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An analysis of each Negro Leagues no-hitter’s likeliness of earning a spot on the MLB list

Major League Baseball’s announcement earlier this week that it is reclassifying the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1948 as major gives us hope that as many as two dozen no-hitters will be added to the current list of 305.

Satchel Paige (Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library)

Our list shows 25 Negro Leagues no-hitters between 1920 through 1948, with 23 tossed during the regular season, one thrown in postseason play and another notched in an All-Star Game. But whether all these no-hitters make the official Elias record books is not yet known.

The official MLB announcement now recognizes the following circuits as “major”: The first Negro National League (1920-1931), the Eastern Colored League (1923-1928), the American Negro League (1929), the East-West League (1932), the Negro Southern League (only for the 1932 season), the second incarnation of the Negro National League (1933-1948) and the Negro American League (1937-1948).

But not all of the no-hitters on this list fall neatly into those categories. For instance, Satchel Paige has two on this list from when he pitched for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, but for the first one both the Crawfords and the opposing New York Black Yankees were independent teams. And for his second no-hitter, which would tie the MLB record for most strikeouts in a no-no with 17, the Crawfords were members of the NNL II but the Homestead Grays remained independent. It would be a shame if we failed to give at least one spot on the MLB list to Paige

Here are the 25 no-hitters Negro Leagues no-hitters tossed between 1920 and 1948 with my analysis on each game’s likeliness to be included in the MLB official list.

“Big” Bill Gatewood



Detroit Stars (NNL)



Monday, June 6, 1921
Detroit Stars 4, Cincinnati Cuban Stars 0
Mack Park (Detroit)
(First Negro National League no-hitter; Gatewood’s second of two no-hitters on this list)

Both the Detroit Stars and the Cincinnati Cuban Stars were members of the Negro National League during its inaugural 1920 season, so with MLB now recognizing that league as “major,” this game should certainly be given a spot on the no-hitter list.

Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (NNL associate club)



Monday, September 5, 1921 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 3, Detroit Stars 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)
(Cockrell’s first of two no-hitters on this list)

Hilldale (based in Darby, Pennsylvania) was affiliated with the Negro National League as an associate club in 1921 and the Detroit Stars franchise was a full-fledged member of the NNL, so my assumption is that this game will be given a spot.

William Force



Detroit Stars (NNL)



Tuesday, June 27, 1922
Detroit Stars 3, St. Louis Giants 0
Mack Park (Detroit)

Both the Detroit Stars and the St. Louis Giants were members of the Negro National League in 1922, so this game should be deemed an official MLB no-no.

Jesse “Nip” Winters



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (NNL associate club)



Wednesday, July 26, 1922
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 7, Indianapolis ABCs 1
Athletic Park (Kokomo, Indiana)
(Winters’ first of two no-hitters on this list)

The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants were affiliated with the Negro National League as an associate club in 1922 and the Detroit Stars franchise was a full-fledged member of the NNL, so my assumption is that this game will be given a spot.

Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (NNL associate club)



Saturday, August 19, 1922
Hilldale 5, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cockrell’s second of two no-hitters on this list)

Hilldale was affiliated with the Negro National League as an associate club in 1922 and the Chicago American Giants franchise was a full-fledged member of the NNL, so my assumption is that this game will be given a spot.

Franklin “Doc” Sykes



Baltimore Black Sox (Independent vs. NNL associate)



Saturday, September 11, 1922 (first game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Sykes would have had a perfecto if not for two errors)

The Baltimore Black Sox were an independent ball club in 1922 and the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants were affiliated with the Negro National League as an associate club, so the inclusion of this game will depend on whether statisticians view this contest as a true NNL game.

José Méndez (5 inn.)
Wilbur “Bullet” Rogan (4 inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs (NNL)



Sunday, August 5, 1923 (second game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 7, Milwaukee Bears 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(Méndez pitched 5 perfect innings; Rogan allowed one base runner)

Both the Kansas City Monarchs and the Milwaukee Bears were members of the Negro National League in 1923 so this game will surely earn a spot.

