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Bob Moose no-hits Mets, 51 years ago today

Today is the 51st anniversary of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Moose temporarily interrupting the Miracle Mets’ postseason push with a no-hitter at Shea Stadium.

On Saturday, September 20, 1969, Moose struck out six and walked three to lead the Pirates to a 4-0 win over New York. My father and my two oldest sisters were at the game, but I was left at home that day because I was only 11 months old.

The Cubs lost, too, so the Mets maintained a four-game lead in the newly formed National League East division. Wayne Garrett nearly notched a hit in the sixth inning with a deep fly to left, but Roberto Clemente chased it down.

“I thought it was gone when he hit it, but then I saw the wind hold it up” Moose told Daily News writer Phil Pepe. “I knew if any right-fielder was going to catch it, Clemente would.”

Here is some 8mm footage of the game taken by my dad:

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130th anniversary of Cannonball Titcomb’s no-no

The Rochester Broncos’ Ledell “Cannonball” Titcomb threw a no-hitter against the Syracuse Stars, 130 years ago today.

It was the first no-hitter thrown after baseball established a walk as four balls.

On Monday, September 15, 1890, Titcomb no-hit the Stars for a 7-0 win in an American Association match-up at Rochester’s Culver Field. Titcomb walked two and hit one batter while striking out seven. The Broncos also committed three errors.

Rochester and Syracuse had been brought into the American Association in 1890 to replace the Brooklyn and Cincinnati franchises, which defected to the National League after the 1889 season. Both the Broncos and the Stars folded after just one season.

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Cubs’ Mills no-hits Brewers at Miller Park

The Chicago Cubs’ Alec Mills tossed the majors’ 305th no-hitter on Sunday, holding the MIlwaukee Brewers hitless for an 12-0 win at Miller Park.

Mills struck out five and walked three, completing the no-hitter in 114 pitches. His feat marked the Cubs’ fourth consecutive road no-hitter, with all four tossed in royal blue jerseys (Zambrano, Arrieta’s first, Arrieta’s second and Mills).

The only other no-hitter thrown at Miller Park was by a Chicago Cubs pitcher, but it was not against the Brewers. On Sunday, September 14, 2008, Hurricane Ike forced the Houston Astros used the stadium as a temporary home and they got no-hit by Carlos Zambrano in a 5-0 game.

The last Chicago Cubs no-hitter was 4 years, 4 months, 22 days ago by Jake Arrieta, a 16-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Great American Ball Park. The last no-hitter against the Milwaukee Brewers was 13 years, 3 months, 1 day ago by the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander, a 4-0 win at Comerica Park on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.

Mills’ no-hitter was the seventh thrown by pitchers wearing No. 30. The others were thrown by the Cubs’ Ken Holtzman (2) and the California Angels’ Nolan Ryan (4).

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Black Sox’s ‘Doc’ Sykes tosses no-no, 98 years ago today

The Baltimore Black Sox’s Franklin “Doc” Sykes tossed a no-hitter against the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, 98 years ago today.

On September 11, 1922, during the first game of a Saturday doubleheader at Maryland Baseball Park, Sykes struck out two, walked none and held the Giants hitless as Baltimore topped Atlantic City 2-0. The only blemishes keeping Sykes from a perfecto were errors by right fielder Blainey Hall and third baseman Louis Miller.

Wyman Smith provided the game’s only offense with a two-run homer in the second inning. The Sox also won the nightcap, 5-1.

Post baseball, Sykes was a successful dentist in his hometown of Decatur, Alabama and later practiced dentistry in Baltimore. His testimony in the Scottsboro Boys trial in Alabama challenged the fairness of an all-white jury convicting nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women led to the Supreme Court overruling the guilty verdict and ordering a new trial.

Sykes also fought for fair wages for black ballplayers. For more details on Sykes’ career and life, check out Lawrence Hogan’s The Forgotten History of African American Baseball.

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Drake no-hits Sioux Falls, 98 years ago today

Negro Leagues star Bill Drake threw a no-hitter for the All Nations barnstorming team, 98 years ago today.

On September 4, 1922 at Nelson Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Drake held the Sioux Falls Soos hitless en route to a 4-0 victory. Clarence Nelson took the loss for Sioux Falls.

Drake, pitching two years later for the Kansas City Monarchs, helped the Monarchs capture the 1924 Colored World crown over Hilldale 5 games to 4 with one tie. The Monarchs also reached the 1925 World Series but were beaten in that series by Hilldale 5 games to 1. Drake was 0-3 in his series starts those years.

