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{{Short description|Baseball game in which a team does not record a hit}}
{{for|the Major League Baseball pitchers who have completed this feat|List of Major League Baseball no-hitters}}
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[[File:Nolan Ryan in Atlanta close-up.jpg|thumb|[[Nolan Ryan]] holds the record for no-hitters in the major leagues with seven.]]

In [[baseball]], a '''no-hitter''' or '''no-hit game''' is a game in which a team does not record a [[hit (baseball)|hit]] through conventional methods. [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine complete innings recorded no hits. A [[pitcher]] who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is thereby said to have "thrown a no-hitter". In most cases, no-hitters are recorded by a single pitcher who throws a [[complete game]]; one thrown by two or more pitchers is a combined no-hitter.

A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—only 326<!--last updated 4 September 2024, this number needs to agree with [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters]]--> have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year. The most recent major league no-hitter, a combined no-hitter, was thrown by starter [[Shota Imanaga]] and [[relief pitcher]]s [[Nate Pearson]] and [[Porter Hodge]] of the [[Chicago Cubs]] against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] on September 4, 2024, while the most recent no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown by [[Blake Snell]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] against the [[Cincinnati Reds]] on August 2, 2024.

The MLB season with the most no-hit games was the {{mlby|2021}} season, in which nine official no-hitters were pitched.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many no-hitters have been thrown in 2021? D-backs rookie sets MLB record with latest|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-no-hitters-2021-record/189rm2tlgenet11uxe4xgeowil|access-date=2021-09-12|website=www.sportingnews.com|date=August 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, two other games that year were pitched without giving up a hit, but were not official no-hitters because they were less than nine innings.

It is possible for a batter to reach base without a hit, most commonly by a [[Base on balls|walk]], an [[Error (baseball)|error]], or [[hit batsman|being hit by a pitch]]; other possibilities include the batter reaching first after an [[uncaught third strike]] or [[Interference (baseball)#Catcher's interference|catcher's interference]]. (Yet another possibility is a [[fielder's choice]], but this requires that there already be a runner on base.)  A no-hitter in which no batters reach base at all is a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]], a much rarer feat. Because a batter can reach base by means other than a hit, a pitcher can throw a no-hitter (though not a perfect game) and still give up runs or even lose the game, although this is extremely uncommon as most no-hitters are also [[shutouts in baseball|shutout]]s. One or more runs were given up in 25 recorded no-hitters in MLB history, most recently by [[Ervin Santana]] of the [[Los Angeles Angels|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] in a 3–1 win against the [[Cleveland Indians]] on July 27, 2011. On two occasions, a team has thrown a nine-inning no-hitter and still lost the game. It is theoretically possible for opposing pitchers to throw no-hitters in the same game, although this has never happened in the major leagues. Two pitchers, [[Fred Toney]] and [[Hippo Vaughn]], completed nine innings of a game on May 2, 1917, without either giving up a hit or a run; Vaughn gave up two hits and a run in the 10th inning, losing the game to Toney, who completed the extra-inning no-hitter.

==Definition==

A no-hitter is defined by MLB: "An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp|title=Rules, Regulations and Statistics|work=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> This 1991 definition by MLB's Committee for Statistical Accuracy caused previously recognized no-hitters of fewer than nine innings or where the first hit had been allowed in extra innings to be struck from the official record books. Games lost by the visiting team in {{frac|8|1|2}} innings but without allowing any hits do not qualify as no-hitters, as the visiting team has only pitched eight innings.<ref name="EugeneRegister-Guard">{{cite news|last=Donaghy|first=Jack|title=Is revised no-hitter rule a no-no?|pages=2D|publisher=Eugene Register-Guard|date=April 14, 1992|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19920414&id=fn8VAAAAIBAJ&pg=4963,3071278|access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref><ref name="BA-1991NLReview">{{cite web|title=Year In Review : 1991 National League|publisher=Baseball Almanac|year=2009|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1991n.shtml|access-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref>

==Frequency==

MLB has recognized 326 no-hitters thrown since 1876, 24 of which were [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect games]]. Two no-hitters have been thrown on the same day twice: [[Ted Breitenstein]] and [[Jay Hughes|Jim Hughes]] on April 22, 1898; and [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Dave Stewart]] and [[Fernando Valenzuela]] on June 29, 1990.

Nine no-hitters were thrown in the [[2021 Major League Baseball season|2021 season]].{{efn|Not including [[Madison Bumgarner]]'s 7 inning hitless performance,<ref>{{cite web|title=Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves Box Score, April 25, 2021|work=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL202104252.shtml}}</ref> which is not an official no-hitter due to it only being 7 innings. He was however credited with a [[complete game]] [[Shutout (baseball)|shutout]] [[Win (baseball)|win]].}} The previous record was eight, set in [[1884 in baseball|1884]]. The previous modern era record (since 1901) was seven, accomplished in [[1990 Major League Baseball season|1990]], [[1991 Major League Baseball season|1991]], [[2012 Major League Baseball season|2012]], and [[2015 Major League Baseball season|2015]].

The longest period between two no-hitters in the modern era was three years and 44 days, between [[Bobby Burke]] on August 8, 1931, and [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul "Daffy" Dean]] on September 21, 1934. There was a drought of three years and 11 months without a no-hitter between the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] no-hitter on July 15, 1876 pitched by [[George Bradley]] and the first National League perfect game on June 12, 1880, pitched by [[Lee Richmond]]. The most recent year without any no-hitters was 2025.

The greatest span of games without a no-hitter in the major leagues is 6,364, between [[Randy Johnson's perfect game]] on May 18, 2004, for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], and [[Aníbal Sánchez]]'s no-hitter on September 6, 2006, for the [[Florida Marlins]]. The previous record was a 4,015-game streak without a no-hitter between [[Mike Witt's perfect game]] on September 30, 1984 for the [[California Angels]] and [[Mike Scott (baseball)|Mike Scott]]'s no-hitter on September 25, 1986 for the [[Houston Astros]].

==Individual==
[[File:Sandy Koufax.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|Hall of Famer [[Sandy Koufax]] threw four no-hitters, including one [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game|perfect game]], during his MLB career.]]
The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters is [[Nolan Ryan]], who threw seven in his 27-year career. His first two came exactly two months apart with the [[California Angels]]: the first on May 15, 1973, and the second on July 15. He had two more with the Angels on September 28, 1974, and June 1, 1975. Ryan's fifth no-hitter came with the Houston Astros on September 26, 1981, breaking [[Sandy Koufax]]'s previous record. His sixth and seventh came with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] on June 1, 1990, and May 1, 1991. When he tossed number seven at age 44, he became the oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter.

Only Ryan, Koufax (four), [[Cy Young]] (three), [[Bob Feller]] (three), [[Larry Corcoran]] (three), and [[Justin Verlander]] (three) have pitched more than two no-hitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_noh1.shtml|title=No Hitter Records by Baseball Almanac|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> Corcoran was the first pitcher to throw a second no-hitter in a career (in 1882), as well as the first to throw a third (in 1884).

Thirty-six pitchers have thrown more than one no-hitter, combined no-hitters not counting. Ryan has the longest gap between no-hitters: he threw his first as a member of the [[Los Angeles Angels]] on May 15, 1973, and his last as a Texas Ranger on May 1, 1991.

The pitcher who holds the record for the shortest time between no-hitters is [[Johnny Vander Meer]], the only pitcher in history to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts, while playing for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/featsjv.shtml|title=Johnny Vander Meer's Two Consecutive No-Hitters by Baseball Almanac|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> Besides Vander Meer, [[Allie Reynolds]] (in 1951), [[Virgil Trucks]] (in 1952), Ryan (in 1973), and [[Max Scherzer]] (in 2015) were the only major leaguers to throw two no-hitters during the same regular season.

