another no hitter

austin jackson no-hits Tampa

8 walks, 149 pitches

2nd time Tampa has been no hit this year (3 of last 5 no-hitters have been against the Rays)

 

the frequency of Tampa getting no-hit got me to do some stat searching.

the Rays came into the league in 1998. they've been no-hit 4 times since then ('02, '09, '10, '10), more than any other team.

the opposite end of that spectrum is the Cubs.
they've gotten at least 1 hit in every single game since Koufax threw a perfecto against them in 1965.

Tampa has never thrown a no-hitter, but they'll have to go a long time before catching the teams with the longest droughts.
No Padre has ever thrown a no-hitter (joined MLB in '69)
No Met has thrown one (formed in '62)

6 former Mets threw no hitters after leaving the team :hihi: (sorry martin)
Hideo Nomo threw one before joining the Mets, and another one after leaving them.

Longest streak ever without a no-hitter belongs to the Philles (57 years)

Most no-hitters thrown all-time:
AL: Red Sox (19)
NL: Dodgers (20)

Most time being no-hit:
AL: White Sox & A's (14)
NL: Braves & Phillies (17)


4 no-hitters thrown so far this year (shoulda been 5), and we're not to the halfway point.
most ever in a season was 6 in 1990

 

Rays in second -- soon to be third place in the division -- where talent says they belong.

The easy part of their schedule is adios, and all of a sudden no more 1-5 pitching rotation updates from our Rays bandwagoner here.

 

Thanks for all the info Nutriaitch. Well played sir.

 

why so many no hitters? the end of the steroid era?

 

statistical anomaly

no-hitters are such flukey things, that we may not see one again for a couple years.
or we might see 2 this week.

 

Matt Garza just finished no-hitting Detroit.

1st no-no in Tampa history

 

And the Tiger pitcher had a no-no through 5. Garza had super stuff.

 

werent there 3 perfect games thrown this year (im counting galarragas) and 2 in the same month. theres only been like 20 total ever.

id say thats more than an anomaly. id say going on 4 or 5 yrs with almost no roids and/or hgh play a part in that.

edwin jacksons didnt count? :lol:

 

wasn't there a chit load of no-hitters in the early 90s?
not sure how many (if any were perfect), but I seem to remember several in a short span back then.

only if you thrown in the 2 perfectos against them in less than 12 months too.