List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
This is a list of no-hitters in Major League Baseball history. In addition, all no-hitters that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games are listed, although they are not currently considered official no-hitters. (Prior to 1991, a performance in which no hits were surrendered through nine innings or in a shortened game was considered an official no-hit game.) The names of those pitchers who threw a perfect game no-hitter are italicized. For combined no-hitters by two or more pitchers on the same team, each is listed with his number of innings pitched. Games which were part of a doubleheader are noted as either the first game or second game. The most recent no-hitter was pitched by Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs on April 21, 2016.
An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings thrown by the pitcher(s). In a no-hit game, a batter may still reach base via a walk, an error, a fielder's choice, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference.[1] Also, due to these methods of reaching base, it is possible for a team to score runs without getting any hits.
While the vast majority of no-hitters are shutouts, no-hit teams have managed to score runs in their respective games a number of times, five times a team has been no-hit and still won the game: two notable victories occurred when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Colt .45s (now called the Houston Astros) 1–0 on April 23, 1964 even though they were no-hit by Houston starter Ken Johnson, and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 2–1 on April 30, 1967 even though they were no-hit by Baltimore starter Steve Barber and reliever Stu Miller. In another four games, the home team won despite gaining no hits through eight innings, but these are near no-hitters under the 1991 rule that nine no-hit innings must be completed in order for a no-hitter to be credited.
The pitcher who holds the record for the shortest time between no-hitters is Johnny Vander Meer, the only pitcher in history to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts, while playing for the Cincinnati Reds in 1938. Besides Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds (in 1951), Virgil Trucks (in 1952), Nolan Ryan (in 1973), and Max Scherzer (in 2015) are the only other major leaguers to throw two no-hitters in the same regular season. Jim Maloney technically threw two no-hitters in the 1965 season, but his first one ended after he allowed a home run in the top of the 11th inning. According to the rules interpretation of the time, this was considered a no-hitter. Later that season, Maloney once again took a no-hitter into extra innings, but this time he managed to preserve the no-hitter after the Reds scored in the top half of the tenth, becoming the first pitcher to throw a complete game extra inning no-hitter since Fred Toney in 1917.[2] Roy Halladay threw two no-hitters in 2010: a perfect game during the regular season and a no-hitter in the 2010 National League Division Series. He is the only major leaguer to have thrown no-hitters in regular season and postseason play.
The first black pitcher to toss a no-hitter was Sam Jones who did it for the Chicago Cubs in 1955. The first Latin pitcher was San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal in 1963.
Through April 21, 2016, there have been 295 no-hitters officially recognized by Major League Baseball, 252 of them in the modern era (starting in 1901, with the formation of the American League). Joe Borden's no-hitter in 1875 is also noted, but is not recognized by Major League Baseball (see note in the chart).[notes 1]
Contents
Regulation no-hitters
Italics | Perfect game |
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RS | Runs scored |
RA | Runs allowed |
NL | National League |
AL | American League |
FL | Federal League |
PL | Players' League |
UA | Union Association |
AA | American Association |
NA | National Association |
WS | World Series |
Inter | Interleague play |
IP | Innings pitched |
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Denotes player who is still active |
No-Hitters by Team
Italics indicate defunct team. The San Diego Padres are the only modern team who have never had a no-hitter.
Near no-hitters
Regulation games in which a pitcher or staff pitches less than nine full innings, or in which a hit is allowed in extra innings, do not qualify as no-hitters. However, before the rules were tightened in 1991, such games did count as official no-hitters.
