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.
The Cincinnati Reds’ Wade Miley no-hit the Cleveland Indians on Friday for a 3-0 win at Progressive Field. Miley took a perfecto into the sixth inning after a 93-minute rain delay, retiring the first 16 Cleveland Indians batters he faced. That ended when Amed Rosario reached on a fielding error by second baseman Nick Senzel.…
Wednesday marked the first time the majors has seen a no-no and an immaculate inning on the same day in nearly 60 years. The Baltimore Orioles’ John Means tossed the majors’ 307th no-hitter on Wednesday afternoon, just missing a perfect game on a dropped-ball strikeout that gave the batter first base. Later that night, the…
The Baltimore Orioles John Means three the majors’ first no-hitter Wednesday in which the only baserunner, the Mariners’ Sam Haggerty, reached base on a dropped third strike. Means struck out 12 and walked none, as the Orioles topped the Mariners at T-Mobile Park 6-0. Means faced the minimum 27 batters as Haggerty was caught stealing.…
On May 5, 1962, Belinsky no-hit the Baltimore Orioles for a 2-0 win that launched the former Trenton pool shark into Hollywood stardom.
The Philadelphia Athletics’ Al Atkinson no-hit the New York Metropolitans, 132 years ago today.
Nolan Ryan tied Bob Feller’s major-league record of 12 one-hitters, 39 years ago today.