David Welch tosses ABL no-no, 9 years ago today
Syndey Blue Sox pitcher David Welch threw the first no-hitter in the history of the current-day Australian Baseball League, nine years ago today.
Cuba’s Abreu throws 1st of back-to-back no-nos, 54 years ago today
Cuban National Series pitcher Aquino Abreu threw the first of his back-to-back no-hitters, 54 years ago today.
Czech Republic no-hitters
The Czech Baseball Association’s Extraliga is the top league in the Czech Republic. Here are the no-hitters from that league, as well as a perfecto from the Czech Baseball Cup, Extraliga 1 Roger Deago Technika Brno Saturday, June 18, 2011 Technika Brno 4, Skokani Olomouc 1 2 Petr Minařík Draci Brno Monday, August 8, 2011…
Puerto Rico winter league no-hitters
The Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC), formerly known as Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico, was established in 1938, and the league’s first no-hitter was thrown six years later. In our effort to establish the first list of no-nos thrown in Puerto Rico’s winter circuit, we’ve documented 20 of these accomplishments, as…
Cuban no-hitters
The nation of Cuba has a long, rich baseball history, with no-hitters dating back to Carlos Maciá’s gem in 1887. There were a total of eight Cuban League no-hitters thrown prior to armed rebels’ ouster of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on New Year’s Day 1959. A new major league called the Cuban National Series formed…
German Baseball-Bundesliga no-hitters
Germany’s Baseball-Bundesliga, the top level baseball league in the country, was established in 1982. The Mannheim Tornados dominated the league in the 1980s-90s, giving way to the Paderborn Untouchables in the early 2000s. The Regensburg Legionäre captured back-to-back-to-back-to-back championships in the 2010s. Note that the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Edwin Jackson is the only German-born pitcher to…