This is a list of no-hitters in Major League Baseball history. In addition, all no-hitters that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games are listed, although they are not currently considered official no-hitters. (Prior to 1991, a performance in which no hits were surrendered through nine innings or in a shortened game was considered an official no-hit game.) The names of those pitchers who threw perfect games are in bold type. For combined no-hitters by two or more pitchers on the same team, each is listed with his number of innings pitched. Games which were part of a doubleheader are noted as either the first game or second game.
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 thrown by the pitcher(s). In a no-hit game, a batter may still reach base via a walk, an error, a fielder's choice, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference.[1] Therefore, the games listed in the Near no-hitters section do not officially qualify as no-hitters by MLB rule.
Regulation no-hitters[]
Date | Pitcher | Team | Run support | Opponent | Runs allowed | League | Notes | |
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1875 to 1899[] | ||||||||
July 28, 1875 | Joe Borden | Philadelphia White Stockings | 4 | Chicago White Stockings | 0 | NA | National Association not recognized as a "major" league by Major League Baseball | |
1 | July 15, 1876 | George Bradley | St. Louis Brown Stockings | 2 | Hartford Dark Blues | 0 | NL | |
2 | June 12, 1880 | Lee Richmond | Worcester Ruby Legs | 1 | Cleveland Blues | 0 | NL | Perfect game |
3 | June 17, 1880 | John Montgomery Ward | Providence Grays | 5 | Buffalo Bisons | 0 | NL | Perfect game |
4 | August 19, 1880 | Larry Corcoran (1) | Chicago White Stockings | 6 | Boston Red Caps | 0 | NL | |
5 | August 20, 1880 | Pud Galvin (1) | Buffalo Bisons | 1 | Worcester Ruby Legs | 0 | NL | |
6 | September 11, 1882 | Tony Mullane | Louisville Eclipse | 2 | Cincinnati Red Stockings | 0 | AA | |
7 | September 19, 1882 | Guy Hecker | Louisville Eclipse | 3 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 1 | AA | |
8 | September 20, 1882 | Larry Corcoran (2) | Chicago White Stockings | 5 | Worcester Ruby Legs | 0 | NL | |
9 | July 25, 1883 | Charles Radbourn | Providence Grays | 8 | Cleveland Blues | 0 | NL | |
10 | September 13, 1883 | Hugh Daily | Cleveland Blues | 1 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
11 | May 24, 1884 | Al Atkinson (1) | Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 1 | AA | |
12 | May 29, 1884 | Ed Morris | Columbus Buckeyes | 5 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 0 | AA | |
13 | June 5, 1884 | Frank Mountain | Columbus Buckeyes | 12 | Washington Nationals | 0 | AA | |
14 | June 27, 1884 | Larry Corcoran (3) | Chicago White Stockings | 6 | Providence Grays | 0 | NL | |
15 | August 4, 1884 | Pud Galvin (2) | Buffalo Bisons | 18 | Detroit Wolverines | 0 | NL | |
16 | August 26, 1884 | Dick Burns | Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 3 | Kansas City Unions | 1 | UA | |
17 | September 28, 1884 | Ed Cushman | Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | Washington Nationals | 0 | UA | |
18 | October 4, 1884 | Sam Kimber | Brooklyn Atlantics | 0 | Toledo Blue Stockings | 0 | AA | 10 innings |
19 | July 27, 1885 | John Clarkson | Chicago White Stockings | 4 | Providence Grays | 0 | NL | |
20 | August 29, 1885 | Charles J. Ferguson | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | Providence Grays | 0 | NL | |
21 | May 1, 1886 | Al Atkinson (2) | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | New York Metropolitans | 2 | AA | |
22 | July 24, 1886 | Adonis Terry (1) | Brooklyn Grays | 1 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AA | |
23 | October 6, 1886 | Matt Kilroy | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 0 | AA | |
24 | May 27, 1888 | Adonis Terry (2) | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 4 | Louisville Colonels | 0 | AA | |
25 | June 6, 1888 | Henry Porter | Kansas City Cowboys | 4 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AA | |
26 | July 26, 1888 | Ed Seward | Philadelphia Athletics | 12 | Cincinnati Red Stockings | 2 | AA | |
27 | July 31, 1888 | Gus Weyhing | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | Kansas City Cowboys | 0 | AA | |
28 | September 15, 1890 | Cannonball Titcomb | Rochester Broncos | 7 | Syracuse Stars | 0 | AA | |
29 | June 22, 1891 | Tom Lovett | Brooklyn Grooms | 4 | New York Giants | 0 | NL | |
30 | July 31, 1891 | Amos Rusie | New York Giants | 6 | Brooklyn Grooms | 0 | NL | |
31 | October 4, 1891 (first game) |
Ted Breitenstein (1) | St. Louis Browns | 8 | Louisville Colonels | 0 | AA | First career start Clubs' final day (but not final game) of season |
32 | August 6, 1892 | Jack Stivetts | Boston Beaneaters | 11 | Brooklyn Grooms | 0 | NL | |
33 | August 22, 1892 | Ben Sanders | Louisville Colonels | 6 | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | NL | |
34 | October 15, 1892 | Bumpus Jones | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | NL | First career game |
