A happy 51st birthday to Kevin Brown, who threw the Florida Marlins’ second no-hitter in 1997. Brown in that June 10 game led the Marlins to a 9-0 no-hit, no-run victory over the San Francisco Giants at 3Com Park. Brown, who struck out seven in the game, had been perfect through 7 2/3 innings when…
Happy 37th birthday to Johan Santana, the man who ended the New York Mets’ no no-hitters streak and passed the torch to the San Diego Padres. As is our standing tradition, we celebrate the day by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012: The streak ends at 8,019: Santana no-hits Cards For the first…
Happy birthday to Dock Ellis, the only major league pitcher known to throw a no-hitter under the influence of LSD. Ellis, who would have been 71 today, threw the no-no for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, June 12, 1970 during the first game of doubleheader against the Padres at San Diego Stadium. The pitcher has…
NoNoHitters.com sends out birthday wishes to a couple of Philadelphians who threw no-nos more than 100 years apart. The Philadelphia Athletics’ Al Atkinson, born 155 years ago today, no-hit the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (Pirates) on Saturday, May 24, 1884 in an American Association match-up at Philadelphia’s Recreation Park. It was the first of two no-nos for…
Nine Atlanta Braves pitchers combined for a Spring Training 10-inning no-hitter against the Houston Astros, one year ago today. The pitchers combined to allow two earned runs on nine walks while striking out nine in Kissimmee, Florida, in a 10-inning game that ended in a 2-2 tie. They were: Cody Martin (2), Jim Johnson (1),…
Today would be the 91st 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…