Close, but no cigar: No-hitters not officially recognized

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There used to be many more no-hitters on the record books, but in September 1991 the Committee on Statistical Accuracy, chaired by then MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent, changed the official definition of a no hitter, declaring it a game of nine innings or more that ends with no hits. That leaves 284 sanctioned no-hitters (261 in the A.L. and N.L.), detailed here.

The stringent definition eliminated 38 no-hitters from the books that were shortened by rain or darkness and losing efforts by the away team in which the home team doesn’t bat in the bottom of the ninth.

It also wiped out 12 no-hitters by pitchers who threw nine innings of no-hit ball only to yield a hit in extra innings. That narrow definition kept Pedro Martinez out of the exclusive no-no club, even though his ball is featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s “No-Nos and Perfectos” exhibit. Martinez threw nine innings of perfect ball on June 3, 1995, but his Expos couldn’t score a run and Martinez wound up giving up a hit in the 10th. It’s not considered a no-hitter.




Here are the no-hitters stricken from the record books in September 1991 and others pitched since then that would have qualified as no-hitters under the old rules.

No-hitters lost by the away team in which the game ended after 8 1/2 innings:
Pitcher	Date	Lg.	Team		Opponent		Description
June 21, 1890	Silver King	PL	Chicago Pirates	0	Brooklyn Ward’s Wonders	1	Since the Pirates were the away team in a losing effort, King only pitched eight innings. MLB says a no hitter must go nine innings.
July 1, 1990	Andy Hawkins	AL	New York Yankees	0	Chicago White Sox	4	Since the Yankees were the away team in a losing effort, Hawkins only pitched eight innings. MLB says a no hitter must go nine innings.
April 12, 1992	Matt Young	AL	Boston Red Sox	1	Cleveland Indians	2	Since the Red Sox were the away team in a losing effort in this opening day contest, Young only pitched eight innings. MLB says a no hitter must go nine innings.
June 28, 2008	Jered Weaver (6 in) Jose Arredondo (2 in)	IL	Los Angeles Angels	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Since the Angels were the away team in a losing effort, Weaver and Arredondo combined for only eight innings. MLB says a no hitter must go nine innings.
No-hitters that fell shy of nine innings due to weather or darkness:
Pitcher	Date	Lg.	Team		Opponent		Game length
Larry McKeon	May 6, 1884	AA	Indianapolis Hoosiers	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0	6 innings
Charlie Geggus	Aug. 21, 1884	UA	Washington Nationals	12	Wilmington Quicksteps	1	8 innings
Charlie Getzien	Oct. 1, 1884	NL	Detroit Wolverines	1	Philadelphia Phillies	0	6 innings
Charlie Sweeney (2 in) Henry Boyle (3 in)	Oct. 5, 1884	UA	St. Louis Maroons	0	St. Paul Whitecaps	1	5 innings
Dupee Shaw	Oct. 7, 1885 (1)	NL	Providence Grays	4	Buffalo Bisons	0	5 innings
George Van Haltren	June 21, 1888	NL	Chicago White Stockings	1	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0	6 innings
Ed Crane	Sept. 27, 1888	NL	New York Giants	3	Washington Nationals	0	7 innings
Matt Kilroy	July 29, 1889 (2)	AA	Baltimore Orioles	0	St. Louis Browns	0	7 innings
George Nicol	Sept. 23, 1890	AA	St. Louis Browns	21	Philadelphia Athletics	2	7 innings
Hank Gastright	Oct. 12, 1890	AA	Columbus Solons	6	Toledo Maumees	0	8 innings
Jack Stivetts	Oct. 15, 1892 (2)	NL	Boston Braves	4	Washington Senators	0	5 innings
Elton Chamberlain	Sept. 23, 1893 (2)	NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	Boston Beaneaters	0	7 innings
Ed Stein	June 2, 1894	NL	Brooklyn Grooms	1	Chicago White Stockings	0	6 innings
Red Ames	Sept. 14, 1903 (2)	NL	New York Giants	5	St. Louis Cardinals	0	5 innings
Rube Waddell	Aug. 15, 1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	2	St. Louis Browns	0	5 innings
Jake Weimer	Aug. 24, 1906 (2)	NL	Cincinnati Reds	1	Brooklyn Superbas	0	7 innings
Jim Dygert (3), Rube Waddell (2)	Aug. 29, 1906	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4	Chicago White Sox	3	5 innings
Stoney McGlynn	Sept. 24, 1906 (2)	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Brooklyn Superbas	1	7 innings
Lefty Leifield	Sept. 26, 1906 (2)	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Philadelphia Phillies	0	6 innings
Ed Walsh	May 26, 1907	AL	Chicago White Sox	8	New York Highlanders	1	5 innings
Ed Karger	Aug. 11, 1907 (2)	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Boston Doves	0	7 innings
Howie Camnitz	Aug. 23, 1907 (2)	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	New York Giants	0	5 innings
Rube Vickers	Oct. 5, 1907 (2)	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4	Washington Senators	0	5 innings
Johnny Lush	Aug. 6, 1908	2	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Brooklyn Superbas	0	6 innings
