Top 10 Greatest Pitching Performances in MLB History
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2023
- Pitchers gems are some of the most impressive and entertaining shows to watch in major league baseball. From the historic black and white video of Bob Gibson to the late, great Roy Halladay dominating the playoffs, in this video we look at some of our favorites.
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Jack Morris' 10 inning shut out in game 7 of the 91 world series belongs here.
@Bread And Circuses Thanks to Lonnie Smith
That was the greatest WS, of my lifetime.
Best performance ever. And to quote TK when Jack refused to leave the leave the game "eff it. It's just a game"
Or every perfect game should’ve been the tops, regardless.
The result was great, he gave up some rockets in that game.
The Greg Maddux 78 pitch complete game. I was in attendance. It was the second game of a doubleheader.
always forgotten on this list
@@benjamminmore Yeah. It was from a snow out game from early April that year. At Wrigley. Drove 4 hours and it got snowed out. They redeemed for the make-up game or something to that effect. However, Gregs 78 pitch complete game.... I was in attendance. Andruw Jones went deep and flied out on the warning track twice.
Saw that game...again, bad research...
He was the real master. Getting ground balls exclusively is much more efficient than tons of strikeouts
I could hardly believe my ears when I heard that unmistakable voice calling Don Larsen's perfect game. Either I'd forgotten -- or never knew -- that Vin Scully worked that game. He had already been broadcasting games for 7 years at that point -- and would continue doing so for an astounding 60 years more, and died just last year. The greatest to ever do it.
Sandy Koufax, September 9th, 1965: Perfect game against the Cubs with 14 strikeouts.
And the thing was Koufax almost had to be perfect as Bob Hendley of the Cubs only allowed one run and one hit in the 8 innings he pitched. That could’ve been the greatest pitching performance, at least statistically, by two opposing pitchers in the same game, besides the Marichal/ Spahn matchup
@@robertosborne8694 And that 1 hit had nothing to do with scoring the run.
1965 Koufax in game 7 vs Twins - 2 days rest!
@@robertosborne8694 i think 68? Gibson vs Fergie Jenkins. 1 -0 gipson lost in 11th givung up 3 hits. Jenkins gave up 4 in his 10.
@@shawnyoung8752 Gibson was awesomely intimidating never let hitters get comfortable in the box. No hit the Pirates the year Pittsburgh won the World Series. Jenkins won 20 games something like 6 straight years. I don’t think he got a chance to pitch on a team that won a pennant or World Series.
Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game for 12 innings against the Braves who had the best offense in the major leagues at the time. The heart of the order for Milwaukee Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Joe Adcock had more than 1600 career home runs between them and they couldn't get a base runner for 12 innings despite the fact that the Braves bullpen was stealing signs. Haddix ultimately lost the game, but when you listen to what other players said about his performance that night to me that ranks as one of the single greatest pitched games ever.
They probably just didn't have video of that game. Which is pathetic.
While it might not be the greatest game ever pitched since he ultimately lost it, it is unquestionably the greatest pitching performance of all time. Can’t believe there is no mention of it here
My heartiest agreement
@@ottismymann It was the greatest game ever pitched. A 12 inning perfect game! In the 13th, Adcock hit a home run with two out and 2 on (by an error, then an intentional walk). But Aaron (on first base) thought the ball was caught, and ran off the field, causing Adcock to be called out when he passed up Aaron - 3 outs. The next day, the commissioner called Adcock's home run a ground rule double. This allowed the runner from second base to score and win the game.
The box score reads 12 2/3 because Adcock was the 2nd out. It went Matilla on by Hoak's error, Mathews sacrifices him to 2nd, they intentionally walk Aaron to set up the force and possible DP. Adcock homered, Aaron touched 2nd and left the field because Mantilla had scored. Adcock is called out for passing Aaron on the bases, somewhere between 2nd and 3rd.
