National League No Hitters by Baseball Almanac

National League No Hitters

Words alone cannot describe pitching's second highest "club" and still one of the most desirable goals — a no hitter. These elusive gems are masterpieces of a career on the mound and a mystical feat that must be witnessed to be fully appreciated.

Tossing a complete game with no hits are all that is required to join this elite group of National League pitchers. A group we here at Baseball Almanac truly appreciate and hold in the highest regard during a day and age when the home run is king.

"But every time I go, I try my hardest to be a pitcher, not a thrower." - Jose Jimenez on June 25, 1999

National League No Hitters In Chronological Order
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent
George Bradley	07-15-1876	St. Louis 2 vs Hartford 0
Lee Richmond	06-12-1880	Worcester 1 vs Cleveland 0
John Ward	06-17-1880	Providence 5 vs Buffalo 0
Larry Corcoran	08-19-1880	Chicago 6 vs Boston 0
Pud Galvin	08-20-1880	Buffalo 1 at Worcester 0
Larry Corcoran	09-20-1882	Chicago 5 vs Worcester 0
Old Hoss Radbourn	07-25-1883	Providence 8 at Cleveland 0
Hugh Daily	09-13-1883	Cleveland 1 at Philadelphia 0
Larry Corcoran	06-27-1884	Chicago 6 vs Providence 0
Pud Galvin	08-04-1884	Buffalo 18 at Detroit 0
John Clarkson	07-27-1885	Chicago 4 at Providence 0
Charlie Ferguson	08-29-1885	Philadelphia 1 vs Providence 0
Tom Lovett	06-22-1891	Brooklyn 4 vs New York 0
Amos Rusie	07-31-1891	New York 6 vs Brooklyn 0
Jack Stivetts	08-06-1892	Boston 11 vs Brooklyn 0
Ben Sanders	08-22-1892	Louisville 6 vs Baltimore 2
Bumpus Jones	10-15-1892	Cincinnati 7 vs Pittsburgh 1
Bill Hawke	08-16-1893	Baltimore 5 vs Washington 0
Cy Young	09-18-1897	Cleveland 5 vs Cincinnati 0
Ted Breitenstein	04-22-1898	Cincinnati 11 vs Pittsburgh 0
Jay Hughes	04-22-1898	Baltimore 8 vs Boston 0
Red Donahue	07-08-1898	Philadelphia 5 vs Baltimore 0
Walter Thornton	08-21-1898	Chicago 2 vs Brooklyn 0
Deacon Phillippe	05-25-1899	Louisville 7 vs New York 0
Vic Willis	08-07-1899	Boston 7 vs Washington 1
Noodles Hahn	07-12-1900	Cincinnati 4 vs Philadelphia 0
Christy Mathewson	07-15-1901	New York 5 at St. Louis 0
Chick Fraser	09-18-1903	Philadelphia 10 at Chicago 0
Christy Mathewson	06-13-1905	New York 1 at Chicago 0
Johnny Lush	05-01-1906	Philadelphia 6 at Brooklyn 0
Mal Eason	07-20-1906	Brooklyn 2 at St. Louis 0
Big Jeff Pfeffer	05-08-1907	Boston 6 vs Cincinnati 0
Nick Maddox	09-20-1907	Pittsburgh 2 vs Brooklyn 0
Hooks Wiltse	07-04-1908	New York 1 vs Philadelphia 0
Nap Rucker	09-05-1908	Brooklyn 6 vs Boston 0
Jeff Tesreau	09-06-1912	New York 3 at Philadelphia 0
George Davis	09-09-1914	Boston 7 vs Philadelphia 0
Rube Marquard	04-15-1915	New York 2 vs Brooklyn 0
Jimmy Lavender	08-31-1915	Chicago 2 at New York 0
Tom Hughes	06-16-1916	Boston 2 vs Pittsburgh 0
Fred Toney	05-02-1917	Cincinnati 1 at Chicago 0
Hod Eller	05-11-1919	Cincinnati 6 vs St. Louis 0
Jesse Barnes	05-07-1922	New York 6 vs Philadelphia 0
Jesse Haines	07-17-1924	St. Louis 5 vs Boston 0
Dazzy Vance	09-13-1925	Brooklyn 10 vs Philadelphia 1
Carl Hubbell	05-08-1929	New York 11 vs Pittsburgh 0
Paul Dean	09-21-1934	St. Louis 3 at Brooklyn 0
Johnny Vander Meer	06-11-1938	Cincinnati 3 vs Boston 0
Johnny Vander Meer	06-15-1938	Cincinnati 6 at Brooklyn 0
Tex Carleton	04-30-1940	Brooklyn 3 at Cincinnati 0
Lon Warneke	08-30-1941	St. Louis 2 at Cincinnati 0
Jim Tobin	04-27-1944	Boston 2 vs Brooklyn 0
Clyde Shoun	05-15-1944	Cincinnati 1 vs Boston 0
Ed Head	04-23-1946	Brooklyn 5 vs Boston 0
Ewell Blackwell	06-18-1947	Cincinnati 6 vs Boston 0
Rex Barney	09-09-1948	Brooklyn 2 at New York 0
Vern Bickford	08-11-1950	Boston 7 vs Brooklyn 0
Cliff Chambers	05-06-1951	Pittsburgh 3 at Boston 0
Carl Erskine	06-19-1952	Brooklyn 5 vs Chicago 0
Jim Wilson	06-12-1954	Milwaukee 2 vs Philadelphia 0