35 | August 16, 1893 | Bill Hawke | Baltimore Orioles | 5 | Washington Senators | 0 | NL | First no-hitter at modern pitching distance of 60'6" |
36 | September 18, 1897 (first game) |
Cy Young (1) | Cleveland Spiders | 6 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
37 | April 22, 1898 | Ted Breitenstein (2) | Cincinnati Reds | 11 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | NL | Same day |
38 | April 22, 1898 | Jay Hughes | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Boston Beaneaters | 0 | NL | |
39 | July 8, 1898 | Red Donahue | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | Boston Beaneaters | 0 | NL | |
40 | August 21, 1898 (second game) |
Walter Thornton | Chicago Orphans | 2 | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 0 | NL | |
41 | May 25, 1899 | Deacon Phillippe | Louisville Colonels | 7 | New York Giants | 0 | NL | |
42 | August 7, 1899 | Vic Willis | Boston Beaneaters | 7 | Washington Senators | 1 | NL | |
1900 to 1924[] | ||||||||
43 | July 12, 1900 | Noodles Hahn | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
44 | July 15, 1901 | Christy Mathewson (1) | New York Giants | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
45 | September 20, 1902 (first game) |
Nixey Callahan | Chicago White Sox | 3 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
46 | September 18, 1903 (second game) |
Chick Fraser | Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | |
47 | May 5, 1904 | Cy Young (2) | Boston Americans | 3 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
48 | August 17, 1904 | Jesse Tannehill | Boston Americans | 6 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
49 | June 13, 1905 | Christy Mathewson (2) | New York Giants | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | |
50 | July 22, 1905 (first game) |
Weldon Henley | Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
51 | September 6, 1905 (second game) |
Frank Smith (1) | Chicago White Sox | 15 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
52 | September 27, 1905 (first game) |
Bill Dinneen | Boston Americans | 2 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
53 | May 1, 1906 | Johnny Lush | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | Brooklyn Superbas | 0 | NL | |
54 | July 20, 1906 | Mal Eason | Brooklyn Superbas | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
55 | May 8, 1907 | Big Jeff Pfeffer | Boston Doves | 6 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
56 | September 20, 1907 | Nick Maddox | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | Brooklyn Superbas | 1 | NL | |
57 | June 30, 1908 | Cy Young (3) | Boston Red Sox | 8 | New York Highlanders | 0 | AL | |
58 | July 4, 1908 (first game) |
Hooks Wiltse | New York Giants | 1 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | 10 innings |
59 | September 5, 1908 (second game) |
Nap Rucker | Brooklyn Superbas | 6 | Boston Doves | 0 | NL | |
60 | September 18, 1908 | Bob Rhoads | Cleveland Naps | 2 | Boston Red Sox | 1 | AL | |
61 | September 20, 1908 | Frank Smith (2) | Chicago White Sox | 1 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | |
62 | October 2, 1908 | Addie Joss (1) | Cleveland Naps | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
63 | April 20, 1910 | Addie Joss (2) | Cleveland Naps | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
64 | May 12, 1910 | Chief Bender | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | Cleveland Naps | 0 | AL | |
65 | July 29, 1911 (first game) |
Smoky Joe Wood | Boston Red Sox | 5 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
66 | August 27, 1911 | Ed Walsh | Chicago White Sox | 5 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
67 | July 4, 1912 (second game) |
George Mullin | Detroit Tigers | 7 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
68 | August 30, 1912 | Earl Hamilton | St. Louis Browns | 5 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | AL | |
69 | September 6, 1912 (first game) |
Jeff Tesreau | New York Giants | 3 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
70 | May 31, 1914 | Joe Benz | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Cleveland Naps | 1 | AL | |
71 | September 9, 1914 (second game) |
George Davis | Boston Braves | 7 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
72 | September 19, 1914 | Ed Lafitte | Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 6 | Kansas City Packers | 2 | FL | |
73 | April 15, 1915 | Rube Marquard | New York Giants | 2 | Brooklyn Robins | 0 | NL | |
74 | August 31, 1915 (first game) |
Jimmy Lavender | Chicago Cubs | 2 | New York Giants | 0 | NL | |
75 | June 16, 1916 | Tom Hughes | Boston Braves | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | NL | |
76 | June 21, 1916 | Rube Foster | Boston Red Sox | 2 | New York Yankees | 0 | AL | |
77 | August 26, 1916 | Bullet Joe Bush | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | |
78 | August 30, 1916 | Dutch Leonard (1) | Boston Red Sox | 4 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
79 | April 14, 1917 | Eddie Cicotte | Chicago White Sox | 11 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
80 | April 24, 1917 | George Mogridge | New York Yankees | 2 | Boston Red Sox | 1 | AL | |