But think about that game, 4 times through the 1959 Braves lineup perfectly. Certainly more impressive than a lot of strkeouts while giving up hits and runs.
BTW, the winning pitcher also threw a complete game, which reminds me of the 16 inning 1-0 game between Spahn and Marichal, that may also deserve this list.
I remember watching Ryan's 7th no-hitter in 1991 with my dad. We were Red Sox fans but more than that, we were baseball fans. And that was something special to see. 44 years old. Made my dad -- who was 56 at that time -- dream that he could do it. Now I'm 56 and, yeah, I know how he felt.
As Jays fans, we were pulling for Nolan!
Can you imagine Ryan pitching today. Dude would pitch til 56.
@@MJIZZEL That first pitch he threw out before a game in Houston in 2010 -- when he was 63 years old -- was estimated to be in the low 80s, which is ridiculous for someone that age. So yeah, I bet he could have pitched effectively, in some capacity, well into his 50s -- especially since he was still throwing 98 when he retired at age 46.
@@RMR1 damn I didn't know about that. Thanks for telling me.
My dad was a pitcher in high school back in the late 40's and had several scholarship offers but had to quit school and work because his father died
Everyone who saw him pitch said he was throwing heat and even though he was an older guy (49) when I was born, I grew up getting my hand popped pretty good playing catch with him.
In 1993, our minor league team had a radar gun that you could pay a $1 an pitch 3 pitches in front of.
At age 62 my dad was still throwing 80 mph.
He loved watching Nolan Ryan pitch and always told me he used to throw the same heat.
Now reading your comment about Ryan, kinda makes my dad's claims seem a little less far fetched.
Jim Abbott threw a no hitter with one hand. That is the greatest pitching feat of all time. David Cone’s perfect game only had 88 pitches thrown, 68 were strike.
Every pitcher throws with one hand. Although I do remember seeing a video of a right handed pitcher named Vince Velasquez throwing a guy out at first left handed.
@@dgchristensen771 Jim Abbott only had one hand. He also did it against a potent Indians offense.
That was slumping...actually that Indian team wasn't that good...
They never bunted on him. Although he was a pretty good fielder...but give him another hand and it's just a no hitter...not to say it's not a great feat, but only thing impressive was he was born without a hand....wasn't like it was cut off before the game...it was his normalcy...
@@thedeucemonkey2331 the Indians lit him up 10 days prior. Oh and Lofton did try to lay down a bunt against him.
Jack Morris 1991 WS game 7 really should be included due to the context of that particular game and the stakes.
Abso....10 innings in a WS game...that's epic...
Not a cubs fan, but I've never seen MLB hitters as helpless as that day against wood.
Johnny Vander Meer's back to back no-hitters should be on here.
Hearing Vin Scully calling Don Larson's perfect game @7:00 is chilling.
Kerry Wood had that ball on a string that day, greatest pitching performance I've ever seen
And he said he was garbage in the bullpen. Go figure.
We deserved more than one pitch of that game. It’s been widely credited as the most dominant pitching performance ever.
Watched that game expecting the Cubs would lose, because it's always something with them. I was treated to the most stellar pitching performance I had ever seen.
Joe Carter was one of guys who filled in. When wood missed trying to throw a curve he was asked should he have thrown a slider? Joe said. They cant hit the fastball or slider why bother throwing a curve.
It was the Best of All Time. Period
I recall Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal both pitching 16 innings of shutout ball until Willie Mays ended the game in the bottom of the 16th with a homerun.
Again, those are great performances....
