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Wells' perfect game was the 245th no-hitter in MLB history and the tenth no-hitter in Yankees history. It was the first regular-season perfect game pitched by a Yankee; the franchise's previous perfect game was thrown by Don Larsen during the 1956 World Series.
Wells rode his second wind all the way to perfection. When Paul O’Neill caught the game’s final out to secure the 15th perfect game in MLB history, the celebration commenced.
Did you know that David Wells total pitch count included seventy-nine strikes and forty-one balls during this perfect game? The last perfect game thrown in Yankee Stadium was by Don Larsen who attended the same high school, Point Loma High in San Diego, as David Wells.
A look back at David Wells' 27 outs that led to his perfect game against the Minnesota Twins on May 17, 1998About Major League Baseball: Major League Basebal...
When he entered Yankee Stadium on the morning of May 17, 1998, Wells was feeling less than perfect. A few hours later, he achieved the greatest single-game feat any pitcher can have — something only 14 others in MLB history at the time had accomplished. But he had the afterparty before the occasion.
In 1998, he pitched the 15th perfect game in baseball history. Wells also appeared in the postseason as a member of six teams, tied for the most with Kenny Lofton, and won two World Series titles. Following his 2007 retirement, Wells served as a broadcaster for MLB on TBS and was the host of The Cheap Seats on FOXSports.com.
“Nervousness gnawed at David Wells in the seventh inning yesterday, when he began realizing he might pitch a perfect game,” wrote Buster Olney in the New York Times. He … desperately needed his superstitious Yankee teammates to speak and ease the mounting tension.
Long after the last out was secured, after his teammates carried him off in celebration of his perfect game, David Wells was summoned back onto the field at Yankee Stadium. His friend and...
5/17/98: The last out of David Wells' perfect game against the Minnesota Twins on Beanie Baby Day at Yankee Stadium Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and...
5/17/1998: David Wells retires the final three batters of the game to finish off the 15th perfect game in Major League history