King Cole	July 31, 1910 (2)	NL	Chicago Cubs	4	St. Louis Cardinals	0	7 innings
Jay Carl Cashion	Aug. 20, 1912 (2)	AL	Washington Senators	2	Cleveland Naps	0	6 innings
Walter Johnson	Aug. 25, 1924	AL	Washington Senators	2	St. Louis Browns	0	7 innings
Fred Frankhouse	Aug. 27, 1937	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	5	Cincinnati Reds	0	8 innings
John Whitehead	Aug. 5, 1940 (2)	AL	St. Louis Browns	4	Detroit Tigers	0	6 innings
Jim Tobin	June 22, 1944 (2)	NL	Boston Braves	7	Philadelphia Phillies	0	5 innings
Mike McCormick	June 12, 1959	NL	San Francisco Giants	3	Philadelphia Phillies	0	5 innings
This one was a little shaky as McCormick allowed a single in the sixth inning, but because that inning was never completed statistically the hit never happened.
Sam Jones	September 26, 1959	NL	San Francisco Giants	4	St. Louis Cardinals	0	7 innings
Dean Chance	Aug. 6, 1967	AL	Minnesota Twins	2	Boston Red Sox	0	5 innings
David Palmer	April 21, 1984 (2)	NL	Montreal Expos	4	St. Louis Cardinals	0	5 innings
Pascual Perez	Sept. 24, 1988	NL	Montreal Expos	1	Philadelphia Phillies	0	5 innings
Melido Perez	July 12, 1990	AL	Chicago White Sox	8	New York Yankees	0	6 innings
Devern Hansack	Oct. 1, 2006	AL	Boston Red Sox	9	Baltimore Orioles	0	5 innings
No-hitters through nine that were broken up in extra innings:
Pitcher	Date	Lg.	Team		Opponent		Description
Earl Moore	May 9, 1901	AL	Cleveland Blues	2	Chicago White Sox	4	Game went 10 innings. Moore gave up leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort.
Bob Wicker	June 11, 1904	NL	Chicago Cubs	1	New York Giants	0	Game went 12 innings. Wicker gave up just one single with one out in the 10th and got the victory.
Harry McIntire	Aug. 1, 1906	NL	Brooklyn Superbas	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Game went 13 innings. McIntire gave up a single with two out in the 11th and allowed three more hits in a losing effort.
Red Ames	April 15, 1909	NL	New York Giants	0	Brooklyn Superbas	3	Game went 13 innings. Ames gave up single with one out in 10th and allowed six more hits in a losing effort.
Tom Hughes	August 30, 1910 (2)	AL	New York Highlanders	0	Cleveland Naps	5	Game went 11 innings. Hughes gave up single with one out in 10th and allowed six more hits in a losing effort.
Jim Scott	May 14, 1914	AL	Chicago White Sox	0	Washington Senators	1	Game went 10 innings. Scott gave up a leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort.
Hippo Vaughn	May 2, 1917	NL	Chicago Cubs	0	Cincinnati Reds	1	Game went 10 innings.
This remains the only time in Major League history that both pitchers had no-hitters through nine innings. Vaughn gave up a single with one out in 10th and allowed one more hit in a losing effort. The Reds’ Fred Toney is credited with a no hitter, completing the accomplishment in 10 innings.
Bobo Newsom	Sept. 18, 1934	AL	St. Louis Browns	1	Boston Red Sox	2	Game went 10 innings. Newsom gave up a single with two out in the 10th (the only hit against him) but lost the game.
Johnny Klippstein (7 in) Hersh Freeman (1 in) Joe Black (3 in)	May 26, 1956	NL	Cincinnati Reds	1	Milwaukee Braves	2	Game went 11 innings Black gave up a double with two out in 10th and allowed two more hits for the loss.
Harvey Haddix	May 26, 1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Milwaukee Braves	1	Game went 13 innings.
Haddix threw a perfect game through 12, retiring the first 36 batters he faced. He lost the perfect game in the top of the 13th when Pirates third-baseman Don Hoak committed an error letting Felix Mantilla reach first. After a sacrifice bunt by Eddie Mathews and an intentional walk to Hank Aaron, Haddix lost the no hitter (and the game) on a Joe Adcock walkoff homer. (Only it wasn’t recorded as a homer because Aaron left the field after Mantilla scored, and Adcock passed him, making it a 1-0 win on a double.)
Jim Maloney	June 14, 1965	NL	Cincinnati Reds	0	New York Mets	1	Game went 11 innings. Maloney gave up leadoff home run in the 11th and allowed one more hit in the losing effort.
Mark Gardner (9 in) Jeff Fassero (0 in)	July 26, 1991	NL	Montreal Expos	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Game went 10 innings. Gardner gave up a leadoff single in 10th and allowed one more hit before Fassero came in. Fassero gave up a game-winning hit but Gardner had responsibility for the baserunner and was charged with the loss.
Pedro Martínez (9 in) Mel Rojas (1 in)	June 3, 1995	NL	Montreal Expos	1	San Diego Padres	0	Game went 10 innings. Martinez had a perfect game through nine. After he gave up a leadoff double in the 10th, Rojas came in and retired the next three batters.
Key: (1) or (2) after date indicates game of doubleheader. NL: National League, AL: American League, IL: Interleague, AA: American Association, UA: Union Association, PL: Players League