Happy birthday Red Ames
Happy 136th birthday to the New York Giants’ Red Ames, who threw nine innings of no-hit ball on Opening Day in 1909 before giving up a hit in the 10th and losing the game in the 13th.
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.
Seven-inning no-nos
With MLB and the Players Association approving seven-inning doubleheaders for the (likely short) remainder of the 2020 season starting today, we thought we’d look at the uncredited seven-inning no-hitters thrown over baseball’s history.
Black Sox’s Strong tosses 11-inning one-hitter vs. Hilldale, 93 years ago today
The Baltimore Black Sox’s Joe Strong tossed an 11-inning Eastern Colored League one-hitter, 93 years ago.
Bibby throws first Rangers no-hitter, 47 years ago today
Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history, 47 years ago today.
Wood and Culver threw no-nos on this date
The Boston Red Sox’s “Smoky” Joe Wood and the Cincinnati Reds’ George Culver threw no-hitters on this date.
Double perfection: Martínez, Rogers threw perfect games on this date
Today is the only day on the calendar in which we can celebrate multiple perfect games, with Dennis Martínez and Kenny Rogers both tossing July 28 perfectos.