…
Happy 129th birthday to George Mogridge, who pitched the New York Yankees’ first no-hitter on April 24, 1917, a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Also born on this date in 1875 is Walter Thornton, who threw a Chicago Orphans no-hitter against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms at West Side Park during the…
Happy 73rd birthday to Dick Bosman, who thew a no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in 1974. Bosman got the start against the Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Stadium on Friday, July 19, 1974, and no-hit the A’s for a 4-0 victory. The Kenosha, Wisconsin right-hander struck out four and didn’t walk a single batter, but his…