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No-hit birthdays for Nottebart, Donahue and Burke
No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers January 23, 2020 Leave a comment
Happy birthday to three no-hitter throwers — Don Nottebart, Frank "Red" Donahue and Bobby Burke.
Today is the 20th anniversary of Wells' perfecto; Nottebart's no-no turns 55
This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers May 17, 2018 Leave a comment
Today is the 20th anniversary of David Wells' perfect game for the New York Yankees and the 55th anniversary of the first Houston Colt .45's no-hitter.
Anniversaries of Wells' perfecto, Nottebart's no-no
The New York Yankees' David Wells tossed a perfect game and the Houston Colt .45s' Don Nottebart threw a no-hitter on this date. Eighteen years ago today, on Sunday, May 17, 1998, Wells threw a perfect game at Yankee Stadium for a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Twins. Wells later said in his autobiography Perfect…
No-hit birthdays for Nottebart, Burke, Donahue
Happy birthday to three no-hitter throwers — Don Nottebart, Bobby Burke and Frank "Red" Donahue. Nottebart, born on this date in 1936, threw the first no-hitter in Houston Colt .45's history during the franchise's second season. At Colt Stadium, on Friday, May 17, 1963, Nottebart no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for a 4-1 win. The Colts…
Anniversaries of Nottebart no-no, Wells perfecto
This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers May 17, 2015 1 Comment
The Houston Colt .45s' Don Nottebart and the New York Yankees' David Wells threw no-hitters on this date. On Friday, May 17, 1963, 52 years ago today, Nottebart no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for a 4-1 win at Colt Stadium. It was the first no-hitter for the franchise now known as the Houston Astros. Seventeen years…
#12, the Houston Astros
The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 24, 2015 Leave a comment
The Houston Astros franchise, which joined the National League as an expansion franchise in 1962 under the name Houston Colt .45's, have 11 no-hitters over the team's history. That No. 12 ranking is pretty impressive, considering several franchises that have been around much longer haven't reached that mark. In one of the oddest no-hitters in…
no-hitters tossed in MLB history
(292 in the N.L. and A.L.),
with the last thrown 4 months, 9 days ago. The record for most game days between no-hitters is 535, connecting Bobby Burke's August 8, 1931 no-hitter for the Washington Senators to Paul Dean's September 21, 1934 no-no for the St. Louis Cardinals.
2021: A record year
Brewers no-hit Cleveland to set MLB season record of 9 no-nos
D-Backs' Gilbert tosses no-no in first MLB start
Cubs toss combined no-no vs. Dodgers
Yankees' Corey Kluber tosses MLB's second no-no in two days
Detroit Tigers' Turnbull no-hits Mariners
Cincinnati Reds' Miley no-hits Cleveland
Orioles' Means no-hits Mariners, only batter reached on dropped-ball K
Chisox's Rodón no-hits Cleveland
And then there were none: Padres finally notch no-hitter
The wait is over
After 8,205 regular-season games and 40 postseason games without a no-hitter, the San Diego Padres finally broke the streak on April 9, 2021, when Joe Musgrove no-hit the Texas Rangers. Learn more about the streak here.
Lordy, lordy, look who's gone 40
The Cleveland Guardians franchise owns the longest current no no-no streak among teams that have thrown a no-hitter. It has been 40 years, 8 months, 6 days ago since Len Barker tossed a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Stadium.
Avoiding the zero for 3 decades
The Oakland Athletics haven't fallen victim to a no-hitter for 30 years, 6 months, 7 days ago, the longest current streak in the majors.
The Mets – Our origin
NoNoHitters.com launched in 2008 to track the Mets' now-defunct streak of 8,019 games without a no-hitter. Learn more on our The original NoNoHitters.com page.
Links to other rare feats
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