Happy birthday to the Chicago Cubs’ James “Hippo” Vaughn, who came up on the losing end of baseball’s only double nine-inning no-hitter. Vaughn, born 128 years ago today and the Cincinnati Reds’ Fred Toney, pictured above, both held their opponents hitless through nine innings of baseball at Weeghman Park on Wednesday, May 2, 1917. The…
The Atlanta Braves’ Kent Mercker threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on this day in 1994. Mercker, who had already thrown 6 innings of a combined no-hitter in 1991, held the Dodgers to four walks (two of them in the first inning) on Friday, April 8, 1994 at Dodger Stadium. Only one Dodger…
Today is the 15th anniversary of the earliest regular season no-hitter. On Wednesday, April 4, 2001, during Boston Red Sox’s second game of the season, Hideo Nomo no-hit the Baltimore Orioles for a 3-0 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Cleveland Indians Bob Feller threw baseball’s only Opening Day no-no, but it came…
Boston Red Sox pitchers Frank Viola and Corey Bailey combined to no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game, 23 years ago today. On Friday, April 2, 1993, at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida, Viola threw 7 innings of no-hit ball, striking out six batters and walking one. Bailey, Boston’s Double-A closer,…
Two years ago today, the Miami Marlins accomplished something that no other major league team can claim – they no-hit a team in the country of Panama. Four Miami pitchers combined for the 5-0 no-no against the New York Yankees in a March 15, 2014 game in Panama City honoring former Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera.…
Nine Atlanta Braves pitchers combined for a Spring Training 10-inning no-hitter against the Houston Astros, one year ago today. The pitchers combined to allow two earned runs on nine walks while striking out nine in Kissimmee, Florida, in a 10-inning game that ended in a 2-2 tie. They were: Cody Martin (2), Jim Johnson (1),…