Birthday wishes today to a couple of Bostonians who threw their no-hitters more than a century ago. The Boston Beaneaters’ Jack Stivetts, born 147 years ago today, no-hit the Brooklyn Grooms 11-0 on Saturday, August 6, 1892 at Brooklyn’s Eastern Park. The Boston Doves’ Frank “Big Jeff” Pfeffer, born 133 years ago on this date,…
The Braves’ franchise, which began in Boston under a variety of early nicknames before settling on the Braves, spent 12 years in Milwaukee before landing at its present home of Atlanta. The franchise notched its first seven no-hitters in Boston, threw four in Milwaukee and have three to date in Atlanta. Warren Spahn is the…
Nine Atlanta Braves pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Houston Astros in Kissimmee, Florida on Sunday in a 10-inning game that ended in a 2-2 tie. Of course it’s spring training so it doesn’t really count, but only one real major league no-hitter has ended in a tie, and that was back in 1884.…
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Cole Hamels no-hit the Atlanta Braves for 6 innings, and relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon finished the job for a 7-0 combined no-hitter against the Braves at Turner Field on Monday.
41 years ago today, Knuckleballer Phil Niekro threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. The Aug. 5, 1973 game at Atlanta Stadium marked the Braves franchise’s first no-hitter since moving from Milwaukee. Niekro walked three and struck out four, and the AP’s account of the game said that all of the plays behind him…
25 years ago today, a day after recording their sixth triple play in franchise history, the San Diego Padres notched their 13th one-hitter. On April 10, 1989, Bruce Hurst was making his second start of the season after getting tagged by San Francisco Giants hitters for seven earned runs on 10 hits during his Padres…