Padres just 100 games shy of Mets’ no no-hitters mark
The San Diego Padres are now just 100 games away from reaching the New York Mets’ mark of most games without a no-hitter to start a franchise.
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.
A’s hurler Henley no-hits Browns, 113 years ago today
Weldon Henley threw a Philadelphia Athletics no-hitter, 113 years ago today.
Tigers’ Bunning no-hits Red Sox, 60 years ago today
Today is the 60th anniversary of Jim Bunning’s first no-hitter. On July 20, 1958, while pitching for the Detroit Tigers, Bunning threw his first of two no-hitters by blanking the Boston Red Sox 3-0 during the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park.
It has now been 27 years since the A’s were no-hit
The Oakland Athletics have reached the 27th anniversary since they were last no-hit.
Phillies’ Donahue no-hits Beaneaters, 120 years ago today
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Frank “Red” Donahue threw a no-hitter against the Boston Beaneaters, 120 years ago today. Donahue, who lost a league leading 35 games for the St. Louis (NL) Browns in 1897, was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the season. On Friday, July 8, 1898, he no-hit the 1897 NL pennant winners at…
Homer Bailey tosses 2nd no-no, 5 years ago today
The Cincinnati Reds’ Homer Bailey threw his second no-hitter, five years ago today.