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LARRY McKEON |
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Indianapolis Hoosiers (AA) |
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Tuesday, May 6, 1884
Indianapolis Hoosiers 0, Cincinnati Red Stockings 0 (6 innings)
League Park (Cincinnati)
(Game called due to rain.) |
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Charlie Geggus |
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Washington Nationals (UA) |
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Thursday, August 21, 1884
Washington Nationals 12, Wilmington Quicksteps 1 (8 innings)
Capitol Grounds (Washington)
(Game called by consent.) |
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Charlie “Pretzels” Getzien |
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Detroit Wolverines (NL) |
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Wednesday, October 1, 1884
Detroit Wolverines 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (6 innings)
Recreation Park (Detroit)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Charlie Sweeney (2 inn.)
Henry Boyle (3 inn.) |
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St. Louis Maroons (UA) |
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Sunday, October 5, 1884
St. Paul Whitecaps 1, St. Louis Maroons 0 (5 innings, a no-hit loss)
Union Grounds (St. Louis)
(Game called due to rain.) |
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Fred “Dupee” Shaw |
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Providence Grays (NL) |
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Wednesday, October 7, 1885 (First game of doubleheader)
Providence Grays 4, Buffalo Bisons 0 (5 innings)
Olympic Park (Buffalo)
(Planned 5-inning doubleheader.) |
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George Van Haltren |
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Chicago White Stockings (NL) |
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Thursday, June 21, 1888
Chicago White Stockings 1, Pittsburgh Alleghenys 0 (6 innings)
West Side Park (Chicago)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Ed Crane |
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New York Giants (NL) |
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Thursday, September 27, 1888
New York Giants 3, Washington Nationals 0 (7 innings)
Polo Grounds (New York)
(Game called due to darkness.) |
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Matt Kilroy |
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Baltimore Orioles (AA) |
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Saturday, July 29, 1889 (Second game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Orioles 0, St. Louis Browns 0 (7 innings)
Oriole Park (Baltimore)
(Game called due to darkness.) |
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George Nicol |
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St. Louis Browns (AA) |
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Tuesday, September 23, 1890
St. Louis Browns 21, Philadelphia Athletics 2 (7 innings)
Sportsman’s Park (St. Louis)
(Game called due to darkness. Nicol holds the Browns hitless in his debut.)
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Hank Gastright |
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Columbus Solons (AA) |
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Sunday, October 12, 1890
Columbus Solons 6, Toledo Maumees 0 (8 innings)
Recreation Park (Columbus)
(Game called due to darkness.) |
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Jack Stivetts |
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Boston Braves (NL) |
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Saturday, October 15, 1892 (Second game of doubleheader)
Boston Braves 4, Washington Senators 0 (5 innings)
Boundary Field (Washington, D.C.)
(Game called by mutual consent.)
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Elton “Ice Box” Chamberlain |
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Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
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Saturday, September 23, 1893 (Second game of doubleheader)
Cincinnati Reds 6, Boston Beaneaters 0 (7 innings)
League Park (Cincinnati)
(Game called due to darkness.)
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Ed Stein |
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Brooklyn Grooms (NL) |
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Saturday, June 2, 1894
Brooklyn Grooms 1, Chicago White Stockings 0 (6 innings)
Eastern Park (Brooklyn)
(Game called due to rain.) |
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Red Ames |
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New York Giants (NL) |
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Monday, September 14, 1903 (Second game of doubleheader)
New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (5 innings)
Robison Field (St. Louis)
(Game called due to darkness.) |
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Rube Waddell |
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Philadelphia Athletics (AL) |
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Tuesday, August 15, 1905
Philadelphia Athletics 2, St. Louis Browns 0 (5 innings)
Columbia Park (Philadelphia)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Jake Weimer |
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Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
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Friday, August 24, 1906 (Second game of doubleheader)
Cincinnati Reds 1, Brooklyn Superbas 0 (7 innings)
Palace of the Fans (Cincinnati)
(Nightcap planned as 7-inning game.)
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Jim Dygert (3 inn.)
Rube Waddell (2 inn.) |
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Philadelphia Athletics (AL) |
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Wednesday, August 29, 1906
Philadelphia Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (5 innings)
Columbia Park (Philadelphia)
(The White Sox scored two runs on two hits in the top of the sixth, but umpires Billy Evans and Tom Connoly called the game with one out in the bottom of the sixth when rain began to fall, so the final score reverted to 4-3 A’s rather than 5-4 Sox.)
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GRANT “STONEY” McGLYNN |
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St. Louis Cardinals (NL) |
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Monday, September 24, 1906 (Second game of doubleheader)
St. Louis Cardinals 1, Brooklyn Superbas 1 (7 innings)
Washington Park (Brooklyn)
(Game called due to darkness.)
