There used to be 50 more no-hitters on the record books, but in September 1991 the Committee for Statistical Accuracy, chaired by then MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent, changed the official definition of a no hitter, declaring it a game of nine innings or more that ends with no hits. That leaves 322 sanctioned no-hitters (300 in the A.L. and N.L.), detailed here.
Pedro Martínez’s no-no ball
The stringent definition eliminated 36 no-hitters from the books that were shortened by rain, darkness or other reasons (and one after the decision), as well as two losing efforts by the away team in which the home team doesn’t bat in the bottom of the ninth. (Three such no-nos have been thrown since 1991 that would have qualified under the old rules.) This list is also providing a home for the 7-inning doubleheader no-hitters that became a thing in the pandemic-laden years of 2020 and 2021.
The 1991 ruling also wiped out 12 no-hitters by pitchers who threw nine innings of no-hit ball only to yield a hit in extra innings. That narrow definition kept Pedro Martínez out of the exclusive no-no club, even though his ball is featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s “No-Nos and Perfectos” exhibit. Martínez threw nine innings of perfect ball against the Padres on June 3, 1995, but his Expos couldn’t score a run and Martínez wound up giving up a hit in the 10th. The rule also keeps Rich Hill’s 2017 nine-inning no-no (killed on a walk-off homer in the 10th) and the Tampa Bay Rays’ 2022 combined no-no through nine from ever reaching the record books.
The New York Giants’ Red Ames lost two no-hitters. Ames in 1903 threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter, then he threw nine innings of no-hit ball on Opening Day of 1909 only to give up a single in the 10th and lose the game in the 13th. He’s officially credited with zero no-nos.
The accomplishments listed here aren’t considered official no-hitters, but they are recognized in other sections of the Elias Sports Bureau record books in their own categories:
No-hitters through nine that were broken up in extra innings:
| 1 | Earl Moore |
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| Cleveland Blues (AL) | |
| Thursday, May 9, 1901 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Blues 2 (10 innings) League Park (Cleveland) Game went 10 innings. Moore gave up leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort. |
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| 2 | Bob Wicker |
| Chicago Cubs (NL) | |
| Saturday, June 11, 1904 Chicago Cubs 1, New York Giants 0 (12 innings) Polo Grounds (New York) Game went 12 innings. Wicker gave up just one single with one out in the 10th and got the victory. |
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| 3 | HARRY McINTIRE |
| Brooklyn Superbas (NL) | |
| Wednesday, August 1, 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Brooklyn Superbas 0 (13 innings) Washington Park (Brooklyn) Game went 13 innings. McIntire gave up a single with two out in the 11th and allowed three more hits in a losing effort. |
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| 4 | Red Ames |
| New York Giants (NL) | |
| Thursday, April 15, 1909 Brooklyn Superbas 3, New York Giants 0 (13 innings) Polo Grounds (New York) This Opening Day game went 13 innings. Ames gave up single with one out in 10th and allowed seven more hits in a losing effort. |
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| 5 | Tom Hughes |
| New York Highlanders (AL) | |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1910 (Second game of doubleheader) Cleveland Naps 5, New York Highlanders 0 (11 innings) Hilltop Park (New York) Game went 11 innings. Hughes gave up single with one out in 10th and allowed six more hits and five 11th-inning runs in a losing effort. |
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| 6 | Jim Scott |
| Chicago White Sox (AL) | |
| Thursday, May 14, 1914 Washington Senators 1, Chicago White Sox 0 (10 innings) National Park (Washington) Game went 10 innings. Scott gave up a leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort.  |
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| 7 | Hippo Vaughn |
| Chicago Cubs (NL) | |
| Wednesday, May 2, 1917 Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 0 (10 innings) Weeghman Park (Chicago) This remains the only time in Major League history that both pitchers had no-hitters through nine innings. Vaughn gave up a single with one out in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort. The Reds’ Fred Toney is credited with a no hitter, completing the accomplishment in 10 innings. |
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| 8 | Louis “Buck” (“Bobo”) Newsom |
| St. Louis Browns (AL) | |
| Tuesday, September 18, 1934 Boston Red Sox 2, St. Louis Browns 1 (10 innings) Sportsman’s Park (St. Louis) Game went 10 innings. Newsom gave up a single with two out in the 10th (the only hit against him) but lost the game. |
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| 9 | Johnny Klippstein (7 inn.) Hersch Freeman (1 inn.) Joe Black (2⅓ inn.) |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Saturday, May 26, 1956 Milwaukee Braves 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 (11 innings) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee) Game went 11 innings Black gave up a Jack Dittmer double with two out in 10th and allowed two more hits for the loss. |
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| 10 | Harvey Haddix |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) | |
| Tuesday, May 26, 1959 Milwaukee Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 (13 innings) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee) Haddix threw a perfect game through 12, retiring the first 36 batters he faced. He lost the perfect game in the top of the 13th when Pirates third-baseman Don Hoak committed an error letting Felix Mantilla reach first. After a sacrifice bunt by Eddie Mathews and an intentional walk to Hank Aaron, Haddix lost the no hitter (and the game) on a Joe Adcock walkoff homer. The homer was ruled a double because Aaron walked off the field before rounding the bases, and the final score was ruled 1-0. |
