Happy birthday Ricardo Rincón, closed Pirates’ 10-inning no-no in ’97
Happy 48th birthday to Ricardo Rincón, who closed out a combined Pittsburgh Pirates 10-inning no-hitter in 1997.
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).
Happy birthday to Chi-Feds/Whales no-no thrower Claude Hendrix
Happy birthday to Claude Hendrix, who threw a Federal League no-hitter in 1915.
Happy 37th birthday to Hisashi Iwakuma, threw Mariners no-no in ’15
Happy 37th birthday to the Seattle Mariners’ Hisashi Iwakuma, who broke a streak of 12 straight National League no-hitters by throwing one against the Baltimore Orioles in 2015.
Happy 54th birthday, no-no thrower Bret Saberhagen
Happy 54th birthday to Bret Saberhagen, who threw a no-hitter for the Kansas City Royals in 1991.
Angels’ Langston, Witt no-hit Mariners, 28 years ago today
The California Angels’ Mark Langston and Mike Witt tossed a combined no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners, 28 years ago today.
Happy 30th birthday Chris Heston, no-hit Mets in 2015
Happy 30th birthday to Chris Heston, who threw a San Francisco Giants no-hitter against the New York Mets in 2016 in his 13th major league start.