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Perfect Games Thrown In Major League Baseball History | ||||
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Name | Teams | League | Score | Date |
Randy Johnson | Arizona vs. Atlanta | NL | 2-0 | May 18, 2004 |
David Cone | New York vs. Montreal | AL | 6-0 | July 18, 1999 |
David Wells | New York vs. Minnesota | AL | 4-0 | May 17, 1998 |
Kenny Rogers | Texas vs. California | AL | 4-0 | July 28, 1994 |
Dennis Martinez | Montreal vs. Los Angeles | NL | 2-0 | July 28, 1991 |
Tom Browning | Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles | NL | 1-0 | Sept. 16, 1988 |
Mike Witt | California vs. Texas | AL | 1-0 | Sept. 30, 1984 |
Len Barker | Cleveland vs. Toronto | AL | 3-0 | May 15, 1981 |
Catfish Hunter | Oakland vs. Minnesota | AL | 4-0 | May 8, 1968 |
Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles vs. Chicago | NL | 1-0 | Sept. 9, 1965 |
Jim Bunning | Philadelphia vs. New York | NL | 6-0 | June 21, 1964 |
x-Don Larsen | New York (AL) vs. Brooklyn (NL) | AL | 2-0 | Oct. 8, 1956 |
Charles Robertson | Chicago vs. Detroit | AL | 2-0 | April 30, 1922 |
Addie Joss | Cleveland vs. Chicago | AL | 1-0 | Oct. 2, 1908 |
Cy Young | Boston vs. Philadelphia | AL | 3-0 | May 5, 1904 |
x-World Series Game | ||||
Prior To Modern Era | ||||
John Richmond | Worcester vs. Cleveland | NL | 1-0 | June 12, 1880 |
John Ward | Providence vs. Buffalo | NL | 5-0 | June 17, 1880 |
Unofficial Perfect Games | ||||
a-Pedro Martinez | Montreal at San Diego | NL | 0-1, 10 innings | June 3, 1995 |
b-Harvey Haddix | Pittsburgh vs. Milwaukee | NL | 0-1, 13 innings | May 26, 1959 |
c-Ernie Shore | Boston vs. Washington | AL | 4-0 | June 23, 1917 |
c-Entered game after starter Babe Ruth walked Ray Morgan, and following an argument, was ejected by umpire Brick Owens. Morgan was caught stealing and Shore retired the remaining 26 batters. | ||||
b-Pitched 12 perfect innings, lost in 13th on an error, sacrifice bunt, walk and double. | ||||
a-Pitched 9 perfect innings, allowed leadoff double in 10th and was replaced by Mel Rojas, who finished one-hitter in 1-0 win. |
Little known fact:
August 28th, 1991:
Six Red Sox pitchers combined for a perfect game in Boston's 5-0 spring-training win over Toronto at City of Palms Park.
Don Larsen and David Wells
both attended Point Loma High School in San Diego Calif.
Cincinnati’s Tom Browning defeats Montreal’s Dennis Martinez,
in the first matchup of perfect game hurlers in 25 years.
Sandy Koufax and Jim Bunning were the last on October 2, 1966.
Fort Myers: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
The six pitchers were Pedro Martinez, Fernando De La Cruz, Rich Garces, Rheal Cormier, Dan Smith and Rod Beck.
Most of the pitchers, including Beck, had no idea they were making obscure history.
Beck said "When the game was over, I turned around and saw they put it on the scoreboard
I thought, wow, that's pretty neat, a perfect game.
Beck wasn't the only one clueless. About half of the record crowd of 7,139 left by the seventh inning.
The Elias Sports Bureau, could not track when the last spring perfect game was, or if one exists.