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| 11 | Jim Maloney |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Monday, June 14, 1965 New York Mets 1, Cincinnati Reds 0 (11 innings) Crosley Field (Cincinnati) Game went 11 innings. Maloney gave up leadoff home run in the 11th and allowed one more hit in the losing effort. |
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| 12 | Mark Gardner (9 inn.) Jeff Fassero (0 inn.) |
| Montreal Expos (NL) | |
| Friday, July 26, 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Montreal Expos 0 (10 innings) Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) Game went 10 innings. Gardner gave up a leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit before Fassero came in. Fassero gave up a game-winning hit but Gardner had responsibility for the baserunner and was charged with the loss. |
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| 13 | Pedro Martínez (9 inn.) Mel Rojas (1 inn.) |
| Montreal Expos (NL) | |
| Saturday, June 3, 1995 Montreal Expos 1, San Diego Padres 0 (10 innings) Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego) Game went 10 innings. Martínez had a perfect game through nine. After he gave up a leadoff double in the 10th, Rojas came in and retired the next three batters. |
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| 14 | Rich Hill |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) | |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 (10 innings) PNC Park (Pittsburgh) Game went into the bottom of the 10th. Hill gave up a walk-off homer to Josh Harrison to lead off the bottom of the 10th to end the bid and the game. |
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| 15 | J.P. Feyereisen (2 inn.) Javy Guerra (⅔ inn.) Jeffrey Springs (2 inn.) Jason Adam (1⅓ inn.) Ryan Thompson (1 inn.) Andrew Kittredge (2 inn.) |
| Tampa Bay Rays (AL) | |
| Saturday, April 23, 2022 Tampa Bay Rays 3, Boston Red Sox 2 (10 innings) Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) This game, scoreless through 9, becomes the first instance of a ghost runner being placed on base during a no-hitter. Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. scores on a Bobby Dalpec triple, killing the no-hitter, and the Red Sox score 2 runs in the top of the 10th.The Rays win it on a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th after an error yields Tampa Bay’s first run. |
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| 16 | Corbin Burnes (8) Devin Williams (1) Abner Uribe (1) Joel Payamps (⅓) |
| Milwaukee Brewers (NL team in IL game) | |
| Sunday, September 10, 2023 New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (13 innings) Yankee Stadium (New York) After the Brewers take a 1-0 lead in the top of the 11th, Joel Payamps takes the mound and records the first out of the bottom of the 11th before yielding a one-out RBI double to Oswaldo Cabrera to score the ghost runner and kill the no-no. The teams trade two-spots in the 12th before the Yankees take it in the 13th on a Kyle Higashioka walk-off. |
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No-hitters lost by the away team in which the game ended after 8 1/2 innings:
| 1 | Silver King |
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| Chicago Pirates (PL) | |
| Saturday, June 21, 1890 Brooklyn Ward’s Wonders 1, Chicago Pirates 0 South Side Park (Chicago) Home team led after 8 1/2 innings so didn’t have to bat in ninth. No-hit pitcher threw just 8 innings. |
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| 2 | Andy Hawkins |
| New York Yankees (AL) | |
| Sunday, July 1, 1990 Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 0 Comiskey Park (Chicago) Home team led after 8 1/2 innings so didn’t have to bat in ninth. No-hit pitcher threw just 8 innings. |
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| 3 | Matt Young |
| Boston Red Sox (AL) | |
| Sunday, April 12, 1992 (First game of doubleheader) Cleveland Indians 2, Boston Red Sox 1 Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland) Home team led after 8 1/2 innings so didn’t have to bat in ninth. No-hit pitcher threw just 8 innings. |
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| 4 | Jered Weaver (6 inn.) Jose Arrendondo (2 inn.) |
| Los Angeles Angels (IL) | |
| Saturday, June 28, 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Los Angeles Angels 0 Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) Home team led after 8 1/2 innings so didn’t have to bat in ninth. No-hit pitchers threw just 8 innings. |
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| 4 | Hunter Greene (7 1/3 inn.) Art Warren (2/3 inn.) |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Sunday, May 15, 2022 Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Cincinnati Reds 0 PNC Park (Pittsburgh) Home team led after 8 1/2 innings so didn’t have to bat in ninth. No-hit pitchers threw just 8 innings. |
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No-hitters that fell shy of nine innings due to weather, darkness, a planned 7-inning doubleheader game or other reason:
| 1 | LARRY McKEON |
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| Indianapolis Hoosiers (AA) | |
| 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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| 2 | Charlie Geggus |
| Washington Nationals (UA) | |
| Thursday, August 21, 1884 Washington Nationals 12, Wilmington Quicksteps 1 (8 innings) Capitol Grounds (Washington) (Game called by consent.) |
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| 3 | Charlie “Pretzels” Getzien |
| Detroit Wolverines (NL) | |
| Wednesday, October 1, 1884 Detroit Wolverines 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (6 innings) Recreation Park (Detroit) (Game called due to rain.) |
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| 4 | Charlie Sweeney (2 inn.) Henry Boyle (3 inn.) |
| St. Louis Maroons (UA) | |
| 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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| 5 | Fred “Dupee” Shaw |
| Providence Grays (NL) | |
