Happy 64th birthday, Mike Scott
Happy 64th to Mike Scott, who shares a birthday with five other no-hitter throwers.
No-no birthdays for 5: Caldwell, Barnes, Trucks, Maglie and Scott
Today is one of two days throughout the calendar year in which we’re most flush with no-no birthdays: Ray Caldwell, Jesse Barnes, Virgil Trucks, Sal Maglie and Mike Scott.
Maglie and Scott, pitchers who share birthdays, threw no-nos on this date.
Two major league pitchers who share the same birthday threw no-hitters on this date. Sal “The Barber” Maglie, born April 26, 1917, threw a Brooklyn Dodgers no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field on Tuesday, September 25, 1956, for a 5-0 win. The Houston Astros’ Mike Scott, born April 26, 1955, no-hit the San…
Five no-no birthdays today
Today is one of two days throughout the calendar year in which we’re most flush with no-no birthdays. Five pitchers of no-hitters celebrate April 26 as the day of their entrances into the world: Ray Caldwell (born in 1888), Jesse Barnes (born in 1892), Virgil Trucks (pictured above, born in 1917), Sal Maglie (born in…
Crews begin demolishing Ebbets Field, home to 7 no-hitters, 56 years ago today
Crews began demolishing Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, home to seven no-hitters, 56 years ago today. Five of those no-hitters were thrown by Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers, and the other two were thrown by opponents. The one thrown by Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer completed his second consecutive no-no, a seemingly unbreakable major league record. Carl Erskine is the only…
No-no birthdays today for Caldwell, Barnes, Trucks, Maglie and Scott
It’s a busy no-no birthday on April 26, with five pitchers of no-hitters celebrating the day: Ray Caldwell (born in 1888), Jesse Barnes (born in 1892), Virgil Trucks (born in 1917), Sal Maglie (born in 1917) and Mike Scott (born in 1955, turns 60 today). April 26 is half of the answer to our trivia…