81 | May 2, 1917 | Fred Toney | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | 10 innings See Double No-Hitter below |
82 | May 5, 1917 | Ernie Koob | St. Louis Browns | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
83 | May 6, 1917 (second game) |
Bob Groom | St. Louis Browns | 3 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | Same teams, same park, next day (but not the next game) |
84 | June 23, 1917 (first game) |
Babe Ruth (0 inn.) | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Washington Senators | 0 | AL | See Ernie Shore for a description of the unusual events of this game |
Ernie Shore (9 inn.) | ||||||||
85 | June 3, 1918 | Dutch Leonard (2) | Boston Red Sox | 5 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
86 | May 11, 1919 | Hod Eller | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
87 | September 10, 1919 (first game) |
Ray Caldwell | Cleveland Indians | 3 | New York Yankees | 0 | AL | |
88 | July 1, 1920 | Walter Johnson | Washington Senators | 1 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
89 | April 30, 1922 | Charlie Robertson | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
90 | May 7, 1922 | Jesse Barnes | New York Giants | 6 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
91 | September 4, 1923 | Sad Sam Jones | New York Yankees | 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | |
92 | September 7, 1923 | Howard Ehmke | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | |
93 | July 17, 1924 | Jesse Haines | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | |
1925 to 1949[] | ||||||||
94 | September 13, 1925 (first game) |
Dazzy Vance | Brooklyn Robins | 10 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | NL | |
95 | August 21, 1926 | Ted Lyons | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
96 | May 8, 1929 | Carl Hubbell | New York Giants | 11 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | NL | |
97 | April 29, 1931 | Wes Ferrell | Cleveland Indians | 9 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | Also hit home run |
98 | August 8, 1931 | Bobby Burke | Washington Senators | 5 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
99 | September 21, 1934 (second game) |
Paul Dean | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
100 | August 31, 1935 | Vern Kennedy | Chicago White Sox | 5 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | |
101 | June 1, 1937 | Bill Dietrich | Chicago White Sox | 8 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
102 | June 11, 1938 | Johnny Vander Meer (1) | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | Back-to-back starts |
103 | June 15, 1938 | Johnny Vander Meer (2) | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
104 | August 27, 1938 (second game) |
Monte Pearson | New York Yankees | 13 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | |
105 | April 16, 1940 | Bob Feller (1) | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | Opening Day |
106 | April 30, 1940 | Tex Carleton | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
107 | August 30, 1941 | Lon Warneke | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
108 | April 27, 1944 | Jim Tobin | Boston Braves | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
109 | May 15, 1944 | Clyde Shoun | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | |
110 | September 9, 1945 (second game) |
Dick Fowler | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | AL | |
111 | April 23, 1946 | Ed Head | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | |
112 | April 30, 1946 | Bob Feller (2) | Cleveland Indians | 1 | New York Yankees | 0 | AL | |
113 | June 18, 1947 | Ewell Blackwell | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | |
114 | July 10, 1947 (first game) |
Don Black | Cleveland Indians | 3 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | |
115 | September 3, 1947 | Bill McCahan | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | Washington Senators | 0 | AL | |
116 | June 30, 1948 | Bob Lemon | Cleveland Indians | 2 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
117 | September 9, 1948 | Rex Barney | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | New York Giants | 0 | NL | |
1950 to 1974[] | ||||||||
118 | August 11, 1950 | Vern Bickford | Boston Braves | 7 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
119 | May 6, 1951 (second game) |
Cliff Chambers | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | Boston Braves | 0 | NL | |
120 | July 1, 1951 (first game) |
Bob Feller (3) | Cleveland Indians | 2 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | AL | |
121 | July 12, 1951 | Allie Reynolds (1) | New York Yankees | 1 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | |
122 | September 28, 1951 (first game) |
Allie Reynolds (2) | New York Yankees | 8 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
123 | June 19, 1952 | Carl Erskine (1) | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | |
124 | May 15, 1952 | Virgil Trucks (1) | Detroit Tigers | 1 | Washington Senators | 0 | AL | |
