Negro Leagues No-Hitters

From BR Bullpen

The following is a list of no-hitters in Negro League play. Names that are in Boldface indicate a member of the Hall of Fame. Numbers in subscript indicate multiple no-hitters.

For the purposes of this list, "Negro League play" includes games pre-Negro League games between legitimately top-level Negro teams irrespective of a league affiliation. It also includes a number of interleague games, postseason games, and exhibition games between teams comprising top-level Negro League players.

1 Complete game no-hitters, nine innings or more
2 Combination no-hitters, nine innings or more
3 No hitters broken up in extra innings
4 No-hitters less than 9 innings
5 Sources

[edit] Complete game no-hitters, nine innings or more

Pitcher	Date	Lg	Team	Opponent	Score	Notes
Frank Wickware	08/26/1914		Chicago American Giants	Indianapolis ABCs	1 - 0	Leadoff batter in 1st inning walked, then caught stealing; 26 men retired in a row afterward
Dizzy Dismukes	05/09/1915		Indianapolis ABCs	Chicago Giants	5 - 0
Dick Whitworth	09/19/1915 (1st game)		Chicago American Giants	Chicago Giants	4 - 0
Bernardo Baro ₁	10/25/1915		Cuban Stars	unknown	unknown	This no-hitter is unconfirmed.
Bernardo Baro ₂	07/13/1918 (1st game)		Cuban Stars	Indianapolis ABCs	unknown	This no-hitter is unconfirmed.
Joe Williams	05/09/1919 (1st game)		Lincoln Giants	Brooklyn Royal Giants	1 - 0	opposed by Cannonball Dick Redding
Dick Redding	08/22/1920		Bacharach Giants	Chicago Giants	5 - 0	NNL associate game; Played at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Gatewood	06/06/1921	NNL	Detroit Stars	Cincinnati Cubans	4 - 0	1st NNL no-hitter; Gatewood went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI
Phil Cockrell ₁	09/05/1921 (2nd game)		Hilldale	Detroit Stars	3 - 0	NNL associate game
Bill Force	06/27/1922	NNL	Detroit Stars	St. Louis Giants	3 - 0
Nip Winters ₁	07/26/1922		Bacharach Giants	Indianapolis ABCs	7 - 1	NNL associate game
Phil Cockrell ₂	08/19/1922		Hilldale	Chicago American Giants	5 - 0	NNL associate game
Nip Winters ₂	09/03/1924 (1st game)	ECL	Hilldale	Harrisburg Giants	unknown	This no-hitter is unconfirmed.
Bob McClure	03/05/1925		Royal Poinciana Hotel	Breakers Hotel	2 - 0	Played in Florida's winter hotel league; Perfect game
Andy Cooper	06/28/1925 (2nd game)	NNL	Detroit Stars	Indianapolis ABCs	1 - 0
Rube Currie	07/13/1926	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Dayton Marcos	16 - 0
Claude "Red" Grier	10/03/1926		Bacharach Giants	Chicago American Giants	10 - 0	Colored World Series Game Two
Laymon Yokely	05/15/1927 (2nd game)	ECL	Baltimore Black Sox	Cuban Stars	8 - 0
Joe Strong	08/04/1927	ECL	Baltimore Black Sox	Hilldale	2 - 1	won in 11 innings
Willie Powell	08/14/1927	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Memphis Red Sox	5 - 0
Paul Carter	09/07/1931 (2nd game)	ANL	Hilldale	Baltimore Black Sox	unknown
Satchel Paige ₁	07/15/1932 (2nd game)	EWL	Pittsburgh Crawfords	New York Black Yankees	6 - 0
Satchel Paige ₂	07/04/1934	NNL	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Homestead Grays	4 - 0	17 strikeouts
John "Neck" Stanley	06/08/1936	NNL	New York Cubans	Newark Eagles	12 - 1	game played in Newburgh, NY
Hilton Smith	05/16/1937 (1st game)	NAL	Kansas City Monarchs	Chicago American Giants	4 - 0
Johnny "Schoolboy" Taylor	09/19/1937		Negro All-Star Team	Paige's Dominican All-Stars	2 - 0	Benefit All-Star game between (mainly) eastern Negro Leaguers and Satchel Paige's All-Stars Paige's team had won Dominican League title and Denver Post Tournament. Played at Polo Grounds
Eugene Smith	06/27/1941	NAL	St. Louis Stars	New York Black Yankees	6 - 1	Interleague game Played in Belleville, IL
Leon Day	05/05/1946	NNL	Newark Eagles	Philadelphia Stars	2 - 0	Opening day

[edit] Combination no-hitters, nine innings or more

Pitchers	Date	Lg	Team	Opponent	Score	Notes
José Méndez & Bullet Rogan	08/05/1923 (2nd game)	NNL	Kansas City Monarchs	Milwaukee Bears	7 - 0	Méndez pitched 5 innings for win, Rogan last 4 for save
"Army" Cooper & Chet Brewer	06/29/1929	NNL	Kansas City Monarchs	Chicago American Giants	4 - 0	Cooper was relieved with one out in eighth; Brewer earned save.

[edit] No hitters broken up in extra innings

Pitchers	Date	Lg	Team	Opponent	Score	How broken
Webster McDonald	08/15/1927	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Memphis Red Sox	1 - 2	Opponents tied game in 9th on errors; single in 10th inning broke up no-hitter; two hits in 11th scored winning run.
Willie "Sug" Cornelius	07/08/1934	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Pittsburgh Crawfords	0 - 3	Scoreless tie with Satchel Paige through 9 innings; 5 hits and 3 runs scored top of 10th.

[edit] No-hitters less than 9 innings

Pitcher(s)	Date	Lg	Team	Opponent	Score	Innings	Notes
Schoolboy Johnson; Dick Whitworth	09/02/1916 (2nd game)		Chicago American Giants	Cuban Stars	6 - 0	7	Johnson pitched five innings for win, Whitworth pitched two for save game called due to darkness
Luther Farrell	10/08/1927		Bacharach Giants	Chicago American Giants	3 - 2	7	Colored World Series Game 5; game called in 7th inning due to darkness and rain
Robert Poindexter	06/27/1928 (2nd game)	NNL	Birmingham Black Barons	Chicago American Giants	6 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Paul Carter	08/17/1935 (2nd game)	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	Brooklyn Eagles	4 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Ross Davis; Willie Hubert	05/30/1940 (2nd game)	NNL	Baltimore Elite Giants	Newark Eagles	5 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game; Davis walked bases full with one out in 4th inning; Hubert relieved and finished for 3 1/3 innings.
Roy Partlow	08/30/1942 (2nd game)	NNL	Washington-Homestead Grays	Chicago American Giants	3 - 0	7	Interleague game with NAL team scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Jimmy Hill	06/06/1943 (2nd game)	NNL	Newark Eagles	New York Black Yankees	3 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Ray Brown	08/12/1945 (2nd game)		Washington-Homestead Grays	Chicago American Giants	7 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Gene Collins	05/27/1949 (1st game)	NAL	Kansas City Monarchs	Houston Eagles	14 - 0	7	game shortened by "mercy" rule 2nd game went full nine innings. Played in San Antonio, Texas