Major League Baseball "Near" No-Hitters

For games that fit the MLB's current definition of a no-hitter, click here.

Prior to 1991, Major League Baseball defined a no-hitter as "an official game in which a pitcher, or pitchers, gives up no hits." The first table is a list of the games that were officially declared as no-hitters before the rule change, and games since then that would have been no-hitters had the rule change not intervened. They include games in which a pitcher or pitchers failed to complete nine innings or lost a no-hitter in extra innings. The second table includes games that did not go the regulation nine innings, either because they were shortened by weather or curfew, or because they were originally scheduled as shorter games.

Broken up in extra innings

Pitcher(s)	Date	League	Team	Opponent	Score	Innings	How Broken
Earl Moore	5/9/1901	AL	Cleveland Blues	Chicago White Sox	2 - 4	10	surrendered a leadoff single in 10th; allowed one more hit
Bob Wicker	6/11/1904	NL	Chicago Cubs	New York Giants	1 - 0	12	allowed single with one out in 10th; only hit allowed
Harry McIntire	8/1/1906	NL	Brooklyn Superbas	Pittsburgh Pirates	0 - 1	13	allowed single with two outs in 11th; allowed three more hits
Red Ames	4/15/1909 (Opening Day)	NL	New York Giants	Brooklyn Superbas	0 - 3	13	allowed single with one out in 10th; allowed 6 more hits
Tom Hughes	8/30/1910 (2nd game)	AL	New York Highlanders	Cleveland Naps	0 - 5	11	allowed single with one out in 10th; allowed 6 hits and 5 runs in 11th inning
Jim Scott	5/14/1914	AL	Chicago White Sox	Washington Senators	0 - 1	10	allowed leadoff single in 10th, plus one more hit
Hippo Vaughn	5/21/1917	NL	Chicago Cubs	Cincinnati Reds	0 - 1	10	allowed single with one out in 10th plus one more hit; opposing pitcher (Fred Toney) threw 10-inning no-hitter
Webster McDonald	08/15/1927	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Memphis Red Sox	1 - 2	11	Opponents tied game in 9th on errors; single in 10th inning broke up no-hitter; two hits in 11th scored winning run. One day after Willie Powell's no-hitter; just missed being back-to-back no-hitters.
Willie "Sug" Cornelius	07/08/1934	NNL	Chicago American Giants	Pittsburgh Crawfords	0 - 3	10	Scoreless tie with Satchel Paige through 9 innings; 5 hits and 3 runs scored top of 10th; four days after Paige's own no-hitter.
Bobo Newsom	9/18/1934	AL	St. Louis Browns	Boston Red Sox	1 - 2	10	lost on only hit allowed with two out in 10th
Johnny Klippstein (7 inn.) Hersh Freeman (1 inn.) Joe Black (3 inn.)	5/26/1956	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	Milwaukee Braves	1 - 2	11	Black surrendered double with two out in 10th; allowed two more hits; Braves scored a run in the 2nd inning
Harvey Haddix	5/26/1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	Milwaukee Braves	0 - 1	13	Perfect Game until leadoff hitter in 13th reached on error, followed by SH, IBB, and game-ending double
Jim Maloney	6/14/1965	NL	Cincinnati Reds	New York Mets	0 - 1	11	Maloney allowed leadoff home run in 11th, plus one more hit
Mark Gardner (9 inn.) Jeff Fassero (0 inn.)	7/26/1991	NL	Montreal Expos	Los Angeles Dodgers	0 - 1	10	Gardner allowed leadoff single in 10th and one more hit before being replaced by Fassero, who allowed game-winning hit; Gardner charged with loss
Pedro Martínez (9 inn.) Mel Rojas (1 inn.)	6/3/1995	NL	Montreal Expos	San Diego Padres	1 - 0	10	Perfect Game until Martínez allowed leadoff double in 10th; Rojas relieved and retired next three batters
Rich Hill	8/23/2017	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pittsburgh Pirates	0 - 1	10	Hill allowed a lead-off, game-ending homer to Josh Harrison in the 10th.
J.P. Feyereisen (2 inn.) Javy Guerra (0.2 inn.) Jeffrey Springs (2 inn.) Jason Adam (1.1 inn.) Ryan Thompson (1 inn.) Andrew Kittredge (2 inn.) Matt Wisler (1 inn.)	4/23/2022	AL	Tampa Bay Rays	Boston Red Sox	3 - 2	10	Wisler allowed 2 hits and 2 runs in the top of the 10th. Tampa Bay scored 3 times in the bottom of the 10th
Corbin Burnes (8 inn.) Devin Williams (1 inn.) Abner Uribe (1 inn.) Joel Payamps (0.1 inn.)	9/10/2023	NL	Milwaukee Brewers	New York Yankees	3 - 4	13	Interleague game. Payamps allowed a hit with 1 out in 11th The game continued until 13th inning with two more pitchers also appearing for Milwaukee