[[Jim Maloney]] also had two no-hitters under the old rules in the [[1965 Major League Baseball season|1965 season]], both of them taking extra innings. In the first one on June 14, he gave up a home run to [[Johnny Lewis (baseball)|Johnny Lewis]] to open the top of the 11th inning, turning 10 innings of no-hit ball into a 1–0 loss to the New York Mets. According to the rules at the time, this was considered a no-hitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN196506140.shtml|title=June 14, 1965 New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds Box Score and Play by Play |work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> On August 19, a home run by [[Leo Cárdenas]] in the tenth inning allowed Maloney to earn a 1–0 10-inning no-hit win over the Chicago Cubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN196508191.shtml|title=August 19, 1965 Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs Box Score and Play by Play |work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref>

[[Roy Halladay]] threw two no-hitters in 2010{{nbsp}}– a [[Roy Halladay's perfect game|perfect game]] during the regular season and a no-hitter in the [[2010 National League Division Series]]. He is the only major leaguer to have thrown no-hitters in both regular season and postseason play.

[[File:JasonVaritek.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Jason Varitek]] caught four no-hitters during his MLB career.]]
Two pitchers missing their non-pitching hand have thrown no-hitters; [[Hugh Daily]], of the [[Cleveland Blues (NL)|Cleveland Blues]], defeated the [[Philadelphia Quakers (NL)|Philadelphia Quakers]] 1–0 on September 13, 1883, and [[Jim Abbott]], of the [[New York Yankees]], defeated the [[Cleveland Indians]] 4–0 on September 4, 1993. Daily lost his left hand in a gun accident as a child, and Abbott was born without a right hand.

The record for most no-hitters caught by a catcher is four, a record shared by [[Boston Red Sox]] catcher [[Jason Varitek]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] catcher [[Carlos Ruiz (baseball)|Carlos Ruiz]]. Varitek caught no-hitters for [[Hideo Nomo]], [[Derek Lowe]], [[Clay Buchholz]], and [[Jon Lester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/2733852|title=No-hitter a record fourth for Varitek|work=Boston Red Sox|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708063356/http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/2733852|archive-date=July 8, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Varitek also caught a rain-shortened, five-inning unofficial no-hitter for [[Devern Hansack]] on October 1, 2006.<ref name="NYTimes-VaritekNoHitters">{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Thomas|title=Red Sox' No-Hitter Puts Variety in Record Books|work=The New York Times|date=May 21, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/sports/baseball/21redsox.html|access-date=May 10, 2010 }}</ref> Ruiz caught two no-hitters for Roy Halladay, including a perfect game, as well as one for [[Cole Hamels]], and a combined no-hitter for [[Cole Hamels]], [[Jake Diekman]], [[Ken Giles]], and [[Jonathan Papelbon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/07/25/carlos-ruiz-caught-his-fourth-no-hitter-tying-jason-variteks-record/|title=Carlos Ruiz caught his fourth no-hitter, tying Jason Varitek's record.|date=July 25, 2015|work=NBC Sports|access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> Before MLB redefined "no-hitter", [[Ray Schalk]] had long held the record by catching four no-hitters, but his first nine-inning no-hitter had ended with a hit in the tenth inning.<ref name="NYTimes-VaritekNoHitters"/><ref name="SABR-Schalk">{{cite web|last=Grosshandler|first=Stan|title=Unsung Heroes: No-Hit Catchers|work=SABR: Research Journals Archive|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|year=2012|url=http://research.sabr.org/journals/unsung-heroes-no-hit-catchers|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref> [[Victor Caratini]] is the only player to catch consecutive no-hitters with two different teams, and the tenth to catch consecutive no-hitters at all. The first came on September 13, 2020, with the [[Chicago Cubs]], and the second on April 9, 2021, with the [[San Diego Padres]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mlb.com/news/victor-caratini-catches-two-no-hitters-different-teams|date=April 10, 2021|title= 1 catcher, 2 teams, back-to-back no-hitters
|author=Justice De Los Santos and AJ Cassavell|work=MLB}}</ref>

The record for the most modern-day no-hitters participated in belongs to [[Jose Altuve]] of the Houston Astros, who has played in no-hitters thrown by Mike Fiers, Justin Verlander, [[Framber Valdez]], and Ronel Blanco, along with three combined no-hitters and [[Matt Cain's perfect game]].

Five pitchers have thrown a no-hitter in both the [[American League]] and the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]: Young, Ryan, [[Jim Bunning]], Nomo, and [[Randy Johnson]]. Only five catchers have caught a no-hitter in each league: [[Gus Triandos]], [[Jeff Torborg]], [[Darrell Porter]], [[Ron Hassey]], and most recently, [[Drew Butera]].<ref name=Butera>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-drew-butera-two-no-hitters-20140525-story.html|title=Josh Beckett's no-hitter is the second that Drew Butera has caught|date=May 26, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Triandos caught [[Hoyt Wilhelm]]'s 1958 no-hitter and [[Jim Bunning's perfect game]], Torborg caught [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game|Koufax's perfect game]] and Ryan's first no-hitter, Porter caught [[Jim Colborn]]'s 1977 no-hitter and [[Bob Forsch]]'s second no-hitter in 1983, and Hassey caught [[Len Barker's perfect game|Len Barker's]] and [[Dennis Martínez's perfect game]]s. Butera caught a 2011 no-hitter by [[Francisco Liriano]] and a 2014 no-hitter by [[Josh Beckett]].<ref name=Butera/>

==Team==
No team has thrown no-hitters in consecutive games, although it has happened once on consecutive ''days'': On May 5, 1917, [[Ernie Koob]] of the [[St. Louis Browns]] no-hit the [[Chicago White Sox]], and teammate [[Bob Groom]] repeated the feat in the second game of a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] the following day.

On two occasions, there have been back-to-back no-hitters thrown by each team in a series. On September 17, 1968, [[Gaylord Perry]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] no-hit the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], and the Cardinals' [[Ray Washburn]] no-hit the Giants the following day. On April 30, 1969, [[Jim Maloney]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] no-hit the [[Houston Astros]], and the Astros' [[Don Wilson (baseball)|Don Wilson]] no-hit the Reds the following day. Surprisingly, it was both Maloney's and Wilson's second no-hitter in their careers.

Teams have thrown two straight no-hitters, with no other teams pitching one in the interim, 20 times; most recently by the Houston Astros (a combined no-hitter using four pitchers during Game 4 of the [[2022 World Series]] and a combined no-hitter using 3 pitchers during the 2022 regular season). The only team to throw three straight no-hitters was the [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]], with [[Lew Burdette]], followed by consecutive no-no's by [[Warren Spahn]], in 1960 and 1961. Individual pitchers have thrown two straight no-hitters seven times: [[Addie Joss]] 1908 and 1910; Vander Meer in 1938; [[Allie Reynolds]] in 1951; [[Warren Spahn]] in 1960 and 1961; Ryan twice, first in 1973, then in 1974 and 1975; and [[Homer Bailey]] in 2012 and 2013. All seven instances were with the same team.

The [[Cleveland Guardians]] are the only team to be no-hit three times in a single season, doing so in [[2021 Major League Baseball season|2021]]. They were no-hit by [[Carlos Rodón]] of the Chicago White Sox on April 14, 2021. They then failed to record a hit against the [[Cincinnati Reds]]' [[Wade Miley]] on May 7, 2021. Finally, they were held hitless by [[Corbin Burnes]] and [[Josh Hader]] of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] on September 11, 2021. Remarkably, [[Zach Plesac]] was the Guardians' pitcher for all three no-hitters. In addition to these official no-hitters, the Guardians also failed to record a hit against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]]<ref>[[Collin McHugh]], [[Josh Fleming (baseball)|Josh Fleming]], [[Diego Castillo (pitcher)|Diego Castillo]], [[Matt Wisler]], and [[Pete Fairbanks]] were the Rays' pitchers.</ref> in the second game of a doubleheader on July 7, 2021. This is not considered an official no-hitter because the game only lasted seven innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/indians-no-hit-for-3rd-time-in-2021-by-brewers|title=Plesac, Indians no-hit for 3rd time in 2021 |work=MLB.com|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref>

==MLB no-hitters==
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball no-hitters}}

===Combined no-hitters===
The vast majority of no-hit games are finished by the starting pitcher, but 21 MLB no-hitters have been thrown by a combination of the starting and relief pitchers. The first such combined no-hitter occurred on June 23, 1917, when [[Ernie Shore]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]] relieved starter [[Babe Ruth]], who had been ejected for arguing with the umpire after walking the first batter of the game. The runner was subsequently caught stealing and Shore retired the next 26 batters without allowing any baserunners. This game was long considered a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] for Shore, since he recorded 27 outs in succession; current rules classify it only as a combined no-hitter. Another major league combined no-hitter did not occur until April 30, 1967, when [[Stu Miller]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] recorded the final out in relief of [[Steve Barber]] in a 2–1 loss to the [[Detroit Tigers]].

