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. In a no-hit game, a batter may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher’s interference.
An official perfect game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game.
In 1991, the Major League Baseball Committee for Statistical Accuracy adopted those definitions for a no-hitter and perfect game. Previously recognized no-hitters, those with fewer than nine innings, or those where the first hit was allowed after the ninth were removed from the record set.
On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitches the 13th perfect game in modern major league history as the Yankees beat Minnesota, 4 – 0. Wells, whose “perfecto” is the first by a Yankees pitcher since Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series, also sets an American League record by retiring 37 batters in a row, dating back to his start on May 12th against Kansas City. Minnesota shortstop Pat…
Dodger right-hander Hideo Nomo no-hits the Rockies, 9-0, at Coors Field, becoming the only big league hurler to accomplish the feat in the thin air of Denver. Tornado Boy’s performance in Colorado is the best-attended no-no and is the only hitless game with a paid attendance of more than 50,000 fans.
On May 14, 1996, Dwight Gooden throws a no-hitter for the Yankees against the Mariners, at Yankee Stadium. The right-hander wins the game, 2-0, in hurling the first no-hit game of his career. Derek Jeter caught the final out of the Gem. Dwight Gooden threw one-hundred thirty six pitches during this game and seventy-five of…
On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter of the Florida Marlins pitches the first no-hitter in franchise history. Leiter strikes out six and walks two batters in shutting down the Colorado Rockies, 11-0.
On July 28, 1994, at the Ballpark at Arlington. Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers throws a perfect game against the California Angels. Rogers strikes out eight batters in notching the 12th regular season perfect game in history in the modern era, and 14th overall in the history of the game with his 4-0 victory….
Atlanta Braves pitcher Kent Mercker no-hits the Dodgers, 6 – 0, striking out 10 in the process. For Mercker, it is his first complete game in the majors. Chan Ho Park comes on to pitch in the 9th inning for the Dodgers, becoming the first Korean player to appear in a major league game.
On September 4, 1993, Jim Abbott of the New York Yankees throws a 4-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. Abbott, a one-handed pitcher, becomes the first Yankee to throw a no-hitter since Dave Righetti in 1983. In the ninth inning, leadoff hitter Kenny Lofton is loudly booed by the fans after he fouls off a…
Chris Bosio pitches a no-hitter to give the Seattle Mariners a 7 – 0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Bosio walks the first two batters he faces, then finishes the game by retiring the last 27 Red Sox in a row. He strikes out four in his 97-pitch gem.
Kevin Gross, retiring 22 of the final 23 batters he faces on his wife’s birthday, no-hits the Giants at Dodger Stadium, 2-0. The LA right-hander’s no-no averts the team from being swept in a four-game series at home against the Giants for the first time in 69 years.
1991 – Mike Scott announces his retirement after 13 major league seasons. The righthander made just two starts in his final season before being sidelined by injuries but could look back on a no-hitter, a Cy Young Award, and a 20-win season among his accomplishments.