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White Sox’s Giolito no-hits Pittsburgh

The Chicago White Sox’s Lucas Giolito threw the majors’ 304th no-hitter on Tuesday, leading his squad to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Giolito struck out 13 and walked one.

The Chicago White Sox have now thrown 19 no-hitters. The last was 8 years, 4 months, 4 days ago, when Philip Humber tossed a 4-0 perfect game on Saturday, April 21, 2012 against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. The White Sox franchise’s first no-hitter was the American League’s first no-hitter. James “Nixey” Callahan no-hit the Detroit Tigers during the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday, September 20, 1902.

The last no-no against the Pirates was 5 years, 2 months, 5 days ago by the Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer, a 6-0 blanking on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Nationals Park.

Giolito, who wears jersey No. 27, joins Sam “Toothpick” Jones, Bill Monbouquette, Juan Marichal, Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Dick Bosman, Kevin Brown and Jordan Zimmerman in the No. 27 No-No Club.

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Twins’ Chance no-hits Cleveland, 53 years ago today

Dean Chance threw a complete-game no-hitter for the Minnesota Twins 53 years ago today, just 19 days after throwing a rain-shortened perfect game.

Chance no-hit the Cleveland Indians during the second game of a Friday doubleheader on August 25, 1967, for a 2-1 win at Cleveland Stadium. Chance yielded an earned run in the first inning on two walks, an error and a wild pitch. He settled down and scattered three walks over the next eight innings, striking out a total of eight batters.

Just four starts earlier, on Thursday, August 6, 1967, Chance retired the only 15 Boston Red Sox batters he faced at Metropolitan Stadium for a 2-0 rain-shortened victory. Such games were considered official no-hitters until 1991.

Also throwing a no-hitter on this date was the Detroit Tigers’ Virgil Trucks. On Monday, August 25, 1952, trucks no-hit the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium for a 1-0 win. It was Trucks’ second no-no.

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Reds’ Weimer tossed 7-inning no-no, 104 years ago today

The Cincinnati Reds’ Jake Weimer threw the majors’ first no-hitter in a planned 7-inning game, 104 years ago today.

On August 24, 1906, during the second game of a Friday doubleheader at Cincy’s Palace of the Fans planned for seven innings by mutual agreement, Weimer no-hit the Brooklyn Superbas for a 1-0 win. The shortened game, which is not considered an official no-hitter, lasted just one hour and eight minutes.

Weimer struck out four and allowed two base runners, hitting Doc Casey with a pitch in the first inning, and walking opposing pitcher Harry McIntyre in the third inning. Homer Smoot drove in the game’s only run on a seventh inning triple.

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Astros’ Fiers no-hits Dodgers, 5 years ago today

Mike Fiers tossed his first of two no-hitters, five years ago today.

On Friday, August 21, 2015, while pitching for the Houston Astros, Fiers no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers at Minute Maid Park for a 3-0 win. Fiers walked three and struck out 10 on a night in which no-no king Nolan Ryan was watching from the stands. The Hollywood, Florida, native tossed his second no-no for the Oakland Athletics in 2019.

Two other official no-hitters thrown on this date both came from Chicago pitchers.

On August 21, 1898, during the second game of a Sunday doubleheader at West Side Park, the Chicago Oprhans’ Walter Thornton walked three but held the Brooklyn Bridegrooms hitless for a 2-0 win and the sweep.

“Thornton, with his magnificent speed, kept them hitting weakly and shoving fly balls up, and everything that floated into the air fell into the waiting mitts of fielders,” noted the Chicago Tribune.

And on Saturday, August 21, 1926, the Chicago White Sox’s Ted Lyons no-hit the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park for a 6-0 win.

Another gem thrown on this date 134 years ago is not considered an official no-hitter.

