Comments on: Multiple No Hitters Facing the Minimum Batters

By: JohnnyTwisto

JohnnyTwisto — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:15:18 +0000

Thomas, I don't think Buehrle's perfect game will make one iota of difference in his reaching the HOF.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:32:58 +0000

Okay, concerning the Mets catchers who've caught a no-hitter before or after joining the Mets, the final total is in fact 12:

Name // Year of no-hitter(s) // Year as Met

Yogi Berra 3 (51, 51, 56) Met in 65
Joe Ginsburg (52) Met in 62
Jerry Grote (64) Met from 66-77
JC Martin (67) Met in 68-69
Jerry May (70) Met in 73
Duffy Dyer (76) Met in 68-74
Gary Carter (81) Met in 85-89
Brett Mayne (91) Met in 96
Mike Piazza 2 (95,96) Met from 98-05
Alberto Castillo (99) Met from 95-98
Eli Marrero (01) Met in 06
Ramon Castro (09) Met from 05-09

By: leatherman

leatherman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:06:14 +0000

Perhaps even more surprising than Fernando Tatis' 2 grand slams in one inning is that both of them were given up by Chan Ho Park. I could possibly see another player hitting 2 grand slams in one inning...but I can't see both of them being off the same pitcher in the same inning again.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:55:28 +0000

Thanks Metsguy234 for working out the answer for Mets' catchers who've caught no-hitters. I'm thinking Buehrle just took a large step closer to potential hall-of-fame-dom.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:21:33 +0000

Bland3080 - he's the only pitcher with 200+ IP for the last 8 years: http://www.bb-ref.com/play-index/shareit/QX5q

By: wboenig2

wboenig2 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:13:30 +0000

Here's a little tidbit on a similar topic that doesn't get remembered too much anymore. Over a span of two games on 8/23/72 and 8/29/72, Jim Barr of the Giants retired 41 consecutive batters (the last 21 Pirates and then the first 20 Cardinals).

By: bland3080

bland3080 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:03:23 +0000

This guy is amazing.

200+ IP for the past 8 consective years. HOW RARE IS THIS? I asked it in a different post, but saw nothing.

2005 Postseason 2W, 1ND, 1S (very cool)

Hit his first HR this year, (only 40 career AB's)

2 no hitters, 1 perfect game.

By: Atlas

Atlas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:09:54 +0000

Divingron @ 16:

Rarity all depends on the number of variables you want to include. For example, it might be pretty rare to find a switch-hitter who hit 3 home-runs in one game off 3 different pitchers all of whom were left-handed during the second game of a double-header on a Saturday that went into extra innings... etc, etc, etc.

But for fairly simple things, I think Fernando Tatis' (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199904230.shtml) two grand slams in a single inning won't be duplicated soon or very many times.

By: Atlas

Atlas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:08:58 +0000

Divingron @ 16: Rarity all depends on the number of variables you want to include. For example, it might be pretty rare to find a switch-hitter who hit 3 home-runs in one game off 3 different pitchers all of whom were left-handed during the second game of a double-header on a Saturday that went into extra innings... etc, etc, etc. But for fairly simple things, I think Fernando Tatis' two grand slams in a single inning won't be duplicated soon or very many times.

By: mr369

mr369 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:44:50 +0000

as to the apparent clustering of these events (i haven't seen the data so i couldn't possibly know if its _statistically_ significant), but they could be correlated through environmental factors. specifically, periods of time were teams, on average, have a lower BA could imply a higher likelihood of a no-hitter/perfect game happening. it also could be that these differences in team BA's between time periods aren't large enough to significantly change the likelihood of these events, but it's a thought.