Jesse “Nip” Winters



Hilldale (ECL)



Wednesday, September 3, 1924 (first game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 2, Harrisburg Giants 0
West End Grounds (Harrisburg)
(First Eastern Colored League no-hitter; Winters’s second of two no-hitters on this list)

Both Hilldale and the Harrisburg Giants were members of the Eastern Colored League in 1924, so with MLB recognizing the ECL as “major,” this game will surely earn a spot.

Andy “Lefty” Cooper



Detroit Stars (NNL)



Sunday, June 28, 1925 (second game of doubleheader)
Detroit Stars 1, Indianapolis ABCs 0
Washington Park (Indianapolis)

Both the Detroit Stars and Indianapolis ABCs were members of the Negro National League in 1925 so this game will surely earn a spot.

Rube Currie



Chicago American Giants (NNL)



Tuesday, July 13, 1926 (second game of doubleheader)
Chicago American Giants 16, Dayton Marcos 0
Schloring Park (Chicago)
(The Dayton Marcos withdrew from the Negro National League six days after this blowout loss)

Both the Chicago American Giants and the Dayton Marcos were members of the Negro National League in 1926 so this game will should earn a spot.

Claude “Red” Grier



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (ECL team vs. NNL team in World Series game)



Sunday, October 3, 1926
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 10, Chicago American Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series)

The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants were the 1926 champions of the Eastern Colored League and the 1926 Chicago American Giants were champions of the Negro National League, so with both those leagues recognized as “major,” this game will take the crown from the 1956 New York Yankees as the first no-hitter in major-league history. Of course, Don Larsen will continue to hold the record for the first perfect game in World Series history.

Laymon Yokely



Baltimore Black Sox (ECL)



Sunday, May 15, 1927 (second game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 8, Cuban Stars 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)

Both the Baltimore Black Sox and Cuban Stars clubs were members of the Eastern Colored League in 1927, so this no-hitter should make the MLB list.

Joe Strong



Baltimore Black Sox (ECL)



Sunday, July 31, 1927
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Hilldale 1 (11 innings)
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
Pete Washington secures the Baltimore victory with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th.

Both the Baltimore Black Sox and Hilldale were members of the Eastern Colored League in 1927, so this no-hitter should make the MLB list, giving Strong credit as throwing the longest no-hitter in major-league history. Sam Kimber, “Hooks” Wiltse, Fred Toney, Jim Maloney and Francisco Cordova (9 inn.)/ Ricardo Rincon (1 inn.) all threw 10-inning no-hitters.

“Wee” Willie Powell



Chicago American Giants (NNL)



Sunday, August 14, 1927
Chicago American Giants 3, Memphis Red Sox 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)

Both the Chicago American Giants and the Memphis Red Sox were members of the Negro National League in 1927, so this game should be added to the MLB no-no list.

Alfred “Army” Cooper (7⅓ inn.)
Chet Brewer (1⅔ inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs (NNL)



Saturday, June 29, 1929
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cooper was relieved with one out in the eighth after walking the bases loaded)

Both the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants were members of the Negro National League in 1929, so this game should be added to the MLB no-no list.

Paul Carter



Hilldale (Independent)



Monday, September 7, 1931 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 6, Baltimore Black Sox 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)

Both Hilldale and the Baltimore Black Sox were independent clubs in 1931, so inclusion of this game will depend on whether the statisticians consider a contest between these two former Eastern Colored League clubs “major.”

LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords (Independent)



Friday, July 8, 1932 (second game of doubleheader)
Pittsburgh Crawfords 6, New York Black Yankees 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 11 batters; his first of two no-hitters on this list)

Both the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the New York Black Yankees were independent clubs in 1932 and not part of the East-West League, which was recognized as “major” by MLB, so inclusion of this game will depend on whether the statisticians consider this contest a major matchup.

Barney Morris



Monroe Monarchs (NSL)



Sunday, May 8, 1932
Monroe Monarchs 4, Cleveland Cubs 0
Casino Park (Monroe, Louisiana)
(Note that 1932 was the only year that the Negro Southern League was considered a major league,)

Both the Monroe Monarchs and the Cleveland Cubs were members of the Negro Southern League in 1932, the only year that the NSL was considered a major circuit. With the NSL in 1932 now deemed by MLB as a “major” league, this game should be included on the MLB list of no-nos.

LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL II)



Wednesday, July 4, 1934
Pittsburgh Crawfords 4, Homestead Grays 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 17 batters; his second of two no-hitters on this list)

The Pittsburgh Crawfords joined the second incarnation of the Negro National League (now recognized by MLB as “major”) by the 1934 season, but the Homestead Grays continued operating as an independent club. That means that inclusion of this game will depend on whether this mixed circuit game can be classified as “major-league.” Let’s hope it’s included, as it would have Paige sharing the record for most strikeouts in a no-hitter — 17 — with Nolan Ryan (1973) and Max Scherzer (2015).

John “Neck” Stanley



New York Cubans (NNL II)



Tuesday, June 9, 1936
New York Cubans 12, Newark Eagles 1
Delano-Hitch Recreation Park (Newburgh, New York)
(Newark run scored in fourth on two walks and an error)

Both the New York Cubans and Newark Eagles were members of the Negro National League in 1936, so this game should qualify for a post on the MLB list.

Hilton Smith



Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)



Sunday, May 16, 1937 (first game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(First Negro American League no-hitter)

Both the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants were members of the Negro American League in 1937, so this game should qualify for a post on MLB’s no-no list.

“Schoolboy” Johnny Taylor



Negro All-Star Team



Sunday, September 19, 1937
Negro All-Star Team 2, Satchel Paige’s Trujillo All-Stars 0
Polo Grounds (New York)
(Benefit All-Star Game)

It’s highly unlikely that this contest will be classified as an official major-league game, but it does give us our first All-Star Game no-hitter in major-league history!

Gene Smith



St. Louis/New Orleans Stars (NAL)



Friday, June 27, 1941
St. Louis/New Orleans Stars 6, New York Black Yankees 1
Belleville Athletic Field (Belleville, Illinois)

The St. Louis/New Orleans Stars were members of the Negro American League in 1941 and the New York Black Yankees were members of the Negro National League. so this interleague contest should qualify for a post on the MLB list.

Leon Day



Newark Eagles (NNL II)



Sunday, May 5, 1946
Newark Eagles 2, Philadelphia Stars 0
Ruppert Stadium (Newark)
(An Opening Day no-hitter)

Both the Newark Eagles and the Philadelphia Stars were members of the Negro National League in 1946, so this game should qualify for a post on the MLB list as the second Opening Day no-hitter in major-league history, giving Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians (1940) a little company.

Albert Stephens (5 inn.)
John “Neck” Stanley (4 inn.)



New York Black Yankees (NNL II)



Tuesday, May 25, 1948 (Second game of doubleheader)
New York Black Yankees 4, Newark Eagles 1
Red Wing Stadium (Rochester)

Both the New York Black Yankees and the Newark Eagles were members of the Negro National League in 1948, so this game should qualify for a spot on the MLB no-no list.

Shortened no-hitters

There are also five shortened Negro Leagues no-hitters (less than nine innings) that should be considered for addition to the 37 MLB shortened no-nos detailed here but not eligible for the main no-no list:

1
Charlie Henry



Hilldale (ECL)



Tuesday, June 27, 1926

Hilldale 23, Newark Stars 1 (5 innings)
Davids Stadium (Newark)


2
Luther Farrell



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (ECL vs. NNL in World Series)



Saturday, October 8, 1927
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 3, Chicago American Giants 2 (7 innings, called due to darkness)
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Game 5 of the 1927 Colored World Series)


3
Robert Poindexter



Birmingham Black Barons (NNL)



Wednesday, June 27, 1928
Birmingham Black Barons 6, Chicago American Giants 0 (7 innings)
Schorling Park (Chicago)



4
Roy Partlow



Homestead Grays (NNL vs. NAL)



Sunday, August 30, 1942
Homestead Grays 3, Chicago American Giants 0 (7 innings)
Comiskey Park (Chicago)


5
Raymond Brown



Homestead Grays (NNL vs. NAL)<



Sunday, August 12, 1945 (second game of doubleheader)
Homestead Grays 7, Chicago American Giants 0 (7 innings)
Griffith Stadium (Washington, D.C.)
(Perfect game)

Note that Eugene Marvin Colins of the Kansas City Monarchs tossed a 7-inning no-hiter against the Houston Eagles in 1949, but that one falls out of the majors’ 1920-1948 timeline.