July 2, 1963: SF Giants 25 year old Juan Marichal vs Milwaukee Braves 42 year old Warren Spahn? Both started and finished this 16 inning game. Marichal threw 227 pitches while holding Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews hitless. The Braves scattered five hits but failed to score. Spahn threw 201 pitches and gave up hits to Mays (2), McCovey, Cepeda(2) and Bowman (2) but kept the Giants scoreless for 15 1/3. After retiring 16 in a row, with two outs in the 13th, Braves’ second baseman Frank Bolling singled off Marichal, but Bolling was left stranded Hank Aaron, who fouled out to first baseman Cepeda. Marichal was scheduled to bat third in the bottom of the 13th and Manager Alvin Dark considered pinch hitting for him, but when he asked the Dominican Dandy if he had enough, Marichal replied "If that old man is still pitching I'm not coming out!" The game ended when Willie Mays hit a walkoff homer to left with one out in the bottom of the sixteenth. Two tremendous individual performances and certainly the greatest pitching duel of all time.
I whole heartily agree. All those mentioned are worthy, but this pitching duel warrants #1
I was at Halladay's no-hitter. It was a more dominant performance than his perfect game earlier in the season.
The walk in his no-hitter was actually a K, the 2-2 pitch was a strike he didn't get the call.
Perfect game 2010. No hitter 2011
Yes, especially considering the Reds led the majors in pretty much every offensive statistic that season.
Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game for nearly 13 innings and it gets no mention? Really?
DO WHAT??
I assume because there’s no video.
That's not because it wasn't worthy of inclusion; it's because there is no video footage of that game. Don't even know if a radio broadcast exists.
@@kvernon1 “MLB History” doesn’t exist before video? Ty Cobb never did anything worth a mention? Honus Wagner is persona non grata? Christy Mathewson doesn’t exist?
The problem is many of these young fans DO NOT KNOW the history of MLB. Period...What about Johnny Vander Meer two consecutive no hitters in a row in 1938 for the Cincinnati Reds vs Boston and Brooklyn? Probably no video of that feat!
Worth mentioning is the co great pitching performance of Sandy Kofax and Bob Hendley in 1965. Kofax threw a perfect game and Hendley a one-hitter which did not figure into the scoring.
That performance was well above "worth mentioning". I can think of several on this list that shouldn't have made the cut above Kofax... just silly.
Number 1 should be Sandy Koufax’s perfect game on September 9, 1965. No runs, no hits, no walks and 14 strikeouts. His opponent Bob Hendley gave up one run on one hit and one walk
On the old sports talk station in San Diego,XTRA the Mighty 690, they often played Vin Scully final call of that game..."Two and two to Harvey Keane..one strike away...Sandy into his windup...swung on and missed a Perfect Game!!"
Yeah, I mean... tops ever? Top ten it's a no doubter... The footage from the movie "Fastball" with Kevin Costner narrating is just awesome.
Koufax' 14-strikeout perfect game, his fourth no-hitter.
Max Scherzer struck out 17 in his second no-hitter in 2015.
Matt Cain had a 14 strike out perfect game.
Nolan Ryan had no hitters with 17 and 16 strikeouts. Kershaw struck out 15 and had 0 walks (someone reached on an error) in his no-hitter in 2014.
@@unkledoda420
Cain's perfecto tied Koufax' record for strikeouts in a perfect game. That's still the record. But Wood's game still has the highest Game Score (Bill James) ever at 105. And it was against a great Astros' lineup.
@Rick Rose It's the highest 9 inning game score.
Harvey Haddix had a 107 game score when he threw 12 perfect innings, then lost in the 13th.
Highest game score ever is by a pitcher who threw a 26 inning complete game.
TWENTY SIX innings.
Game score was 154.
RIP Roy Halladay. We miss you in "baseball heaven" his words, not mine. (Philadelphia)
I think Mike Scott’s no hitter against the giants to clinch the N.L. west pennant in 86 deserves an honorable mention. At least.
Sandy Koufax 7th game World Series ..... On 2 days rest and his curve ball not working - after 1st inning with just his rising fastball - Sandy struck out 10 , walked 3 and allowed only 3 hits no runs. And 2 days earlier pitched 4 hit shutout walking 1 , 10 strikeouts allowing 4 hits. All your choices are good ones BUT how You missed this 7th game of the 1965 World Series is a big miss. AND I watched this game on TV with my Dad.
