Happy 55th birthday to Mark Gardner, who threw nine no-hit innings in 1991 but lost the game in extra innings. Gardner, who last season served as the San Francisco Giants pitching coach, no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers through nine on Friday, July 26, 1991, at Dodger Stadium but the Montreal Expos couldn’t score a run…
Happy 129th birthday to George Mogridge, who pitched the New York Yankees’ first no-hitter on April 24, 1917, a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Also born on this date in 1875 is Walter Thornton, who threw a Chicago Orphans no-hitter against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms at West Side Park during the…
Happy 73rd birthday to Dick Bosman, who thew a no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in 1974. Bosman got the start against the Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Stadium on Friday, July 19, 1974, and no-hit the A’s for a 4-0 victory. The Kenosha, Wisconsin right-hander struck out four and didn’t walk a single batter, but his…
Today would be the 72nd birthday of Don Wilson, who threw no-hitters for the Houston Astros in 1967 and 1969. The right-handed flamethrower, who pitched one game in 1966, was a mainstay of the Houston rotation from 1967 to 1974, winning 104 games. He died of accidental asphyxiation in his home on Jan. 5, 1975,…
Allie Reynolds, who tossed a pair of no-hitters for the New York Yankees in 1951, was born 100 years ago today. The Bethany, Oklahoma, native threw both of his no-hitters in a 2½-month span during the 1951 season, in which he posted a 17-8 record. He improved on that for 1952, going 20-8 with an…
A happy 81st birthday to Sandy Koufax, who tossed four no-hitters — one of them perfect — for the 1960s Los Angeles Dodgers. The Brooklyn-born southpaw pitched his no-nos in consecutive years from 1962-65, culminating with a perfecto over the Chicago Cubs in ’65. The Cubs played nearly 50 years until they were no-hit again,…