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.
Touching on a variety of matters and spanning the decades from the earlier eras of baseball to more recent years, NO-HITTERS includes the 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; and many more. 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
- 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
