Happy birthday Chris Welsh, took Padres no-no into 7th in ’82
Happy 64th birthday to former San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Welsh, who took a Friars no-hitter into the seventh inning in 1982.
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) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.
Happy birthday to Federal League no-no thrower Claude Hendrix
Happy birthday to Claude Hendrix, who threw a Federal League no-hitter for the Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales in 1915.
Young tosses no-no not considered official, 27 years ago today
The Boston Red Sox’s Matt Young no-hit the Cleveland Indians for a road loss and received no official credit, 27 years ago today. On Sunday, April 12, 1992, during the first game of doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium, Young no-hit the Indians for a complete game, but he only got to throw eight innings because the…
Happy 38th birthday, Hisashi Iwakuma
Happy 38th birthday to Hisashi Iwakuma, who broke a streak of 12 straight National League no-hitters by throwing one for the AL’s Seattle Mariners in 2015.
Happy birthday to no-no thrower Bret Saberhagen
Happy 55th birthday to Bret Saberhagen, who threw a Kansas City Royals no-hitter vs. the Chicago White Sox in 1991.
Cashner takes Padres no-no into 6th, 5 years ago today
Andrew Cashner took a San Diego Padres no-hitter into the sixth inning, five years ago today.