Sam Jones	05-12-1955	Chicago 4 vs Pittsburgh 0
Carl Erskine	05-12-1956	Brooklyn 3 vs New York 0
Sal Maglie	09-25-1956	Brooklyn 5 vs Philadelphia 0
Don Cardwell	05-15-1960	Chicago 4 vs St. Louis 0
Lew Burdette	08-18-1960	Milwaukee 1 vs Philadelphia 0
Warren Spahn	09-16-1960	Milwaukee 4 vs Philadelphia 0
Warren Spahn	04-28-1961	Milwaukee 1 vs San Francisco 0
Sandy Koufax	06-30-1962	Los Angeles 5 vs New York 0
Sandy Koufax	05-11-1963	Los Angeles 8 vs San Francisco 0
Don Nottebart	05-17-1963	Houston 4 vs Philadelphia 1
Juan Marichal	06-15-1963	San Francisco 1 vs Houston 0
Ken Johnson	04-23-1964	Houston 0 vs Cincinnati 1
Sandy Koufax	06-04-1964	Los Angeles 3 at Philadelphia 0
Jim Bunning	06-21-1964	Philadelphia 6 at New York 0
Jim Maloney	08-19-1965	Cincinnati 1 at Chicago 0
Sandy Koufax	09-09-1965	Los Angeles 1 vs Chicago 0
Don Wilson	06-18-1967	Houston 2 vs Atlanta 0
George Culver	07-29-1968	Cincinnati 6 at Philadelphia 1
Gaylord Perry	09-17-1968	San Francisco 1 vs St. Louis 0
Ray Washburn	09-18-1968	St. Louis 2 at San Francisco 0
Bill Stoneman	04-17-1969	Montreal 7 at Philadelphia 0
Jim Maloney	04-30-1969	Cincinnati 10 vs Houston 0
Don Wilson	05-01-1969	Houston 4 at Cincinnati 0
Ken Holtzman	08-19-1969	Chicago 3 vs Atlanta 0
Bob Moose	09-20-1969	Pittsburgh 4 at New York 0
Dock Ellis	06-12-1970	Pittsburgh 2 at San Diego 0
Bill Singer	07-20-1970	Los Angeles 5 vs Philadelphia 0
Ken Holtzman	06-03-1971	Chicago 1 at Cincinnati 0
Rick Wise	06-23-1971	Philadelphia 4 at Cincinnati 0
Bob Gibson	08-14-1971	St. Louis 11 at Pittsburgh 0
Burt Hooton	04-16-1972	Chicago 4 vs Philadelphia 0
Milt Pappas	09-02-1972	Chicago 8 vs San Diego 0
Bill Stoneman	10-02-1972	Montreal 7 vs New York 0
Phil Niekro	08-05-1973	Atlanta 9 vs San Diego 0
Ed Halicki	08-24-1975	San Francisco 6 vs New York 0
Larry Dierker	07-09-1976	Houston 6 vs Montreal 0
John Candelaria	08-09-1976	Pittsburgh 2 vs Los Angeles 0
John Montefusco	09-29-1976	San Francisco 9 at Atlanta 0
Bob Forsch	04-16-1978	St. Louis 5 vs Philadelphia 0
Tom Seaver	06-16-1978	Cincinnati 4 vs St. Louis 0
Ken Forsch	04-07-1979	Houston 6 vs Atlanta 0
Jerry Reuss	06-27-1980	Los Angeles 8 at San Francisco 0
Charlie Lea	05-10-1981	Montreal 4 vs San Francisco 0
Nolan Ryan	09-26-1981	Houston 5 vs Los Angeles 0
Bob Forsch	09-26-1983	St. Louis 3 vs Montreal 0
Mike Scott	09-25-1986	Houston 2 vs San Francisco 0
Tom Browning	09-16-1988	Cincinnati 1 vs Los Angeles 0
Fernando Valenzuela	06-29-1990	Los Angeles 6 vs St. Louis 0
Terry Mulholland	08-15-1990	Philadelphia 6 vs San Francisco 0
Tommy Greene	05-23-1991	Philadelphia 2 at Montreal 0
Dennis Martinez	07-28-1991	Montreal 2 vs Los Angeles 0
Kent Mercker (6.0 IP)	09-11-1991	Atlanta 1 vs San Diego 0
Mark Wohlers (2.0 IP)
Alejandro Pena (1.0 IP)
Kevin Gross	08-17-1992	Los Angeles 2 vs San Francisco 0
Darryl Kile	09-08-1993	Houston 7 vs New York 1
Kent Mercker	04-08-1994	Atlanta 6 vs Los Angeles 0
Ramon Martinez	07-14-1995	Los Angeles 7 vs Florida 0
Al Leiter	05-11-1996	Florida 11 vs Colorado 0
Hideo Nomo	09-17-1996	Los Angeles 9 at Colorado 0
Kevin Brown	06-10-1997	Florida 9 at San Francisco 0
Francisco Cordova (9.0 IP)	07-12-1997	Pittsburgh 3 vs Houston 0
Ricardo Rincon (1.0 IP)	07-12-1997	Pittsburgh 3 vs Houston 0
Jose Jimenez	06-25-1999	St. Louis 1 vs Arizona 0
A.J. Burnett	05-12-2001	Florida 3 at San Diego 0
Bud Smith	09-03-2001	St. Louis 4 vs San Diego 0
Kevin Millwood	04-27-2003	Philadelphia 1 vs San Francisco 0
Roy Oswalt (1.0 IP)	06-11-2003	Houston 8 vs New York (AL) 0
Peter Munro (2.2 IP)
Kirk Saarloos (1.1 IP)
Brad Lidge (2.0 IP)
Octavio Dotel (1.0 IP)
Billy Wagner (1.0 IP)
*Randy Johnson*	05-18-2004	Arizona 2 at Atlanta 0
Anibal Sanchez	09-06-2006	Florida 2 at Arizona 0
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent
National League No Hitters Key: Bold=Active in 2007, Italic=Perfect Game, Underline=Loss

