Publisher's Synopsis
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. IntroductionJOE 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
