Four MLB no-nos on this date: Hamilton, Leonard, Warneke and Arrieta
Four MLB pitchers threw no-nos on this date, with the oldest occurring 106 years ago by the St. Louis Browns’ Earl Hamilton.
Hamilton throws Browns/Orioles’ first no-hitter, 103 years ago today
Earl Hamilton threw the first no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise, 103 years ago today. On Friday, August 30, 1912, Hamilton no-hit the Detroit Tigers on the road at Navin Field for a 5-1 win. It was Ty Cobb who single-handedly killed Hamilton’s shutout. Cobb reached first on a fourth-inning walk, took second…
Happy birthday to Browns no-no thrower Earl Hamilton
Happy 124th birthday to Earl Hamilton, who threw a 1912 no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns. Hamilton on August 30, 1912 no-hit the Tigers for a 5-1 victory at Navin Field. The Detroit ballpark hosted another no-hitter with the same teams just a month and a half earlier, but the roles were reversed. On July…
#15, the Baltimore Orioles
The No. 15 position on our NoNoHitters 30 list belongs to the Baltimore Orioles, an American League franchise that spent the 1901 season in Milwaukee as the Brewers before settling in St. Louis for 51 seasons as the Browns. The ball club has thrown nine no-hitters over 114 years of history. Earl Hamilton threw the…