125 | August 25, 1952 | Virgil Trucks (2) | Detroit Tigers | 1 | New York Yankees | 0 | AL | Trucks pitched two no-hitters in 1952 and still went 5-19 |
126 | May 6, 1953 | Bobo Holloman | St. Louis Browns | 6 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | AL | First major league start |
127 | June 12, 1954 | Jim Wilson | Milwaukee Braves | 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
128 | May 12, 1955 | Sam Jones | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | NL | First no-hitter by a black pitcher |
129 | May 12, 1956 | Carl Erskine (2) | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | New York Giants | 0 | NL | |
130 | July 14, 1956 | Mel Parnell | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
131 | September 25, 1956 | Sal Maglie | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
132 | October 8, 1956 | Don Larsen | New York Yankees (AL) | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) | 0 | WS | Perfect game. Game 5 of the 1956 World Series |
133 | August 20, 1957 (second game) |
Bob Keegan | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Washington Senators | 0 | AL | |
134 | July 20, 1958 (first game) |
Jim Bunning (1) | Detroit Tigers | 3 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
135 | September 20, 1958 | Hoyt Wilhelm | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | New York Yankees | 0 | AL | |
136 | May 15, 1960 (second game) |
Don Cardwell | Chicago Cubs | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | First start after being traded by Cardinals to Cubs |
137 | August 18, 1960 | Lew Burdette | Milwaukee Braves | 1 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
138 | September 16, 1960 | Warren Spahn (1) | Milwaukee Braves | 4 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
139 | April 28, 1961 | Warren Spahn (2) | Milwaukee Braves | 1 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
140 | May 5, 1962 | Bo Belinsky | Los Angeles Angels | 2 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | |
141 | June 30, 1962 | Sandy Koufax (1) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | New York Mets | 0 | NL | |
142 | June 26, 1962 | Earl Wilson | Boston Red Sox | 2 | Los Angeles Angels | 0 | AL | Also hit home run |
143 | August 1, 1962 | Bill Monbouquette | Boston Red Sox | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
144 | August 26, 1962 | Jack Kralick | Minnesota Twins | 1 | Kansas City Athletics | 0 | AL | |
145 | May 11, 1963 | Sandy Koufax (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 8 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
146 | May 17, 1963 | Don Nottebart | Houston Colt .45s | 4 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | NL | |
147 | June 15, 1963 | Juan Marichal | San Francisco Giants | 1 | Houston Colt .45s | 0 | NL | |
148 | April 23, 1964 | Ken Johnson | Houston Colt .45s | 0 | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | NL | 9-inning home loss |
149 | June 4, 1964 | Sandy Koufax (3) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
150 | June 21, 1964 (first game) |
Jim Bunning (2) | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | New York Mets | 0 | NL | Perfect game |
151 | August 19, 1965 | Jim Maloney (1) | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | 10 innings |
152 | September 9, 1965 | Sandy Koufax (4) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | NL | Perfect game; Dodgers held to just 1 hit |
153 | September 16, 1965 | Dave Morehead | Boston Red Sox | 2 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | |
154 | June 10, 1966 | Sonny Siebert | Cleveland Indians | 2 | Washington Senators | 0 | AL | |
155 | April 30, 1967 (first game) |
Steve Barber (8 2/3 inn.) | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | AL | 9-inning home loss |
Stu Miller (1/3 inn.) | ||||||||
156 | June 18, 1967 | Don Wilson (1) | Houston Astros | 2 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | NL | |
157 | August 25, 1967 (second game) |
Dean Chance | Minnesota Twins | 2 | Cleveland Indians | 1 | AL | |
158 | September 10, 1967 (first game) |
Joe Horlen | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
159 | April 27, 1968 | Tom Phoebus | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
160 | May 8, 1968 | Catfish Hunter | Oakland Athletics | 4 | Minnesota Twins | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
161 | July 29, 1968 (second game) |
George Culver | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | NL | |
162 | September 17, 1968 | Gaylord Perry | San Francisco Giants | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
163 | September 18, 1968 | Ray Washburn | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
164 | April 17, 1969 | Bill Stoneman (1) | Montreal Expos | 7 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | Stoneman's fifth career start; ninth game in Expos franchise history |
165 | April 30, 1969 | Jim Maloney (2) | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | Houston Astros | 0 | NL | Same Teams, Same Ballpark, A 2-game series |
166 | May 1, 1969 | Don Wilson (2) | Houston Astros | 4 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