The only combined [[extra innings|extra inning]] no-hitter to date occurred on July 12, 1997. [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] pitchers [[Francisco Córdova (baseball pitcher born 1972)|Francisco Córdova]] (9 innings) and [[Ricardo Rincón]] (1 inning) combined to no-hit the [[Houston Astros]], 3–0. Victory was secured with a three-run [[walk-off home run]] by [[pinch hitter]] [[Mark Smith (outfielder)|Mark Smith]] in the bottom of the tenth inning.

[[File:1987 Indiana Blue Sox Set Mike Witt.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Mike Witt]] pitched in both a complete game no-hitter and a combined no-hitter.]]
On June 11, 2003, the Houston Astros set a record with six pitchers involved in a combined no-hitter. On that day, [[Roy Oswalt]], [[Pete Munro]], [[Kirk Saarloos]], [[Brad Lidge]], [[Octavio Dotel]], and [[Billy Wagner]] combined to hold the [[New York Yankees]] hitless. Oswalt was removed after one inning due to injury. Munro pitched the most innings, {{frac|2|2|3}}. He also allowed five of the six baserunners, giving up three walks, hitting a batter and seeing another reach on an error by third baseman [[Geoff Blum]]. The only other baserunner was allowed by Dotel, who threw a third-strike wild pitch to Alfonso Soriano with one out in the eighth; Dotel went on to record the forty-fifth four-strikeout inning in regular-season play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats19.shtml|title=4 Strikeouts In 1 Inning|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> Lidge, who retired all six hitters he faced over the sixth and seventh innings, earned the victory. On June 8, 2012, the [[Seattle Mariners]] tied this record when [[Kevin Millwood]], [[Charlie Furbush]], [[Stephen Pryor]], [[Lucas Luetge]], [[Brandon League]], and [[Tom Wilhelmsen (baseball player)|Tom Wilhelmsen]] combined to no-hit the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. Millwood pitched 6 innings before he was taken out due to a groin injury.

Only one pitcher has thrown a no-hitter as a starter and contributed to a combined no-hitter as a reliever. On September 30, 1984, [[Mike Witt]] threw a 1–0 [[Mike Witt's perfect game|perfect game]] for the [[California Angels]] against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. On April 11, 1990, pitching the eighth and ninth innings in relief of [[Mark Langston]], Witt earned a [[save (baseball)|save]] in another 1–0 no-hit victory for the Los Angeles Angels over the Seattle Mariners.

[[Vida Blue]], [[Kent Mercker]], Kevin Millwood, and Cole Hamels are the only pitchers to start both a complete game no-hitter and a combined no-hitter. Vida Blue no-hit the [[Minnesota Twins]] on September 21, 1970, while pitching for the [[Oakland Athletics]]. He combined with [[Glenn Abbott]], [[Paul Lindblad]], and [[Rollie Fingers]] to no-hit the California Angels on September 28, 1975. While with the [[Atlanta Braves]] in 1991, Mercker, [[Mark Wohlers]] and [[Alejandro Peña]] no-hit the [[San Diego Padres]] in the National League's first combined no-hitter. Mercker threw a complete game no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1994. In addition to the game above in which Millwood and the Seattle Mariners tied the record by using six pitchers in a no-hitter, Millwood previously threw a complete game no-hitter against the [[San Francisco Giants]] on April 27, 2003, while with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Both Mercker and Blue were All-Stars in the seasons of their combined no-hitters, and Blue also won the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award during his career.

In 2022, [[Cristian Javier]] started in two combined no-hitters that were both successfully closed out by [[Ryan Pressly]]. They became the only pitchers to participate in multiple combined no-hitters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/all-the-combined-no-hitters-in-baseball-history | title=Looking at MLB's 21 combined no-hitters | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

Combined no-hitters are not recognized by [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] and [[KBO League]].

====MLB Opening Day, title-clinching, and postseason no-hitters====
[[File:Bob Feller 1953.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Bob Feller]] pitched the first [[Opening Day]] no-hitter, in 1940.]]
The [[Cleveland Indians]]' [[Bob Feller]] left the [[Chicago White Sox]] hitless in the 1940 season opener on April 16, the first official [[Opening Day]] no-hitter. With the 2020 recognition of certain Negro Leagues as major leagues, [[Leon Day]]'s no-hitter on May 5, 1946, to open the season for the [[Newark Eagles]] against the [[Philadelphia Stars (baseball)|Philadelphia Stars]], should also be recognized.

The Houston Astros' [[Mike Scott (baseball)|Mike Scott]] no-hit the [[San Francisco Giants]] on September 25, 1986, a victory that also clinched the [[National League West]] title for the Astros; this is the only such concurrence in Major League history to date. In the first game of a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] on September 28, 1951, [[Allie Reynolds]] of the [[New York Yankees]] pitched a no-hitter against the [[Boston Red Sox]] which clinched a tie for the American League pennant; the pennant was clinched outright in the doubleheader's second game.

There have been three [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]] no-hitters in MLB history: two solo and one combined. On October 8, 1956, [[Don Larsen]] of the New York Yankees threw a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in Game 5 of [[1956 World Series|that year's World Series]] against the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. Nine years earlier, the Yankees' [[Bill Bevens]] had come within one out of a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 4 of the [[1947 World Series]], only to lose the game on a pinch-hit double by [[Cookie Lavagetto]]. (There have been other one-hitters in the World Series, with the lone hit coming earlier in the game than in Bevens' effort.){{citation needed|date=November 2022}} On October 6, 2010, [[Roy Halladay]] of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], in the first postseason appearance of his career, threw the second no-hitter in postseason history, in Game 1 of the Phillies' [[2010 National League Division Series|NLDS]] against the [[Cincinnati Reds]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zolecki|first=Todd|date=October 6, 2010|title=Doctober! No-no for Halladay in playoff debut|work=[[Philadelphia Phillies]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/halladay_postseason_nohitter/|url-status=dead|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009141846/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101006&content_id=15455266&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref> On November 2, 2022, [[Cristian Javier]], [[Bryan Abreu]], [[Rafael Montero (baseball)|Rafael Montero]], and [[Ryan Pressly]] of the [[Houston Astros]] combined to no-hit the Phillies in Game 4 of [[2022 World Series|that year's World Series]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/sport/astros-phillies-no-hitter-game-4-world-series-spt/index.html | title=The Astros throw the World Series' first combined no-hitter -- after the starter's parents kind of predicted it | website=[[CNN]] | date=November 3, 2022 }}</ref>

====MLB Rookie no-hitters====
Twenty-five MLB rookies have pitched a no-hitter since 1901. Four pitchers have thrown a no-hitter in their first major league start; two others have done it in their second major league starts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=rookie_no_hitter|title=Rare Feats|work=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref>

[[Bumpus Jones]] of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter on October 15, 1892, in his first major league game. Jones pitched only eight games in the big leagues, finishing with a career win–loss record of 2–4 and a career [[earned run average]] of 7.99.

[[Ted Breitenstein]] pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start on October 4, 1891; however, it was not his first major league game.<ref name="nohitterted">{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Gisclair_S._Derby2.stm|title=A No-Hitter In His First Start|last=Gisclair|first=S. Derby|date=August 2, 2004|publisher=baseballlibrary.com|access-date=August 22, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023080446/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Gisclair_S._Derby2.stm|archive-date=October 23, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He later threw a second no-hitter on April 22, 1898.

[[Charlie Robertson]] of the [[Chicago White Sox]] pitched a [[Charlie Robertson's perfect game|perfect game]] against the [[Detroit Tigers]] on April 30, 1922, in his fourth career start and fifth career appearance.

