Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise – Updated for September 29, 2013

Phoyo: Steve Mitchell – USA Today Sports

What a way for a miserable season for the Marlins to end. A no hitter was thrown by Henderson Alvarez, one of the prospects acquired in the once malligned blockbuster with Toronto.

And what an ending. I don’t have the facts in front of me, but I am guessing that this is the first no hitter to end on a wild pitch with the winning pitcher on the On Deck Circle.

So another season comes and goes and a bunch of near miss no hitters have piled up.

Let’s update the list for the last time of the year.

THE MOST RECENT NO HITTERS
FOR EACH FRANCHISE

MIAMI MARLINS

Henderson Alvarez- September 29, 2013.

1-0 over Detroit.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

Tim Lincecum – July 13, 2013.

9-0 over San Diego.

CINCINNATI REDS

Homer Bailey – July 2, 2013.

3-0 over San Francisco.

SEATTLE MARINERS

Felix Hernandez – August 15, 2012.

1-0 over Rays. (Perfect Game)

NEW YORK METS

Johan Santana – June 1, 2012

8-0 over St. Louis.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
Jered Weaver – May 2, 2012.
9-0 over Minnesota.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

Phillip Humber – April 21, 2012

4-0 over Seattle. (Perfect Game.)

DETROIT TIGERS
Justin Verlander – May 7, 2011.
9-0 over Toronto.

MINNESOTA TWINS
Francisco Liriano – May 3, 2011
1-0 over Chicago White Sox

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Roy Halladay – October 6, 2010
4-0 over Cincinnati. (Playoff Game)

TAMPA PAY RAYS

Matt Garza – July 26th, 2010
5-0 over Detroit.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Edwin Jackson – June 25, 2010
1-0 over Tampa Bay

OAKLAND A’S
Dallas Braden – May 9, 2010
4-0 over Tampa Bay. (Perfect Game.)

COLORADO ROCKIES
Ubaldo Jimenez – April 17, 2010
4-0 over Atlanta.

CHICAGO CUBS
Carlos Zambrano – September 14, 2008.
5-0 over Houston.

BOSTON RED SOX
Jon Lester – May 19, 2008.
7-0 over Kansas City.

HOUSTON ASTROS
Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner –
June 11, 2003.
8-0 over New York Yankees.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bud Smith – September 3, 2001
4-0 over San Diego.

NEW YORK YANKEES
David Cone – July 18, 1999.
6-0 over Montreal. (Perfect Game.)

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon – July 12, 1997.
3-0 over Houston. (10 innings.)

LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Hideo Nomo – September 17, 1996.
9-0 over Colorado.

TEXAS RANGERS
Kenny Rogers – July 28, 1994.
4-0 over California. (Perfect Game.)

ATLANTA BRAVES
Kent Mercker – April 8, 1994.
6-0 over Los Angeles.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Bret Saberhagen – August 26, 1991
7-0 over Chicago White Sox.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS (AS MONTREAL EXPOS)
Dennis Martinez – July 28, 1991.
2-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson – July 13, 1991.
2-0 over Oakland.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Dave Steib – September 2, 1990.
3-0 over Cleveland.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Juan Nieves – April 15, 1987.
7-0 over Baltimore.

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Len Barker – May 15, 1981.
3-0 over Toronto. (Perfect Game.)

Bonus

WASHINGTON SENATORS
Bobby Burke – August 8, 1931
5-0 over Boston.

Lots of new names and unlikely faces. One this is consistent: None of them are Padres.

2014 will be a new year, San Diego. Maybe that will be the year of your first no-no.

(Wouldn’t mind a Washington Nationals no hitter either for that matter.)

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – September 29, 2013

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It is THE SUNDAY REQUEST on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

@sullybaseball aye! Assuming the playoffs are just now set, I’d like a playoff prediction and a reflection on your picks from March!

— Yokorick (@Yokorick) September 28, 2013

I take a look at where the playoffs will probably go (after the Wild Card mess is sorted out of course) and comparing my good picks (St. Louis) and not so good picks (Giants and Angels) from the beginning of the year.

Brad Miller, Nathan Eovaldi, Neil Walker and Andy Pettitte all owned baseball for September 28, 2013.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – September 29, 2013