National League No Hitters (Did Not Meet Criteria Set Forth by MLB) Broken Up In Extra Innings
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent	Innings
Bob Wicker	06-11-1904	Chicago 1 at New York 0	10
Harry McIntire	08-01-1906	Brooklyn 0 vs Pittsburgh 1	11
Red Ames	04-15-1909	New York 0 vs Brooklyn 3	10
Hippo Vaughn	05-02-1917	Chicago 0 vs Cincinnnati 1	10
Johnny Klippstein (7.0 IP)	05-26-1956	Cincinnati 1 at Milwaukee 2	10
Hersh Freeman (1.0 IP)
Joe Black (3.0 IP)
Harvey Haddix	05-26-1959	Pittsburgh 0 at Milwaukee 1	13
Jim Maloney	06-14-1965	Cincinnati 0 vs New York 1	11
Mark Gardner (9.0 IP)	07-26-1991	Montreal 0 at Los Angeles 1	10
Jeff Fassero (0.0 IP)	07-26-1991	Montreal 0 at Los Angeles 1	10
*Pedro Martinez*	06-03-1995	Montreal 1 at San Diego 0	10
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent	Innings
Near National League No Hitters Key: Bold=Active in 2007, Italic=Perfect Game, Underline=Loss

National League No Hitters (Did Not Meet Criteria Set Forth by MLB) Less Than Nine Innings
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent	Innings
Charlie Getzien	10-01-1884	Detroit 1 vs Philadelphia 0	6
Dupee Shaw	10-07-1885	Providence 4 at Buffalo 0	5
George Van Haltren	06-21-1888	Chicago 1 vs Pittsburgh 0	6
Ed Crane	09-27-1888	New York 3 vs Washington 0	7
Jack Stivetts	10-15-1892	Boston 4 at Washington 0	5
Elton Chamberlain	09-23-1893	Cincinnati 6 vs Boston 0	7
Ed Stein	06-02-1894	Brooklyn 1 vs Chicago 0	6
Red Ames	09-14-1903	New York 5 at St. Louis 0	5
Jake Weimer	08-24-1906	Cincinnati 1 vs Brooklyn 0	7
Stoney McGlynn	09-24-1906	St. Louis 1 at Brooklyn 1	7
Lefty Leifield	09-26-1906	Pittsburgh 8 at Philadelphia 0	6
Ed Karger	08-11-1907	St. Louis 4 at Boston 0	7
Howie Camnitz	08-23-1907	Pittsburgh 1 at New York 0	5
Johnny Lush	08-06-1908	St. Louis 2 at Brooklyn 0	6
King Cole	07-31-1910	Chicago 4 at St. Louis 0	7
Fred Frankhouse	08-27-1937	Brooklyn 5 vs Cincinnati 0	8
Jim Tobin	06-22-1944	Boston 7 vs Philadelphia 0	5
Mike McCormick	06-12-1959	San Francisco 3 at Philadelphia 0	5
Sam Jones	09-26-1959	San Francisco 4 at St. Louis 0	7
David Palmer	04-21-1984	Montreal 4 at St. Louis 0	5
Pascual Perez	09-24-1988	Montreal 1 at Philadelphia 0	5
Name [Click For Stats]	Date / Box Score	Pitcher's Team vs. Opponent	Innings
Near National League No Hitters Key: Bold=Active in 2007, Italic=Perfect Game, Underline=Loss

Did you know that on October 15, 1892, Bumpus Jones pitched a no hitter during his Major League debut (first game ever)?

On August 16, 1893, Bill Hawke became the first Major League pitcher to throw a no-hitter with the mound 60' 6" away.

Sandy Koufax was the first pitcher in Major League history to throw four no hitters during a Major League career (and one of those four was a perfect gem).

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