Twins’ Liriano no-hits White Sox, 7 years ago today
Francisco Liriano threw the Minnesota Twins’ most recent no-hitter, seven 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).
Angels’ Weaver no-hits Twins, 6 years ago today
Six years ago today, the Los Angeles Angels’ Jered Weaver no-hit the Minnesota Twins for a 9-0 win at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
Baseball’s only 9-inning double no-no, 101 years ago today
Today is the 101st anniversary of baseball’s only double nine-inning no-hitter. The Chicago Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn and the Cincinnati Reds’ Fred Toney each held their opponents hitless through nine innings of baseball at Weeghman Park on Wednesday, May 2, 1917.
Mets no-hit in Philly, 132 years ago today
The Philadelphia Athletics’ Al Atkinson no-hit the New York Metropolitans, 132 years ago today.
Today is the 27th anniversary of Nolan Ryan’s 7th no-hitter
Nolan Ryan threw his major league record seventh no-hitter, 27 years ago today. Ryan, pitching for the Texas Rangers at the age of 44 on May 1, 1991, struck out 16 Blue Jays and held the others to no hits as the Rangers topped Toronto 3-0.
Five no-hitters thrown on this date, one for a loss
Five no-hitters have been thrown on this date (April 30), but only four of the pitchers (Charlie Robertson, James “Tex” Carleton, Bob Feller and Jim Maloney) also earned a victory.