The post An analysis of each Negro Leagues no-hitter’s likeliness of earning a spot on the MLB list first appeared on Baseball no-hitters at NoNoHitters.com.

Retrosheet and Baseball Reference recognizing 1901 Dowling no-no

Retrosheet and Baseball Reference are now recognizing a 1901 pitching gem from the Cleveland Bluebirds’ Pete Dowling as a no-hitter.

Society for American Baseball Research member Gary Belleville wrote a great research article on the game for the SABR website.

On June 30, 1901, Dowling shut out the Milwaukee Brewers for a 7-0 win at Milwaukee’s Lloyd Street Grounds. Wire service reports like the one to the right noted a “hot drive” by Wid Conroy mishandled by third baseman Bill Bradley and classified it as a hit. But the Milwaukee Journal ruled that play an error and noted Dowling’s no-hitter.

Belleville notes that the official scorer’s ruling could have been changed after the game ended, but that change might not have been communicated to the wire services, Sporting Life and the Sporting News, which all branded the contest as a one-hitter.

In a story for MLB.com this week, Anthony Castrovince reached out to a representative from the Elias Sports Bureau, who said it will not add Dowling’s effort to its official list of no-hitters.

The post Retrosheet and Baseball Reference recognizing 1901 Dowling no-no first appeared on Baseball no-hitters at NoNoHitters.com.

MLB reclassification of Negro Leagues as ‘major’ could add nearly two dozen or so no-nos to the list

Major League Baseball’s long-awaited news on Wednesday that it is reclassifying the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1948 as major could add nearly two dozen new no-hitters to the list while altering some no-hitter milestones.

Here are some highlights:

The first MLB post-season no-hitter should now be credited to Claude “Red” Grier of the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants. On Sunday, October 3, 1926, at Baltimore’s Maryland Baseball Park, Grier no-hit the Chicago American Giants for a 10-0 win in Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series. (Don Larsen’s perfecto would now be considered the second postseason no-no, with Roy Halladay taking the third spot.)Bob Feller now has some company in the Opening Day no-hitter category. On Sunday, May 5, 1946, at Wilmington Park in Deleware, the Newark Eagles’ Leon Day no-hit the Philadelphia Stars on Opening Day for a 2-0 victory.The longest no-hitter in MLB history now belongs to Joe Strong of the Baltimore Black Sox. On Sunday, July 31, 1927, at Maryland Baseball Park, Strong no-hit Hilldale for a 2-1 11-inning victory, with Pete Washington hitting a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th. Sam Kimber, “Hooks” Wiltse, Fred Toney, Jim Maloney and Francisco Cordova (9 inn.)/ Ricardo Rincon (1 inn.) all threw 10-inning no-hitters.LeRoy “Satchel” Paige now shares the MLB record for most strikeouts in a no-hitter with 17 — Paige (1934), Nolan Ryan (1973) and Max Scherzer (2015).

Here is the list of the no-hitters that could be added:

1
“Big” Bill Gatewood



Detroit Stars



Monday, June 6, 1921
Detroit Stars 4, Cincinnati Cuban Stars 0
Mack Park (Detroit)
(First Negro National League no-hitter; Gatewood’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


2
Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Monday, September 5, 1921 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 3, Detroit Stars 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)
(Cockrell’s first of two no-hitters on this list)


3
William Force



Detroit Stars



Tuesday, June 27, 1922
Detroit Stars 3, St. Louis Giants 0
Mack Park (Detroit)


4
Jesse “Nip” Winters



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants



Wednesday, July 26, 1922
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 7, Indianapolis ABCs 1
Athletic Park (Kokomo, Indiana)
(Winters’ first of two no-hitters on this list)


5
Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Saturday, August 19, 1922
Hilldale 5, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cockrell’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