Regulation no-hit losses ending in the middle of the ninth
Due to the fact that the home team does not bat in the bottom of the ninth inning if they are leading after the top, a visiting pitcher (or pitchers) may complete a full game without allowing a hit but not be credited with an official no-hitter. If the visiting team allows a sufficient amount of runs for the home team to win after the top of the ninth, whether by walks, errors, or anything else not involving hits, the pitcher(s) will not be credited with an official no-hitter because they pitched only 8 innings (though such no-hitters were counted before 1991). This has happened only four times in major-league history.[71][72]
Interleague play
- June 28, 2008 – Jered Weaver (6 inn.) and José Arredondo (2 inn.), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
American League
- July 1, 1990 – Andy Hawkins, New York Yankees 0 Chicago White Sox 4
- April 12, 1992 – Matt Young, Boston Red Sox 1 Cleveland Indians 2
Players' League
- June 21, 1890 – Silver King, Chicago Pirates 0 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 1
Shortened games
Under certain circumstances, if a game cannot continue because of the weather, darkness, or any other reason, but if at least 5 innings have been completed, the game can count as an officially completed game. No-hitters pitched under such circumstances were counted before 1991, but no longer count as official no-hitters because 9 innings were not completed. Pitchers listed in bold signify the pitcher was pitching a perfect game until the game was shortened. These games do not count as official perfect games.
National League
- October 1, 1884 (6 innings) – Charlie Getzein, Detroit Wolverines 1 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- October 7, 1885 (first game; 5 innings) – Dupee Shaw, Providence Grays 4 Buffalo Bisons 0
- June 21, 1888 (6 innings) – George Van Haltren, Chicago White Stockings 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 0
- September 27, 1888 (7 innings) – Ed Crane, New York Giants 3 Washington Nationals 0
- October 15, 1892 (second game; 5 innings) – Jack Stivetts, Boston Braves 4 Washington Senators 0
- September 23, 1893 (second game; 7 innings) – Elton Chamberlain, Cincinnati Reds 6 Boston Beaneaters 0
- June 2, 1894 (6 innings) – Ed Stein, Brooklyn Grooms 1 Chicago White Stockings 0
- September 14, 1903 (second game; 5 innings) – Red Ames (first major league game), New York Giants 5 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- August 24, 1906 (second game; 7 innings) – Jake Weimer, Cincinnati Reds 1 Brooklyn Superbas 0
- September 24, 1906 (second game; 7 innings) – Stoney McGlynn, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Brooklyn Superbas 1
- September 26, 1906 (second game; 6 innings) – Lefty Leifield, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- August 11, 1907 (second game; 7 innings) – Ed Karger, St. Louis Cardinals 4 Boston Doves 0
- August 23, 1907 (second game; 5 innings) – Howie Camnitz, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 New York Giants 0
- August 6, 1908 (6 innings) – Johnny Lush, St. Louis Cardinals 2 Brooklyn Superbas 0
- July 31, 1910 (second game; 7 innings) – King Cole, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- August 27, 1937 (8 innings) – Fred Frankhouse, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Cincinnati Reds 0
- June 22, 1944 (second game; 5 innings) – Jim Tobin, Boston Braves 7 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- June 12, 1959 (5 innings) – Mike McCormick, San Francisco Giants 3 Philadelphia Phillies 0 (McCormick allowed a single in the sixth inning, but as rain ended the game before the inning was completed, the game officially ended after five innings.)
- September 26, 1959 (7 innings) – Sam Jones, San Francisco Giants 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- April 21, 1984 (second game; 5 innings) – David Palmer, Montreal Expos 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- September 24, 1988 (5 innings) – Pascual Pérez, Montreal Expos 1 Philadelphia Phillies 0
American League
- August 15, 1905 (5 innings) – Rube Waddell, Philadelphia Athletics 2 St. Louis Browns 0
- May 26, 1907 (5 innings) – Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox 8 New York Highlanders 1
- October 5, 1907 (second game; 5 innings) – Rube Vickers, Philadelphia Athletics 4 Washington Senators 0
- August 20, 1912 (second game; 6 innings) – Carl Cashion, Washington Senators 2 Cleveland Naps 0
- August 25, 1924 (7 innings) – Walter Johnson, Washington Senators 2 St. Louis Browns 0
- August 5, 1940 (second game; 6 innings) – John Whitehead, St. Louis Browns 4 Detroit Tigers 0
- August 6, 1967 (5 innings) – Dean Chance, Minnesota Twins 2 Boston Red Sox 0
- July 12, 1990 (6 innings) – Mélido Pérez, Chicago White Sox 8 New York Yankees 0
- October 1, 2006 (5 innings) – Devern Hansack, Boston Red Sox 9 Baltimore Orioles 0
American Association
- May 6, 1884 (6 innings) – Larry McKeon, Indianapolis Hoosiers 0 Cincinnati Red Stockings 0
- July 29, 1889 (second game; 7 innings) – Matt Kilroy, Baltimore Orioles 0 St. Louis Browns 0
- September 23, 1890 (7 innings) – George Nicol, St. Louis Browns 21 Philadelphia Athletics 2
- October 12, 1890 (8 innings) – Hank Gastraight, Columbus Solons 6 Toledo Maumees 0
Union Association
- August 21, 1884 (8 innings) – Charlie Geggus, Washington Nationals 12 Wilmington Quicksteps 1
- September 28, 1884 – Ed Cushman, Milwaukee Brewers 5, Washington Nationals 0 [73][74]
- October 5, 1884 (5 innings) – Charlie Sweeney (2 inn.) and Henry Boyle (3 inn.), St. Louis Maroons 0 St. Paul Saints 1
Nine-inning no-hitters broken up in extra innings
No-hitters were formerly counted even if hits were allowed in extra innings, but not after the rules were tightened in 1991. Pitchers listed in bold signify the pitcher was pitching a perfect game through nine innings.