Shortened Games

Pitcher(s)	Date	League	Team	Opponent	Score	Innings	Notes
Larry McKeon	May 6, 1884	AA	Indianapolis Hoosiers	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0 - 0	6
Charlie Geggus	August 21, 1884	UA	Washington Nationals	Wilmington Quicksteps	12 - 1	8
Charlie Getzein	October 1, 1884	NL	Detroit Wolverines	Philadelphia Quakers	1 - 0	6
Charlie Sweeney (2 inn.) Henry Boyle (3 inn.)	October 5, 1884	UA	St. Louis Maroons	St. Paul Apostles	0 - 1	5
Dupee Shaw	October 7, 1885 (1st game)	NL	Providence Grays	Buffalo Bisons	4 - 0	5
George Van Haltren	June 21, 1888	NL	Chicago White Stockings	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	1 - 0	6
Ed Crane	September 27, 1888	NL	New York Giants	Washington Nationals	3 - 0	7
Matt Kilroy	July 29, 1889 (2nd game)	AA	Baltimore Orioles	St. Louis Browns	0 - 0	7
Silver King	June 21, 1890	PL	Chicago Pirates	Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	0 - 1	8
George Nicol	September 23, 1890	AA	St. Louis Browns	Philadelphia Athletics	21 - 2	7
Hank Gastright	October 12, 1890	AA	Columbus Solons	Toledo Maumees	6 - 0	8
Jack Stivetts	October 15, 1892 (2nd game)	NL	Boston Beaneaters	Washington Senators	4 - 0	5
Elton Chamberlain	September 23, 1893 (2nd game)	NL	Cincinnati Reds	Boston Beaneaters	6 - 0	7
Ed Stein	June 2, 1894	NL	Brooklyn Grooms	Chicago Colts	1 - 0	6
Red Ames	September 14, 1903 (2nd game)	NL	New York Giants	St. Louis Cardinals	5 - 0	5	First Major League game
Rube Waddell	August 15, 1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	St. Louis Browns	2 - 0	5
Jake Weimer	August 24, 1906 (2nd game)	NL	Cincinnati Reds	Brooklyn Superbas	1 - 0	7
Stoney McGlynn	September 24, 1906 (2nd game)	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	Brooklyn Superbas	1 - 1	7
Lefty Leifield	September 26, 1906 (2nd game)	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	Philadelphia Phillies	8 - 0	6
Ed Walsh	May 26, 1907	AL	Chicago White Sox	New York Highlanders	8 - 1	5
Ed Karger	August 11, 1907 (2nd game)	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	Boston Doves	4 - 0	7	Perfect Game
Howie Camnitz	August 23, 1907 (2nd game)	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	New York Giants	1 - 0	5
Rube Vickers	October 5, 1907 (2nd game)	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	Washington Senators	4 - 0	5	Perfect Game
Johnny Lush	August 6, 1908	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	Brooklyn Superbas	2 - 0	6
King Cole	July 31, 1910 (2nd game)	NL	Chicago Cubs	St. Louis Cardinals	4 - 0	7
Carl Cashion	August 20, 1912 (2nd game)	AL	Washington Senators	Cleveland Naps	2 - 0	6
Walter Johnson	August 25, 1924	AL	Washington Senators	St. Louis Browns	2 - 0	7
Andy Cooper	June 28, 1925 (2nd game)	NNL	Detroit Stars	Indianapolis ABCs	1 - 0	7	called due to darkness
