10-23-2021, 09:45 AM
(10-21-2021, 05:20 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Some more near no-no trivia:
Which players (there are three) share the record for most times being the only players on their team to record a hit in a game?
Which players (there are two) share the record for breaking the most no-hitters in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning?
BC
No takers?
Cesar Tovar, Billy Williams, and Eddie Milner hold the record for having been the only players on their teams to record a hit in five games. However, only Milner in 1983 and Tovar (twice) in 1969 did it in the ninth inning to break up a no-hitter.
Horace Clarke of the New York Yankees broke up three no-hitters in the ninth inning, all within a month in 1970; Joe Mauer broke up three no-hitters in the ninth, between 2008 and 2013.
Nolan Ryan, who owns the major league record for one hitters, also has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth-inning with five.
As noted by Bob, Mike Mussina had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning; he lost a perfect game on a one-out single by Sandy Alomar in 1997 and a two-out single by Carl Everett in 2001.
BC