The person throwing a no-no makes up only half the battery, so this page honors Josh Thole and other New York Mets catchers who – either before they played for the Mets or afterward – were behind the plate for no-hitters.

Josh Thole of course rules this page, catching Johan Santana’s historic no-no on June 1, 2012 during an 8-0 win over the st. Louis Cardinals.

Though only one catcher wearing a New York Mets uniform has ever caught a no-hitter, 12 catchers who wore a Mets uniform at one time during their careers were behind the plate for 15 no-nos.

Ramon Castro, who caught Mark Buehrle’s perfect game on July 23, 2009, 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.

Here’s the full list:

Yogi Berra, 3
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
Joe Ginsberg
Virgil Trucks	May 15, 1952	AL	Detroit Tigers	1	Washington Senators	0
Jerry Grote
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.
J.C. Martin
Joel Horlen	Sept. 10, 1967 (1)	AL	Chicago White Sox	6	Detroit Tigers	0
Jerry May
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.
Duffy Dyer
John Candelaria	Aug. 9, 1976	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	All-Mets battery.
Gary Carter
Charlie Lea	May 10, 1981 (2)	NL	Montreal Expos	4	San Francisco Giants	0
Brent Mayne
Bret Saberhagen	Aug. 26, 1991	AL	Kansas City Royals	7	Chicago White Sox	0	All-Mets battery
Mike Piazza, 2
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
Alberto Castillo
Jose Jimenez	June 25, 1999	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Arizona Diamondbacks	0
Eli Marrero
Bud Smith	Sept. 3, 2001	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4	San Diego Padres	0
Ramon Castro
Mark Buehrle	July 23, 2009	AL	Tampa Bay Rays	0	Chicago White Sox	5	Perfect game, Buehrle’s second no-no.
Josh Thole
Johan Santana	June 1, 2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0	New York Mets	8

By the way, Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek holds the record for catching the most no-nos with four (Hideo Nomo in 2001, Derek Lowe in 2002 and Clay Buchholz in 2007 and Jon Lester in 2008).

Thanks to Mets Walk-Offs and Minutiae and the Web site Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers for research help with this page.