Luther Farrell	October 8, 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	June 27, 1928 (2nd game)	NNL	Birmingham Black Barons	Chicago American Giants	6 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Paul Carter	August 17, 1935 (2nd game)	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	Brooklyn Eagles	4 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Fred Frankhouse	August 27, 1937	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	Cincinnati Reds	5 - 0	8
Ross "Satchel" Davis; Willie Hubert (W)	May 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 2/3 innings.
John Whitehead	August 5, 1940 (2nd game)	AL	St. Louis Browns	Detroit Tigers	4 - 0	6
Jimmy Hill	June 6, 1943 (2nd game)	NNL	Newark Eagles	New York Black Yankees	3 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning 2nd game
Jim Tobin	June 22, 1944 (2nd game)	NL	Boston Braves	Philadelphia Blue Jays	7 - 0	5
Mike McCormick	June 12, 1959	NL	San Francisco Giants	Philadelphia Phillies	3 - 0	5	Allowed hit in 6th inning, game called due to rain before completion of inning, reverting to the end of 5th, with 5-inning no-hitter intact.
Sam Jones	September 26, 1959	NL	San Francisco Giants	St. Louis Cardinals	4 - 0	7
Dean Chance	August 6, 1967	AL	Minnesota Twins	Boston Red Sox	2 - 0	5	Perfect Game
David Palmer	April 21, 1984 (2nd game)	NL	Montreal Expos	St. Louis Cardinals	4 - 0	5	Perfect Game
Pascual Pérez	September 24, 1988	NL	Montreal Expos	Philadelphia Phillies	1 - 0	5
Andy Hawkins	July 1, 1990	AL	New York Yankees	Chicago White Sox	0 - 4	8	8 innings pitched in regulation 9-inning road loss
Melido Pérez	July 12, 1990	AL	Chicago White Sox	New York Yankees	8 - 0	6
Matt Young	April 12, 1992	AL	Boston Red Sox	Cleveland Indians	1 - 2	8	8 innings pitched in regulation 9-inning road loss
Devern Hansack	October 1, 2006	AL	Boston Red Sox	Baltimore Orioles	9 - 0	5	Game called due to rain
Jered Weaver (6 inn.) Jose Arredondo (2 inn.)	June 28, 2008	AL/NL	Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Dodgers	0 - 1	8	interleague game; 8 innings pitched in regulation 9-inning road loss
Madison Bumgarner	April 25, 2021 (2nd game)	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	Atlanta Braves	7 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning game as part of doubleheader
Collin McHugh (2 inn.) Josh Fleming (2.2 inn.) Diego Castillo (0.1 inn.) Matt Wisler (1 inn.) Pete Fairbanks (1 inn.)	July 7, 2021 (2nd game)	AL	Tampa Bay Rays	Cleveland Indians	4 - 0	7	Scheduled 7-inning game as part of doubleheader
Hunter Greene (7.1 inn.) Art Warren (0.2 inn.)	May 15, 2022	NL	Cincinnati Reds	Pittsburgh Pirates	0 - 1	8	8 innings pitched in regulation 9-inning road loss

Further Reading

• Joe Posnanski: "These are the worst no-hitters in baseball history", mlb.com, April 26, 2018. [1]
• Stew Thornley: "Celebrating the Nons: Many 'Unofficial' No-Hitters More Fascinating than the 'Real' Ones", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 52 Number 1 (Spring 2023), pp. 25-29.