167 | August 13, 1969 | Jim Palmer | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
168 | August 19, 1969 | Ken Holtzman (1) | Chicago Cubs | 3 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | NL | |
169 | September 20, 1969 | Bob Moose | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | New York Mets | 0 | NL | |
170 | June 12, 1970 (first game) |
Dock Ellis | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
171 | July 3, 1970 | Clyde Wright | California Angels | 4 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
172 | July 20, 1970 | Bill Singer | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
173 | September 21, 1970 | Vida Blue (1) | Oakland Athletics | 6 | Minnesota Twins | 0 | AL | |
174 | June 3, 1971 | Ken Holtzman (2) | Chicago Cubs | 1 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | |
175 | June 23, 1971 | Rick Wise | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | NL | Also hit 2 home runs |
176 | August 14, 1971 | Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | NL | |
177 | April 16, 1972 | Burt Hooton | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
178 | September 2, 1972 | Milt Pappas | Chicago Cubs | 8 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | Walk with 2 outs in 9th inning only baserunner of game for Padres |
179 | October 2, 1972 (first game) |
Bill Stoneman (2) | Montreal Expos | 7 | New York Mets | 0 | NL | |
180 | April 27, 1973 | Steve Busby (1) | Kansas City Royals | 3 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
181 | May 15, 1973 | Nolan Ryan (1) | California Angels | 3 | Kansas City Royals | 0 | AL | |
182 | July 15, 1973 | Nolan Ryan (2) | California Angels | 6 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
183 | July 30, 1973 | Jim Bibby | Texas Rangers | 6 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
184 | August 5, 1973 | Phil Niekro | Atlanta Braves | 9 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
185 | June 19, 1974 | Steve Busby (2) | Kansas City Royals | 2 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | AL | |
186 | July 19, 1974 | Dick Bosman | Cleveland Indians | 4 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
187 | September 28, 1974 | Nolan Ryan (3) | California Angels | 4 | Minnesota Twins | 0 | AL | |
1975 to 1999[] | ||||||||
188 | June 1, 1975 | Nolan Ryan (4) | California Angels | 1 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | |
189 | August 24, 1975 (second game) |
Ed Halicki | San Francisco Giants | 6 | New York Mets | 0 | NL | |
190 | September 28, 1975 | Vida Blue (2) (5 inn.) | Oakland Athletics | 5 | California Angels | 0 | AL | |
Glenn Abbott (1 inn.) | ||||||||
Paul Lindblad (1 inn.) | ||||||||
Rollie Fingers (2 inn.) | ||||||||
191 | July 9, 1976 | Larry Dierker | Houston Astros | 6 | Montreal Expos | 0 | NL | |
192 | July 28, 1976 | Blue Moon Odom (5 inn.) | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 1 | AL | |
Francisco Barrios (4 inn.) | ||||||||
193 | August 9, 1976 | John Candelaria | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
194 | September 29, 1976 | John Montefusco | San Francisco Giants | 9 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | NL | |
195 | May 14, 1977 | Jim Colborn | Kansas City Royals | 6 | Texas Rangers | 0 | AL | |
196 | May 30, 1977 | Dennis Eckersley | Cleveland Indians | 1 | California Angels | 0 | AL | |
197 | September 22, 1977 | Bert Blyleven | Texas Rangers | 6 | California Angels | 0 | AL | |
198 | April 16, 1978 | Bob Forsch (1) | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | NL | |
199 | June 16, 1978 | Tom Seaver | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
200 | April 7, 1979 | Ken Forsch | Houston Astros | 6 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | NL | |
201 | June 27, 1980 | Jerry Reuss | Los Angeles Dodgers | 8 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
202 | May 10, 1981 (second game) |
Charlie Lea | Montreal Expos | 4 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
203 | May 15, 1981 | Len Barker | Cleveland Indians | 3 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
204 | September 26, 1981 | Nolan Ryan (5) | Houston Astros | 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
205 | July 4, 1983 | Dave Righetti | New York Yankees | 4 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
206 | September 26, 1983 | Bob Forsch (2) | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | Montreal Expos | 0 | NL | |
207 | September 29, 1983 | Mike Warren | Oakland Athletics | 3 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
208 | April 7, 1984 | Jack Morris | Detroit Tigers | 4 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
209 | September 30, 1984 | Mike Witt (1) | California Angels | 1 | Texas Rangers | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
210 | September 19, 1986 | Joe Cowley | Chicago White Sox | 7 | California Angels | 1 | AL | |
211 | September 25, 1986 | Mike Scott | Houston Astros | 2 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | Houston clinched NL West title |
212 | April 15, 1987 | Juan Nieves | Milwaukee Brewers | 7 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | |
