Mets’ Kroll, Richardson no-hit Pirates, 56 years ago today
The New York Mets’ Gary Kroll and Gordie Richardson no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates, 54 years ago today.
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 top Rangers in another near spring no-no
The Oakland Athletics nearly no-hit the Texas Rangers on Thursday, the second near spring training no-no this week. The A’s threw 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball in a seven-inning Cactus League game at Surprise Stadium, led by Jesús Lizard (4), Jordan Weems (1), Cristian Alvarado (1) and Miguel Romero (2/3). With two out in…
Pirates fall one out shy of spring no-no
The Pittsburgh Pirates came within one out of a Spring Training no-hitter Tuesday during a 10-1 win against the Atlanta Braves at North Port, Florida’s CoolTodayPark. The Pirates’ Steven Brault (2), Miguel Yajure (2), Chris Stratton (1), Edgar Santana (1), Sam Howard (1) and Sean Poppen (1) no-hit the Atlanta Braves through eight innings before…
Yanks’ 1909 spring no-no unearthed
NoNoHitters.com has discovered a new Spring Training no-hitter, and it seems to be the first no-no recorded for the New York Yankees franchise. In a split-squad game on Tuesday, April 6, 1909 — six days before Opening Day — the New York Highlanders’ Roy “Cy” Parkin (6 innings) and Jack Warhop (3 innings) combined to…
Padres’ pitching additions could finally end no-no drought
2021 could finally be the year that the San Diego Padres end the franchise’s no-hitter drought. Thanks to the recent additions of Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, the San Diego Padres’ projected starting pitching staff has eight no-hit bids that have reached the seventh inning under its belt.
Jim Palmer tosses 7-inning Puerto Rico Winter League no-no, 52 years ago today
The Baltimore Orioles’ Jim Palmer tossed a 7-inning no-hitter for Cangrejeros de Santurce in a Puerto Rico Winter League game, 52 years ago today.