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1997 New York Yankee 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim

1995 Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins

1994 Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 12th perfect game

1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game

1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

1993 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul - New York

1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm

1992 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates

1991 Debbie Doom (U.S.) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0

1991 Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history

1991 Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto

1991 Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)

1990 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee

1990 After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0

1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees)

1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall

1988 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0

1988 Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA

1987 Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose

1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn

1984 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0

1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0

1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season

1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto

1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record

1980 Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)

1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)

1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome

1977 Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen

1972 Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0

1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5

1969 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game

1968 New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered

1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings

1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)

1967 Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland

1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches

1967 Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils

1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season

1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A's pitches 3 scoreless innings

1965 Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)

1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches

1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH

1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches

1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously

1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start

1961 Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter

1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0

1960 Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies

1959 Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0

1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th

1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn

1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)

1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game

1945 Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches

1945 Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds and wins

1944 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cincinnati Reds 2-0

1943 St. Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter

1943 Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters

1942 Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief

1942 Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1

1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run

1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)

1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play

1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers

1930 A's Jack Quinn, 46, pitches 2 inn, is oldest to play in World Series

1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)

1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout

1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0

1922 Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game

1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 innings

1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball

1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees

1918 Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns

1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game

1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader

1917 Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates

1916 Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1

1916 Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game

1916 St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston

1915 Yankees get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0

1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox

1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning

1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11

1908 Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team

1907 St. Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn

1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days

1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0)

1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3

1890 Cy Young pitches and wins 1st game

1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season

1883 Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888)

1880 John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo

1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0

1875 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout


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