213 | September 16, 1988 | Tom Browning | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | NL | Perfect game |
214 | April 11, 1990 | Mark Langston (7 inn.) | California Angels | 1 | Seattle Mariners | 0 | AL | |
Mike Witt (2) (2 inn.) | ||||||||
215 | June 2, 1990 | Randy Johnson (1) | Seattle Mariners | 2 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | AL | |
216 | June 11, 1990 | Nolan Ryan (6) | Texas Rangers | 5 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
217 | June 29, 1990 | Dave Stewart | Oakland Athletics | 5 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | AL | Same day |
218 | June 29, 1990 | Fernando Valenzuela | Los Angeles Dodgers | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | NL | |
219 | August 15, 1990 | Terry Mulholland | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | Mulholland essentially pitched flawlessly. The only baserunner he allowed came on an error by third baseman Charlie Hayes, and Mulholland retired the baserunner with a double play. Hayes redeemed himself by making a spectacular catch on Gary Carter's line drive to end the game, preserving the no-hitter. Mulholland faced the minimum 27 batters in the victory. |
220 | September 2, 1990 | Dave Stieb | Toronto Blue Jays | 3 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | Stieb finally threw a no-hitter after three near-misses. In two consecutive starts in 1988, he gave up a hit with two outs in the ninth inning. In 1989, he gave up a double with two outs in the ninth inning on what would have been a perfect game against the Yankees. |
221 | May 1, 1991 | Nolan Ryan (7) | Texas Rangers | 3 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | AL | |
222 | May 23, 1991 | Tommy Greene | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | Montreal Expos | 0 | NL | |
223 | July 13, 1991 | Bob Milacki (6 inn.) | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 0 | AL | |
Mike Flanagan (1 inn.) | ||||||||
Mark Williamson (1 inn.) | ||||||||
Gregg Olson (1 inn.) | ||||||||
224 | July 28, 1991 | Dennis Martínez | Montreal Expos | 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | NL | Perfect game |
225 | August 11, 1991 | Wilson Alvarez | Chicago White Sox | 7 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | Second career start; second career game |
226 | August 26, 1991 | Bret Saberhagen | Kansas City Royals | 7 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | AL | |
227 | September 11, 1991 | Kent Mercker (1) (6 inn.) | Atlanta Braves | 1 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
Mark Wohlers (2 inn.) | ||||||||
Alejandro Pena (1 inn.) | ||||||||
228 | August 17, 1992 | Kevin Gross | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
229 | April 22, 1993 | Chris Bosio | Seattle Mariners | 2 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | AL | |
230 | September 4, 1993 | Jim Abbott | New York Yankees | 4 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | AL | Threw no-hitter despite having been born without a right hand |
231 | September 8, 1993 | Darryl Kile | Houston Astros | 7 | New York Mets | 1 | NL | |
232 | April 8, 1994 | Kent Mercker (2) | Atlanta Braves | 6 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | NL | |
233 | April 27, 1994 | Scott Erickson | Minnesota Twins | 6 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | AL | |
234 | July 28, 1994 | Kenny Rogers | Texas Rangers | 4 | California Angels | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
235 | July 14, 1995 | Ramón Martínez | Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | Florida Marlins | 0 | NL | |
236 | May 11, 1996 | Al Leiter | Florida Marlins | 11 | Colorado Rockies | 0 | NL | |
237 | May 14, 1996 | Dwight Gooden | New York Yankees | 2 | Seattle Mariners | 0 | AL | |
238 | September 17, 1996 | Hideo Nomo (1) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | Colorado Rockies | 0 | NL | |
239 | June 10, 1997 | Kevin Brown | Florida Marlins | 9 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
240 | July 12, 1997 | Francisco Cordova (9 inn.) | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | Houston Astros | 0 | NL | 10 innings |
Ricardo Rincon (1 inn.) | ||||||||
241 | May 17, 1998 | David Wells | New York Yankees | 4 | Minnesota Twins | 0 | AL | Perfect game |
242 | June 25, 1999 | José Jiménez | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 | NL | |
243 | July 18, 1999 | David Cone | New York Yankees (AL) 6 | Montreal Expos (NL) 0 | Inter | Perfect game | ||
244 | September 11, 1999 | Eric Milton | Minnesota Twins | 7 | Anaheim Angels | 0 | AL | |
2000 to Present[] | ||||||||
245 | April 4, 2001 | Hideo Nomo (2) | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | |
246 | May 12, 2001 | A.J. Burnett | Florida Marlins | 3 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
247 | September 3, 2001 | Bud Smith | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
248 | April 27, 2002 | Derek Lowe | Boston Red Sox | 10 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0 | AL | |
249 | April 27, 2003 | Kevin Millwood | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | NL | |