Charlie Geggus, pitching for the Union Association Washington Nationals on the Capitol Grounds on Thursday, August 21, 1884, no-hit the Wilmington Quicksteps through eight innings and held a 12-1 lead when the game was called by consent. In 1991, MLB’s Committee for Statistical Accuracy established the first official definition of a no-hitter that required a full nine innings, knocking Geggus’ performance and nearly 50 more off the record books.

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Professional baseball’s second one-hitter?

The Philadelphia White Stockings’ Joe Borden is credited with throwing professional baseball’s first no-hitter in 1875, but who threw its first one-hitter?

I combed Retrosheet, Baseball Reference and Newspapers.com this week to unearth the answer.

The correct answer is Albert Spalding in 1871. In my initial search, I apparently missed a Retrosheet boxscore showing a 21-0 shutout by Boston’s Albert Spalding over the Fort Wayne Kekiongas listed as a one-hitter. (Check out Jay Hurd’s a terrific SABR games project story on the game.

The one-hitter I looked at was by Dick McBride, who pitched five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics, and it’s apparently pro baseball’s second no-hitter. So here’s that account:

On Thursday, May 7, 1874, at Jefferson Street Grounds, McBride held the Philadelphia White Stockings to a single scratch hit as the A’s topped the White Stockings 7-1. I could find no earlier instance of a one-hitter in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-’75).

The lone tally off McBride occurred in the opening frame. The White Stockings’ Dave Eggler led off with an infield pop-up that McBride muffed, giving him first base. After A’s catcher Mike McGeary notched the inning’s first out by catching Bill Craver’s foul tip, Eggler put himself in scoring position by stealing second.

York then stepped to the plate and singled to left (the White Stockings’ sole hit), but Eggler conservatively held at third. Eggler finally scored on a fly to left-center that dropped between outfielders John McMullin and Count Gedney.

McBride escaped further damage on an double play before holding zeroes in the H and R columns over the next eight innings despite another four errors by his teammates. That lack of support was part of a Jacob deGrom-esque ‘74 season in which McBride posted a win-loss record of just 33-22 despite maintaining a league-best 1.64 ERA.

The National Association’s first no-hitter came just over a year later when Borden (pitching under the pseudonym Josephs E. Josephs so his well-to-do Jersey family wouldn’t know of his hobby) no-hit the Chicago White Stockings on July 28, 1875 for a 4-0 victory.

Major League Baseball doesn’t give Borden credit, as it considers MLB’s history to begin in 1876. So official first no-no honors go to the St. Louis Brown Stockings’ George Washington Bradley, who no-hit the Hartford Dark Blues at St. Louis’ Grand Avenue Ball Grounds on Saturday, July 15, 1876 for a 2-0 win.

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Professional baseball’s first one-hitter

The Philadelphia White Stockings’ Joe Borden is credited with throwing professional baseball’s first no-hitter in 1875, but who threw its first one-hitter?

I combed Retrosheet, Baseball Reference and Newspapers.com this week to unearth the answer — fellow Philadelphian Dick McBride, who pitched five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics.

On Thursday, May 7, 1874, at Jefferson Street Grounds, McBride held the Philadelphia White Stockings to a single scratch hit as the A’s topped the White Stockings 7-1. I could find no earlier instance of a one-hitter in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-’75).

The lone tally off McBride occurred in the opening frame. The White Stockings’ Dave Eggler led off with an infield pop-up that McBride muffed, giving him first base. After A’s catcher Mike McGeary notched the inning’s first out by catching Bill Craver’s foul tip, Eggler put himself in scoring position by stealing second.

York then stepped to the plate and singled to left (the White Stockings’ sole hit), but Eggler conservatively held at third. Eggler finally scored on a fly to left-center that dropped between outfielders John McMullin and Count Gedney.

McBride escaped further damage on an double play before holding zeroes in the H and R columns over the next eight innings despite another four errors by his teammates. That lack of support was part of a Jacob deGrom-esque ‘74 season in which McBride posted a win-loss record of just 33-22 despite maintaining a league-best 1.64 ERA.

