Fifty years ago today, the New York Mets threw the club’s first no-hitter, with Gary Kroll and Gordie Richardson combining for nine innings of no-hit ball during a 6-0 spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kroll pitched the first six innings on March 22, 1965, walking three batters in the…
The No. 15 position on our NoNoHitters 30 list belongs to the Baltimore Orioles, an American League franchise that spent the 1901 season in Milwaukee as the Brewers before settling in St. Louis for 51 seasons as the Browns. The ball club has thrown nine no-hitters over 114 years of history. Earl Hamilton threw the…
It’s a busy day for no-no birthdays, with our wishes going out to Vern Kennedy and Clyde Shoun. Kennedy, a Chicago White Sox pitcher born on this day in 1907, threw a no-no for against the Cleveland Indians at Comiskey Park on August 31, 1935. The Cincinnati Reds’ Clyde Shoun, born in 1912, no-hit the…
The Minnesota Twins franchise, which began American League play as the Washington Senators in 1901 and spent 60 years in the nation’s capital before moving to Minneapolis, has thrown seven no-hitters. That gives the Twins the No. 16 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 count down. The great Walter Johnson threw the franchise’s first no-no, and…
The Detroit Tigers take up the No. 17 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 list. The Tigers, who began play in the American League in 1901, have thrown seven no-hitters over the franchise’s history. George Mullin threw the Tigers’ first no-hitter in 1912, and there was a 40-year gap before Virgil Trucks threw his two in…
A happy birthday to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, who threw a no-hitter last year against the Colorado Rockies. The only base runner in Kershaw’s June 18th gem at Dodger Stadium reached base on an error, as Kershaw struck out 15 batters. It was part of an incredible Cy Young Award season that ended…