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The Yankees' first perfect game was also thrown by a right-handed pitcher, Don Larsen, and came in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. Larsen's perfect game was the only no-hitter in MLB postseason play until Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter in Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series.
Unlike Braden, the perfect game was the only complete game of Humber's career. Humber's lifetime major league record of 16-23 gives him the fewest career wins of any pitcher who has thrown an MLB perfect game. The White Sox became the second franchise with three perfect games, joining the Yankees.
It was the first perfect game in MLB since Félix Hernández's perfect game on August 15, 2012, the first since the implementation of the pitch clock, and the first thrown by a pitcher from the Dominican Republic. [18] There were 12,479 fans in attendance for the game at Oakland Coliseum, with many fans favoring the Yankees. [8]
Germán pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory The post Yankees’ Domingo Germán throws 1st perfect game since ...
On October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.It was the only no-hitter in World Series history until the Houston Astros pitching staff of Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly threw a combined no-hitter in the 2022 World Series against the ...
In the span of a few hours, New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán went from one of the worst stretches of his career to MLB history. The right-hander threw the 24th perfect game in MLB history ...
As of 2024, the Major League Baseball definition of a perfect game is largely a side effect of the decision made by the major leagues' Committee for Statistical Accuracy on September 4, 1991, to redefine a no-hitter as a game in which the pitcher or pitchers on one team throw a complete game of nine innings or more without surrendering a hit. [15]
The list also includes no-hit games that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games, although they have not been considered official no-hitters since 1991. Through September 4, 2024, there have been 326 no-hitters recognized by Major League Baseball (MLB): 43 before the formation of the American League in 1901, and the rest in ...