As you all know, Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays yesterday. It was the 6th no-hitter, and 3rd perfect game tossed in MLB this season. (And it was the third time in four years Tampa Bay has had a perfecto tossed at them.)
My friend Dave did a little research, and 2012 is the 11th time a modern season has had 5 or more no-hitters in it. Here they are:
1908 - 6 no-hitters, starting with Cy Young's third (and his first since
his perfect game) and ending with Addie Joss's perfect game. Joss's
Cleveland teammate also no-hit the Red Sox, although they scored to lose
2-1. Except for a Giants-Phillies game caught by Roger Bresnahan, they
were all AL games.
1915 - 6, only except for a pair of Giants games they were all in
the Federal League and don't count. Worst-pitcher-in-the-Hall Rube
Marquard is the only HOFer here.
1917 - 6. Interesting bookends: The
first this season was Eddie Cicotte, whose battery-mate Ray Schalk
played to win the Black Sox series and was one of three members of the 1919
team to make the Hall. The last one was Ernie Shore's "perfect" game in
relief of Babe Ruth, who threw 0.0 IP.
1962 - 5. Forty-five years until we see it again. Earl Wilson and Bill
Monbouquette each did it for the Red Sox, but Sandy Koufax's first is
the one you remember, but the only NL game.
1968 - 5. Well, duh. Catfish Hunter and Gaylord Perry. 3-2 NL advantage.
1969 - 6. Huh---they lowered the mound and more teams got no-hit. Jim Palmer's only no-no is also the only one for the AL this year.
1973 - 5. MVP Joe Torre did not
catch any. Nolan Ryan's first two, and Phil Niekro, aged 34. Niekro's
game for the Braves was the only NL no-no; even with the DH, the AL
held the advantage. Well, okay, Nolan Ryan held it.
1990 - 7. Another drought in these intervening years. The 80s didn't
see scoring, but there weren't a lot of no-hitters, either. First
combined no-hitter on this list (if you don't count the Babe-Shore
game), as Mike Witt, who previously had thrown a no-hitter, closed out
the last two IP for California. Nolan Ryan's 6th and Randy Johnson's
first. 4-2 AL advantage.
1991 - 7. Two combined no-nos this year, for Baltimore (4
pitchers) and Atlanta (3). Ryan's seventh, Saberhagen, and Dennis
Martinez's perfecto. 4-3, AL.
2010 - 6, not counting Armando
Galarraga's shoulda-been-perfect game. Another drought---this one more
understandable---comes to an end. Braden and Halladay's perfect games.
4-2 NL, or 4-3 with Galarraga.
2012 - 6. Includes the combined no-no (Kevin Millwood +5 relievers) for
Seattle. Humber, Cain, King Felix throw perfectos. 4-2 AL.
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