John Tsitouris, Cincinnati Reds, 4/24/1964 San Francisco Giants 15, Cincinnati Reds 5 It is pretty unusual to have unique batting and/or pitching lines occur on the same day, but this one goes even better. This is from the same game as yesterday’s Willie Mays post. Game of 4/24/1964 — San Francisco at Cincinnati (N) San … Continue Reading
Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers, 5/1/1991 Texas Rangers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 Not to be outdone by yesterday’s line of the day, Nolan Ryan’s 7th and final no-hitter of his career did Warren Spahn’s one better in the strikeout category. Game of 5/1/1991 — Toronto at Texas (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Texas AB … Continue Reading
Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves, 9/16/1960 Milwaukee Braves 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 Game of 9/16/1960 — Philadelphia at Milwaukee (N) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI Callison J, lf 3 0 0 0 Bruton B, cf 3 1 2 0 Del Greco B, ph 1 0 0 0 Crandall D, c 4 … Continue Reading
Waite Hoyt, Boston Red Sox, 9/15/1920 St. Louis Browns 18, Boston Red Sox 5 Waite Hoyt is a baseball Hall of Famer, but on this day he wasn’t. Maybe coming into the game in relief threw him off. Or the fact that the game was played in front of zero fans. (Was this game played … Continue Reading
Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians, 7/1/2015 Cleveland Indians 8, Tampa Bay Rays 1 Game of 7/1/2015 — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Kipnis J, 2b 5 1 2 1 Kiermaier K, cf 4 0 0 0 Aviles M, ss 5 1 1 0 Butler … Continue Reading
Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees, 7/25/2019 Boston Red Sox 19, New York Yankees 3 Game of 7/25/2019 — New York at Boston (N) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI LeMahieu D, 3b 3 0 0 1 Betts M, rf 4 2 2 2 Judge A, rf 4 0 0 0 … Continue Reading
Bert Blyleven, Minnesota Twins, 8/30/1974 Minnesota Twins 3, Boston Red Sox 2 Game of 8/30/1974 — Boston at Minnesota (N) Boston AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Miller R, cf 3 0 0 0 Brye S, cf 3 2 2 0 Cooper C, dh 4 1 1 0 Carew R, 2b 3 … Continue Reading
Jeff Locke, Pittsburgh Pirates, 6/9/2016 Colorado Rockies 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 This is the first of what will be many bad pitching lines, because we can’t always just focus on the good, right? Game of 6/9/2016 — Pittsburgh at Colorado (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Colorado AB R H RBI Jaso J, 1b 5 … Continue Reading
Philip Humber, Chicago White Sox, 4/21/2012 Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 0 This would appear to be the only perfect game pitched with a palindromic box score line. Game of 4/21/2012 — Chicago at Seattle (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Seattle AB R H RBI de Aza A, cf 5 0 2 1 … Continue Reading
Shane Bieber, Cleveland Indians, 5/19/2019 Cleveland Indians 10, Baltimore Orioles 0 Game of 5/19/2019 — Baltimore at Cleveland (D) Baltimore AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Villar J, ss 3 0 1 0 Lindor F, ss 4 2 2 0 Martin R, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Kipnis J, 2b 3 … Continue Reading