Book Description
There are few more dramatic events in baseball-or perhaps in any sport-than a no-hitter. In the past 106 seasons, there have been 223 Major League no-hit games of at least nine innings, making the odds against such a feat approximately 1,600 to 1. The no-hitter is truly a special occurrence that has no equal on the playing field. In this book, each of modern baseball's 223 no-hitters are discussed in full. A brief profile and career record of each pitcher are given. The game is recapped, including details on how a batter reached base against the no-hit pitcher and what happened to that batter. A box score for each game is also included. A photo of almost every no-hit pitcher is provided as well. Appendices list no-hitters in which more than one pitcher participated, complete game no-hitters of less than nine innings, and no-hitters pitched before 1893 (when the mound was only 50 feet from home plate). The foreword is by Jim Bunning, who pitched two no-hitters and one of only 11 perfect games in baseball history.

About the Author
Rich Westcott is the former publisher and editor of the Phillies Report, and has contributed to Baseball America, Baseball Digest, The Diamond, Sports Illustrated, Sports Collectors Digest, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Allen Lewis was a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 30 years, covering all sports but particularly baseball and the Philadelphia Phillies. Inducted into the writers' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1982 as winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, he was also a correspondent for The Sporting News for 15 years. He lives in Clearwater, Florida.

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Bill Hawke, who was released by St. Louis and joined Baltimore in June, had won six games, lost 12 in 1893 when he faced the Washington Nationals, last in the 12-club National League, on Wednesday, August 16, at Washington's National Park. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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