The majors’ first same-day no-nos, 121 years ago today
The Cincinnati Reds’ Ted Breitenstein and the Baltimore Orioles’ Jim Jay Hughes threw no-hitters on the same day, 121 years ago today.
Baseball’s first same-day no-nos, 119 years ago today
Ted Breitenstein and Jim Jay Hughes threw no-hitters on the same day, 119 years ago today. Ted Breitenstein, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati’s League Park on Friday, April 22, 1898. That same day, Jim Jay Hughes, of the National League Baltimore Orioles, no-hit the Boston Beaneaters. The feat…
Baseball’s tie-game no-hitter, 132 years ago today
The Brooklyn Atlantics’ Sam Kimber threw baseball’s only tie-game no-hitter, 132 years ago today. On Saturday, October 4, 1884, Kimber threw 10 innings of no-hit ball against the Toledo Blue Stockings at Brooklyn’s Washington Park but his team couldn’t score him a run off Toledo pitcher Frank Olin, who yielded just four hits. The game…
Baseball’s first same-day no-nos, 118 years ago today
Ted Breitenstein and Jim Jay Hughes threw no-hitters on the same day, 118 years ago today. Ted Breitenstein, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati’s League Park on Friday, April 22, 1898. That same day, Jim Jay Hughes, of the National League Baltimore Orioles, no-hit the Boston Beaneaters. The feat…
Stripling pulled after tossing 7 1/3 innings no-hit ball in MLB debut
Not bad for your @MLB debut, @RossStripling. https://t.co/57Vbdh9erN pic.twitter.com/mJg8hq3jOw — MLB (@MLB) April 9, 2016 The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ross Stripling tossed 7⅓ innings of no-hit ball in his first major-league appearance Friday night before being pulled for a reliever who lost the no-no. When Stripling hit 100 pitches, Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts took the…
Happy 59th birthday to Dave Stewart
Happy 59th birthday to Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Dave Stewart, who threw a no-hitter for the Oakland Athletics in 1990. On Friday, June 29, 1990, Stewart no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays for a 5-0 victory at the SkyDome. Hours later and thousands of miles away, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela no-hit the St. Louis…