On thursday in cincinnati, jake arrieta of the chicago cubs fired the first no hitter of the 2016 season. Pitchers with multiple nohitters sports illustrated. No hitter records set by the teams with pitchers who achieved near pitching perfection. Did you know that the philadelphia phillies hold the major league team record for longest time span fiftyseven seasons between no hit games every single american league, national league, union. During his next start, june 15, 1938, he pitched another no hitter becoming the first and only pitcher to ever throw consecutive no hitters. Mathewsons first nohitter came in his rookie season, but his second was the more notable performance. Pitchers with multiple nohitters baseball nohitters at nonohitters. Several hundred pitchers have pitched a nohitter, only a few have pitched two in one season. On june 11, 1938, johnny vander meer pitched a no hitter. Cincinnatis vander meer became the first pitcher in majorleague history to throw two no hitters in a single season and to this day is the only pitcher to accomplish the feat in consecutive. Ryan and trucks are two of the six pitchers who have thrown two no hitters in the same season, along with johnny vander meer, allie reynolds, roy halladay and max scherzer. Five 19th century hurlers threw two nohitters, but alltime wins leader cy young was the first to do so with one of those nonos coming in the 20th century.
Tim lincecum has nohit the padres for a second time in two years. That game also made halladay the first pitcher to have two no hitters in the same season since ryan in 1973 and the first ever to have a perfect game and a second no hitter in the same season. Pitchers with two nohitters in a season fox sports. Major league baseball team specific nohitter records. The first of trucks no hitters came on may 15, 1952, against the washington senators.
Two pitchers missing their nonpitching hand have thrown. On april 22, 1898, the national league had two no hit games on the same day, the. Roy halladay of the 2010 philadelphia phillies also threw two no hitters, one in the regular season and one in the playoffs. Jim maloney technically threw two nohitters in the 1965 season, but his first one ended after he allowed a home run in the top of the 11th inning. Heres the list, starting with the pitcher whose no hitter total stands alone nolan ryan, who threw seven. There are 35 pitchers who have thrown at least two nohitters, including the postseason, according to the elias sports bureau. On thursday in cincinnati, jake arrieta of the chicago cubs fired the first nohitter of the 2016 season. There are 35 pitchers who have thrown at least two no hitters, including the postseason, according to the elias sports bureau. The no hitter in the regular season was a perfect game. Theres no greater challenge, or opportunity, for a starting pitcher than taking the ball in october, and there are some nights where everything aligns. Mlb pitchers to throw two nohitters in one season newsday. Mlb history has seen more than 3,000 postseason starts, but only a few pitchers have even crossed the seveninning threshold with a.
The first black pitcher to toss a no hitter was sam jones who did it for the chicago cubs in 1955. Throwing a nohitter is a pretty uncommon feat on its own, and throwing more than one is even more rare. Arrieta can join short list of pitchers to throw two nohitters in one. Nohitter records set by the pitchers who achieved near pitching perfection. Johnny vandermeer of the 1938 cincinnati reds, allie reynolds of the 1951 new york yankees. In 1952, a year after allie reynolds, tigers pitcher virgil trucks joined this most exclusive club.
He is the only major leaguer to have thrown nohitters in regular season and postseason play. Throwing a no hitter is a pretty uncommon feat on its own, and throwing more than one is even more rare. Hes nolan ryan major league record holder for no hitters during a career baseballs exorcist, scares the. For combined nohitters by two or more pitchers on the same team, each is listed with his. In 2010, roy halladay threw a perfect game against the. His 1952 season rates as one of the most bizarre pitching seasons the game has ever seen, as he threw two no hitters but also went 519 on the year. There have been four pitchers that threw two no hitters in one years regular season. This is a list of nohitters in major league baseball history. Heres the list, starting with the pitcher whose nohitter total. An official nohit game occurs when a pitcher or pitchers allows no hits during.
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