National League
- June 11, 1904 (12 innings) – Bob Wicker, Chicago Cubs 1 New York Giants 0 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; only hit allowed)
- August 1, 1906 (13 innings) – Harry McIntire, Brooklyn Superbas 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (surrendered single with two out in 11th; allowed three more hits)
- April 15, 1909 (13 innings; Opening Day) – Red Ames, New York Giants 0 Brooklyn Superbas 3 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed six more hits)
- May 2, 1917 (10 innings) – Hippo Vaughn, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati Reds 1 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed one more hit; known as "Double No-Hitter" prior to MLB rule change since opposing pitcher threw 10-inning no-hitter – see entry above for Fred Toney)
- May 26, 1956 (11 innings) – Johnny Klippstein (7 inn.), Hersh Freeman (1 inn.) and Joe Black (3 inn.), Cincinnati Reds 1 Milwaukee Braves 2 (Black surrendered double with two out in 10th; allowed two more hits)
- May 26, 1959 (13 innings) – Harvey Haddix, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Milwaukee Braves 1 (Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings; first baserunner was leadoff hitter in 13th, who reached on an error; followed by sacrifice bunt, intentional walk, and game-ending hit which was ruled a 1-run double rather than a 3-run home run due to a baserunning mistake)
- June 14, 1965 (11 innings) – Jim Maloney, Cincinnati Reds 0 New York Mets 1 (surrendered leadoff home run in 11th; allowed one more hit)
- July 26, 1991 (10 innings) – Mark Gardner (9 inn.) and Jeff Fassero (0 inn.), Montreal Expos 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (Gardner surrendered leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit before being replaced; Fassero allowed one hit; Gardner charged with loss)
- June 3, 1995 (10 innings) – Pedro Martínez (9 inn.) and Mel Rojas (1 inn.), Montreal Expos 1 San Diego Padres 0 (Martinez pitched 9 perfect innings; first San Diego baserunner was from leadoff double surrendered by Martínez in 10th; Rojas relieved him and retired next three batters)
American League
- May 9, 1901 (10 innings) – Earl Moore, Cleveland Blues 2 Chicago White Sox 4 (surrendered leadoff single in 10th; allowed one more hit)
- August 30, 1910 (second game; 11 innings) – Tom Hughes, New York Highlanders 0 Cleveland Naps 5 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed six more hits)
- May 14, 1914 (10 innings) – Jim Scott, Chicago White Sox 0 Washington Senators 1 (surrendered leadoff single in 10th; allowed one more hit)
- September 18, 1934 (10 innings) – Bobo Newsom, St. Louis Browns 1 Boston Red Sox 2 (surrendered single with two out in 10th; only hit allowed)
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External links
- List at ESPN.com (omits Federal League no-hitters)
- List at MLB.com (omits all defunct leagues)
- List at Retrosheet (includes 1875 National Association no-hitter)
- Most strikeouts in a no-hitter since 1957
- ↑ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Rules, Regulations and Statistics
- ↑ http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/de00e781
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