The National Association’s first no-hitter came just over a year later when Borden (pitching under the pseudonym Josephs E. Josephs so his well-to-do Jersey family wouldn’t know of his hobby) no-hit the Chicago White Stockings on July 28, 1875 for a 4-0 victory.

Major League Baseball doesn’t give Borden credit, as it considers MLB’s history to begin in 1876. So official first no-no honors go to the St. Louis Brown Stockings’ George Washington Bradley, who no-hit the Hartford Dark Blues at St. Louis’ Grand Avenue Ball Grounds on Saturday, July 15, 1876 for a 2-0 win.

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Bisons’ Galvin no-hits Ruby Legs, 140 years ago today

The Buffalo Bisons’ Pud Galvin threw the first of his two no-hitters, 140 years ago today.

On Friday, August 20, 1880, Galvin no-hit the Worcester Ruby Legs for a 1-0 win at Buffalo’s Riverside Park. It was Galvin’s first of two no-nos, with his second coming nearly four years later in an 18-0 blowout of the Detroit Wolverines.

Also on this date 63 years ago, the Chicago White Sox’s Bob Keegan no-hit the Washington Senators.

On August 20, 1957, during the second game of a Tuesday doubleheader at Comiskey Park, Keegan no-hit the Senators for a 6-0 win. Keegan walked two and struck out one, noting that he relied mostly on his sinking fastball and didn’t throw a single curve.

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Corcoran tosses 1st of 3 no-nos, 140 years ago today

The Chicago White Stockings’ Larry Corcoran threw the first of his three no-hitters on this date 140 years ago.

On Thursday, August 19, 1880, at Chicago’s Lake Front Park, Corcoran no-hit the Boston Red Caps for a 6-0 win, missing perfection thanks to four errors my his teammates. The ball wasn’t in the best condition for this contest.

“It is true that the ball was mushy and shapeless for the greater part of the play,” noted the Chicago Tribune, “but that did not prevent the White Stockings from making 11 hits and 13 totals off (Tommy) Bond and (Curry) Foley.”

Corcoran added no-nos at Lake Front in 1882 against the Worcester Ruby Legs and in 1884 against the Providence Grays to become the first pitcher to toss three career no-hitters. Joining Corcoran in the three no-hitters club are Cy Young, Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan and Justin Verlander. Koufax added a fourth, and Ryan went on to throw seven no-hitters.

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Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell threw his 2nd Negro Leagues no-no, 98 years ago today

Phil Cockrell threw the second of his two no-hitters for Hilldale, 96 years ago today.

On Saturday, August 19, 1922, at Chicago’s Schorling Park, Cockrell no-hit the Chicago American Giants for a 5-0 win. Cockrell struck out seven and walked three,

His first no-hitter came on September 5, 1921, during the second game of a Monday doubleheader against the Detroit Stars. Hilldale won that contest 3-0.

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Twins’ Maeda loses no-no in 9th

The Minnesota Twins’ Kenta Maeda took a no-hitter into the ninth inning on Tuesday night before losing it on a leadoff single by Eric Sogard.

Maeda struck out 12 Milwaukee Brewers and walked two before being pulled for a reliever after the mark in the H column.

The last Twins no-hitter was 9 years, 3 months, 15 days ago, when Francisco Liriano no-hit the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Maeda was looking to join the roster of pitchers to throw no-hitters while wearing uniform #18, a group that includes Bill Dietrich, Lon Warneke, Don Larsen, Bret Saberhagen, Matt Cain and Hisashi Iwakuma.

The last no-no against the Milwaukee Brewers was 13 years, 2 months, 6 days ago, when the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander no-hit the Brewers at Comerica Park on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.

Feature photo Justice League Japan Premiere Red Carpet: Maeda Kenta by Dick Thomas Johnson used under license CC by 2.0.

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