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…
The Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that began play as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys in 1887, take up the No. 18 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 list. Pirates’ pitchers have thrown just six no-hitters over the team’s history in the National League. Nick Maddox threw the Pirates’ first no-hitter in 1907, and he was followed by Cliff…
As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, it’s time to honor the only no-hit pitcher actually born in Ireland – Hugh Daily. Daily, throwing for the National League’s Cleveland Blues, no-hit the Philadelphia Quakers on Sept. 13, 1883 at Recreation park in Philadelphia. Daily, who had one arm due to a gun accident years earlier, was…