Happy no-no birthdays to Stivetts, Pfeffer
Birthday wishes today to Jack Stivetts and Frank ‘Big Jeff’ Pfeffer, a couple of Bostonians who threw their National League no-hitters more than a century ago.
‘Catfish’ Hunter tosses perfect game, 48 years ago today
Oakland A’s pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter threw a perfect game, 48 years ago today. On Wednesday, May 8, 1968, Hunter retired all 27 Minnesota Twins he faced for a 4-0 win at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. Hunter’s perfecto was the third of the 1960s, following gems by Jim Bunning (1964) and Sandy Koufax (1965). Also throwing…
No-no birthdays for Boston pitchers Stivetts, Pfeffer
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,…
#7, the Atlanta/Milwaukee/Boston Braves
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…