The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball franchise based in the New York City borough of Queens. Formed in 1962, they play in the National League East division. Pitchers for the Mets have thrown two no-hitters in franchise history.[1] A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings", though one or more batters "may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference".[2] No-hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 changed the rule to its current form.[3] A no-hitter is rare enough that it took until 2021 for all thirty teams in Major League Baseball to accomplish the feat. No perfect games, a special subcategory of no-hitter, have been thrown in Mets history.[4] As defined by Major League Baseball, "in a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."[2]
No-hitters
edit| ¶ | Indicates a perfect game |
| £ | Pitcher was left-handed |
| * | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| # | Date | Pitcher | Final score | Base- runners |
Opponent | Catcher | Plate umpire | Manager | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1, 2012 | Johan Santana£ | 8–0 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | Josh Thole | Gary Cederstrom | Terry Collins |
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| 2 | April 29, 2022 | Tylor Megill (5 IP) Drew Smith (11⁄3 IP) Joely Rodríguez£ (1 IP) Seth Lugo (2⁄3 IP) Edwin Díaz (1 IP) |
3–0 | 6 | Philadelphia Phillies | James McCann | Ryan Wills | Buck Showalter |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "New York Mets Franchise History". ESPN. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "MLB Miscellany: Rules, regulations and statistics". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ Kurkjian, Tim (June 29, 2008). "No-hit win makes no sense, except in baseball". ESPN. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ "New York Mets". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Boxscore: St. Louis vs. NY Mets - June 1, 2012 MLB.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012
- ^ Boxscore: Philadelphia vs. NY Mets - April 29, 2022 MLB.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022