Has any team been no hit back to back?

No team in MLB history has ever been no-hit in back-to-back games, though the St. Louis Browns no-hit the White Sox on back-to-back days May 5-6, 1917. The May 6 game was the second game of a doubleheader, so there was a game between no-hitters.
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Has any team been no-hit in back to back games?

No team has been no-hit in consecutive games, although the 1917 Chicago White Sox were no-hit on consecutive days by the St. Louis Browns. The second gem came in the second game of a doubleheader.
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Has any team been no-hit in consecutive games?

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 the following day.
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Who threw back to back no-hitters?

June 15, 1938: Johnny Vander Meer

Vander Meer is the only pitcher in history to throw back-to-back-no hitters, the latter of which came against the Brooklyn Dodgers just four days after his first one.
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Has anyone ever thrown 2 no-hitters in one season?

Max Scherzer, 2015 Nationals

Scherzer turned in two master class pitching performances during the 2015 season, but the perfect game eluded him not once, but twice across his two no-hitters.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished while playing with the Class-D Appalachian League team, the Bristol Twins, on May 13, 1952. He is the only pitcher ever to do so in a nine-inning, professional-league game.
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Has there ever been a 10 inning no-hitter?

The Reds' Fred Toney is credited with a no hitter, completing the accomplishment in 10 innings.
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Who pitched 2 consecutive no-hitters?

Vander Meer is most notable for being the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw two consecutive no-hitters. After the impressive start to his major league career, he experienced problems controlling the accuracy of his pitching, and his later career was marked by inconsistent performances.
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Has anyone pitched a no-hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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Who threw most no-hitters?

The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters, with seven in his career, is Nolan Ryan.
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What's the longest hit streak?

Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit . 408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.
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How many times has a team thrown a no-hitter and lost?

Five times in modern Major League history (since 1900), a team has held its opponent hitless, but lost the game. For the complete list of no-hitters, click here.
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How many no-hitters does Randy Johnson have?

Johnson, who won 303 games and lost 166 over a 22-year-career, threw two no-hitters. His first was a 1990 no-no for the Seattle Mariners, the first in that franchise's history.
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How many no-hitters did Nolan Ryan have?

Ryan threw a record seven no-hitters during his major league career, three more than any other pitcher. The no-hitters spanned three decades of pitching.
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What is the rarest baseball play?

Unassisted triple plays

The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs. There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.
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Why is a baseball strikeout called AK?

A “K” is used to refer to a strikeout in baseball because the letter “S” was already used to score a sacrifice. So Henry Chadwick, the inventor of the box score, began using the letter “K” in the 1860s because it is the last letter of “struck”, which was the common term for a strikeout at the time.
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Has there ever been a no-hitter on Opening Day?

On April 16, 1940, Bob Feller threw the first Opening Day no-hitter in history.
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Who has thrown a no-hitter in their first start?

Did you know that four pitchers have thrown a no-hitter during their VERY FIRST START — Ted Breitenstein (October 4, 1891), Bumpus Jones (October 15, 1892), Bobo Holloman (May 6, 1953), and Tyler Gilbert (August 14, 2021).
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Who threw perfect games in baseball?

No pitcher has ever thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only two postseason no-hitters.
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What is the shortest no-hitter?

Walsh, a Hall of Fame right-hander who owns the career record for lowest ERA (1.82) and FIP (2.02), was no-hitting New York through four innings when the Highlanders began trying to delay the proceedings in the hope that the game would be called due to rain and the score, which was at the time 4-1 in favor of the White ...
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How rare is a perfect game?

Perfect games are rare in baseball. There have only been 23 perfect games ever played in Major League Baseball history, and only 21 since the modern era of baseball started in 1901 as of August 2021.
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Can a perfect game have an error?

A perfect game, by definition, is also a no-hitter, a win, and a shutout. A fielding error that does not allow a batter to reach base, such as a misplayed foul ball, does not spoil a perfect game.
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