Wen one looks at the pitchers accomplishment, also look at the quality of his opponent
In 1963 WS he struck out 15 Yankees and made them look like little leaguers.
i remember being at Felix Hernandez' perfect game with my friends in middle school-greatest baseball moment i'll ever see live, against my second favorite team the Rays too lol
None of these performances can touch what Sandy Koufax did on numerous occasions with 2 days rest! 2 days! Plus a perfect 1-0 game where the losing pitcher pitch a 1 hitter.
Nolan can touch these
@@alansabin7487 500 pitcher.
@@gparsons8 no need to argue with you, you do not know
or understand history of the game if you say Ryan is just a 500 pitcher.
bye bye
Milt Pappas was pitching a Perfect Game for the Cubs (1970s), with two out in the bottom of the 9th, and a (disputable) 3-2 count on the last batter. The last pitch could have been a called strike, but the ump called it a ball. He went on to get the No No, but as you might guess, he hated that umpire for the rest of his days, and rightfully so.
I remember while living in Pittsburgh starting to watch Kerry Woods 20 K 1 hitter. I had no reason to believe what was about to happen would happen. For some reason I never changed the channel. I was mesmerized of Woods performance that day. The only hit didn't even get out of the infield. May be the most unhittable performance of all time. And it was vs the Astros and the 3 B's. Awesome performance.
I watched that also. Was the Saturday game of the week.
Man ! All of this brings back incredible memories of brilliance that you sadly won’t see from starting pitchers anymore . We could all go on about all the countless reasons as to why, but I’m happy to know one thing… that Vin Scully was there to call Larsen’s moment in history in’56 . And then stayed with us ( for those that really love the game😉) for the next 60 plus years !! Think of that ! Every time I’d hear his voice, it was if time had stood still, and when baseball was it’s best . He truly was the link to the past throughout all the changes of today .
Very well said. Couldn’t agree more
Pedro over the Yankees was the most dominating pitching I have ever seen. Over 55,000 fans at Yankee Stadium and they were leading the division on the Sox.
Yes!
I remember watching the Bob Gibson game. That was amazing!
I was at Justin Verlander’s first no-hitter in Detroit against the Brewers. He walked four batters that day but only got more dominant as the game went on. He was throwing over 100 in the 9th inning, the stadium was absolutely electric.
Really? So Sandy Koufax throws back-to-back shutouts in the 1965 World Series on two days rest, the second a three-hitter; he held the single game strikeout record with 18 on two occasions; had 14 strikeouts in a perfect game (a record). And no top-ten game by Koufax? The greatest pitcher ever.
Glad that Pedro game against the Yankees was in there, watched it live and he was filthy
I think Sandy Koufax pitching a two hit shutout on TWO days rest and in pain to win the 1965 world series has be up there. Also, when he went into Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series and struck out 15 Yankees in that place at that time. Pretty special.
Around the 3rd inning of Game 7 in 1965, Koufax told Roseboro that he had no curveball that day. So, Roseboro said, "Then we'll just have to blow it by them". So, Koufax pitched a 3-hit shutout throwing nothing but fastballs.
@@joebarr725 Well that is paraphrased with the swear words removed ...
Yes, and on TWO days rest after a complete game shut out in game 5. The Twins were a good hitting team that year and knew what was coming and could not make any difference. Even when they made contact they were fouls and poorly hit. It is so hard to compare eras, but clearly Koufax was abused and misused and ridiculously underpaid and great person. One of my absolute favourite players.
@@henrivanbemmel he also pitched an insane number of complete games each season, even more remarkable since he was a really bad hitter, and the Dodgers weren't loaded with sluggers. But many times, one run was all that Koufax needed. Maury walks, steals second, goes to third on a right side grounder, scores on a sac fly. Classic Dodgers scratching out a run with no hits.
