Birthday wishes for Hawke, Browning
Bill Hawke tossed a no-no for the NL Baltimore Orioles, and Tom Browning threw a perfecto for the Cincinnati Reds.
Happy birthday Tom Browning, Bill Hawke
Happy birthday today to two no-no throwers: Tom Browning and Bill Hawke.
No-nos by Spahn, Morehead and Browning on this day
The Milwaukee Braves’ Warren Spahn, the Boston Red Sox’s Dave Morehead and the Cincinnati Reds’ Tom Browning all threw no-hitters on this date. Fifty-five years ago today, on Friday, September 16, 1960, Spahn no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for a 4-0 win at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was his first of two no-nos. Fifty years ago…
#4, the Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds, No. 4 on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown have thrown 16 no-hitters during the team’s history dating back to the 1880s. The team’s first no-hitter was thrown in 1892 by Bumpus Jones, who amazingly accomplished the feat in his first major league appearance. Topping that accomplishment, Johnny Vander Meer threw no-hitters in back-to-back…