The Sioux Falls Soos, who played in the Class D Dakota League, posted a 55-42 record in 1922.

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RIP Tom Seaver, 75

Tom Seaver, who threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds after thrice losing no-nos in the ninth for the New York Mets, died Monday at the age of 75.

Tom Terrific got his no-no on Friday, June 16, 1978, just a day shy of the one-year anniversary of the trade that broke Mets’ fans spirit. Seaver struck out three St. Louis Cardinals and walked three for a 4-0 win at Riverfront Stadium.

The June 15, 1977, trade sent Seaver to the Reds in exchange for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. Seaver returned to the Mets for the ’83 season, but was signed by the Chicago White Sox for the ’84 season after he was left unprotected.

To me, he will always be a member of the New York Mets. He is, after all, The Franchise. RIP

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Cubs’ Pappas no-hits Padres, 46 years ago today

Forty-eight years ago today, on Sept. 2, 1972, the Chicago Cubs’ Milt Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field, becoming the only pitcher in MLB history to lose a perfect game by walking the 27th batter but still get a no-hitter (two others have done it on hit batsmen).

Pappas retired the first 26 Padres he faced and was one out away from a perfect game with a 3-2 count on pinch-hitter Larry Stahl when home plate umpire Bruce Froemming called a ball to issue the base on balls. Pappas started yelling at Froemming and nearly got kicked out of the game.

“I’ve got a call, and I’m not a fan. I’m an umpire,” Froemming told MLB Network’s Bob Costas.

Pappas managed to get pinch-hitter Garry Jestadt to pop out to second to complete the no-no, an 8-0 victory.

I interviewed Pappas for Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders a couple of years before he passed in 2016 and he was still upset with umpire Froemming for not giving him calls on the final batter to give him the perfecto. Pappas told me that people were still coming up to him to talk about that game.

“I’m still being recognized and still going out and signing autographs, and I’m wondering to myself on numerous occasions, ‘If I would have done the perfect game, would I be getting this kind of adulation?'” he asked. “I wouldn’t have had the 40 years of ‘Man, you got screwed’ and ‘Who’s that umpire that called that?’”

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Yanks get first taste of no-no, 110 years ago today

Today would be the 110th anniversary of the New York Yankees franchise’s first no-hitter if not for a 1991 ruling that made it ineligible.

On August 30, 1910, at Hilltop Park, the New York Highlanders’ “Salida” Tom Hughes threw nine innings of no-hit ball but entered the 10th tied 0-0 with the Cleveland Naps (later renamed the Indians). Hughes gave up single with one out in 10th to lose the no-hitter, and then the wheels came off in the 11th. Hughes allowed six more hits and five 11th-inning runs to take the 5-0 loss.

Hughes’ accomplishment was considered an official no-no until September 1991, when the Committee for Statistical Accuracy, chaired by then MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent, changed the official definition of a no hitter, declaring it a game of nine innings or more that ends with no hits.

Hughes, the right-hander from Coal Creek, Colorado, wasn’t completely removed from the record books. On Friday, June 16, 1916, while pitching for the Boston Braves, Hughes no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates at Braves Field to secure a 2-0 victory.

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Ferguson throws Philadelphia’s first no-hitter, 135 years ago today

Charlie Ferguson threw the first no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies franchise, 135 years ago today.

Ferguson, pitching for the Philadelphia Quakers on Saturday, August 29, 1885, at home at Recreation Park, no-hit the National League’s Providence Grays for a 1-0 win. The Reading Times noted a rivalry between the Quakers’ pitchers Ferguson and Ed Daily, who held Providence to two hits the day before.

“Both are doing remarkably fine work just at present,” the paper noted, “but Ferguson’s achievement Saturday of retiring the Providence club without a hit ranks as first.”

The two hurlers pitched quite similarly over the 1885 season. Ferguson posted a 26-20 record with a 2.22 ERA, while Daily notched a 26-23 record with a 2.21 ERA.

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Chicago American Giants’ Wickware no-hits ABCs, 106 years ago today

Frank Wickware threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter for the Chicago American Giants, 106 years ago today.

On Wednesday, August 26, 1914, Wickware no-hit the Indianapolis ABCs for a 1-0 win.

According to Wickware’s SABR bio written by Stephen V. Rice, Wickware allowed just one base runner. The ABCs’ George Shively led off the game by drawing a walk and was thrown out trying to steal second. Wickware then retired the next 26 batters for the nearly perfect game.

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