Happy 149th birthday to Matt Kilroy, who threw a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles before the turn of the century. Kilroy on Wednesday, October 6, 1886 no-hit the Pittsburgh Alleghenys on the road in front of less than 300 fans at Recreation Park for a 6-0 win. Three Allegheny runners reached base – one on…
The Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer has thrown baseball’s 289th no-hitter, becoming just the second pitcher to plunk the 27th batter during a perfecto yet recover for the no-no.
Brock Holt’s hit-for-cycle for the Boston Red Sox last night is the 306th in major league history. Hitting for the cycle, of course, involves a batter hitting a single, double, triple and home run – not necessarily in that order – in one game. We here at NoNoHitters.com are big fans of the cycle, as…
Chris Heston has given us 2015’s only no-hitter so far. Here is the breakdown of the 2015 no-hitter attempts broken up in late innings: Here’s the list of the deep no-no attempts (minimum six innings): 8⅔ Shelby Miller Atlanta Braves (NL) Sunday, May 17, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Boer, single up the middle with…
Johnny Vander Meer remains alone in the back-to-back no-no club. The San Francisco Giants’ Chris Heston gave up a second-inning double to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jake Lamb, missing his chance Sunday to tie Vander Meer’s record of being the only major league pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters. Vander Meer’s first was on Saturday, June 11,…
The New York Giants’ Christy Mathewson threw the second of his two no-hitters, 110 years ago today. Mathewson, nicknamed “The Christian Gentleman,” no-hit the Chicago Cubs at West Side Park for a 1-0 win. The right-hander from Factoryville, Pennsylvania faced just 28 batters, with the only Cubs base runners coming courtesy of errors by Bill…