6
Franklin “Doc” Sykes



Baltimore Black Sox



Saturday, September 11, 1922 (first game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Sykes would have had a perfecto if not for two errors)


7
José Méndez (5 inn.)
Wilbur “Bullet” Rogan (4 inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs



Sunday, August 5, 1923 (second game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 7, Milwaukee Bears 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(Méndez pitched 5 perfect innings; Rogan allowed one base runner)


8
Jesse “Nip” Winters



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Wednesday, September 3, 1924 (first game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 2, Harrisburg Giants 0
West End Grounds (Harrisburg)
(First Eastern Colored League no-hitter; Winters’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


9
Andy “Lefty” Cooper



Detroit Stars



Sunday, June 28, 1925 (second game of doubleheader)
Detroit Stars 1, Indianapolis ABCs 0
Washington Park (Indianapolis)


10
Rube Currie



Chicago American Giants



Tuesday, July 13, 1926 (second game of doubleheader)
Chicago American Giants 16, Dayton Marcos 0
Schloring Park (Chicago)
(The Dayton Marcos withdrew from the Negro National League six days after this blowout loss)


11
Claude “Red” Grier



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants



Sunday, October 3, 1926
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 10, Chicago American Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series)


12
Laymon Yokely



Baltimore Black Sox



Sunday, May 15, 1927 (second game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 8, Cuban Stars 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)


13
Joe Strong



Baltimore Black Sox



Sunday, July 31, 1927
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Hilldale 1 (11 innings)
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
Pete Washington secures the Baltimore victory with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th.


14
“Wee” Willie Powell



Chicago American Giants



Sunday, August 14, 1927
Chicago American Giants 3, Memphis Red Sox 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)


15
Alfred “Army” Cooper (7⅓ inn.)
Chet Brewer (1⅔ inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs



Saturday, June 29, 1929
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cooper was relieved with one out in the eighth after walking the bases loaded)


16
Paul Carter



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Monday, September 7, 1931 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 6, Baltimore Black Sox 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)


17
LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords



Friday, July 8, 1932 (second game of doubleheader)
Pittsburgh Crawfords 6, New York Black Yankees 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 11 batters; his first of two no-hitters on this list)



18
LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords



Wednesday, July 4, 1934
Pittsburgh Crawfords 4, Homestead Grays 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 17 batters; his second of two no-hitters on this list)



19
John “Neck” Stanley



New York Cubans



Tuesday, June 9, 1936
New York Cubans 12, Newark Eagles 1
Delano-Hitch Recreation Park (Newburgh, New York)
(Newark run scored in fourth on two walks and an error)


20
Hilton Smith



Kansas City Monarchs



Sunday, May 16, 1937 (first game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(First Negro American League no-hitter)



“Schoolboy” Johnny Taylor



Negro All-Star Team



Sunday, September 19, 1937
Negro All-Star Team 2, Satchel Paige’s Trujillo All-Stars 0
Polo Grounds (New York)
(Benefit All-Star Game)
This one probably won’t qualify as official, but it does give us our first All-Star Game no-no.


21
Gene Smith



St. Louis/New Orleans Stars



Friday, June 27, 1941
St. Louis/New Orleans Stars 6, New York Black Yankees 1
Belleville Athletic Field (Belleville, Illinois)


22
Leon Day



Newark Eagles



Sunday, May 5, 1946
Newark Eagles 2, Philadelphia Stars 0
Wilmington Park (Wilmington, Delaware)
(An Opening Day no-hitter)


23
Albert Stephens (5)
John “Neck” Stanley (4)



New York Black Yankees



Tuesday, May 25, 1948 (Second game of doubleheader)
New York Black Yankees 4, Newark Eagles 1
Red Wing Stadium (Rochester)


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MLB reclassification of Negro Leagues as ‘major’ should add two dozen or so no-nos to the list

Major League Baseball’s long-awaited news on Wednesday that it is reclassifying the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1948 as major should add about two dozen new no-hitters to the list while altering some no-hitter milestones.

