As teams adopt foreign color palettes for a day to fit in with the Americanized Irish tradition of St. Patrick’s Day, let’s give credit to the team that made a more permanent jump into green in 1963 – the Kansas City Athletics. Long before ball clubs donned single-game green-tinged versions of their jerseys for annual…
Twenty days until opening day, so we’re highlighting the 20th team on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown, the Miami Marlins. The team, which went by the name "Florida Marlins" for the franchise’s first 19 years of existence, has five no-hitters since joining the National League in 1993. Al Leiter threw the club’s first in 1996 during…
The No. 21 spot in our NoNoHitters 30 countdown is taken up by the Washington Nationals franchise, which pulled into a tie with the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers on the final game of the 2014 season. The Washington Nationals, formerly playing north of the border as the Montreal Expos, have thrown a total…
The Kansas City Royals take up the No. 22 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown, throwing four no-hitters since joining the American League in 1969. Steve Busby threw the Royals’ first no-hitter in 1973 and followed it up with a second in 1974. Jim Colborn threw one in 1977, and Bret Saberhagen threw Kansas City’s…
We’ve exhausted the teams with zero, one or two no-hitters, so we move now to a pair of teams with four no-nos. The Seattle Mariners, No. 23 in our NoNoHitters 30 countdown, is an expansion team that began play in the American League in 1977. Randy Johnson threw the Mariners’ first no-hitter in 1990, and…
As we hit the No. 24 spot in our NoNoHitters 30 countdown today, we finally reach teams that have thrown more than one no-hitter. The Arizona Diamonbacks, which began play in the National League in 1998, have thrown two no-hitters. Randy Johnson is the only pitcher to throw the first no-hitter for two different franchises…