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Ken Johnson, Only Loser of 9-Inning No-Hitter, Dies at 82
New York Times ^ | Nov. 25, 2015 | Bruce Weber

Posted on 12/01/2015 6:30:21 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

But in perhaps the game’s starkest good-news-bad-news case, only once did a single pitcher complete a nine-inning game without yielding a hit and still manage to lose it. The man who owns that two-faced distinction, Ken Johnson, whose otherwise middling 13-year career in the major leagues included stints with seven teams, died on Saturday in Pineville, La. He was 82.

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TOPICS: History; Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; johnson; nohitter
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To: ConservativeStatement
"The answer, unofficially, would be Andrew Hawkins on July 1, 1990 vs the Chicago White Sox, playing at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The Yanks lost the game 4-0, setting the largest margin of loss in a no-hitter for the entire 20th century. However, technically the answer would be no one, since the no-hitter no longer counts. "

"However, on September 4 1991, The Committee for Statistical Accuracy, ruled that a pitcher must throw a minimum of 9 complete innings for a no-hitter to count. Since the Yanks were the visiting team, and losing after their half of the 9th ining, the game was over without Hawkins taking the mound in the bottom of the 9th, meaning he only pitched 8 complete innings and thus, he lost credit for the no-hitter because of the ruling. "

21 posted on 12/01/2015 7:20:56 AM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: Fiji Hill
Today is the 51st anniversary of the Astros.


22 posted on 12/01/2015 7:22:39 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Fiji Hill

The original name of Colt 45s was fine by me.

Astros was referring to Houston’s role as a space center city.

It was never “Astro” without the s.

It was always about the space program hence ASTROS, short for Astronauts, plural form.

Like it or not, there was reason behind a name change.


23 posted on 12/01/2015 7:29:22 AM PST by txrangerette (("...hold to the TRUTH; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck))
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To: Night Hides Not

How about Cubs Bob Hendley losing a 1 hitter to Koufax’s perfecto.


24 posted on 12/01/2015 7:37:12 AM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo Smart)
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To: stylin19a

The Bob Hendley/Sandy Koufax game is still the record for fewest hits combined by two teams in a game: 1

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196509090.shtml


25 posted on 12/01/2015 7:48:43 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

RIP.


26 posted on 12/01/2015 9:01:39 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: txrangerette

I’ve never heard astronauts referred to as “astros.”


27 posted on 12/01/2015 3:10:03 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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