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 July 19, 1974, Dick Bosman of the Cleveland Indians hurls a no-hitter against the Oakland A’s and comes within one batter of pitching a perfect game. In winning the game, 4-0, Bosman commits a fielding error in the fourth inning, allowing the A’s their only baserunner of the game. Bosman struck out four and…
On June 19, 1974 Steve Busby tosses his second no-hitter in 14 months, giving up just one walk, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0, in the first-ever no-no thrown by a Kansas City hurler at Royals Stadium. George Scott is the only man to reach base with his second inning walk. Last season, the 23 year-old…
Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro no-hits the Padres, 9 – 0, and improves his record to 11-4. He walks three and strikes out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta. Ralph Garr has three hits, three runs, and a steal, and Paul Casanova records an inside-the-park homer on a long fly ball missed by LF Gene Locklear.
Before 41,411 in Detroit, California Angels ace Nolan Ryan hurls his second no-hitter of the season in taming the Detroit Tigers, 6 – 0. Ryan fans 17 batters, the most ever in a 9-inning no-hitter, including eight straight, but only one over the last two innings. Nolan’s arm stiffens while watching his team rally for five runs in the top of the 8th. With two outs in the 9th, Norm Cash, who struck out his three other times at bat, comes to bat wielding a piano leg. Umpire Ron Luciano points out the illegality and Cash then pops out using a regulation bat. Ryan’s eight strikeouts in a row ties the American League record he set last year.
On July 15, 1973, Nolan Ryan pitches his second no-hitter of the season, as the California Angels defeat the Detroit Tigers, 6-0. In the sixth inning, Tigers slugger Norm Cash comes to the plate with a piano leg, instead of a bat. Cash, who had struck out his first two times up, will pop out…
April 27, 1973 Kansas City’s 22 year-old starter Steve Busby becomes the 13th rookie to throw a no-hitter, beating Detroit, 3-0, at Tiger Stadium. It is the first ever no-hit game thrown by a Royals pitcher, the first at Tiger Stadium since Virgil Trucks did it in 1952. Busby also becomes the first no-hit game…
Bill Stoneman throws the second of his two no-hitters when he holds the Mets hitless in the Expos’ 7-0 victory at Jarry Park. The Montreal All-Star right-hander, who also accomplished the feat in 1969 against the Phillies in Philadelphia in his fifth major league start, becomes the first major league pitcher to toss a no-hitter in Canada.
test On September 2, 1972, Milt Pappas of the Cubs hurls a no-hit game in beating the Padres, 8 – 0. Pappas has a perfect game until pinch-hitter Larry Stahl walks with two outs in the 9th inning. With two outs in the top of the ninth, Pappas runs the count to 1-and-2 on pinch-hitter Larry…
On April 16, 1972, Chicago Cubs rookie Burt Hooton walks seven batters but still manages to hurl a 4-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. Hooton accomplishes the feat in just his fourth major league game.
On November 2, 1971, Baltimore right-hander Pat Dobson hurls a 2-0 no-hitter against the Yomiuri Giants during an exhibition tour in Japan. Dobson’s gem is one of 12 victories for the Orioles in their 18-game schedule against Japan League teams. Game ticket & learn more about the players, teams, stadiums and dates in history …
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