Here are some highlights:

The first MLB post-season no-hitter should now be credited to Claude “Red” Grier of the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants. On Sunday, October 3, 1926, at Baltimore’s Maryland Baseball Park, Grier no-hit the Chicago American Giants for a 10-0 win in Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series. (Don Larsen’s perfecto would now be considered the second postseason no-no, with Roy Halladay taking the third spot.)Bob Feller now has some company in the Opening Day no-hitter category. On Sunday, May 5, 1946, at Newark’s Ruppert Stadium, the Newark Eagles’ Leon Day no-hit the Philadelphia Stars on Opening Day for a 2-0 victory.The longest no-hitter in MLB history now belongs to Joe Strong of the Baltimore Black Sox. On Sunday, July 31, 1927, at Maryland Baseball Park, Strong no-hit Hilldale for a 2-1 11-inning victory, with Pete Washington hitting a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th. Sam Kimber, “Hooks” Wiltse, Fred Toney, Jim Maloney and Francisco Cordova (9 inn.)/ Ricardo Rincon (1 inn.) all threw 10-inning no-hitters.LeRoy “Satchel” Paige now shares the MLB record for most strikeouts in a no-hitter with 17 — Paige (1934), Nolan Ryan (1973) and Max Scherzer (2015).

Here is the list of the no-hitters that should be added:

1
“Big” Bill Gatewood



Detroit Stars



Monday, June 6, 1921
Detroit Stars 4, Cincinnati Cuban Stars 0
Mack Park (Detroit)
(First Negro National League no-hitter; Gatewood’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


2
Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Monday, September 5, 1921 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 3, Detroit Stars 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)
(Cockrell’s first of two no-hitters on this list)


3
William Force



Detroit Stars



Tuesday, June 27, 1922
Detroit Stars 3, St. Louis Giants 0
Mack Park (Detroit)


4
Jesse “Nip” Winters



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants



Wednesday, July 26, 1922
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 7, Indianapolis ABCs 1
Athletic Park (Kokomo, Indiana)
(Winters’ first of two no-hitters on this list)


5
Phil Cockrell



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Saturday, August 19, 1922
Hilldale 5, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cockrell’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


6
Franklin “Doc” Sykes



Baltimore Black Sox



Saturday, September 11, 1922 (first game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Sykes would have had a perfecto if not for two errors)


7
José Méndez (5 inn.)
Wilbur “Bullet” Rogan (4 inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs



Sunday, August 5, 1923 (second game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 7, Milwaukee Bears 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(Méndez pitched 5 perfect innings; Rogan allowed one base runner)


8
Jesse “Nip” Winters



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Wednesday, September 3, 1924 (first game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 2, Harrisburg Giants 0
West End Grounds (Harrisburg)
(First Eastern Colored League no-hitter; Winters’s second of two no-hitters on this list)


9
Andy “Lefty” Cooper



Detroit Stars



Sunday, June 28, 1925 (second game of doubleheader)
Detroit Stars 1, Indianapolis ABCs 0
Washington Park (Indianapolis)


10
Rube Currie



Chicago American Giants



Tuesday, July 13, 1926 (second game of doubleheader)
Chicago American Giants 16, Dayton Marcos 0
Schloring Park (Chicago)
(The Dayton Marcos withdrew from the Negro National League six days after this blowout loss)


11
Claude “Red” Grier



Atlantic City Bacharach Giants



Sunday, October 3, 1926
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 10, Chicago American Giants 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
(Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series)


12
Laymon Yokely



Baltimore Black Sox



Sunday, May 15, 1927 (second game of doubleheader)
Baltimore Black Sox 8, Cuban Stars 0
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)


13
Joe Strong



Baltimore Black Sox



Sunday, July 31, 1927
Baltimore Black Sox 2, Hilldale 1 (11 innings)
Maryland Baseball Park (Baltimore)
Pete Washington secures the Baltimore victory with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th.


