Roy Halladay, the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the MLB post-season, was killed Tuesday when the plane he was flying crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Holiday, Florida. He was 40. Authorities say the single-engine ICON A5 crashed about noon Tuesday. The Pasco County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office’s marine unit…
Walter Johnson, a 400+ game winner who threw a 1920 no-hitter for the Washington Senators, was born 130 years ago today. Johnson no-hit the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Thursday, July 1, 1920, for a 1-0 victory. He finished out a 21-year Hall of Fame career with a record of 417-279. Also born…
Today would be the 73rd birthday of Jim Bibby, who threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history. On Monday, July 30, 1973, on the road at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Bibby no-hit the Oakland Athletics for a 6-0 win. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound right-hander relied mostly on his fastball during the contest, struck out 13 A’s…
Former New York Mets pitcher Pat Misch threw a no-hitter for the Lamigo Monkeys in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series, two years ago today. On Sunday, October 25, 2015, at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, Misch no-hit the Chinatrust Brothers for an 11-0 victory. Misch faced the minimum 27 batters and threw 99 pitches, with…
Today is the 125th anniversary of Bumpus Jones’ debut no-hitter. Charles Leander “Bumpus” Jones made his major-league debut for the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, October 15, 1892, and made the most of it, no-hitting the Pittsburgh Pirates at League Park for a 7-1 win. Reds player-manager Charles Comiskey, who had watched Jones pitch well in…
Happy birthday to the Hall of Famer Rube Waddell, who threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter in 1905. Waddell, throwing for the Philadephia Athletics, no-hit the St. Louis Browns for five innings at Philadelphia’s Columbia Park on Tuesday, August 15, 190.5 before the game was called with a 2-0 score. Waddell and Jim Dygert are also…