On May 6, 1953, [[Bobo Holloman]] pitched a no-hitter for the [[St. Louis Browns]] in his first major league start (although not his first major league game, as he had previously pitched in relief). This game would prove to be one of only three major league wins that Holloman achieved, against seven losses, all in 1953. [[Bill Veeck]], then-owner of the Browns, in his autobiography described the 27 outs of Holloman's no-hitter as consisting of hard-hit ground balls, screaming line drives, and deep fly balls.

On August 11, 1991, [[Wilson Álvarez]] of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter in his second career major league start. During Alvarez's first career start, he had allowed three runs on a pair of home runs and did not retire a single batter. Unlike Jones and Holloman, Alvarez went on to win 102 games over a 16-year career.

[[Clay Buchholz]] pitched a no-hitter for the [[Boston Red Sox]] in his second major league start on September 1, 2007, at Fenway Park. The game ended in a 10–0 victory for the Red Sox over the [[Baltimore Orioles]].

On August 14, 2021, [[Tyler Gilbert]] of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] pitched a no-hitter against the [[San Diego Padres]] in his first major league start and fourth appearance. His first major league game came just 11 days before his no-hitter.

At the other end of the spectrum, there are nine [[300 win club|300-game winners]]—[[Grover Cleveland Alexander]], [[Kid Nichols]], [[Lefty Grove]], [[Early Wynn]], [[Steve Carlton]], [[Don Sutton]], [[Greg Maddux]], [[Roger Clemens]] and [[Tom Glavine]]—who failed to pitch a no-hitter.

====Nine-inning MLB no-hitters in a losing effort====
[[File:Ken Johnson RHP.JPG|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)|Ken Johnson]] pitched a no-hitter in 1964 but was the losing pitcher of the game.]]
Batters in regular no-hitters can reach base in several ways, such as a walk, error, or hit by pitch, making it possible for the team pitching the no-hitter to lose. On April 23, 1964, [[Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)|Ken Johnson]] of the [[Houston Colt .45s]] became the only pitcher to lose a [[complete game]] no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten, 1–0, by the [[Cincinnati Reds]]. The winning run was scored by [[Pete Rose]] in the top of the ninth inning via an error, groundout, and another error.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B04230HOU1964.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Colt .45s 0|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref>

On April 30, 1967, [[Steve Barber]] and [[Stu Miller]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] pitched a combined no-hitter, but lost 2–1 to the [[Detroit Tigers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/B04301BAL1967.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 (1)|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref>

On July 1, 1990, [[Andy Hawkins]] of the [[New York Yankees]] pitched an eight-inning no-hitter (the Yankees were the away team) against the [[Chicago White Sox]] and lost the game 4–0 after an eighth inning which saw three errors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Martinez|first=Michael|title=No-Hitter, but With No Glory|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/02/sports/no-hitter-but-with-no-glory.html|access-date=October 3, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 2, 1990}}</ref> The four runs that the White Sox scored are the most by any team in a game in which they had no hits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/431|title=Most runs scored with no hits » Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Because Hawkins only threw eight innings, this game is not recognized as an official no-hitter by Major League Baseball; however, it was considered a no-hitter at the time it was pitched. In the year after the game, the rules regarding no-hitters, (and rules regarding other statistics), were changed and applied retroactively in order to "clean up the record book". The Hawkins "no-hitter" failed on one main provision of the new standards. To be classified a valid no-hitter, the pitcher or pitching staff must hold the opposing team hitless for the entire game ''and'' face opposing batters in at least nine full innings, meaning the only way a team can pitch a losing no-hitter on the road is if the game goes to extra innings and the home team manages to win the game on a walk-off without the benefit of a hit.

On April 12, 1992, [[Matt Young]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]] faced the [[Cleveland Indians]] in the first game of a doubleheader. Young allowed no hits but gave up two runs on seven walks and an error by shortstop [[Luis Rivera (infielder)|Luis Rivera]], en route to the second unofficial no-hitter by a losing pitcher on the road.

[[Jered Weaver]] and [[José Arredondo]] of the [[Los Angeles Angels]] also combined for eight innings of no-hit baseball in a 1–0 road loss to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] on June 28, 2008, after [[Matt Kemp]] reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on another error, and scored on a [[sacrifice fly]]. However, since the Angels only pitched eight innings, this game is once again not recognized as an official no-hitter.

On May 15, 2022, Cincinnati Reds pitchers [[Hunter Greene (baseball)|Hunter Greene]] and [[Art Warren]] also combined to pitch an eight inning no-hit loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The only run of the game was scored when Pirates shortstop [[Rodolfo Castro]] scored on a groundout. The game is again not recognized as an official no-hitter, due to only 8 innings of no-hit play.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cincinnati Reds don't allow hit but fall 1-0 to Pittsburgh Pirates |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33923277/cincinnati-reds-allow-hit-fall-1-0-pittsburgh-pirates |access-date=15 May 2022 |agency=ESPN |date=15 May 2022}}</ref>

====Shortened MLB no-hitters{{anchor|ShortenedNoHitters}}====
[[File:Matt Young Seattle Mariners.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Matt Young]] allowed no hits in a 1992 game that is not considered a no-hitter because he only pitched eight innings.]]
A game shortened by previous agreement or that cannot continue due to weather or darkness may be considered a completed official game, as long as at least five innings have been completed. Until 1991, any such game in which a pitcher held the opposing team without hits was considered an official no-hitter; under the current rule, however, a no-hitter must last for at least nine innings. There have been [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters#Shortened games|thirty-seven]] such shortened no-hitters. As the rule was applied retroactively, there are thirty-five games in which a no-hitter was shortened by previous agreement, weather, or darkness, with lengths ranging from 5 to 8 innings, that are no longer considered no-hitters.

There have been four shortened no-hitters that were ended early as part of a previous agreement for travel purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-shortened-no-hitters/|title = The Shortened No-Hitters – Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>

In 2020 and 2021, MLB used seven-inning doubleheaders, and on April 25, 2021, [[Madison Bumgarner]] threw the fifth shortened no-hitter in baseball history that was not shortened by weather or darkness. On July 7, 2021, [[Collin McHugh]], [[Josh Fleming (baseball)|Josh Fleming]], [[Diego Castillo (pitcher)|Diego Castillo]], [[Matt Wisler]], and [[Pete Fairbanks]] of the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] threw a combined seven-inning no-hitter. No-hitters recorded in seven-inning doubleheaders do not count as official no-hitters unless the game lasts at least nine innings and the no-hitter is preserved through the end of the game.

If the home team leads after the top of the ninth, they do not bat in the bottom of the ninth, thus the visiting team only pitches eight innings. Since it is possible to score runs without getting hits, a visiting team can complete a full game without allowing a hit but not be credited with an official no-hitter. This has happened five times in MLB history. [[Silver King (baseball)|Silver King]] (1890), [[Andy Hawkins]] (1990), and [[Matt Young]] (1992) pitched [[complete game]]s without allowing a hit, but pitched only eight innings as the losing pitcher from the visiting team, and thus are not credited with a no-hitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit1.shtml|title=American League No Hitters by Baseball Almanac|access-date=June 21, 2015|archive-date=August 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804010225/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit1.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1890#June|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526075129/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1890|url-status=dead|title=The Chronology – 1890 &#124; BaseballLibrary.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=May 26, 2008}}</ref> In 2008, [[Jered Weaver]] and [[José Arredondo]] combined to throw eight no hit innings, and in 2022, [[Hunter Greene (baseball)|Hunter Greene]] and [[Art Warren]] also combined to throw eight no-hit innings, while losing the game 1–0.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2022/05/15/reds-lose-pirates-despite-combined-no-hitter-hunter-greene/9765989002/ | title='He's special': Hunter Greene shows how bright his future is for the Cincinnati Reds }}</ref>

====MLB No-hitters broken up in extra innings====
A game that is a no-hitter through nine innings may be broken up in [[extra innings]]. Under current rules, such a game (whether won or lost) is not considered an official no-hitter because the pitching staff did not keep the opposing team hitless for the entire course of the game.