14
“Wee” Willie Powell



Chicago American Giants



Sunday, August 14, 1927
Chicago American Giants 3, Memphis Red Sox 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)


15
Alfred “Army” Cooper (7⅓ inn.)
Chet Brewer (1⅔ inn.)



Kansas City Monarchs



Saturday, June 29, 1929
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Schorling Park (Chicago)
(Cooper was relieved with one out in the eighth after walking the bases loaded)


16
Paul Carter



Hilldale (Darby, Pennsylvania)



Monday, September 7, 1931 (second game of doubleheader)
Hilldale 6, Baltimore Black Sox 0
Hilldale Park (Darby, Pennsylvania)


17
LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords



Friday, July 8, 1932 (second game of doubleheader)
Pittsburgh Crawfords 6, New York Black Yankees 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 11 batters; his first of two no-hitters on this list)



18
Barney Morris



Monroe Monarchs



Sunday, May 8, 1932
Monroe Monarchs 4, Cleveland Cubs 0
Casino Park (Monroe, Louisiana)
(Note that 1932 was the only year that the Negro Southern League was considered a major league. All other NSL no-hitters can be found in the minors section)



19
LeRoy “Satchel” Paige



Pittsburgh Crawfords



Wednesday, July 4, 1934
Pittsburgh Crawfords 4, Homestead Grays 0
Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
(Paige struck out 17 batters; his second of two no-hitters on this list)



20
John “Neck” Stanley



New York Cubans



Tuesday, June 9, 1936
New York Cubans 12, Newark Eagles 1
Delano-Hitch Recreation Park (Newburgh, New York)
(Newark run scored in fourth on two walks and an error)


21
Hilton Smith



Kansas City Monarchs



Sunday, May 16, 1937 (first game of doubleheader)
Kansas City Monarchs 4, Chicago American Giants 0
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City)
(First Negro American League no-hitter)



“Schoolboy” Johnny Taylor



Negro All-Star Team



Sunday, September 19, 1937
Negro All-Star Team 2, Satchel Paige’s Trujillo All-Stars 0
Polo Grounds (New York)
(Benefit All-Star Game)
This one probably won’t qualify as official, but it does give us our first All-Star Game no-no.


22
Gene Smith



St. Louis Stars



Friday, June 27, 1941
St. Louis Stars 6, New York Black Yankees 1
Belleville Athletic Field (Belleville, Illinois)


23
Leon Day



Newark Eagles



Sunday, May 5, 1946
Newark Eagles 2, Philadelphia Stars 0
Ruppert Stadium (Newark)
(An Opening Day no-hitter)


24
Albert Stephens (5)
John “Neck” Stanley (4)



New York Black Yankees



Tuesday, May 25, 1948 (Second game of doubleheader)
New York Black Yankees 4, Newark Eagles 1
Red Wing Stadium (Rochester)


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A Mets no-hitter, 32 years ago today

Osvaldo Fernández Guerra tossed a no-htiter for the Havana Metropolitanos in Cuban National Series play, 32 years ago today.

On Saturday, December 10, 1988, at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Guerra no-hit the Citricultores for a 6-0 victory in.

Much like the Flushing Meadows-based Mets, the Metropolitanos played second fiddle in Havana to the much more successful Industriales. The Metropolitanos folded in early 2012, just months before their National League counterpart notched their first no-hitter.

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Mets’ prospect Roberts tosses Venezuelan no-no, 24 years ago today

New York Mets prospect Chris Roberts threw a Venezuelan no-hitter, 24 years ago today.

On Sunday, November 3, 1996, while pitching for Navegantes del Magallanes at Estadio José Bernardo Pérez in Valencia, Roberts no-hit Tiburones de La Guaira for a 9-0 win.

The Mets drafted Roberts in the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Florida State University. After posting a 7-13 record with a 5.52 ERA for the 1995 AAA Norfolk Tides, Roberts spent the 1996 season with Mets farm clubs in Binghamton, New York and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Roberts never pitched an MLB game, but he did toss 23 games with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan during the 2000 season.

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Hawkins no-hits Santurce, 38 years ago today

The San Diego Padres’ Andy Hawkins tossed a Puerto Rico winter league no-hitter, 38 years ago today.

On Tuesday, November 2, 1982, while pitching for Vaqueros de Bayamón at home at Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Hawkins no-hit Cangrejeros de Santurce for a 5-0 win.