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Al “Lefty” Leifield |
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Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) |
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Wednesday, September 26, 1906 (Second game of doubleheader)
Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (6 innings)
National League Park (Philadelphia)
(Game called due to darkness.)
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Ed Walsh |
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Chicago White Sox (AL) |
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Sunday, May 26, 1907
Chicago White Sox 8, New York Highlanders 1 (5 innings)
South Side Park (Chicago)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Ed Karger |
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St. Louis Cardinals (NL) |
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Sunday, August 11, 1907 (Second game of doubleheader)
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Boston Doves 0 (7 innings)
Robison Field (St. Louis)
(Perfect game; nightcap planned as 7-inning game.)
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Howie Camnitz |
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Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) |
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Friday, August 23, 1907 (Second game of doubleheader)
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Giants 0 (5 innings)
Polo Grounds (New York)
(Game called due to darkness.)
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Harry “Rube” Vickers |
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Philadelphia Athletics (AL) |
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Saturday, October 5, 1907 (Second game of doubleheader)
Philadelphia Athletics 4, Washington Senators 0 (5 innings)
National Park (Washington, D.C.)
(Perfect game, called because of darkness.) |
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Johnny Lush |
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St. Louis Cardinals (NL) |
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Thursday, August 6, 1908
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Brooklyn Superbas 0 (6 innings)
Washington Park (Brooklyn)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Len “King” Cole |
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Chicago Cubs (NL) |
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Sunday, July 31, 1910 (Second game of doubleheader)
Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (7 innings)
Robison Field (St. Louis)
(Teams agreed to call the game at 5 p.m. Central so teams could catch their trains.)
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Jay Carl Cashion |
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Washington Senators (AL) |
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Tuesday, August 20, 1912 (Second game of doubleheader)
Washington Senators 2, Cleveland Naps 0 (6 innings)
Griffith Stadium (Washington, D.C.)
(Game called at end of 6th to allow Cleveland to catch a train.)
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Walter Johnson |
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Washington Senators (AL) |
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Monday, August 25, 1924 (First game of doubleheader)
Washington Senators 2, St. Louis Browns 0 (7 innings)
Griffith Stadium (Washington, D.C.)
(Game called due to rain; Second game of doubleheader canceled.)
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Fred Frankhouse |
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Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) |
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Friday, August 27, 1937 (First game of doubleheader)
Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 (8 innings)
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
Opener called due to rain after 7 2/3 (second game of doubleheader canceled) |
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Johnny Whitehead |
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St. Louis Browns (AL) |
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Monday, August 5, 1940 (Second game of doubleheader)
St. Louis Browns 4, Detroit Tigers 0 (6 innings)
Sportsman’s Park (St. Louis)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Jim Tobin |
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Boston Braves (NL) |
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Thursday, June 22, 1944 (Second game of doubleheader)
Boston Braves 7, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (5 innings)
Braves Field (Boston)
(Game called due to darkness.)
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MIKE McCORMICK |
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San Francisco Giants (NL) |
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Friday, June 12, 1959
San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (5 innings)
Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia)
(Game called due to rain. McCormick allowed a single and then walked the bases loaded in the sixth inning, but because that inning was never completed statistically the hit never happened.)
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“Toothpick” Sam Jones |
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San Francisco Giants (NL) |
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Friday, September 26, 1959
San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (7 innings)
Busch Stadium I (St. Louis)
(Game called due to rain.) |
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Dean Chance |
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Minnesota Twins (AL) |
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Thursday, August 6, 1967
Minnesota Twins 2, Boston Red Sox 0 (5 innings)
Metropolitan Stadium (Minneapolis)
(Perfect game, called because of rain.)
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David Palmer |
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Montreal Expos (NL) |
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Saturday, April 21, 1984 (Second game of doubleheader)
Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (5 innings)
Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
(Perfect game, called because of rain.)
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Pascual Pérez |
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Montreal Expos (NL) |
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Saturday, September 24, 1988
Montreal Expos 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (5 innings)
Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)
(Game called due to rain.) |
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Mélido Pérez |
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Chicago White Sox (AL) |
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Thursday, July 12, 1990
Chicago White Sox 8, New York Yankees 0 (6 innings)
Yankee Stadium (New York)
(Game called due to rain.) |
OFFICIAL DEFINITION ESTABLISHED |
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Devern Hansack |
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Boston Red Sox (AL) |
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Sunday, October 1, 2006
Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 0 (5 innings)
Fenway Park (Boston)
(Game called due to rain.)
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Madison Bumgarner |
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Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) |
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Sunday, April 25, 2021 (Game 2 of doubleheader)
Arizona Diamondbacks 7, Atlanta Braves 0 (7 innings)
Truist Park (Atlanta)
The first unofficial no-hitter after MLB instituted 7-inning doubleheaders during the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021. |
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Collin McHugh (2 inn.)