[[File:Rich Hill on May 7, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Rich Hill (pitcher)|Rich Hill]] had a potential no-hitter broken up in [[extra innings]] in 2017.]]
On May 2, 1917, a game between the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Cincinnati Reds]] reached the end of nine innings in a hitless scoreless tie,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rsxhYiWUYT0C&q=toney-vaughan&pg=PA82 Sullivan, Dean.] ''Middle Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900–1948''. 2001, U. of Nebraska Press, {{ISBN|978-0-8032-9283-3}}, pp. 82–84. Reprint of contemporary newspaper account.</ref> the only time in baseball history that ''neither'' team has had a hit in regulation. Both [[Hippo Vaughn]] of the Cubs and [[Fred Toney]] of the Reds continued pitching into the tenth inning. Vaughn lost his no-hitter in the top of the tenth, as the Reds got two hits and scored the winning run. Toney retired the side in the bottom of the tenth and recorded a ten-inning no-hitter. This game was long considered a "double no-hitter", but Vaughn is no longer credited with a no-hitter under the current rules.

Of the [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters#Nine-inning no-hitters broken up in extra innings|sixteen]] potential no-hitters that have been lost in extra innings, two were [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect games]] until the inning when the first hit was surrendered. On May 26, 1959, [[Harvey Haddix]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] pitched a remarkable twelve perfect innings against the [[Milwaukee Braves]] before losing the perfect game on an error and then the no-hitter and the game in the thirteenth inning. On June 3, 1995, [[Pedro Martínez]] of the [[Montreal Expos]] pitched nine perfect innings against the [[San Diego Padres]] before giving up a hit in the tenth and exiting the game, which the Expos then won, 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199506030.shtml|title=June 3, 1995 Montreal Expos at San Diego Padres Box Score and Play by Play |work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref>

On August 23, 2017, in a game between the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], Dodgers pitcher [[Rich Hill (pitcher)|Rich Hill]] pitched nine no-hit innings, only to lose his no-hit bid (and the game) on a walk-off homer by [[Josh Harrison]] in the 10th inning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170823250122390/harrisons-walk-off-hr-ends-hills-no-hitter/?game_pk=491985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824133642/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170823250122390/harrisons-walk-off-hr-ends-hills-no-hitter/?game_pk=491985|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2017|title=Bucs' 1st hit is 10th-inning walk-off HR off Hill|work=MLB|last=Berry|first=Adam and Ken Gurnick|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> This was another potential perfect game; the perfect game was broken up by a ninth-inning error, the first time that had happened in MLB history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/08/rich-hill-worst-luck-no-hitter-perfect-game-nine-innings-extra-inning-pirates-dodgers |title=Rich Hill lost a 9-inning no-hitter in the most heartbreaking way possible
 |first=Andrew |last=Joseph |website=[[USA Today]] |date=August 23, 2017}}</ref>

On April 23, 2022, the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] threw a combined no-hitter against the Red Sox that was broken up in the tenth inning. [[J. P. Feyereisen]], [[Javy Guerra (baseball, born 1995)|Javy Guerra]], [[Jeffrey Springs]], [[Jason Adam]], [[Ryan Thompson (pitcher)|Ryan Thompson]], and [[Andrew Kittredge]] threw nine hitless frames before [[Matt Wisler]] surrendered a triple to Boston's [[Bobby Dalbec]], which scored the extra-innings runner on second base. The Rays would go on to walk-off the game in the bottom of the inning with a [[Kevin Kiermaier]] home run; Wisler was credited with the win.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/six-rays-pitchers-combine-for-nine-no-hit-innings-but-tampa-bay-loses-no-no-in-extras-vs-red-sox/|title=Six Rays pitchers combine for nine no-hit innings, but Tampa Bay loses no-no in extras vs. Red Sox|first=R.J. |last=Anderson |website=[[CBS]] |date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>

On September 10, 2023, the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] threw 10 combined no-hit innings against the [[New York Yankees]], before the no-hitter was broken up in the bottom of the 11th, with the Yankees later winning the game. [[Corbin Burnes]] pitched 8 of those no-hit innings, followed by [[Devin Williams (baseball)|Devin Williams]] and [[Abner Uribe]] in two consecutive no-hit innings, before [[Oswaldo Cabrera]] hit a run-scoring double off of [[Joel Payamps]] in the bottom of the 11th. The Yankees ultimately won on a [[Kyle Higashioka]] double in the bottom of the 13th off of [[Hoby Milner]], who is credited with the loss.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-walk-off-after-near-no-hitter-vs-brewers?game_pk=716646|title=Yankees no-hit into 11th inning -- but walk off in 13th|first=Bryan |last=Hoch |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>

====Time between MLB franchise no-hitters====
All 30 active teams in [[Major League Baseball]] have pitched a no-hitter. The last active MLB team to throw its first no-hitter was the [[San Diego Padres]], when pitcher [[Joe Musgrove]] struck out ten batters and held the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] hitless at [[Globe Life Field]] on April 9, 2021, 52 years after the team's debut in 1969.<ref name="PadresNH">{{cite web |title=Padres 3, Rangers 0 (Final Score)|work=MLB Gameday |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/padres-vs-rangers/2021/04/09/634478#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=634478 |access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> The closest attempt by a single pitcher prior to 2021 was against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] on July 18, 1972: [[Steve Arlin]] came within one out of a no-hitter before [[Denny Doyle]] broke up his bid with a single.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19720719&id=0KxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2833,4705912 |title=Arlin misses no-hitter by a strike as ball bounces over Roberts' head |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |date=July 19, 1972}}</ref> On July 9, 2011, five Padres pitchers combined for {{fraction|8|2|3}} innings of no-hit pitching against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] before [[Juan Uribe]] hit a double, which was followed by a [[Dioner Navarro]] single that allowed the Dodgers to score to win the game, 1–0.

The Cleveland Guardians have the longest active no-hitter drought; the last such game thrown by the team was [[Len Barker's perfect game]] on May 15, 1981.

The [[New York Mets]], who began play in 1962, went without a no-hitter until [[Johan Santana]] pitched one on the night of June 1, 2012, against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] at home at [[Citi Field]]. The 8–0 victory closed out their era as the oldest franchise without a no-hitter and ended a drought that lasted 8,019 regular-season and 74 post-season games. As of the start of the 2021 season, Mets pitchers have thrown 39 one-hitters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metsrewind.com/2021/03/28/a-history-lesson-one-hitters/ |title=A History Lesson: One-Hitters |last= |first= |date=March 28, 2021 |website=Mets Rewind |publisher= |access-date=June 16, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

The longest no-hitter drought in MLB history was suffered by the Philadelphia Phillies between May 1, 1906, and June 21, 1964, a span of 8,945 games.

The [[Washington Nationals]] achieved their first no-hitter on September 28, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rare Jordan: Zimm tosses first Nats no-hitter|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_09_28_miamlb_wasmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=was|website=Washington Nationals}}</ref> The franchise has four previous no-hitters in its history as the [[Montreal Expos]], including a [[Dennis Martínez's perfect game|perfect game by Dennis Martínez]].

Six current NL teams—the Braves, Dodgers, Giants, Phillies, Cubs and Reds—all pitched their first no-hitters before the advent of the American League in 1901. Among the early National League teams still playing, the last to record its first no-hitter were the St. Louis Cardinals, when [[Jesse Haines]] pitched one on July 17, 1924. Of the original American League teams, the last team to record its first no-hitter were the [[New York Yankees]], when [[George Mogridge]] pitched one on April 24, 1917. There are a number of short-lived Major League franchises from the nineteenth century that folded without ever recording a no-hitter.

