Johan breaks the curse, 6 years ago today
Today is the sixth anniversary of Johan Santana breaking the Mets’ no no-hitters streak at 8,019 games. As per tradition, we celebrate by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012.
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.
Indians’ Eckersley no-hits Angels, 41 years ago today.
The Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Eckersley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels, 41 years ago today.
Halladay throws perfect game, 8 years ago today
The late Roy “Doc” Halladay threw a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Florida Marlins, eight years ago today.
Thrown bat denies Bush second no-no, 100 years ago today
The Boston Red Sox’s “Bullet” Joe Bush would have notched his second no-hitter 100 years ago today if not for a bat thrown at a ball in the first inning.
Brooklyn’s Adonis Terry throws 2nd no-no, 130 years ago today.
Brooklyn’s Adonis Terry threw the second of his two no-hitters, 130 years ago today.
36-up, 36-down for Haddix, 59 years ago today
MLB’s best pitching performance occurred 59 years ago today. On May 26, 1959, the Pirates’ Harvey Haddix retired 36 Milwaukee Braves batters for a perfect game through 12 innings, but his team couldn’t score.