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Line 1: − A '''perfect game''' is a [[baseball]] game in which not a single batter from the losing team ever gets on base. It requires that every one of the 27 batters be retired with an out. Unlike a "no-hitter", in which batters can get on base (and even win the game) due to a walk or an error, in a perfect game no batter can get on base for any reason. − As of 2013, there have been only 23 perfect games in [[major league baseball]] history, out of hundreds of thousands of games. At least two of those games (including the only [[World Series]] perfect game) have ended on questionable calls by the home plate umpire. And although several pitchers have pitched multiple no-hitters ([[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Great Conservative Sports Star]] Nolan Ryan leads with seven), no pitcher has ever pitched more than one perfect game in Major League Baseball. − − Phil Humber pitched the 21st perfect game in major league baseball history in April 2012, but he threw 6 more pitches than [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Great Conservative Sports Star]] [[Jim Bunning]] did in his 90-pitch perfect game four decades ago.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/04/phil-humber-pitches-perfect-game-for-white-sox/1</ref> − − The first perfect game was thrown on June 12, 1880, by Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs in a 1-0 defeat of the Cleveland Blues.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/06121880.shtml Baseball almanac]</ref> The most recent such game was thrown by Seattle Mariners Felix Hernandez to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays on August 15, 2012. − − {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" − |+<big>List of 23 Perfect Games</big><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=perfect_game|language=English|work=Major League Baseball|accessdate=May 31, 2010|title=Rare Feats}}</ref> − ! Pitcher (Team) !! Opposing Team !! Score !! Date − |- − |Lee Richmond (Worcester Ruby Legs)||Cleveland Blues||1-0||06-12-1880 − |- − |Monte Ward (Providence Grays)||Buffalo Bisons||5-0||06-17-1880 − |- − |[[Cy Young]] (Boston Americans)||[[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia A's]]||3-0||05-05-1904 − |- − |Addie Joss (Cleveland Naps)||[[Chicago White Sox]]||1-0||10-02-1908 − |- − |Charlie Robertson ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Detroit Tigers]]||2-0||04-30-1922 − |- − |[[Don Larsen]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Brooklyn Dodgers]]||2-0||10-08-1956 − |- − |[[Jim Bunning]] ([[Philadelphia Phillies]])||[[New York Mets]]||6-0||06-21-1964 − |- − |[[Sandy Koufax]] ([[Los Angeles Dodgers]])||[[Chicago Cubs]]||1-0||09-09-1965 − |- − |Catfish Hunter ([[Oakland Athletics]])||[[Minnesota Twins]]||4-0||05-08-1968 − |- − |Len Barker ([[Cleveland Indians]])||[[Toronto Blue Jays]]||3-0||05-15-1981 − |- − |Mike Witt ([[California Angels]])||[[Texas Rangers]]||1-0||09-30-1984 − |- − |Tom Browning ([[Cincinnati Reds]])||[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]||1-0||09-16-1988 − |- − |Dennis Martinez ([[Montreal Expos]])||[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]||2-0||07-28-1991 − |- − |Kenny Rogers ([[Texas Rangers]])||[[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]||4-0||07-28-1994 − |- − |[[David Wells]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Minnesota Twins]]||4-0||05-17-1998 − |- − |[[David Cone]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Montreal Expos]]||6-0||07-18-1999 − |- − |[[Randy Johnson]] ([[Arizona Diamondbacks]])||[[Atlanta Braves]]||2-0||05-18-2004 − |- − |[[Mark Buehrle]] ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||5-0||07-23-2009 − |- − |[[Dallas Braden]] ([[Oakland Athletics]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||4-0||05-09-2010 − |- − |[[Roy Halladay]] ([[Philadelphia Phillies]])||[[Florida Marlins]]||1-0||05-29-2010 − |- − |Philip Humber ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Seattle Mariners]]||4-0||04-21-2012 − |- − |Matt Cain ([[San Francisco Giants]])||[[Houston Astros]]||10-0||06-13-2012 − |- − |Félix Hernández ([[Seattle Mariners]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||1-0||08-15-2012 − |} − − == See also == − − *[https://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2012/04/perfect-games-baseball ''Economist'' article on perfect games as a measure of excellence] − *[[bias in sports]] − − == References == − − <references/> − {{baseball}}
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