Box Score of No Hitter by Jose Jimenez

Jose Jimenez was a twenty-five year old rookie with a losing record. He was pitching against Randy Johnson and the National League's best slugging team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, when he pitched the no-no below.

"You're as famous as Mark McGwire." fan Stephen Drake. "I don't want to go there!" - Jose Jimenez
Jose Jimenez

Season Ticket To No Hitter

No Hitter Boxscore
June 25, 1999
Bank One Ballpark

St. Louis Cardinals
Name Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Joe McEwing 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2
Darren Bragg cf-lf 2 1 0 0 1 1
Mark McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1
Eric Davis rf 4 0 0 0 0 3
Thomas Howard lf 4 0 1 1 0 1
Ray Lankford cf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edgar Renteria ss 3 0 1 0 0 2
Albert Castillo c 3 0 1 0 0 1
David Howard 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Jose Jimenez p 3 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 29 1 5 1 2 14

Arizona Diamondbacks
Name Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Tony Womack rf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jay Bell 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Luis Gonzalez lf 2 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Williams 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Finley cf 2 0 0 0 1 0
Travis Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Damian Miller c 3 0 0 0 0 2
Andy Fox ss 2 0 0 0 0 1
Randy Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 0
a-David Dellucci ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 0 0 0 2 8

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Lined to right field for Johnson in 9th inning.

Doubles: McEwing, Renteria, D. Howard.
GIDP: Lee, Williams.
Sacrifice Hits: Bragg.
Double Play(s): McGwire-Renteria-McGwire-Mcewing,
McGwire-Renteria-Jimenez, Williams-Bell.
Left On Base: St. Louis 4, Arizona 1.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

St. Louis Cardinals
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Jose Jimenez 9.0 0 0 0 2 8

Arizona Diamondbacks
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Randy Johnson 9.0 5 1 1 2 14

Pitching Notes

Hit By Pitcher: Fox (by Jimenez).
Losing Pitcher: Johnson.
Winning Pitcher: Jimenez.

Game Notes

Attendance: 45,540.
Umpires: HP:Bruce Froemming, 1B:Jeff Nelson, 2B:Mark Wegner, 3B:Wally Bell.
Length of game: 2:10.



Jose Jimenez threw one-hundred one pitches and sixty-two of them were strikes!

Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson threw one-hundred twenty-three pitches and eighty four were strikes!

Members of SABR were in attendance due to a national conference being held in Arizona. They selected this game to watch Randy Johnson versus Mark McGwire and were treated to a no hitter instead!