250 | June 11, 2003 | Roy Oswalt (1 inn.) | Houston Astros (NL) | 8 | New York Yankees (AL) | 0 | Inter | Most pitchers used in a combined no-hitter |
Peter Munro (2 2/3 inn.) | ||||||||
Kirk Saarloos (1 1/3 inn.) | ||||||||
Brad Lidge (2 inn.) | ||||||||
Octavio Dotel (1 inn.) | ||||||||
Billy Wagner (1 inn.) | ||||||||
251 | May 18, 2004 | Randy Johnson (2) | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | NL | Perfect game. Previous no-hitter almost fourteen years earlier. |
252 | September 6, 2006 | Aníbal Sánchez | Florida Marlins | 2 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 | NL | |
253 | April 18, 2007 | Mark Buehrle | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Texas Rangers | 0 | AL | Mark Buehrle walked former White Sox Sammy Sosa, but picked him off at first base. |
254 | June 12, 2007 | Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers (AL) | 4 | Milwaukee Brewers (NL) | 0 | Inter | |
255 | September 1, 2007 | Clay Buchholz | Boston Red Sox | 10 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | AL | Second career start; second career game |
256 | May 19, 2008 | Jon Lester | Boston Red Sox | 7 | Kansas City Royals | 0 | AL | First time since 1974 with the California Angels that one team had the last two no hitters in the majors. |
257 | September 14, 2008 | Carlos Zambrano | Chicago Cubs | 5 | Houston Astros | 0 | NL | Played at neutral site Miller Park in Milwaukee because of Hurricane Ike moving through Houston, making it the first no-hitter in major league history pitched at a neutral site. |
258 | July 10, 2009 | Jonathan Sànchez | San Francisco Giants | 8 | San Diego Padres | 0 | NL | |
League Key: NL - National League; AL - American League; FL - Federal League; PL - Players League; UA - Union Association; AA - American Association; NA - National Association; WS - World Series; Inter - Interleague Play |
Near no-hitters[]
Regulation games in which a pitcher or staff pitches less than nine full innings, or in which a hit is allowed in extra innings, do not qualify as no-hitters. There are several circumstances in which that can occur:
Regulation no-hit losses ending in the middle of the ninth[]
Because the home team does not bat in the ninth inning when it is already leading, a visiting pitcher (or pitchers) may complete a full game without allowing a hit but not be credited with an official no-hitter because they pitched only 8 innings. This has happened four times in major-league history; three times in the modern era. [2][3]
Interleague play[]
- June 28, 2008 - Jered Weaver (6 inn.) and José Arredondo (2 inn.), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 0, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1
American League[]
- July 1, 1990 - Andy Hawkins, New York Yankees 0 Chicago White Sox 4
- April 12, 1992 - Matt Young, Boston Red Sox 1 Cleveland Indians 2.
Players League[]
- June 21, 1890 - Silver King, Chicago Pirates 0 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 1
Shortened games[]
National League[]
- October 1, 1884 (6 innings) - Charlie Getzien, Detroit Wolverines 1 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- October 7, 1885 (first game; 5 innings) - Dupee Shaw, Providence Grays 4 Buffalo Bisons 0
- June 21, 1888 (6 innings) - George Van Haltren, Chicago White Stockings 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 0
- September 27, 1888 (7 innings) - Ed Crane, New York Giants 3 Washington Nationals 0
- October 15, 1892 (second game; 5 innings) - Jack Stivetts, Boston Braves 4 Washington Senators 0
- September 23, 1893 (second game; 7 innings) - Elton Chamberlain, Cincinnati Reds 6 Boston Beaneaters 0
- June 2, 1894 (6 innings) - Ed Stein, Brooklyn Grooms 1 Chicago White Stockings 0
- September 14, 1903 (second game; 5 innings) - Red Ames (first major league game), New York Giants 5 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- August 24, 1906 (second game; 7 innings) - Jake Weimer, Cincinnati Reds 1 Brooklyn Superbas 0
- September 24, 1906 (second game; 7 innings) - Stoney McGlynn, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Brooklyn Superbas 1
- September 26, 1906 (second game; 6 innings) - Lefty Leifield, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- August 11, 1907 (second game; 7 innings) - Ed Karger, St. Louis Cardinals 4 Boston Doves 0
- August 23, 1907 (second game; 5 innings) - Howie Camnitz, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 New York Giants 0
- August 6, 1908 (6 innings) - Johnny Lush, St. Louis Cardinals 2 Brooklyn Superbas 0
- July 31, 1910 (second game; 7 innings) - King Cole, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- August 27, 1937 (8 innings) - Fred Frankhouse, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Cincinnati Reds 0
- June 22, 1944 (second game; 5 innings) - Jim Tobin, Boston Braves 7 Philadelphia Phillies 0
- June 12, 1959 (5 innings) - Mike McCormick, San Francisco Giants 3 Philadelphia Phillies 0 (McCormick allowed a single in the sixth inning, but as rain ended the game before the inning was completed, the game officially ended after five innings.)
