Double perfection: Martínez, Rogers threw perfect games on this date
Today is the only day on the calendar in which we can celebrate multiple perfect games, with Dennis Martínez and Kenny Rogers both tossing July 28 perfectos.
Happy 158th birthday, perfecto thrower John Montgomery Ward
John Montgomery Ward, who threw the majors’ second perfect game in 1880, was born 158 years ago today.
Happy 35th birthday to perfecto thrower Philip Humber
Happy 35th birthday to Philip Humber, who threw a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox in 2012. On Saturday, April 21, 2012, Humber retired all 27 Seattle Mariners he faced for a 4-0 win at Safeco Field. He struck out nine batters and completed the feat using just 96 pitches. Humber retired in 2016…
Roy Halladay, 2nd pitcher to throw post-season no-hitter, killed in small plane crash
Roy Halladay, the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the MLB post-season, was killed Tuesday when the plane he was flying crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Holiday, Florida. He was 40. Authorities say the single-engine ICON A5 crashed about noon Tuesday. The Pasco County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office’s marine unit…
Today is the 61st anniversary of Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game
Today is the 61st anniversary of Don Larsen’s perfect game for the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series — the first no-hitter in MLB postseason history. Larsen retired all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers batters he faced at Yankee Stadium on Monday, October 8, 1956 for a 2-0 win. In the ninth,…
Angels’ Witt hurls perfect game to close ’84 season, 33 years ago today
The California Angels’ Mike Witt threw a perfect game on the final game of the 1984 season, 33 years ago today. On Sunday, September 30, 1984, Witt needed just 94 pitchers to retire all 27 of the Texas Rangers he faced for a 1-0 win in front of just 8,375 fans at Arlington Stadium. Witt…