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Happy birthday to Browns no-no thrower Earl Hamilton

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers July 19, 2015 1 Comment

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…

#17, the Detroit Tigers

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 19, 2015 Leave a comment

The Detroit Tigers take up the No. 17 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 list. The Tigers, who began play in the American League in 1901, have thrown seven no-hitters over the franchise’s history. George Mullin threw the Tigers’ first no-hitter in 1912, and there was a 40-year gap before Virgil Trucks threw his two in…