Drake no-hits Sioux Falls, 98 years ago today
Negro Leagues star Bill Drake threw a no-hitter for the All Nations barnstorming team against the Sioux Falls Soos, 98 years ago today.
Dirk Lammers is a veteran journalist who began rooting for the New York Mets in the early-1970s when the team’s no no-hitter count was barely 2,000 games old. Lammers has since turned his research into Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching’s Greatest Feats (Unbridled Books).
RIP Tom Seaver, 75
Tom Seaver, who threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds after thrice losing no-nos in the ninth for the New York Mets, died Monday at the age of 75.
Cubs’ Pappas no-hits Padres, 46 years ago today
Pappas is the only pitcher in MLB history to lose a perfect game by walking the 27th batter but still get a no-hitter (two others did it on hit batsmen).
Yanks get first taste of no-no, 110 years ago today
Today would be the 110th anniversary of the New York Yankees franchise’s first no-hitter if not for a 1991 ruling that made it ineligible.
Ferguson throws Philadelphia’s first no-hitter, 135 years ago today
Charlie Ferguson threw the first no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies franchise, 135 years ago today.
Chicago American Giants’ Wickware no-hits ABCs, 106 years ago today
Frank Wickware threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter for the Chicago American Giants, 106 years ago today.