Although the New York Mets didn’t get their first no-hitter until 2012, the club came within one hit of the accomplishment 39 times. We begrudgingly include two rain-shortened one-hitters by Tom Glavine and John Maine in 2007. Oddly, baseball rules consider rain-shortened one-hitters as one-hitters, but not rain-shortened no-hitters as no-hitters. Anyway, here’s the list.
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| 1 | June 22, 1962 | Al Jackson | Houston Colt ’45s 0 | New York Mets 2 | Joey Amalfitano, single, 1st (1 out) |
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| 2 | May 4, 1966 | Jack Hamilton | Houston Colt ’45s 0 | New York Mets 2 | Ray Sadecki, bunt single, 4th (2 out) |
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| 3 | July 9, 1969 | Tom Seaver | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 4 | Jimmy Qualls, single, 9th (1 out) |
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| 4 | April 18, 1970 | Nolan Ryan | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | New York Mets 7 | Denny Doyle, 1st-inning single |
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| 5 | May 13, 1970 | Gary Gentry | New York Mets 4 | Chicago Cubs 0 | Ernie Banks, single, 8th |
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| 6 | May 15, 1970 | Tom Seaver | New York Mets 4 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | Mike Compton, single, 3rd |
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| 7 | April 18, 1971 (1) | Gary Gentry | Pittsburgh Pirates 2 | New York Mets 5 | Roberto Clemente, triple, 6th |
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| 8 | Sept. 26, 1971 | Tom Seaver | Pittsburgh Pirates 1 | New York Mets 3 | Vic Davalillo, single, 7th |
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| 9 | July 4, 1972 (1) | Tom Seaver | San Diego Padres 0 | New York Mets 2 | Leron Lee, single, 9th (1 out) |
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| 10 | July 10, 1973 | Jon Matlack | Houston Astros 0 | New York Mets 1 | Tommy Helms, double, 6th |
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| 11 | June 29, 1974 | Jon Matlack | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | New York Mets 4 | John Curtis, double, 3rd |
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| 12 | April 17, 1977 | Tom Seaver | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 6 | Steve Ontiveros, single, 5th |
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| 13 | Oct. 1, 1982 | Terry Leach | New York Mets 1 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 (in 10) | Luis Aguayo, triple, 5th |
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| 14 | Sept. 7, 1984 | Dwight Gooden | Chicago Cubs 0 | New York Mets 10 | Keith Moreland, single, 5th |
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| 15 | April 16, 1985 | Ron Darling(7) Jesse Orosco (2) |
New York Mets 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates 1 | Johnnie Ray, single, 1st |
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| 16 | May 11, 1985 | Sid Fernandez (6) Roger McDowell (3) |
Philadelphia Phillies 0 | New York Mets 4 | Von Hayes, single, 4th |
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| 17 | Aug. 29, 1988 | David Cone | San Diego Padres 0 | New York Mets 6 | Tony Gwynn, double, 4th |
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| 18 | Sept. 10, 1991 | Pete Schourek | Montreal Expos 0 | New York Mets 9 | Kenny Williams, single, 5th |
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| 19 | Sept. 14, 1991 | David Cone (7) Jeff Innis (1) |
New York Mets 1 | St. Louis Cardinals 2 | Ray Lankford, single, 5th |
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| 20 | Sept. 20, 1991 | David Cone | New York Mets 1 | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | Felix Jose, double, 8th |
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| 21 | Oct. 8, 2000 (NLDS) | Bobby J. Jones | San Francisco Giants 0 | New York Mets 4 | Jeff Kent, double, 5th |
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| 22 | July 14, 2001 | Glendon Rusch (8) Armando Benitez (1) |
Boston Red Sox 0 | New York Mets 2 | Trot Nixon, bunt single, 1st |
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| 23 | April 26, 2002 | Shawn Estes | Milwaukee Brewers 0 | New York Mets 1 | Eric Young, single, 7th |
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| 24 | June 15, 2003 | Steve Trachsel | New York Mets 8 | Anaheim Angels 0 | David Eckstein, double, 6th |
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| 25 | June 17, 2003 | Jae Seo (7) David Weathers (1) Armando Benitez (1) |
Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 5 | Juan Encarnacion, single, 5th |
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| 26 | Aug. 18, 2003 | Steve Trachsel | Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 8 | Chin-hui Tsao, double, 6th |
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| 27 | May 23, 2004 | Tom Glavine | Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 4 | Kit Pellow, double, 8th |
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| 28 | April 15, 2005 | Aaron Heilman | Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 4 | Luis Castillo, single, 4th |
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| 29 | Sept. 3, 2006 | Orlando Hernandez (5 1/3) Roberto Hernandez (1) Darren Oliver (2/3) Guillermo Mota (1) |
New York Mets 1 | Houston Astros 2 | Aubrey Huff, single, 2nd |
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| 30 | June 27, 2007 | Tom Glavine | St. Louis Cardinals 0 | New York Mets 2 | Scott Rolen, single, 2nd |
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| 31 | July 29, 2007 | John Maine | Washington Nationals 0 | New York Mets 5 | Ronnie Belliard, leadoff single in 1st |
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| 32 | Sept. 29, 2007 | John Maine (7 2/3) Willie Collazo (1/3) Carlos Muniz (1) |
Florida Marlins 0 | New York Mets 13 | Paul Hoover, single, 8th |
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| 33 | July 12, 2008 |
Pedro Martinez (4) Carlos Muniz (2) Aaron Heilman (1) Scott Schoeneweis (1) Billy Wagner (1) |
Colorado Rockies 0 | New York Mets 3 | Brad Hawpe, single, 4th |
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| 34 | June 10, 2010 (2) | Jonathon Niese | San Diego Padres 0 | New York Mets 3 | Chris Denorfia, 2nd-inning double |
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| 35 | Aug. 13, 2010 | R.A. Dickey | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | New York Mets 1 | Cole Hamels, 6th-inning single |
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| 36 | June 13, 2012 | R.A. Dickey | New York Mets 9 | Tampa Bay Rays 1 | B.J. Upton, 1st-inning single |
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| 37 | June 18, 2012 | R.A. Dickey | Baltimore Orioles 0 | New York Mets 5 | Wilson Betemit, 5th-inning single |
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| 38 | May 7, 2013 | Matt Harvey/Bobby Parnell | Chicago White Sox 0 | New York Mets 1 (10 inn.) | Alex Rios, 7th-inning single |
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| 39 | July 17, 2016 | Jacob deGrom | New York Mets 5 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 | Zach Eflin, 3rd-inning two-out single |
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Source: Mets.com |
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