Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame great who died Tuesday at the age of 90, is known mostly by New York Yankees fans as a catcher and by New York Mets fans as a manager. But Berra’s final four games behind home plate were actually in a Mets uniform, and he did so after managing…
A committee of five Detroit Tigers came within two outs of the majors’ 294th no-hitter on Tuesday before Tyler Saladino tagged Neftali Felix for a one-out triple in the ninth. Daniel Norris was throwing a perfect game through five, but he was pulled from the game because of his pitch count. Buck Farmer took the…
September 20 is a popular day for a no-hitter. Six no-hitters have been tossed on this date, though none of those have been thrown in the 46 years since Bob Moose temporarily interrupted the Miracle Mets’ postseason push with a no-hitter at Shea Stadium on Saturday, September 20, 1969. Moose on that day struck out…
Four no-hitters were tossed on this date, but three of them are more than 100 years old. The only modern-day no-hitter was thrown on Wednesday, September 18, 1968, by the St. Louis Cardinals’ Ray Washburn against the San Francisco Giants. It came just a day after the Giants’ Gaylord Perry no-hit the Cards. The others:…
The San Francisco Giants’ Gaylord Perry and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hideo Nomo threw no-hitters on this date. Forty-seven years ago today, on Tuesday, September 17, 1968, Perry out-dueled Bob Gibson to no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals for a 1-0 win at Candlestick Park. The Cards’ Ray Washburn retaliated by no-hitting the Giants the next…
The Milwaukee Braves’ Warren Spahn, the Boston Red Sox’s Dave Morehead and the Cincinnati Reds’ Tom Browning all threw no-hitters on this date. Fifty-five years ago today, on Friday, September 16, 1960, Spahn no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for a 4-0 win at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was his first of two no-nos. Fifty years ago…