Houston’s Johnson tosses 9-inning no-no and loses, 55 years ago today
The Houston Colt .45’s Ken Johnson threw a no-hitter and lost, 55 years ago today.
Houston’s Johnson tosses no-no and loses, 54 years ago today
The Houston Colt .45’s Ken Johnson threw a no-hitter and lost, 54 years ago today.
Johnson throws a no-hitter … and loses … 53 years ago today
Ken Johnson threw a no-hitter and lost, 53 years ago today. It was April 23, 1964, and the Houston Colt .45’s were playing the Cincinnati Reds at Colt Stadium. The game was deadlocked at 0. The Reds clawed for a run on a ninth-inning bunt attempt by Pete Rose in which Johnson threw the ball…
Johnson throws a no-hitter and loses, 52 years ago today
Ken Johnson threw a no-hitter and lost, 52 years ago today. I had the honor of interviewing Johnson on May 2014 as I was just beginning to write Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders. He talked with me about that April 23, 1964 Houston Colt .45’s game against the Cincinnati Reds at Colt Stadium, in which he threw…
Ken Johnson, threw a no-hitter and lost, dies at age 82
Ken Johnson, the only major league pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter yet lose, died Saturday in Pineville, Louisiana, at the age of 82. I had the honor of interviewing Johnson on May 2014 as I was just beginning to write Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders. He talked with me about that April 23, 1964 Houston Colt…
#12, the Houston Astros
The Houston Astros franchise, which joined the National League as an expansion franchise in 1962 under the name Houston Colt .45’s, have 11 no-hitters over the team’s history. That No. 12 ranking is pretty impressive, considering several franchises that have been around much longer haven’t reached that mark. In one of the oddest no-hitters in…