[[File:Justin Verlander bubble.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Justin Verlander]] threw his first two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers, and more recently one for the Houston Astros.]]
[[File:JM 7.10.21 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Joe Musgrove]] pitched the first no-hitter for the San Diego Padres.]]
[[File:Len Barker Cleveland Indians.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|[[Len Barker's perfect game]] is the most recent no-hitter for the Cleveland Guardians.]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Most recent no-hitter for each active MLB franchise
|-
! Date of no-hitter
! Pitcher(s)
! Franchise
! Time since no-hitter
|-
| August 14, 2021 || {{sortname|Tyler|Gilbert}} ||[[Arizona Diamondbacks]]||{{ayd|2021|8|14}}
|-
| May 7, 2019|| {{sortname|Mike|Fiers}} ||[[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]]||{{ayd|2019|05|07}}
|-
| April 8, 1994|| {{sortname|Kent|Mercker}} ||[[Atlanta Braves]]||{{ayd|1994|4|8}}
|-
| May 5, 2021|| {{sortname|John|Means|dab=baseball}} ||[[Baltimore Orioles]]||{{ayd|2021|5|5}}
|-
| May 19, 2008|| {{sortname|Jon|Lester}} ||[[Boston Red Sox]]||{{ayd|2008|5|19}}
|-
| September 4, 2024|| {{sortname|Shota|Imanaga}} (7 IP)<br />[[Nate Pearson]] (1 IP)<br />[[Porter Hodge]] (1 IP)||[[Chicago Cubs]]||{{ayd|2024|9|4}}
|-
| April 14, 2021|| {{sortname|Carlos| Rodón}} ||[[Chicago White Sox]]||{{ayd|2021|4|14}}
|-
| May 7, 2021|| {{sortname|Wade|Miley}} ||[[Cincinnati Reds]]||{{ayd|2021|5|7}}
|-
| [[Len Barker's perfect game|May 15, 1981]]|| {{sortname|Len|Barker}} ||[[Cleveland Guardians]]||{{ayd|1981|5|15}}
|-
| April 17, 2010|| {{sortname|Ubaldo|Jiménez}} ||[[Colorado Rockies]]||{{ayd|2010|4|17}}
|-
| July 8, 2023 || {{sortname|Matt|Manning}} (6.2 IP)<br />[[Jason Foley]] (1.1 IP)<br />[[Alex Lange]] (1 IP) ||[[Detroit Tigers]]||{{ayd|2023|7|8}}
|-
|April 1, 2024|| {{sortname|Ronel|Blanco}} ||[[Houston Astros]]||{{ayd|2024|4|1}}
|-
| August 26, 1991|| {{sortname|Bret|Saberhagen}} ||[[Kansas City Royals]]||{{ayd|1991|8|26}}
|-
| May 10, 2022|| {{sortname|Reid|Detmers}}||[[Los Angeles Angels]]||{{ayd|2022|5|10}}
|-
| May 4, 2018|| {{sortname|Walker|Buehler}} (6 IP)<br />[[Tony Cingrani]] (1 IP)<br />[[Yimi Garcia]] (1 IP)<br />[[Adam Liberatore]] (1 IP)||[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]||{{ayd|2018|5|4}}
|-
| June 3, 2017|| {{sortname|Edinson|Vólquez}} ||[[Miami Marlins]]||{{ayd|2017|6|3}}
|-
| September 11, 2021|| {{sortname|Corbin|Burnes|}} (8 IP)<br />[[Josh Hader]] (1 IP) ||[[Milwaukee Brewers]]||{{ayd|2021|9|11}}
|-
| May 3, 2011|| {{sortname|Francisco|Liriano}} ||[[Minnesota Twins]]||{{ayd|2011|5|3}}
|-
| April 29, 2022|| {{sortname|Tylor|Megill}} (5 IP)<br />[[Drew Smith (baseball)|Drew Smith]] (1.1 IP)<br /> [[Joely Rodríguez]] (1 IP)<br /> [[Seth Lugo]] (0.2 IP)<br /> [[Edwin Díaz]] (1 IP) ||[[New York Mets]]||{{ayd|2022|4|29}}
|-
| [[Domingo Germán's perfect game|June 28, 2023]]|| {{sortname|Domingo|Germán}} ||[[New York Yankees]]||{{ayd|2023|6|28}}
|-
| August 9, 2023|| {{sortname|Michael|Lorenzen}}||[[Philadelphia Phillies]]||{{ayd|2023|8|9}}
|-
| July 12, 1997|| {{sortname|Francisco|Córdova|dab=baseball}} (9 IP)<br />[[Ricardo Rincón]] (1 IP)||[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]||{{ayd|1997|7|12}}
|-
| July 25, 2024|| {{sortname|Dylan|Cease}} ||[[San Diego Padres]]||{{ayd|2024|7|25}}
|-
| August 2, 2024|| {{sortname|Blake|Snell}} ||[[San Francisco Giants]]||{{ayd|2024|8|2}}
|-
| May 8, 2018|| {{sortname|James|Paxton|dab=baseball}} ||[[Seattle Mariners]]||{{ayd|2018|5|8}}
|-
| September 3, 2001|| {{sortname|Bud|Smith}} ||[[St. Louis Cardinals]]||{{ayd|2001|9|3}}
|-
| July 26, 2010|| {{sortname|Matt|Garza}} ||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||{{ayd|2010|7|26}}
|-
| [[Kenny Rogers' perfect game|July 28, 1994]]|| {{sortname|Kenny|Rogers|dab=baseball}} ||[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]||{{ayd|1994|7|28}}
|-
| September 2, 1990|| {{sortname|Dave|Stieb}} ||[[Toronto Blue Jays]]||{{ayd|1990|9|2}}
|-
| October 3, 2015 || {{sortname|Max|Scherzer}} ||[[Washington Nationals]]||{{ayd|2015|10|3}}
|-
|}

====Avoiding no-hitters====
All modern-era MLB teams have experienced at least two no-hitters pitched against them. The record for the longest period of time without being no-hit is held by the [[Chicago Cubs]], who succeeded in getting at least one hit in every game following [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game]] against them on September 9, 1965, until they were no-hit by Cole Hamels of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] on July 25, 2015, a period of {{age in years and days|1965|9|9|2015|7|24}} (7951 games, including 31 postseason games). Koufax's perfect game, together with Bob Hendley's one-hitter, is the only major league game in which the two teams combined for only one hit.

The second-longest streak without having an official no-hitter pitched against them is held by the [[New York Yankees]], who had a gap of {{age in years and days|1958|9|20|2003|6|10}} between nine-inning no-hitters from September 21, 1958, to June 10, 2003. However, during this time, the Yankees failed to collect a hit in a rain-shortened official game on July 12, 1990,<ref name="Retrosheet-1990-07-12">{{Cite web | title = Chicago White Sox 8, New York Yankees 0 |date=July 12, 1990 | website = [[Retrosheet]] | url = http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B07120NYA1990.htm | access-date = June 14, 2010 }}</ref> after {{age in years and days|1958|9|20|1990|7|11}}.

Including games of less than nine innings, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] have the second-longest streak between games when they did not collect a hit: May 12, 1919, to May 14, 1960, a period of {{age in years and days|1919|5|11|1960|5|14}}. Among AL teams, the [[Kansas City Royals]] hold the longest such streak: May 15, 1973 to May 19, 2008, a period of {{age in years and days|1973|5|15|2008|5|19}}.

The longest current streak is held by the [[Los Angeles Angels]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nonohitters.com/last-time-each-team-was-no-hit/ |title=Last time each team was no-hit |website=nonohitters.com |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> last held hitless on September 11, 1999 ({{age in years and days|1999|9|11}}) ago by Minnesota Twins pitcher [[Eric Milton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-11-1999-eric-milton-no-hits-the-angels/|title=September 11, 1999: Eric Milton no-hits the Angels|first=Stew |last=Thornley |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research|SABR]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>

====No-hitters and MLB ballparks====
[[Forbes Field]], home of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] from the middle of the [[1909 in baseball|1909 season]] until the middle of the [[1970 in baseball|1970 season]], is the only long-term major league ballpark in which no no-hitter was thrown during its existence. No-hitters have not yet been thrown in three recently built fields: [[Busch Stadium]], [[Truist Park]], and [[Target Field]]. Four current parks that have in existence for a decade or more have seen only one no-hitter each: [[Coors Field]], the hitter-friendly home of the [[Colorado Rockies]] ([[Hideo Nomo]] on September 17, 1996); the Orioles' current home, [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]], known for being hitter-friendly (Nomo on April 4, 2001); [[PNC Park]], the current home of the Pirates, which like Forbes Field is known for being hitter-friendly ([[Homer Bailey]] on September 28, 2012); and [[Petco Park]], home of the [[San Diego Padres]], which initially was known as a pitcher's park but was modified with shorter fences in 2013 ([[Tim Lincecum]] on July 13, 2013).

