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Indians became the first team to be no-hit three times in one season; Zach Plesac was the opposing pitcher all three times. It was also the first time three interleague no-hitters were thrown in the same season. Mills' first complete game and 15th career start, the fewest by a Cubs pitcher before throwing a no-hitter since 1972. With Lucas Giolito 19 days earlier, this was the first time both Chicago teams threw a no-hitter in the same season. Second no-hitter at Miller Park; the first was also by a Cubs pitcher, Carlos Zambrano in 2008.
Pitched on Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, with Berra and Don Larsen in attendance. Mercker had been primarily a reliever before this game and was making his third career start after 81 games out of the bullpen. Padres Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn made the final out, less than two months after his brother Chris was the last out of Martinez's perfect game. Busby took a no-hitter into the 6th inning in his next start, setting an AL record by retiring 33 consecutive batters .
Unofficial four-home run games
First no-hitter by an Orioles pitcher since 1969, and the first on the road since 1912. Means faced the minimum 27 batters, the only base-runner coming on a dropped third strike with one out in the 3rd inning. This is the only known instance of a perfect game being broken up in such a way. Retired the last twenty-six batters in a row after a first-inning walk.
Seaver had two previous bids broken up in the ninth, including a perfect game bid in 1969 while pitching for the Mets. Odom was removed after walking his ninth batter to lead off the sixth inning. Wood had a no-hitter broken up in the 9th inning against the Browns three weeks earlier. To date, Joss is one of only three pitchers in modern history to no-hit the same team twice. Tannehill's brother, Lee, played third base for the White Sox and went 0-3. Part of a streak of 25.1 consecutive hitless innings by Young, still a Major League record.
Home Run Derby winners by year: Complete list of MLB players to win baseball's slugfest since 1985
Heston was the 22nd rookie pitcher to throw a no-hitter. He did not walk a batter, but he hit three of them, joining Wiltse in 1908 and Brown in 1997 as no-hitter pitchers whose only base-runners came on hit batsmen. Heston's is the first such game to feature more than one hit by pitch. First no-hitter/perfect game in regular-season interleague play.
Only base-runner came on Juan Uribe's error with one out in the 8th. Sánchez was 2-8 on the season with a 5.30 ERA at the time and had recently been demoted to the bullpen. On Phillie Phanatic's birthday and their last season at Veterans Stadium. ESPN broke away from covering the draft to air the ninth inning. Pinch-hitter Mark Smith hit a walk-off 3-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning to secure the no-hitter. Cowley is the last pitcher to be charged with an earned run in a no-hitter.
Fastest to 61 home runs (by team games)
Only home runs hit in a particular league count towards that league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year. Diamondbacks are most recent team to perform a no-hitter then suffer the following one. First MLB no-hitter in 6,364 games, the longest gap between no-hitters in history as measured by games played.
Note that Chicago, the home team, opted to bat first in this game, as was allowed at the time; thus, Brooklyn did not bat in the bottom of the ninth. Mathews was a consistent power hitter for the Milwaukee Braves in the '50s and early '60s, hitting at least 30 home runs nine straight seasons. He led the league twice, with 47 in 1953 and 46 in '59, and was a 12-time All-Star. Considered by some to be the best third baseman of all time, Schmidt led the National League in home runs eight times during one 15-year stretch. He played his entire 18 years with the Phillies and was named NL MVP on three occasions. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball career home run record with 762.
He joined Ken Griffey Jr., Prince Fielder and Yoenis Cespedes. A classic slugger who struck out a ton and never hit for a high average, Killebrew clubbed at least 40 home runs eight times during a 12-year stretch in the late 1950s/early '60s. No player hit more home runs in the 1960s than Killer’s 393. Delahanty and Horner are the only players to hit four home runs in a game as a part of a losing effort. Mark McGwire led the American League in home runs in 1987 and 1996. In 1997, he led Major League Baseball in home runs, but led neither the American nor National League, as his season was split between the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals.
He enjoyed a monster 2007 season in Cleveland, when he hit 52 home runs and led the league in slugging (.677) and OPS (1.122). Hammerin’ Hank hit 755 homers in his career without hitting 50 in a single season and leading MLB only four times. A model of consistency, the Alabama native smacked at least 40 bombs in a season eight times, with a high of 47 in 1971.
Trucks pitched two no-hitters in 1952 but went 5-19. Yankees' shortstop Phil Rizzuto was initially credited with a hit in the third inning but it was later changed to an error on Tigers' shortstop Johnny Pesky. Only base-runner came on Ferris Fain's error with one out in the 2nd. McCahan had been the losing pitcher in Black's no-hitter earlier in the season. Tobin pitched a one-hit shutout in his previous start. He would be the losing pitcher in Shoun's no-hitter eighteen days later.
This year's Home Run Derby will feature eight players, six of whom have hit double-digit homers in the first half. The others are Ronald Acuña Jr. and the legendary Albert Pujols, who will be competing in the derby for the fifth time. Entering the 2022 event, Pete Alonso was already in a small circle of players with multiple Home Run Derby wins. With his victory at Coors Field last year, he became the fourth player in MLB history to win multiple titles.
Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005. August 25, 1924 (first game; 7 innings) – Walter Johnson, Washington Senators 2 St. Louis Browns 0Game called due to rain; second game of the doubleheader postponed. May 26, – Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox 8 New York Highlanders 1Game called due to rain; New York's run scored on two walks and two wild pitches in the first inning. August 6, 1908 (first game; 6 innings) – Johnny Lush, St. Louis Cardinals 2 Brooklyn Superbas 0Game called due to rain; second game of the doubleheader postponed. August 23, 1907 (second game; 5 innings) – Howie Camnitz, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 New York Giants 0Game called "by agreement"; first game of the doubleheader went 10 innings.
Johnny Vander Meer pitched the only consecutive no-hitters in MLB history. Three years to the day after Rodriguez joined the 500 club, he gained admission to an even more exclusive one. The 600 Home Run Club is one of Major League Baseball’s most exclusive lists, one that demands both massive yearly production and remarkable longevity in order to get in. Here is a quick look at the nine sluggers who belted at least 600 dingers. Only 3 players with 400 home runs are active as of October 6, 2022. Albert Pujols of the Cardinals has 703 , Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers has 507 , Nelson Cruz of the Nationals has 459 .
San Diego Padres
October 7, 1885 (first game; 5 innings) – Dupee Shaw, Providence Grays 4 Buffalo Bisons 0Both games of the doubleheader were scheduled for five innings. July 1, 1990 – Andy Hawkins, New York Yankees 0 Chicago White Sox 4White Sox' four runs scored on an error, stolen base, two walks, and two additional errors in the eighth inning. Regulation games in which a pitcher or staff pitches less than nine full innings, or in which a hit is allowed in extra innings, are not recognized by MLB as no-hitters. However, before the rules were tightened in 1991, such games were recognized as official no-hitters. According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Oil Cities catcher Jay J. Clarke went 8-8 with eight home runs, a single-game professional record. However, Clarke’s total is still disputed, reported by some newspapers as three homers and eight runs scored, but there is no surviving box score to help confirm or deny his feat.
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