Happy 32nd birthday to Jon Lester, who threw a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox in 2008. On Monday, May 19, 2008, at Fenway Park, Lester no-hit the Kansas City Royals for a 7-0 victory. Lester struck out nine and walked two, and he also committed a throwing error while trying to pick Miguel Olivo…
Mike Piazza, who caught Los Angeles Dodgers no-hitters from Ramón Martínez and Hideo Nomo, is headed to the Hall of Fame. On Friday, July 14, 1995, at Dodger Stadium, Piazza was behind the plate as Martínez no-hit the Florida Marlins for a 7-0 victory. On Tuesday, September 17, 1996, at Coors Field, Piazza caught Nomo’s…
No no-hitter pitchers will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The only player to appear on the 2016 ballot and the official no-hitter list is reliever Billy Wagner, but he pitched just one inning of the Houston Astros’ six-pitcher combined 2003 no-no against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. That…
Pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz were elected into the Hall of Fame, one year ago today. Johnson, who won 303 games and lost 166 over a 22-year-career, threw two no-hitters. His first was a 1990 no-no for the Seattle Mariners, the first in that franchise’s history. His second was a 2004 perfect…
Happy 51st birthday to Juan Nieves, who threw the only no-hitter in Milwaukee Brewers history. Nieves, who was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, is the first Puerto Rico-born pitcher to throw a major-league no-hitter. At Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 15, 1987, Nieves no-hit the Orioles for a 7-0 win. The…
No-no thrower Bill Dinneen jumped from the National League’s Boston Beaneaters to the AL’s Boston Americans, 114 years ago today. Dinneen began his major league career with the National League’s now-defunct Washington Senators in 1898 before pitching for the Beaneaters (now the Braves) in 1900 and 1901. His no-hitter for the Boston Americans (now the…