No-Hitters

Pitching a no-hitter is a dream for every major-league pitcher. Fewer than half the pitchers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame have thrown a no-hitter. Many of the biggest names in pitching have never done it.

This book focuses on pitchers who threw no-hitters and the no-hitters they threw. Naturally, we couldn’t present biographies of everyone who ever threw a no-hitter nor could we present Games Project accounts of all of them. From around 300 no-hitters thrown in the majors (out of over 213,000 games), we have selected 59 no-hitters to include, along with the biographies of the men who threw them.

We wanted the book to touch on a variety of matters, and to span the decades so that there was some representation from the earlier eras of baseball right up to more recent years. We tried to hit certain themes — first no-hitter in each league; first no-hitter thrown at 60 feet 6 inches; first in which the losing team scored a run; first pitcher to debut with a no-hitter; first extra-inning no-hitter; etc. You’ll find those all in here and maybe a surprise or two as well.

This book represents the collective work of 56 different SABR members as authors and editors.

Introduction
JOE BORDEN, Charlie Weatherby
July 28, 1875, Casey Tibbitts

GEORGE BRADLEY, Brian Engelhardt
July 15, 1876 18, Parker Bena

LEE RICHMOND
June 12, 1880, John R. Husman

LARRY CORCORAN, August 19, 1882
Bob LeMoine

TONY MULLANE, September 11, 1882
Ray Birch

GUY HECKER, September 19, 1882
Bob Bailey

SAM KIMBER, October 4, 1884
David Nemec

AL ATKINSON, May 1, 1886
Chris Rainey

AMOS RUSIE, Charles F. Faber
July 31, 1891, Gregory H. Wolf

THEODORE BREITENSTEIN, October 4, 1891
Steve Rice

BILL HAWKE, August 16, 1893
Jimmy Keenan

NIXEY CALLAHAN, September 20, 1902
James E. Elfers

EARL HAMILTON, August 30, 1912
Paul Hofmann

ED LAFITTE, September 19, 1914
Jim Leeke

FRED TONEY, May 2, 1917
Mike Lynch

CHARLIE ROBERTSON, April 30, 1922
Jacob Pomrenke

BOBBY BURKE, August 8, 1931
Gregory H. Wolf

BILL DIETRICH, June 1, 1937
Gregory H. Wolf

38. BOB FELLER, April 16, 1940
C. Paul Rogers III

ED HEAD, April 23, 1946
Lyle Spatz

WILLIAM McCAHAN, September 3, 1947
David E. Skelton

BOBO HOLLOMAN, Len Pasculli
May 6, 1953, Joe Schuster

DON LARSEN, October 8, 1956
Charles F. Faber

SANDY KOUFAX:
June 30, 1962, Marc Z Aaron
May 11, 1963, Marc Z Aaron
June 4, 1964, Marc Z Aaron
September 9, 1965, Mike Huber

KEN JOHNSON, April 23, 1964
Steve Schmitt

BILL STONEMAN, Norm King
April 17, 1969, Adam J. Ulrey
October 2, 1972, Norm King

STEVE BUSBY, April 27, 1973, June 19, 1974
John DiFonzo

BOB FORSCH, April 16, 1978, September 26, 1983
Ben Girard

KEN FORSCH, April 7, 1979
Chip Greene

LEN BARKER, May 15, 1981
Joe Wancho

DAVID PALMER, April 21, 1984 (second game)
Norm King

MIKE WITT, September 30, 1984
Paul Hensler

MIKE SCOTT, Rory Costello
September 25, 1986, Frederick C. Bush

TOM BROWNING, September 16, 1988
Joe Cox

ANDY HAWKINS, July 1, 1990
Stew Thornley

DAVE STIEB, Joe Cox
September 2, 1990, Adrian Fung

DENNIS MARTINEZ, July 28, 1991
Rory Costello

WILSON ALVAREZ, August 11, 1991
Leonte Landino

MATT YOUNG, April 12, 1992
Alan Raylesburg

KENNY ROGERS, July 28, 1994
Tom Schott

HIDEO NOMO, September 17, 1996, April 4, 2001
Bill Staples

DAVID WELLS, May 17, 1998
Norm King

DAVID CONE, July 18, 1999
Tara Krieger

DEREK LOWE, April 27, 2002
Bill Nowlin

RANDY JOHNSON, May 18, 2004
Joe Wancho

DALLAS BRADEN, May 9, 2010
Dirk Lammers

ROY HALLADAY, May 29, 2010, October 6, 2010
Alan Cohen

COMBINED NO-HITTERS
STEVE BARBER, Warren Corbett
STU MILLER, Warren Corbett
April 30, 1967, Jimmy Keenan

FOUR PITCHERS COMBINE
VIDA BLUE, Rich Puerzer
GLENN ABBOTT, Clifford Corn
PAUL LINDBLAD, Paul Hofmann
ROLLIE FINGERS, Dale Voiss
September 28, 1975, Mike Huber

SIX PITCHERS COMBINE
June 11, 2003, Mike Huber

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