| 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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| 6 | George Van Haltren |
| Chicago White Stockings (NL) | |
| 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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| 7 | Ed Crane |
| New York Giants (NL) | |
| 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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| 8 | Matt Kilroy |
| Baltimore Orioles (AA) | |
| 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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| 9 | George Nicol |
| St. Louis Browns (AA) | |
| 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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| 10 | Hank Gastright |
| Columbus Solons (AA) | |
| Sunday, October 12, 1890 Columbus Solons 6, Toledo Maumees 0 (8 innings) Recreation Park (Columbus) (Game called due to darkness.) |
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| 11 | Jack Stivetts |
| Boston Braves (NL) | |
| 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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| 12 | Elton “Ice Box” Chamberlain |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| 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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| 13 | Ed Stein |
| Brooklyn Grooms (NL) | |
| 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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| 14 | Red Ames |
| New York Giants (NL) | |
| 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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| 15 | Rube Waddell |
| Philadelphia Athletics (AL) | |
| 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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| 16 | Jake Weimer |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| 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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| 17 | Jim Dygert (3 inn.) Rube Waddell (2 inn.) |
| Philadelphia Athletics (AL) | |
| 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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| 18 | GRANT “STONEY” McGLYNN |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) | |
| 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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| 19 | Al “Lefty” Leifield |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) | |
| 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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| 20 | Ed Walsh |
| Chicago White Sox (AL) | |
| 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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| 21 | Ed Karger |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) | |
 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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| 22 | Howie Camnitz |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) | |
| 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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| 23 | Harry “Rube” Vickers |
| Philadelphia Athletics (AL) | |
| 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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| 24 | Johnny Lush |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) | |
| 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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| 25 | Len “King” Cole |
| Chicago Cubs (NL) | |
| 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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| 26 | Jay Carl Cashion |
| Washington Senators (AL) | |
| 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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| 27 | Walter Johnson |
| Washington Senators (AL) | |
| 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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| 28 | Fred Frankhouse |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) | |
| 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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| 29 | Johnny Whitehead |
| St. Louis Browns (AL) | |
| 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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| 30 | Jim Tobin |
| Boston Braves (NL) | |
| 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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| 31 | MIKE McCORMICK |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| 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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| 32 | “Toothpick” Sam Jones |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| 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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| 33 | Dean Chance |
| Minnesota Twins (AL) | |
| 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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| 34 | David Palmer |
| Montreal Expos (NL) | |
| 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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| 35 | Pascual Pérez |
| Montreal Expos (NL) | |
| Saturday, September 24, 1988 Montreal Expos 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (5 innings) Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) (Game called due to rain.) |
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| 36 | Mélido Pérez |
| Chicago White Sox (AL) | |
| Thursday, July 12, 1990 Chicago White Sox 8, New York Yankees 0 (6 innings) Yankee Stadium (New York) (Game called due to rain.) |
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| 37 | Devern Hansack |
| Boston Red Sox (AL) | |
| 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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| 38 | Madison Bumgarner |
| Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) | |
| 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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| 39 | Collin McHugh (2 inn.) Josh Flemming (2⅔ inn.) Diego Castillo (⅓ inn.) Matt Wisler (1 inn.) Pete Fairbanks (1 inn.) |
| Tampa Bay Rays (AL) | |
| 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/