Ryan's circle of no-no hats in the Hall.
Sure, 2010 has been dubbed the Year of the Pitcher and featured six no-nos, but 1991 still holds the record with seven no-hitters, with the first coming from Ryan.
Ryan on May 1, 1991 already had six no-nos under his belt when he threw his seventh and final no hitter, setting a Major League record that will be near impossible to break. He was throwing that day for the Texas Rangers, and we all no that none of Ryan’s seven no-nos came as a Met.
Here’s the full list of 1991 no-hitters:
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| Nolan Ryan | May 1, 1991 | AL | Texas Rangers | 3 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 |
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| Tommy Greene | May 23, 1991 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | Montreal Expos | 0 |
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| Bob Milacki (6 in) Mike Flanagan (1 in) Mark Williamson (1 in) Gregg Olson (1 in) |
July 13, 1991 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 0 |
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| Dennis Martinez | July 28, 1991 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 |
| Perfect game.
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| Wilson Alvarez | Aug. 11, 1991 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 7 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 |
| Second Major League start.
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| Bret Saberhagen | Aug. 26, 1991 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 7 | Chicago White Sox | 0 |
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| Kent Mercker (6 in) Mark Wohlers (2 in) Alejandro Pena (1 in) |
Sept. 11, 1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1 | San Diego Padres | 0 |
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Ubaldo Jimenez kicked off the 2010 run, and we’d be in a dead heat with 1991 (seven each) if a blown call had not negated what should have been a perfect game by the Detroit Tigers’ Armando Galarraga with two outs in the ninth inning.
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Worse yet, two teams exited the no no-nos club in 2010, the Colorado Rockies and the Tampa Bay Rays, leaving just the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres to toil in infamy.
Here’s the list of 2010 no-nos:
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| Ubaldo Jimenez | April 17, 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | Colorado Rockies | 4 |
| The Rockies’ first no-no.
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| Dallas Braden | May 9, 2010 | AL | Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | Oakland A’s | 4 |
| Perfect game.
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| Roy Halliday | May 29, 2010 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | Florida Marlins | 0 |
| Perfect game.
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| Edwin Jackson | June 25, 2010 | IL | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | Tampa Bay Rays | 0 |
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| Matt Garza | July 26, 2010 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 0 | Tampa Bay Rays | 5 |
| First no-no for Rays.
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| Roy Halliday | Oct. 6, 2010 | NLDS | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 |
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