[[American Family Field]], home of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], has hosted two no-hitters, but only one involved its home team. Both no-hitters were thrown by the [[Chicago Cubs]]—[[Alec Mills]] threw a no-hitter on September 13, 2020, against the Brewers;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2020/B09130MIL2020.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee Brewers 0 |date=September 13, 2020 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> and [[Carlos Zambrano]] pitched one on September 14, 2008, against the "home" [[Houston Astros]] in a game displaced by [[Hurricane Ike]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B09140HOU2008.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 0 |date=September 14, 2008 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>

==All-American Girls Professional Baseball League==
The [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] (AAGPBL) existed from 1943 to 1954.<ref name="Womenauto">''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3747-4}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-obit-Jean-Faut">{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Jean Faut, Star Pitcher in Women's Baseball League, Dies at 98 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/sports/baseball/jean-faut-dies.html |access-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316223222/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/sports/baseball/jean-faut-dies.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 56 no-hitters are known to have occurred in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonohitters.com/aagpbl-no-hitters/|title=AAGPBL no-hitters &#124; Baseball no-hitters at NoNoHitters.com|date=June 5, 2022}}</ref>

[[Olive Little]] threw the first no-hitter in team and league history, for the [[Rockford Peaches]] on June 10, 1943.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-15-1943-canadas-olive-little-tosses-first-no-hitter-in-aagpbl-history/|title=August 15, 1943: Canada's Olive Little tosses first no-hit, no-run game in AAGPBL history – Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>

Four of the league's players pitched a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] (note that all perfect games are no-hitters, but not all no-hitters are perfect games): [[Annabelle Lee]] in 1944, [[Carolyn Morris]] in 1945, [[Doris Sams]] in 1947, and [[Jean Faut]] in 1951 (against the Rockford Peaches) and again in 1953 (against the Kalamazoo Lassies).<ref name="Womenauto"/><ref name="NYTimes-obit-Jean-Faut"/> Faut is the only professional baseball player, male or female, to have pitched two perfect games.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web |title=Jean Faut (1925–2023), AAGPBL pitcher with two perfect games |date=6 March 2023 |url=https://americangirlsbaseball.org/jean-faut-1925-2023-aagpbl-pitcher-with-two-perfect-games/ |publisher=The American Girls Baseball, Inc. |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321010757/https://americangirlsbaseball.org/jean-faut-1925-2023-aagpbl-pitcher-with-two-perfect-games/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Nippon Professional Baseball==
{{See also|List of Nippon Professional Baseball no-hitters}}
There have been 101 no-hitters in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] history. As noted above, unlike Major League Baseball, the Japanese league does not count combined or not shutout no-hitters. The record for most No-Hitters thrown by an individual in NPB history is three, by [[Eiji Sawamura]]. On November 1, 2007, a combined perfect game (No-hitter) was thrown by the [[Chunichi Dragons]] during Game 5 of the [[2007 Japan Series]]. Starting pitcher [[Daisuke Yamai]] pitched eight perfect innings and received the win, with [[Hitoki Iwase]] receiving the [[Save (baseball)|save]]; the Dragons' victory also resulted in them winning the Japan Series. Although NPB does not recognize this as a perfect game due to it not being a [[complete game]], it is recognized as a perfect game by the [[World Baseball Softball Confederation]]. This makes it the only perfect game thrown during the Japan Series, and the only combined perfect game in history to span a regulation nine innings.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-11-01 |title=Chunichi Dragons win Series with perfect game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/sports/01iht-jbase1.8146311.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==KBO League==
{{See also|List of KBO League no-hitters}}
There have been 14 no-hitters in [[KBO League]] history. As noted above, unlike Major League Baseball, the KBO League does not count combined or not shutout no-hitters.

==Negro leagues==
{{See also|List of Negro league baseball no-hitters}}
Ongoing research by baseball historians has revealed the existence of 34 no-hitters thrown in [[Negro league baseball]]; the research has had to clarify differences between play from teams and [[barnstorming]], and one of the no-hitters occurred at a Benefit All-Star Game. In 2020, [[Major League Baseball]] announced the addition of the seven "Negro Major Leagues" that played from 1920 to 1948 to the major leagues, recognizing statistics from over 3,400 players who played in those seasons, thus increasing further the need for research and verification of no-hitters.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite web |first=R.J. |last=Anderson |date=December 16, 2020 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-elevates-negro-leagues-to-major-league-status-giving-overdue-recognition-to-3400-players/ |title=MLB Elevates Negro Leagues to 'Major League' Status, Giving 'Overdue Recognition' to 3,400 Players |website=CBS Sports |access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref>

This presumes that 22 to 24 no-hitters from that said era (22 regular season, one postseason, one All-Star game) could be recognized by official record books such as Elias in future years. There are also six games that were prematurely cut from the intended length of nine innings that were called due to weather that ranged from 1926 to 1945, one of which includes [[Luther Farrell]] and his seven-inning no-hitter in Game 5 of the [[1927 Colored World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues/boxesetc/NgLg/B10080ACY1927.htm|title = Retrosheet Boxscore: Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (ACY) 3, Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lammers |first=Dirk |date=2020-12-18 |title=An analysis of each Negro Leagues no-hitter's likeliness of earning a spot on the MLB list |url=https://www.nonohitters.com/2020/12/18/an-analysis-of-each-negro-leagues-no-hitters-likeliness-of-earning-a-spot-on-the-mlb-list/ |access-date= |website=NoNoHitters.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Four pitchers threw two no-hitters: [[Phil Cockrell]], [[Jesse Winters]], [[Satchel Paige]], and [[Porter Moss]]; [[Dick Redding]], nicknamed "Cannonball", was reported to have thrown as many as 30 no-hitters in his career, but the disparity in finding enough box scores to verify such claim still proves too great for researchers (incidentally, Paige had estimated he threw 55 no-hitters in a long career of league games and barnstorming). At any rate, his no-hitter for the Lincoln Giants against the Cuban Stars is generally considered the first no-hitter documented between two African American teams considered to have played at the highest level. [[Leon Day]] threw a no-hitter on May 5, 1946, to open the season for the [[Newark Eagles]] against the [[Philadelphia Stars (baseball)|Philadelphia Stars]], which is believed to be the second no-hitter thrown by a pitcher on Opening Day.

Eleven were done in the 1910s, while fourteen were verified to have been done in the 1920s, six in the 1930s, and three in the 1940s. Likely the most famous no-hitter thrown by a player in the Negro leagues was [[Red Grier]], who pitched a no-hitter in Game 3 of the [[1926 Colored World Series]] on October 3, 1926, doing so for the [[Bacharach Giants]] against the [[Chicago American Giants]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/ahead-of-their-time-negro-leagues-no-hitters/|title = Ahead of Their Time: Negro Leagues No-Hitters – Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref> It was the first no-hitter thrown in a major league postseason game, and no one would throw another in the playoffs until [[Don Larsen]] 30 years later.

==International competition==
In the [[2006 World Baseball Classic]], [[Shairon Martis]] pitched a shortened no-hitter for the [[Netherlands national baseball team|Netherlands]] against [[Panama national baseball team|Panama]]. The game was ended after seven innings due to the [[mercy rule]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dutch Minor Leaguer No-Hits Panama |url=https://apnews.com/article/bf76bf68cc5ea2e1e9a66e7a3cbb087e |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> In the [[2023 World Baseball Classic]], four [[Puerto Rico national baseball team|Puerto Rico]] pitchers ([[José De León]] (5.2 innings), [[Yacksel Ríos]] (0.1 inning), [[Edwin Díaz]] (1 inning), and [[Duane Underwood Jr.]] (1 inning)) combined for a shortened perfect game against [[Israel national baseball team|Israel]]. The game was ended after eight innings due to the [[mercy rule]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Baseball Classic no-hitters |url=https://www.nonohitters.com/world-baseball-classic-no-hitters/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=nonohitters.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Other notable no-hitters==
On May 29, 1876, [[Joseph McElroy Mann]], known as the first consistent college [[curveball]] pitcher, is credited by [[John Thorn (baseball historian)|John Thorn]], official baseball historian for [[Major League Baseball]], as having thrown nine innings without allowing a single hit, leading [[Princeton Tigers baseball|Princeton]] to 3–0 victory over [[Yale Bulldogs baseball|Yale]] at [[Hamilton Park (New Haven)|Hamilton Park]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. This is believed to be the first recorded no-hitter in organized baseball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseball-at-princeton-and-more-about-mann-and-the-curve-501b668ea6a7|first=John|last=Thorn|date=January 2, 2018|title=Baseball at Princeton; and More about Mann and the Curve}}</ref>

