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Happy birthday no-no thrower Mike Warren

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 26, 2018 Leave a comment

Happy 57th birthday to former Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Warren, who tossed a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum on September 29, 1983.

Marlins end season with walk-off wild-pitch no-no, 2 years ago today

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 29, 2015 1 Comment

The Miami Marlins’ Henderson Alvarez finished off the 2013 season with a no-hitter that ended with a walk-off wild pitch, two years ago today. Alvarez, pitching at Marlins Park on Sunday, September 29, 2013, no-hit the Detroit Tigers through nine innings, but the Marlins couldn’t score a single run. Miami loaded the bases in the…

Happy birthday to no-no throwers Lavender, Warren

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 26, 2015 Leave a comment

Before the day ends, a quick note of birthday wishes to two no-hitter throwers – the Chicago Cubs’ Jimmy Lavender and the Oakland Athletics’ Mike Warren. Lavender, born on this date in 1884, tossed his no-no against the New York Giants in the first game of an August 31, 1915 doubleheader at the Polo Grounds.…

#10, the Oakland Athletics

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 26, 2015 1 Comment

The Oakland Athletics, an American League franchise which began in Philadelphia but later moved to Kansas City and then Oakland, has 11 no-hitters over its history. That gives the team the No. 10 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 list. Weldon Henley threw the Philadelphia Athletics’ first no-hitter in 1905. No one has had two no-hitters…

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