@@mikeprevost8650 And that ass O'Malley refused to televise the games as he wanted fans in his shiny new ballpark. (So we don't have a lot of footage of Sandy pitching.) He also did not install drinking fountains either. He gave Sandy a whole extra $500 for throwing a perfect game ... you've got to be kidding me!! If you look up the word 'greed' in the dictionary you probably find O'Malley's picture. Grrr...
@@mikeprevost8650 Yes, bad hitter but you don't pinch hit for the greatest pitcher ever! Btw he did hit 2 big league home runs!
Pedro is my hero and the hero of all Red Sox fans 🎉
Some great choices here. I would add Tim Lincecum's complete game, 14 strike-out shut-out for the Giants, over the Braves in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS. Making it even more impressive is that it was a 1-0 win.
That game is not talked about enough!
@@chrismalloy7960 Agreed!
rip roy halladay truly a treat watching you as I grew up
Should be title best pitching performances that I could find video for.
No Koufax?!
WS Game 1: Koufax gives up 2 hits and Ks 15 Yankees. 2 complete game wins. Dodgers beat the returning WS champs. Complete game win in game 4. Koufax named MVP of the ‘63 WS.
" I can see how he won 25, but I can't understand how he lost 5". Yogi Berra on Koufax going 25-5 after the WS
I think that you can also include Harvey Haddix pitching 12 perfect innings against the Braves in 1959 (although, sadly, the Pirates couldn't score a run, and the Braves did in the 13th after a walk an and error to bust up the no hitter and the win) and Babe Ruth pitching 14 innings in the 1916 World Series to beat the Dodgers 2-1.
Agree. This should have been included.
How on earth could TWELVE innings of PERFECT pitching against the 1959 Braves with Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock, and Eddie Matthews be omitted? Terrible oversight!
Almost completely forgotten in this Braves-Pirates game is Lew Burdette's 13-inning, complete-game shutout.
@@albertallain7554 great point.
Jack Morris 1991 WS Game 7, 10 Inning shutout to win it all.
This list is irrelevant without that performance, not just Jack but Smoltz was also throwing a great game, they pulled him to quick
This!
I came here to reference this specific game, and I like what you said - a list without game 7 of the 1991 WS is not relevant. It was simply the greatest game ever pitched in both sides.
@@waverunner6765 - Smoltz was over 100 pitches in the 8th inning of a 0-0 game and had just given up 2 hits that put the potential winning run on 3rd with Kerby Puckett and Kent Krbek coming up. It was the right move to pull him in that situation. They brought in Stanton, who intentionally walked Puckett for the lefty-lefty matchup with Hrbek and got a double play.
@@patrickwillard2815 - It depends on what "list" you're trying to compile. Throwing a 10-inning shutout in Game 7 of the World Series qualifies as the most clutch pitching performance of all time, but in terms of how "great" he pitched, he allowed 9 baserunners and gave up a lot of hard hit balls that fortunately went right to his fielders. In reality, he pitched really, really well for the big moment, but it individually wasn't better than any of the games on this video.
How is it possible that Madison Bumgardner's World Series run not included?
Three World Series (2010, 2012, 2014), 4-0 record as a starter with a 0.25 ERA, 36 innings pitched, only 1 runs allow, including 5 scores innings of relief pitching during game 7 of the 2014 World Series against Kansa City for the win.
That's different criteria. He pitched a lot of great games that accumulated into the greatest playoff run ever, but none of those games by themselves were all-time great.
I 100%agree with the close out of that KC game. Was incredible.
@@chili015 OK let's take game 5 of 2014 world series. Or how about game 4 of 2010?
@matthew maning - Great performances. But Bumgarner doesn't even have the greatest World Series game by a Giants pitcher, so how can he be in the Top greatest pitching performances ever? What about Josh Beckett's 2-hit shutout in the close-out Game 6 of the 2003 World Series? You can find many instances of complete game performances in the playoffs.
@@chili015 Game 5 was dominant.
The White Sox no hitter - I’m a cubs fan but I was a Sox fan just for that last inning. Incredible.