Three no-hitters have been thrown in the [[College World Series]], the most recent being thrown on June 16, 2025 by [[Arkansas Razorbacks baseball|Arkansas]] pitcher Gage Wood in a 3-0 win against [[Murray State Racers baseball|Murray State]] in an elimination game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/cws-nohitter-arkansas-murray-state-13a1f6b4f98a3cb9c21a49bb1fee586c|first=Eric|last=Olson|date=June 16, 2025|title=Arkansas' Wood pitches third no-hitter in CWS history, gets 19 strikeouts against Murray State}}</ref>

Two no-hitters have been thrown in the [[Caribbean Series]]. The first, in [[1952 Caribbean Series|1952]], was thrown by [[Tommy Fine]] of the [[Habana (Cuban League)|Leones del Habana]] ([[Cuban League|Cuba]]), against [[Cerveceria Caracas]] ([[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League|Venezuela]]). The second would not be thrown until [[2024 Caribbean Series|2024]], by [[Ángel Padrón (baseball)|Ángel Padrón]] of [[Tiburones de La Guaira]] (Venezuela) in a 9-0 victory over [[Gigantes de Rivas]] ([[Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League|Nicaragua]]).

Considered to be one of the greatest amateur pitchers in Ontario in the 1950s and 1960s, southpaw Jack Roberts pitched two consecutive no-hitters for the [[Campbellville Intermediate Baseball Team|Campbellville Merchants]] – a team with a .771 winning percentage – in an [[Ontario Baseball Association]] Intermediate C round-robin final in 1966.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2022/05/13/obituary-jack-roberts-was-one-of-the-greats-in-ontario-amateur-baseball.html | title=Obituary: Jack Roberts was one of the greats in Ontario amateur baseball | newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator | date=May 13, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/opinion-story/3354592-campbellville-was-the-team-to-beat-for-two-decades/ | title=Campbellville was the team to beat for two decades | date=September 19, 2008 }}</ref>

In 1974 Bunny Taylor became the first girl to pitch a no-hitter in [[Little League Baseball]].<ref>[https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/moments/uswomen.html ESPN.com – Page 2 – Greatest U.S. women's sports moments]. Espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/36760066/|title=The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia|date=June 14, 1974|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

A very unusual seven-inning no hitter was thrown by the [[Los Angeles Angels]]' Class AA minor league affiliate of the Southern League, the [[Rocket City Trash Pandas]], based in Madison, Alabama. On April 8, 2023, in a scheduled seven-inning game, Rocket City was leading the Reds' AA affiliate, the [[Chattanooga Lookouts]], 3–0, after six innings and needed three outs to complete the no-hitter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/rocket-city/news/chattanooga-lookouts-win-game-no-hits-seven-runs | title=7 runs + 0 hits = 1 win? A must-see winning formula | date=April 8, 2023| access-date=March 14, 2024 |author=Resnick, J.}}</ref> With the aide of five walks, four batters hit by pitches, a wild pitch, and a crucial three-run error by the Trash Pandas' center fielder on a fly ball that would have won the game for Rocket City had it been caught, Chattanooga scored seven runs without a hit, eventually winning the game 7–5.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1645098410981175299/ | title=Jomboy Media | date=April 9, 2023| access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/double-a-rocket-city-trash-pandas-threw-a-no-hitter-and-lost-7-5/ | title=Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas threw a no-hitter and lost 7-5/ | date=April 8, 2023| access-date=March 14, 2024 |author=Snyder, M. }}</ref> Only six major league teams have had no-hitters in a loss. Surrendering seven runs without a hit, all in the opponent's final at-bat, is unprecedented.

==No-hitter with complete game shutout win==
Unlike MLB and the WBSC (global sanctioning body of baseball) definitions, a no-hitter is called a "no hit, no run" game in Eastern Asian professional leagues. The requirements are different from the traditional definition; the game is a shutout victory where the starting pitcher pitches the entire game while allowing no hits, and no runs are scored (a no-hitter by the traditional definition runs may score by walk, hit by pitch, defensive interference, errors, stolen bases, and balks). In those leagues, a no-hitter is not regarded as an official record unless the starting pitcher pitches the whole game and the opposing team scores zero runs, and the team either wins or the game ends in a tie, which happens when the innings limit is reached. There is a twelve-inning limit in these leagues.

==Superstitions==
One of the most common [[baseball superstition]]s is that it is bad luck to mention a no-hitter in progress, especially to the pitcher and in particular by their teammates (who sometimes even go so far as to avoid even going ''near'' the pitcher).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dushkin.com/olc/genarticle.mhtml?article=27128|title=Revised version of "Superstition and Ritual in American Baseball" from ''Elysian Fields Quarterly'', Vol. 11, No. 3, 1992, pp. 25–36|last=Gmelch|first=George|date=September 2000|publisher=McGraw-Hill/Dushkin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927065120/http://www.dushkin.com/olc/genarticle.mhtml?article=27128|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Some [[sportscaster]]s observe this [[taboo]] while others have no reservations about mentioning no-hitters before completion. When [[Sandy Koufax]] pitched his no-hitter against the [[New York Mets|Mets]] in 1962, one of their 120 losses that season, Mets' coach [[Solly Hemus]], apparently trying to jinx Koufax, kept heckling him through the game about pitching a no-hitter, according to a post-game interview Koufax gave after pitching his third no-hitter in 1964. An early biography of Koufax quoted him as telling his catcher, during that 1964 no-hitter, "Let's just go to the fastball and get this no-hit thing over with."{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} [[Mickey Mantle]], in an interview for [[Ken Burns]]' 1994 ''[[Baseball (TV series)|Baseball]]'' documentary series, related that [[Don Larsen]], famed for his [[Don Larsen's perfect game|1956 World Series perfect game]], tried to talk about his no-hitter throughout the contest but much to his chagrin his Yankee teammates avoided his conversation and maintained the superstition.

When Los Angeles Angels rookie [[Bo Belinsky]] entered the final inning of his no-hitter in 1962, Baltimore Orioles outfielder [[Jackie Brandt]] passed him on the field as the teams changed sides. According to Belinsky biographer [[Maury Allen]], Brandt told Belinsky, "Nice game, Bo, but it's over. I'm leading off with a bunt single."{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Belinsky got Brandt out to start the final inning of his no-hitter.

In 2009, when [[Mark Buehrle]] was pitching [[Mark Buehrle's perfect game|his perfect game]], as he exited the field after the eighth inning, White Sox broadcaster [[Ken Harrelson]] exclaimed, "Call your sons! Call your daughters! Call your friends! Call your neighbors! Mark Buehrle has a perfect game going into the ninth!"<ref>Scott Merkin (29th April 2020). "[https://www.mlb.com/news/hawk-harrelson-favorite-career-call-mark-buehrle-s-perfect-game Hawk Harrelson's favorite career call could have been a jinx]". ''MLB.com''. Retrieved 23rd January 2023.</ref> Buehrle retired the side in the ninth to complete the perfect game.

When [[Jim Bunning]] was pitching [[Jim Bunning's perfect game|his perfect game]] in 1964, he deliberately violated this superstition, talking to his teammates about the perfect game's progress in order to dispel the tension in the dugout.<ref>Buckley Jr., James (2002). ''Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball's Seventeen Perfect Games'' (Triumph Books). {{ISBN|1-57243-454-6}}, p. vi</ref>

==See also==
*[[Lists of no-hitters]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_chrono.htm Chronological list of no-hitters] at Retrosheet
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit1.shtml American League no-hitters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804010225/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit1.shtml |date=August 4, 2008 }}
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit2.shtml National League no-hitters]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_umpire.htm No-hitters alphabetically by umpire]
* [https://www.mlb.com/news/no-hitter-c265779246 List] at MLB.com. Does not include defunct leagues.

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