Every major league franchise has been no-hit at least twice, with the Philadelphia Phillies leading the way with 21 no-nos thrown against the club over its long history.
(a franchise’s other historical team names are in parentheses)
Wow! Never thought so much change about teams before this. Very interesting thanks for sharing. Played baseball ⚾️ since grade school. Remember hearing about all the greats n wanting to be like them!
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Has any pitcher thrown more than 1 no-hitter against the same team?
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Addie Joss threw two against the White Sox and Tim Lincecum no-hit the Padres twice.
Verlander just no-hit the Jays for a second time, in their own ballpark
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Of all the MLB teams that have been around since the formation of the American League in 1901, the Chicago Cubs have the record for fewest no hitters given up with seven.
no-hitters tossed in MLB history (301 in the N.L. and A.L.), with the last thrown 2 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.
Yankees’ Germán tosses perfecto against Oakland A’s
42 years and counting
The Cleveland Guardians franchise owns the longest current no no-no streak . It has been 42 years,10 months,19 days ago since Len Barker tossed a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Stadium.
Avoiding the zero for nearly a quarter century
The Los Angeles Angels franchise has't fallen victim to a no-hitter since 24 years,6 months,22 days ago, which is the longest current streak in the majors. The all-time mark by the Chicago Cubs lasted nearly 50 years (7,920 games).
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.
Friar fruition
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.
The team with the most no-hitters in MLB is the Los Angeles Dodgers with 26. Seven no-hitters were played in the 1990 season of MLB, the highest ever in a single season.
Turns out that throwing a no hitter is slightly rarer than hitting for cycle, at least since a Major League Baseball committee tightened its definition of a no hitter in 1991, knocking 50 of such feats off the record books. So why have 10 Mets players hit for cycle, yet just one has hurled a no hitter?
A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—only 323 have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year. The most recent major league no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown on April 1, 2024, by Ronel Blanco of the Houston Astros against the Toronto Blue Jays.
To put this percentage in perspective, if 1.57% of all Major League games played since 1876 resulted in a no-hitter, that would be 3,658 no-nos -- more than 10 times as many as have actually been recognized.
The Philadelphia Phillies have the most losses, with 11,267, while the Tampa Bay Rays have the fewest, with 2,105. With 22,109 games played, the Chicago Cubs have played more games than any other MLB club. Conversely, Tampa Bay has played the fewest (4,125).
Background. Johnny Vander Meer pitched the only consecutive no-hitters in MLB history. An official no-hit game occurs in Major League Baseball (MLB) when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings thrown by the pitcher(s).
The one that has happened only one time in all of MLB history? It's this: one player hitting two grand slam home runs in the same inning. Not in one game (that's been done 13 times), but in one inning. That unique feat happened on April 23, 1999.
Bill Wambsganss executed an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series. The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs in one play.
On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
Ryan threw a record seven no-hitters during his major league career, three more than any other pitcher. The no-hitters spanned three decades of pitching. In those seven games, Ryan accumulated a total of 94 strikeouts and 26 walks; a ratio of 3.6 strikeouts per walk (his career K:BB was 2.0).
Toney and Cubs pitcher Hippo Vaughn met in a duel for the ages in May 1917 at Weeghman Park -- now called Wrigley . In nine innings apiece, each pitcher issued two walks but allowed zero hits.
The pitcher's name? Cy Young -- yeah, that guy. On this day 118 years ago, Young gave up his first base hit in over two weeks, snapping a streak of 24 consecutive hitless innings that, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, remains unchallenged as the Major League record.
The recordholder for no-hitters is Nolan Ryan, who threw seven of them.
The Philadelphia Phillies have had the most no-hitters thrown against them - 21. That turns out to be one no-hitter per 1000 games played - the Phillies have played baseball for 120 years.
They come at a rate of, on average, three per season.
For the franchises that have yet to win 100 games (Rockies, Marlins, Dads, Rays, Rangers, Blue Jays, Nats), or the franchises that have yet to lose 100 games (Rockies, Angels), I only used the season where they won the most games.
Ryan threw a record seven no-hitters during his major league career, three more than any other pitcher. The no-hitters spanned three decades of pitching. In those seven games, Ryan accumulated a total of 94 strikeouts and 26 walks; a ratio of 3.6 strikeouts per walk (his career K:BB was 2.0).
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