- September 26, 1959 (7 innings) - Sam Jones, San Francisco Giants 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- April 21, 1984 (second game; 5 innings) - David Palmer, Montreal Expos 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0
- September 24, 1988 (5 innings) - Pascual Pérez, Montreal Expos 1 Philadelphia Phillies 0
American League[]
- August 15, 1905 (5 innings) - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia Athletics 2 St. Louis Browns 0
- May 26, 1907 (5 innings) - Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox 8 New York Highlanders 1
- October 5, 1907 (second game; 5 innings) - Rube Vickers, Philadelphia Athletics 4 Washington Senators 0
- August 20, 1912 (second game; 6 innings) - Carl Cashion, Washington Senators 2 Cleveland Naps 0
- August 25, 1924 (7 innings) - Walter Johnson, Washington Senators 2 St. Louis Browns 0
- August 5, 1940 (second game; 6 innings) - John Whitehead, St. Louis Browns 4 Detroit Tigers 0
- August 6, 1967 (5 innings) - Dean Chance, Minnesota Twins 2 Boston Red Sox 0
- July 12, 1990 (6 innings) - Melido Perez, Chicago White Sox 8 New York Yankees 0
- October 1, 2006 (5 innings) - Devern Hansack, Boston Red Sox 9 Baltimore Orioles 0
American Association[]
- May 6, 1884 (6 innings) - Larry McKeon, Indianapolis Hoosiers 0 Cincinnati Red Stockings 0
- July 29, 1889 (second game; 7 innings) - Matt Kilroy, Baltimore Orioles 0 St. Louis Browns 0
- September 23, 1890 (7 innings) - George Nicol, St. Louis Browns 21 Philadelphia Athletics 2
- October 12, 1890 (8 innings) - Hank Gastright, Columbus Solons 6 Toledo Maumees 0
Union Association[]
- August 21, 1884 (8 innings) - Charlie Geggus, Washington Nationals 12 Wilmington Quicksteps 1
- October 5, 1884 (5 innings) - Charlie Sweeney (2 inn.) and Henry Boyle (3 inn.), St. Louis Maroons 0 St. Paul Saints 1
Nine-inning no-hitters broken up in extra innings[]
National League[]
- June 11, 1904 (12 innings) - Bob Wicker, Chicago Cubs 1 New York Giants 0 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; only hit allowed)
- August 1, 1906 (13 innings) - Harry McIntire, Brooklyn Superbas 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (surrendered single with two out in 11th; allowed three more hits)
- April 15, 1909 (13 innings; Opening Day) - Red Ames, New York Giants 0 Brooklyn Superbas 3 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed six more hits)
- May 2, 1917 (10 innings) - Hippo Vaughn, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati Reds 1 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed one more hit; known as "Double No-Hitter" prior to MLB rule change since opposing pitcher threw 10-inning no-hitter - see entry above for Fred Toney)
- May 26, 1956 (11 innings) - Johnny Klippstein (7 inn.), Hersh Freeman (1 inn.) and Joe Black (3 inn.), Cincinnati Reds 1 Milwaukee Braves 2 (Black surrendered double with two out in 10th; allowed two more hits)
- May 26, 1959 (13 innings) - Harvey Haddix, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Milwaukee Braves 1 (Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings; first baserunner was leadoff hitter in 13th, who reached on an error; followed by sacrifice hit, intentional walk, and game-ending hit which was ruled a 1-run double rather than a 3-run home run due to a baserunning mistake)
- June 14, 1965 (11 innings) - Jim Maloney, Cincinnati Reds 0 New York Mets 1 (surrendered leadoff home run in 11th; allowed one more hit)
- July 26, 1991 (10 innings) - Mark Gardner (9 inn.) and Jeff Fassero (0 inn.), Montreal Expos 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (Gardner surrendered leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit before being replaced; Fassero allowed one hit; Gardner charged with loss)
- June 3, 1995 (10 innings) - Pedro Martínez (9 inn.) and Mel Rojas (1 inn.), Montreal Expos 1 San Diego Padres 0 (Martinez pitched 9 perfect innings; first San Diego baserunner was from leadoff double surrendered by Martínez in 10th; Rojas relieved him and retired next three batters)
American League[]
- May 9, 1901 (10 innings) - Earl Moore, Cleveland Blues 2 Chicago White Sox 4 (surrendered leadoff single in 10th; allowed one more hit)
- August 30, 1910 (second game; 11 innings) - Tom Hughes, New York Highlanders 0 Cleveland Naps 5 (surrendered single with one out in 10th; allowed six more hits)
- May 14, 1914 (10 innings) - Jim Scott, Chicago White Sox 0 Washington Senators 1 (surrendered leadoff single in 10th; allowed one more hit)
- September 18, 1934 (10 innings) - Bobo Newsom, St. Louis Browns 1 Boston Red Sox 2 (surrendered single with two out in 10th; only hit allowed)
References[]
External links[]
- List at ESPN.com (omits Federal League no-hitters)
- List at MLB.com (omits all defunct leagues)
- List at Retrosheet (includes 1875 National Association no-hitter)
- Most strikeouts in a no-hitter since 1957