Watch it at 1:45 and I think you'll see that the 1st baseman came off the bag early. Not that an ump would ever call it since the ball got there well before the runner.
Randy Johnson's 20k game? Randy Johnson's 13k perfecto? Max Scherzer's 20k game? All three of these deserve to be on this list.
My thoughts also. If you have this list without Johnson and only one Nolan Ryan, it's not complete. Nolan Ryans 5th no hitter was the world standard forever and with the advent of money-ball, it will never be reached.
I was at SF Giants Matt Cain's Perfect game. He had 14 strikeouts and was the most dominant sporting event I have ever witnessed. I have been to two no-hitters and Cain's perfect game.
Kerry Woods first stunningly dominant complete game his rookie year: 20 strikeouts against a team with 3-4 hall of famers. Just as impressive as any perfect game.
I may be a little biased here but Josh Beckett's complete game shutout in the '03 World Series against the Yankees to clinch the World Series for the Marlins was the most dominant, and clutch pitching clinic I have seen in my life.
As a Cubs fan, I'm so glad Kerry Wood was included.
Larsen's perfect game in the WS has to be #1. Especially against that lineup. It was perfect
Glavines' 1 hitter in game 6 in 1995. World Series clincher to me adds to that performance
Not only did Roy Halladay throw a playoff no hitter but earlier in the season he threw a perfect game. And the umpire who called Roger Clemens' 20 strike out game is a friend of mine. And how can you leave off Johnny Vander Meer's back to back no hitters?
Actually, Clemens had 2 20 strikeout games.
Thanks for The Years and Information.✌️👍👍🤔
This should be #1. In 1963 at Candlestick Park Giants ace Juan Marichal and Braves superstar Warren Spahn were involved in the greatest pitching duel ever. The game went 16 innings and both went the distance. The game ended 1-0 on a walk off homerun by Willie Mays. Marichal threw 221 pitches and Spahn 207.
Best game ever jack Morris world series in 91. 10 shutout innings, get serious on the list, deciding game world championship
Agreed, I'd throw Madison Bumgardner's 2014 World Series performance on here too.
Glavine's 1 hitter in 95 too
Apparently clutch wasn’t one of the criteria… There goes this list’s credibility lol
Really? Don Larson perfect game in a World Series game! Only 1!
Without question, greatest World Series game ever pitched. Put the team on his back and said, I got you!
Boy, Pedro was sure getting the outside part of the plate calls.
How is Greg Maddox 77 pitch complete game not on this list
Because Randy Jones once pitched a 68-pitch complete game.
78, l actually saw a video this week where they showed and count each pitch. one of the pitches didn't get counted on one of the three official pitch count
Nolan Ryan was a beast.
Yes. Along with the 7 no-hitters, there was a 1972 early evening game against the Red Sox that he, himself will tell you was his best performance. 1 hit, 17 Ks, the first 9 outs were Ks (Yaz got a double) struck out the side on 9 pitches in the third. The game started at almost dusk, the hitters didn't stand a chance.
HM to tyler matzek in game 6 of the 2021 NLCS was legendary. Came in with no outs bases loaded and struck out the side. He got the braves to the World Series and their eventual title.
Seems to be missing Bumgarner in the 2014 World Series
So is everyone else
Armando Galarraga isn't on here? I think there is only one 28 out PERFECT GAME in MLB history. Glarraga got his PERFECT GAME ruined by a bogus call, but forever cemented him in MLB folk lore!
IT WAS A MORE PERFECT GAME THAN ANYONE ELSE!
Dock Ellis' No-No on LSD is the best pitching performance ever. (in context)
Two pitchers in the same game. The 16 inning shoot out between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal.
How about Marichal/ Spahn? Harvey Haddix?
Ya know before watching this I thought I’d take a look at the comments to see if Harvey Haddix's name was mentioned by anyone…and then BINGO! I stop at you. Thank you, btw.
