History Hop Tags - Pitches

1875-05-11

George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout

1880-06-12

John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0

1880-06-17

John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo

1883-08-23

Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks & & passballs count as errors prior to 1888)

1885-10-15

Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season

1890-08-06

Denton True "Cy" Young pitches and wins his 1st major league baseball game

1891-05-01

Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3

1904-05-05

Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0)

1904-09-30

White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days

1907-08-11

St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn

1908-08-13

Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team

1910-08-30

Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11

1911-04-15

Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning

1915-06-23

Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0

1916-07-14

St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston

1916-09-14

Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game

1917-07-01

Reds' Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates

1917-09-03

Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader

1918-05-15

Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game

1918-09-01

Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns

1919-06-28

Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees

1920-02-10

Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball

1921-06-06

Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0

1921-07-29

Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn

1922-05-01

Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game

1923-05-02

Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0

1926-04-13

At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout

1926-08-28

Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)

1930-10-04

A's Jack Quinn, 46, pitches 2 inn, is oldest to play in World Series

1934-03-20

Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers

1934-03-21

Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play

1939-08-30

NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)

1940-08-24

Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run

1942-05-30

Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1

1942-08-23

Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for NY-Wash game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief

1943-05-31

Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters

1943-06-04

St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter

1944-08-10

Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0

1945-08-19

Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins

1948-08-13

Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game

1956-06-20

At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)

1956-10-08

Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn

1959-05-26

Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th

1959-09-11

Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0

1960-08-18

Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies

1961-04-28

Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0

1961-05-03

Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter

1962-05-01

Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start

1962-08-13

Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously

1964-04-18

Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches

1964-06-21

Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH

1964-10-14

Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit HRs runs on back-to-back pitches

1965-09-09

Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)

1965-09-25

60 year old Satchel Paige of KC A's pitches 3 scoreless innings

1966-09-29

Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season

1967-06-30

Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils

1967-08-11

Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches

1967-08-26

Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, & Twins sweep Cleveland

1968-05-08

Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)

1968-06-04

Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings

1968-06-08

Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

1968-08-25

NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings & beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game & homered

1969-07-24

Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game

1970-05-10

Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5

1972-10-02

Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0

1977-07-24

Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen

1979-04-10

J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome

1980-04-26

Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)

1980-07-06

Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)

1981-05-08

Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record

1981-05-15

Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto

1982-04-05

Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season

1983-09-25

Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0

1984-09-30

California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0

1987-05-28

Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn

1987-07-12

Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

1987-08-03

Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose

1988-09-16

Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0

1988-09-16

Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA

1989-06-03

Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall

1990-06-11

Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)

1990-07-06

After pitching a no-hitter lose, NY Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game & loses 2-0

1990-07-19

Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee

1991-05-01

Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)

1991-07-28

Dennis Martinez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history

1991-08-06

Debbie Doom (US) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0

1992-09-26

1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates

1993-05-29

Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm

1993-08-11

Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)

1993-09-04

Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

1993-09-22

Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game

1994-07-28

Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 14th perfect game

1995-07-14

Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins

1997-07-22

Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches

1997-08-19

NY Yank 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim

1998-05-17

David Wells (New York Yankees) pitches a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins

2008-09-19

Greg Maddux pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants

2010-10-06

Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds

2012-04-21

Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st MLB perfect game against the Seattle Mariners

2012-06-01

New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana pitches a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals

2012-06-13

San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain pitches first perfect game in the franchise's history against the Houston Astros

1984-9-07

Johnny Martini, Heaven's Hard Pitches

1985-10-24

Zach Copeland, Pitches in Stitches