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Happy birthday Kent Mercker, threw 1 2/3 no-hitters

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers February 1, 2016 Leave a comment

Happy 48th birthday to the Atlanta Braves’ Kent Mercker, who threw a 1994 no-hitter three years after tossing 6 innings of a combined no-no. Mercker threw his solo no-no during his first start of the 1994 season. On Friday, April 8, 1994, at Dodger Stadium, Mercker walked four Los Angeles Dodgers, struck out 10 and…

#7, the Atlanta/Milwaukee/Boston Braves

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

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…