With former Met Ramon Castro catching Mark Buehrle’s perfect game Thursday night, we thought we’d give some kudos to the other end of the no-hitter batteries.
Thanks to some research help from our friends at Mets Walk-Offs and Minutiae on the Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers site, here’s a list of catchers who have played for the Mets and took part in a no-hitter. There were 12 catchers behind the plate for 15 no-hitters.
Castro and Yogi Berra are the only players to wear a Mets uniform and catch perfect games. We’ve also had four all-Mets batteries: Dock Ellis-Jerry May, John Candelaria-Duffy Dyer, Bret Saberhagen-Brent Mayne and Hideo Nomo-Mike Piazza.
Berra and Jeff Torborg are the only Mets managers to catch no-nos, and Tim McCarver (2) and Fran Healy (1) are the only ex-Mets broadcasters behind the plate for hitless games.
Yogi Berra, 3 |
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Allie Reynolds | July 12, 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | |
Allie Reynolds | Sept. 28, 1951 (1) | AL | New York Yankees | 8 | Boston Red Sox | 0 | |
Don Larsen | Oct. 8, 1956 | WS | New York Yankees | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | Perfect game in World Series Game 5 |
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Joe Ginsberg |
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Virgil Trucks | May 15, 1952 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | Washington Senators | 0 | |
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Jerry Grote |
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Ken Johnson | April 23, 1964 | NL | Houston Colt .45s | 0 | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Johnson becomes the only pitcher to lose a complete-game no hitter in nine innings. |
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J.C. Martin |
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Joel Horlen | Sept. 10, 1967 (1) | AL | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | |
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Jerry May |
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Dock Ellis | June 12, 1970 (1) | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | San Diego Padres | 0 | All-Mets battery. Ellis was tripping on LSD when he pitched this no hitter. |
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Duffy Dyer |
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John Candelaria | Aug. 9, 1976 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | All-Mets battery. |
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Gary Carter |
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Charlie Lea | May 10, 1981 (2) | NL | Montreal Expos | 4 | San Francisco Giants | 0 | |
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Brent Mayne |
Bret Saberhagen | Aug. 26, 1991 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 7 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | All-Mets battery |
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Mike Piazza, 2 |
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Ramon Martinez | July 14, 1995 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | Florida Marlins | 0 | |
Hideo Nomo | Sept. 17, 1996 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | Colorado Rockies | 0 | All-Mets battery |
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Alberto Castillo |
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Jose Jimenez | June 25, 1999 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 | |
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Eli Marrero |
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Bud Smith | Sept. 3, 2001 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | San Diego Padres | 0 | |
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Ramon Castro |
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Mark Buehrle | July 23, 2009 | AL | Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | Chicago White Sox | 5 | Perfect game, Buehrle’s second no-no. |
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