List of Major League Baseball no-hitters


This is a list of no-hitters in Major League Baseball history. In addition, all no-hitters that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games are listed, although they are not currently considered official no-hitters. The names of those pitchers who threw a perfect game no-hitter are italicized. For combined no-hitters by two or more pitchers on the same team, each is listed with his number of innings pitched. Games which were part of a doubleheader are noted as either the first game or second game. The most recent no-hitter was pitched by Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros on September 1, 2019.
An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings thrown by the pitcher. In a no-hit game, a batter may still reach base via a walk, an error, a fielder's choice, an intentional walk, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference. Also, due to these methods of reaching base, it is possible for a team to score runs without getting any hits.
While the vast majority of no-hitters are shutouts, no-hit teams have managed to score runs in their respective games a number of times. Five times a team has been no-hit and still won the game: two notable victories occurred when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Colt.45s 1–0 on April 23, 1964 even though they were no-hit by Houston starter Ken Johnson, and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 2–1 on April 30, 1967 even though they were no-hit by Baltimore starter Steve Barber and reliever Stu Miller. In another four games, the home team won despite gaining no hits through eight innings, but these are [|near no-hitters] under the 1991 rule that nine no-hit innings must be completed in order for a no-hitter to be credited.
The pitcher who holds the record for the shortest time between no-hitters is Johnny Vander Meer, the only pitcher in history to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts, while playing for the Cincinnati Reds in 1938. Besides Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds, Virgil Trucks, Nolan Ryan, and Max Scherzer are the only other major leaguers to throw two no-hitters in the same regular season. Jim Maloney technically threw two no-hitters in the 1965 season, but his first one ended after he allowed a home run in the top of the 11th inning. According to the rules interpretation of the time, this was considered a no-hitter. Later that season, Maloney once again took a no-hitter into extra innings, but this time he managed to preserve the no-hitter after the Reds scored in the top half of the tenth, becoming the first pitcher to throw a complete game extra inning no-hitter since Fred Toney in 1917.
Roy Halladay threw two no-hitters in 2010: a perfect game during the regular season and a no-hitter in the 2010 National League Division Series. He is the only major leaguer to have thrown no-hitters in regular season and postseason play.
The first black pitcher to toss a no-hitter was Sam Jones who did it for the Chicago Cubs in 1955. The first Latin pitcher to throw one was San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal in 1963. The first Asian pitcher to throw one was Los Angeles Dodger Hideo Nomo in 1996.
Through September 1, 2019, there have been 303 no-hitters officially recognized by Major League Baseball, 260 of them in the modern era. Joe Borden's no-hitter in 1875 is also noted, but is not recognized by Major League Baseball.

Regulation no-hitters

Key

No-hitters

No-hitters by team

No-hittersTeam
26Los Angeles Dodgers
18Boston Red Sox
18Chicago White Sox
17San Francisco Giants
16Cincinnati Reds
15Chicago Cubs
14Atlanta Braves
14Cleveland Indians
13Houston Astros
13Oakland Athletics
13Philadelphia Phillies
11Los Angeles Angels
11New York Yankees
9St. Louis Cardinals
7Detroit Tigers
7Minnesota Twins
7Washington Nationals
6Miami Marlins
6Pittsburgh Pirates
6Seattle Mariners
5Baltimore Orioles
5Texas Rangers
4Kansas City Royals
4Louisville Colonels
4Philadelphia Athletics
3Baltimore Orioles
2Arizona Diamondbacks
2Buffalo Bisons
2Columbus Buckeyes
2Providence Grays
1Brooklyn Tip-Tops
1Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales
1Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
1Cleveland Blues
1Cleveland Spiders
1Colorado Rockies
1Kansas City Cowboys
1Kansas City Packers
1Milwaukee Brewers
1Milwaukee Brewers
1New York Mets
1Pittsburgh Rebels
1Rochester Broncos
1Tampa Bay Rays
1Toronto Blue Jays
0San Diego Padres

Italics indicate defunct team.

Near no-hitters

Regulation games in which a pitcher or staff pitches less than nine full innings, or in which a hit is allowed in extra innings, do not qualify as no-hitters. However, before the rules were tightened in 1991, such games did count as official no-hitters.

Regulation no-hit losses ending in the middle of the ninth

Owing to the fact that the home team does not bat in the bottom of the ninth inning if they are leading after the top, a visiting pitcher may complete a full game without allowing a hit but not be credited with an official no-hitter. If the visiting team allows a sufficient number of runs for the home team to win after the top of the ninth, whether by walks, errors, or anything else not involving hits, the pitcher will not be credited with an official no-hitter because they only pitched eight innings. This has happened only four times in major-league history.

Interleague play

Under certain circumstances, if a game cannot continue because of the weather, darkness, or any other reason, but if at least five innings have been completed, the game can count as an officially completed game. No-hitters pitched under such circumstances were counted before 1991, but no longer count as official no-hitters because nine innings were not completed. Pitchers listed in bold signify the pitcher was pitching a perfect game until the game was shortened. These games do not count as official perfect games.
In many instances, these games were shortened by regulations such as darkness, rules to make doubleheaders seven innings in order to avoid darkness from shortening games, or curfews, especially when teams needed to travel on regularly scheduled trains, buses, or flights. On rare occasions, the team that pitched a no-hitter also lost the game while pitching on the road - resulting in only 8 innings pitched because the opposing team did not bat in the bottom of the 9th inning.

National League

No-hitters were formerly counted even if hits were allowed in extra innings, but not after the rules were tightened in 1991. Pitchers listed in bold signify the pitcher was pitching a perfect game through nine innings.

National League