Time for another No-Hitter entry, and yep, it’s another gem tosses by legend Nolan Ryan, who threw his record-tying fourth such game on June 1st, 1975, matching the great Sandy Koufax for the most in one career:
Facing the Baltimore Orioles on a bright Sunday afternoon, Ryan went on to strike-out nine batters, while walking four, winning the game 1-0 thanks to a Dave Chalk third-inning single that brought speedster Mickey Rivers home.
Baltimore pitchers Ross Grimsley and Wayne Garland fought the good fight, allowing that one run while only walking one other batter, but alas, the “Ryan Express” was in full-swing in the mid-70’s, and just like that, in the course of a few seasons, he had four No-Hitters under his belt.
That Baltimore line-up was no slouch either!
Leading off for them was Ken Singleton, and they also had Al Bumbry, Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Lee May and Brooks Robinson starting that day, with former two-time batting champ Tommy Davis pinch-hitting!
Just amazing.
Little did we know that Ryan still had three more no-no’s in that arm left, and he’d be slinging BB’s for another 18 years before hanging them up!