For the third straight off-season, we’re on active Johnny Vander Meer watch. Max Scherzer threw a no-hitter on the penultimate day of the 2015 season, blanking the New York Mets 2-0. That means he could theoretically tie Vander Meer’s major-league of back-to-back no-hitters record by tossing one in his first start of the 2016 season.…
Happy birthday to four no-no pitchers: Justin Verlander, who threw two no-nos for the Detroit Tigers, Clyde Wright, who threw one for the California Angels, Jim Wilson, who tossed one for the Milwaukee Braves, and Dave Davenport, who threw one for the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League. Verlander, who turns 33 today, threw…
Happy 59th birthday to Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Dave Stewart, who threw a no-hitter for the Oakland Athletics in 1990. On Friday, June 29, 1990, Stewart no-hit the Toronto 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…
Happy 128th 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 72nd 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…
Sending 151st birthday wishes out to Ben Sanders, who threw a no-hitter for the Louisville Colonels on Monday, August 22, 1892. The Colonels that day beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 in a game played at Louisville’s Eclipse Park. Both ball clubs finished near the bottom of the National League standings in 1892, with the Colonels…