Hawkins never tossed a no-hitter for the Padres, but once reached the seventh inning with a no-no intact. On April 24, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium, Hawkins was no-hitting the Houston Astros when Bill Doran broke it up a line drive single to left-center, marking Padres no no-hitter No. 3,033. Hawkins closed out the one-hitter for a 3-0, complete-game win.

Hawkins in 1990 threw a complete-game no-hitter for the New York Yankees but lost 4-0 on a series of walks and errors. He’s not credited with an official no-no because as the losing starter on the road, he didn’t have to pitch the ninth.

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Bumpus Jones’ no-hitter in 1st appearance, 128 years ago today

Today is the 128th anniversary of the latest calendar year major-league no-hitter, but it wasn’t thrown in a postseason game.

The Cincinnati Reds’ Charles “Bumpus” Jones made his major-league debut on Saturday, October 15, 1892, and made the most of it. Jones no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at League Park for a 7-1 win.

Reds player-manager Charles Comiskey, who had watched Jones pitch well in an 1892 exhibition, gave Jones the opportunity to pitch Cincinnati’s final game of the ’92 season. Two pitchers have thrown no-hitters in the first major-league starts, but no one else has done it in their first major-league appearance.

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Sawamura throws Japanese professional baseball’s first no-hitter, 84 years ago today

Eiji Sawamura tossed the first Japanese professional baseball no-hitter, 84 years ago today.

On Friday, September 25, 1936, while pitching for the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Sawamura no-hit the Osaka Tigers for a 1-0 win in the inaugural season of the Japan Occupational Baseball League. It was Sawamura’s first of three no-hitters.

Sawamura’s second no-no came early in the next season. On Saturday, May 1, 1937, at Tokyo’s Suzaki Stadium, Sawamura no-hit the Tigers for a 4-0 victory. Sawamura added a record third no-hitter on Saturday, July 6, 1940, holding Nagoya hitless in a 4-0 win at Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium in Nishinomiya. The Hiroshima Carp’s Yoshiro Sotokoba tied Sawamura’s record 32 years later by throwing a perfect game in 1965, a second no-hitter in 1968 and a third no-no in 1972.

Sawamura pitched for Tokyo from 1936 to 1943, posting a 63-22 record and a 1.74 ERA. In 1943 he joined the Japanese Imperial Army and was killed on December 2, 1944, near Yakushima when his ship the Hawaii Maru was torpedoed by the U.S.S. Sea Devil. He was posthumously inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959.

Nippon Professional Baseball’s version of the Cy Young Award honors Sawamura, though the Eiji Sawamura Award was established in 1947 — nine years before the Cy Young Award’s debut. Unlike NPB’s MVP awards, The Eiji Sawamura Award Is given to just one pitcher across NPB rather than honorees in both the Central and Pacific leagues. The award carries strict criteria. To be eligible, a pitcher must have started 25 or more games, tossed 200 or more innings, won 15 or more, games completed 10 or more games, held a winning percentage of .600 or higher, held an ERA of 2.50 or lower and struck out at least 150 batters.

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Athletics’ Vida Blue tosses no-hitter, 50 years ago today

Oakland Athletics’ rookie Vida Blue tossed a no-hitter 50 years ago today, just 10 days after taking a no-hit bid into the 8th inning.

On Monday, September 21, 1970, Blue no-hit the Minnesota Twins at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for a 6-0 victory. At the age of just 21 years, 1 month and 24 days, Blue set the new modern-era mark for a youngster.

Blue had tossed 7⅔ innings of no-hit ball just 10 days earlier against the Kansas City Royals at Municipal Stadium before Pat Kelly singled to center to break up the bid. Blue finished that contest with a one-hit shutout.

Also throwing a no-hitter on this date was the St. Louis Cardinals’ Paul Dean. On Friday, September 21, 1934, during the second game of an Ebbets Field doubleheader against Brooklyn, Dean no-hit the Dodgers for a 3-0 win.

Dean’s no-no broke the longest no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball history in terms of game days at 535 (more than three years!), a record that stands today. Older brother Dizzy Dean pitched the opener of that doubleheader, holding the the Dodgers to three hits for a 13-0 complete-game win.

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