Who pitched 2 consecutive no-hitters?

Has there ever been 2 no-hitters in one game?

Who pitched 2 consecutive no-hitters?

Vander Meer
Vander Meer is most notable for being the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw two consecutive no-hitters….

Johnny Vander Meer
May 7, 1951, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Win–loss record 119–121
Earned run average 3.44

Has there ever been 2 no-hitters in one game?

There has never been a complete-game double no-hitter in the major leagues. It has occurred 10 times in the minors: Aug. 7, 1886: Oakland’s George Van Haltren beat San Francisco’s Jim McMullin 4-2 in a California League game that featured a lot of runs when you consider neither team had a hit.

Are combined no-hitters rare?

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 314 have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year.

How many MLB teams have a combined no-hitter?

The Brewers’ Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader became the latest to etch their names into the stone slabs of baseball history as they combined to no-hit Cleveland 3-0 on Sept. 11….No-hitters by team.

Team Number of no-hitters
Los Angeles Dodgers 26
Chicago White Sox 20
Boston Red Sox 18
San Francisco Giants 17

Is Johnny Vander Meer in the Hall of Fame?

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s permanent collection includes a baseball from Vander Meer’s June 11 no-hitter and a ticket stub from the June 15 no-hitter. Having worked on a new delivery aimed to improve his control during spring training, Vander Meer was off to a good start in 1938.

Has there ever been combined perfect game?

Although it is theoretically possible for several pitchers to combine for a perfect game (which has happened 11 times in MLB no-hitters), every MLB perfect game so far has been thrown by a single pitcher. Nippon Professional Baseball’s 2007 Japan Series ended with a combined perfect game.

Who pitched a no-hitter in the World Series?

Don Larsen
It is the only no-hitter and perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no-hitters in MLB postseason history (the other being Roy Halladay’s in 2010)….

Don Larsen
July 7, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record 81–91
Earned run average 3.78

What MLB team has most no-hitters?

Los Angeles Dodgers
No-hitters thrown by franchise

26 Los Angeles Dodgers
(Chicago White Stockings)
18 Boston Red Sox
(Boston Americans)
17 San Francisco Giants

Who pitched the only consecutive no-hitters in MLB history?

Johnny Vander Meer pitched the only consecutive no-hitters in MLB history. An official no-hit game occurs in Major League Baseball (MLB) when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings thrown by the pitcher (s).

Who was the first pitcher to throw two no hitters?

Johnny Vander Meer was a lefthanded fastball pitcher who, because of these games, also became the first to ever throw two no-hitters during the same season! AND, Vander Meer went on to set a new — still-standing — National League record for consecutive hitless innings with twenty-one and two-thirds (21.2).

Who has thrown two no-hitters in the same season?

Besides Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds (in 1951), Virgil Trucks (in 1952), Nolan Ryan (in 1973), and Max Scherzer (in 2015) are the only other major leaguers to throw two no-hitters in the same regular season.

Who has thrown back-to-back no-hitters in MLB history?

The king of all no-hitter follow-ups: a second straight no-hitter. Vander Meer is the only pitcher in MLB history to throw back-to-back no-hitters. The first came against the Boston Bees on June 11, 1938, the second against the Dodgers on June 15. Vander Meer’s feat might stand alone forever.