Josh Flemming (2⅔ inn.)
Diego Castillo (⅓ inn.)
Matt Wisler (1 inn.)
Pete Fairbanks (1 inn.) |
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Tampa Bay Rays (AL) |
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 (Game 2 of doubleheader)
Tampa Bay Rays 4, Cleveland Indians 0 (7 innings)
Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) |
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Joe Adcock didn’t end Harvey Haddix’s no-hitter with a homer. It was a double, and Mantilla scored the only run of the game.
It was a homer later ruled a double because Hank Aaron stopped rounding the bases and walked off the field. Adcock crossed the plate, but Aaron’s base-running blunder disallowed his run and the score was ruled 1-0.
harvey haddix description should probly say that adcock walked off the field, not haddix, since haddix was not rounding the bases
oh, ok, so it was aaron, but it was not haddix who walked off the field
Yeah, it was Aaron. Thanks for catching that.
Don’t care much for the “multiple” pitcher no-no’s. The only multiple pitcher no-no that should be in the record book (in my opinion) is the Ruth/Shore no-no, only because Shore did pitch 9 innings. I may be incorrect, but do believe that is the only no-no by a reliever in the first inning.
Under current rules, Shore does get credit for a shutout.
Ernie shore is credit as a combined nohitter..as is Babe Ruth.
Right, but it makes no sense for Ruth to be listed. As oneblankspace noted, Shore gets a shutout. Ruth gets no credit for that, nor should he. So why should he get credit for being part of the no-hitter?
You left out the perfect game ruined by an umpire asleep at first base. Mr Joyce. That was inexcusable and he could have corrected it but that would admit he is human.
This list covers games that were considered no-hitters prior to 1991 and were then no longer considered no-hitters after the rule change. On the Galarraga game, Joyce admitted he screwed up. Selig refused to correct it.
He didn;t know that he blew the call until after the game ended. He had no authority to fix it then. But it did lead to replay..
Hi Dirk,
How are you?
I haven’t reached out to you in a while, but wanted you to know how much I enjoy reading your no-hitter blog. It’s awesome & I am a huge fan.
I am the hobby’s largest collector of no-hitter tickets & all things related to no-hitters.
I have been collecting this theme since 1973.
Currently I have tickets to 218 official (and unofficial) ML no-hitters dating back to 1901 Christy Mathewson’s 1st of 2). Additionally, I have been successful at having about 163 of the no-hit pitchers that hurled the no hitter sign their tickets. It’s been a lot of fun & I continue to collect “unofficial” no-hitter tickets and autographs of these pitchers because my collection predates the 1991 change in what defines a no-hit game.
By the way, read your book a couple of times & it was extremely well done.
Just curious, what are your personal favorite books that you have read on the no-hitter & perfect game theme?
Congrats & happy holidays,
Scott Garner
NW Ohio
Hi Scott, thanks! That sounds like an amazing collection. I’ve picked up a few ticket stubs and a handful of no-hitter thrower autographs, but they’re on photos or cards. But the Mathewson one … that’s one to cherish!
Some of the books I’ve enjoyed on the subject I’ve enjoyed include Phil Pepe’s book No-Hitter from the ’70s, Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost by Lew Freedman, Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott and Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy by Jane Leavy.
I also contributed a few chapters to SABR’s terrific 2017 book No-Hitters, which has dozens of great stories on various no-hitters.
Happy holidays!
In eastern Asia, there is a “No Hit No Run”. It is a shutout victory without substituting the pitcher nor allowing any hits. In those leagues, a no-hitter is not regarded as official record unless the starting pitcher pitches the whole game and the opposing team scores zero runs, and the team gets the victory. Although the starter pitched 12 innings (the maximum allowed by those leagues, after which the game ends) and prevented any hits or runs from the opponent, the “no hit no run” is invoked when h inning ends with the score at 0-0.
I recall an Astros game where the starter was injured or ejected at the very beginning of the game and the reliever came out and got all 27 outs with no hits. He was not credited with a no-hitter. Do you recall who that pitcher was? It was around 15 years ago.
I don’t recall that one. Only one I know like that is Babe Ruth/Ernie Shore in 1917.
Hey Patrick it wasn’t this game was it?
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/sports/baseball/6-pitchers-0-hits-when-the-astros-made-history-in-the-bronx.html
6 Astro’s pitchers threw a no hit against Yankees in 2003 when Roy Oswalt the starting pitcher pulled a groin in the second inning. Maybe that’s the one you referring to.
39 now with the Rays over the Indians.
Have you considered tracking games like Bobby Shantz’s May 6 1949 relief appearance where he through 9 innings of no hit ball in relief?
Coincidence that you mention that game … I just wrote a SABR Games Project story on that game which was published last month. https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/may-6-1949-bobby-shantz-tosses-9-no-hit-innings-in-relief-for-as/