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sandyrusty
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:09 AM | |
Welll done (even though you are a Tigers fan). My reference, Total Baseball; great history book and reference.
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DTownTigers87
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 4:21 PM | |
The Tigers have thrown 7 no-hitters and 0* Perfect Games in their franchise history. They have come very close on three different occasions to throw a perfect game. Name the three starters. Bonus points for Opponent and Year.
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obxyankeefan
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:39 PM | |
I know two of them, but do not know the third.
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Sportzcommish
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:01 PM | |
Just a wild guess: Fydrich, Morris, and Verlander
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jasongerman9
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:07 PM | |
There's definitely one that I know for sure...and I think I know a second...but like obxyankeefan, do not know the third.
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Jack Webster
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:54 PM | |
Edited on: Oct 19, 2017 - 7:55PM
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DTownTigers87
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:57 PM | |
Sportzcommish those are incorrect. Verlander did have two starts where he lost no-hitters in the 9th. Two of those players were teammates of the three who were close to pitch perfect games.
Jack Webster is correct on one of them.
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kcjays
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:01 PM | |
I remember Gallaraga's heartbreaker. I always felt that since it would have been a perfect game that Selig should have overturned the umpire's call, but...
I thought I remembered that one of Verlander's no-hitters included a walk in the 8th or 9th that was erased on a double play and he only faced the minimum 27 batters. Doesn't that count as close to a perfect game?
No idea on a third one, although I believe Virgil Trucks pitched 2 no-hitters for the Tigers in the same season- sometime in the 50's. Jack Morris pitched one in the 84 season and I'm pretty sure Jim Bunning pitched one. Add Verlander's two and that is 6 of the 7. I know Bunning did pitch a no-hitter in each league and I think the Tigers were the only AL team he played for. I know he pitched a perfect game but since the Tigers don't have one that must have been when he was with the Phillies.
This has been fun to think back, stretch the memory and try to recall "useless" information. Thanks!
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DTownTigers87
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:25 PM | |
In his 2nd No-Hitter he walked a batter in the 8th. The three occurences I'm asking for were broken up with 2 outs in the 9th.
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vrooomed
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| Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:35 PM | |
Bunning pitched a perfect game on Father's Day, 1964, with the Phillies.I only know because it's mentioned every fathers day, every year.
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