Of COURSE it was Phillip Humber who throws the first no hitter of the year. With all the aces in the bigs, it was a guy with 11 career wins who gets to inch his name into history.
Mark Buehrle, you are no longer on the board unless you throw your THIRD no hitter (and this time with the Marlins.)
Let's update the list.
THE MOST RECENT NO HITTERS
FOR EACH FRANCHISE
FOR EACH FRANCHISE
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Phillip Humber - April 21, 2012
4-0 over Seattle. (Perfect Game.)
LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIMErvin Santana - July 27, 2011.
3-1 over Cleveland.
DETROIT TIGERSJustin Verlander - May 7, 2011.
9-0 over Toronto.
MINNESOTA TWINSFrancisco Liriano - May 3, 2011
1-0 over Chicago White Sox
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIESRoy Halladay - October 6, 2010
4-0 over Cincinnati. (Playoff Game)
TAMPA PAY RAYSMatt Garza - July 26th, 2010
5-0 over Detroit.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKSEdwin Jackson - June 25, 2010
1-0 over Tampa Bay
OAKLAND A'SDallas Braden - May 9, 2010
4-0 over Tampa Bay. (Perfect Game.)
COLORADO ROCKIESUbaldo Jimenez - April 17, 2010
4-0 over Atlanta.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSJonathan Sanchez - July 10, 2009.
8-0 over San Diego.
CHICAGO CUBSCarlos Zambrano - September 14, 2008.
5-0 over Houston.
BOSTON RED SOXJon Lester - May 19, 2008.
7-0 over Kansas City.
FLORIDA MARLINSAnibal Sanchez - September 6, 2006.
2-0 over Arizona.
HOUSTON ASTROSRoy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner -
June 11, 2003.
8-0 over New York Yankees.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALSBud Smith - September 3, 2001
4-0 over San Diego.
NEW YORK YANKEESDavid Cone - July 18, 1999.
6-0 over Montreal. (Perfect Game.)
PITTSBURGH PIRATESFrancisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon - July 12, 1997.
3-0 over Houston. (10 innings.)
LOS ANGELES DODGERSHideo Nomo - September 17, 1996.
9-0 over Colorado.
TEXAS RANGERSKenny Rogers - July 28, 1994.
4-0 over California. (Perfect Game.)
ATLANTA BRAVESKent Mercker - April 8, 1994.
6-0 over Los Angeles.
SEATTLE MARINERSChris Bosio - April 22, 1993.
2-0 over Boston.
KANSAS CITY ROYALSBret Saberhagen - August 26, 1991
7-0 over Chicago White Sox.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS (AS MONTREAL EXPOS)Dennis Martinez - July 28, 1991.
2-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)
BALTIMORE ORIOLESBob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson - July 13, 1991.
2-0 over Oakland.
TORONTO BLUE JAYSDave Steib - September 2, 1990.
3-0 over Cleveland.
CINCINNATI REDSTom Browning - September 16, 1988.
1-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)
MILWAUKEE BREWERSJuan Nieves - April 15, 1987.
7-0 over Baltimore.
CLEVELAND INDIANSLen Barker - May 15, 1981.
3-0 over Toronto. (Perfect Game.)
Bonus
WASHINGTON SENATORSBobby Burke - August 8, 1931
5-0 over Boston.
STILL no no hitters for the Mets, Padres and Nationals.
Congrats Phillip Humber!
Congrats Phillip Humber!
yet another no-no by a former Met!
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I was vacationing with my family in Williamsburg, Virginia the night Len Barker threat the first perfect game of my lifetime. Good place to experience history. Years later I found out somebody wrote, "How could it be perfect? It was in Cleveland."
ReplyDeleteI was in Williamsburg again 28 years later when the Yankees beat the Red Sox to clinch an AL East title.
I was vacationing with my family in Williamsburg, Virginia the night Len Barker threat the first perfect game of my lifetime. Good place to experience history. Years later I found out somebody wrote, "How could it be perfect? It was in Cleveland."
ReplyDeleteI was in Williamsburg again 28 years later when the Yankees beat the Red Sox to clinch an AL East title.
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well Phillip Humber is a very good fella and a great baseball player in my opinion and it is not a surprise that he threw the first no hitter of the year.
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