Coming in at #26 on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown is the The Toronto Blue Jays, a team that joined the American League in 1977 as an expansion franchise. The Blue Jays have just one no-hitter over the club’s 37-year history. Dave Stieb, the king of late-inning near-misses, finally got his no-no (and the Blue Jays’…
Taking the 27th position on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown is another team with one no-hitter that exited the no-no club the same year as the Tampa Bay Rays – the Colorado Rockies. Ubaldo Jimenez threw has the only no-hitter for the circa-1993 Rockies in 2010 in the club’s 17th year of existence. Jimenez struck out…
Nine Atlanta Braves pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Houston Astros in Kissimmee, Florida on Sunday in a 10-inning game that ended in a 2-2 tie. Of course it’s spring training so it doesn’t really count, but only one real major league no-hitter has ended in a tie, and that was back in 1884.…
Next up in our NoNoHitters 30 countdown is the Tampa Bay Rays, who left the Mets and Padres alone in the no-no club on July 26, 2010 when Matt Garza no-hit the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays, who were originally known as the Devil Rays when they entered the American League…
We continue our NoNoHitters 30 countdown today with the team that took more than a half century to finally get one, the New York Mets. The 8,019-game streak began on April 11, 1962, when the St. Louis Cardinals’ Julian Javier singled to left off Mets starter Roger Craig during the Mets franchise’s first major league…
To celebrate the 30 days leading up to Opening Day 2015, NoNoHitters.com is highlighting each team’s no-no accomplishments in reverse order from the San Diego Padres (0) to the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (25) We start with the San Diego Padres, the only major league team void of a no-hitter. A San Diego Padres pitcher has…