Yeah if he’s not mentioned, I ain’t watching.
Spahn/Marichal has the title "Greatest game ever pitched" and doesn't even get an honorable mention?
Lots of arguments but in my mind nobody better than Bob Gibson. He was consistently good his whole career.
Koufax was WAY better than Gibson.
@@scottodonnell7121 I don't agree but I respect your right to voice your opinion.
You passed on the 12 inning no hitter by Harvey Haddix lost in the 13th inning. Also the 15 inning dual shut out between 42 year old Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal won in the 16th by a Mays home run. Both went the entire game and Spahn threw over 200 pitches and pitching every 4th game he was so tired he went 9-1 in his next 10 games with a combines 1.0 ERA.
No video footage of that game exists, unfortunately. Otherwise it likely would have been included.
The Society of American Baseball Research out of Cooperstown ranks the Koufax/Hendley game in 1965 as the best pitched game ever. Yet not mentioned here?
How did Tom Browning not make this list? His perfect game was only 102 pitches!
I agree, more performances should have been included. I could have watched an hour of these types of videos and it still wouldn’t be enough.⚾️
You thought a list of 10 should have contained more than 10?
Is your problem that you can't read, or that you can't count?
@@siler7 grow up and settle down.
I'm just commenting how much I love baseball and enjoy videos like this. I guess I am agreeing with some viewers that there were other moments that could have been included. Even if there were, so what?
The pressure of everyone on their feet in the 9th inning. No way the average pitcher can do this. This… this takes mastering an art and keeping composure even when 40,000 fans are screaming your name..
It's a tough list to make. I commend your efforts. Koufax is the most dominant of my lifetime and the bigger the stage the better he pitched.your list is very good,but each to their own.
@8:40 "The Dodgers: no runs, no hits, no errors, in fact, nothing at all." EPIC JAJAJAJAJA
Gotta say in recent memory it would be Kershaw's no hitter that was broken up by a Hanley Ramirez error. He has 14 or 15 strikeouts I think still crazy and I think one of the most ever for a no hitter or perfect game.
I was at Clemens' first 20-strikeout game. Had a seat in the right field sky boxes.
Thanks for the video. your Title caught my eye and I wanted to ask what the references you used to come to this conclusion? How many years did you go. Back? Baseball was played in the 1800"s Thats allot of years, and pitchers to sort out 10 performances.
How is a no hitter in the divisional round better than a perfect game in the world series?
Larsen had only 2 runs to work with & the Yankees really needed that game. To this day I still think that was the greatest game ever pitched. It wouldn't have gotten noticed if Mickey Mantle didn't make a great catch in the outfield.
Because these "best of" lists are all BS. It's just some dude at his computer throwing some highlights together instead of scouring through every single game played in MLB history to find the actual statistical best performances.
With all due respect to Buehrle you can’t show highlights of his perfect game without showing Dewayne Wise’s catch in the 9th. MB pitched an amazing game but DW kept it intact.
was that his other no-hitter ?
Bob Gibson would be nasty today
How about a Bob Gibson-Dock Ellis pitcher's duel?
You forgot Randy Johnson's PERFECT GAME against Atlanta. What's with that???
You forgot Cornelius "Extra Curly Stache" McKenzie's 1889 no-hitter against the New Amsterdam Bowery Boy's Athletic Club at Pittsburg's Coke Field Gentleman's Sporting Grounds.
He pitched both games of the double header and struck out 18 batters in a row for the game 2 no-no. Of course we all remember he was famously diagnosed with TB before the start of the game but a stirring speech by Vice President Morton after he threw out the first pitch aroused the confident humours in ol' Curly to get out there and pitch. The afternoonified crowd created quite the benjo that evening.
Doc was a master against a very good Cincinnati hitting team...they could mash. But that final play by Ruiz was stellar...saved the no hitter for Doc.
May 1st 1920 Brooklyn Robbins 1 Boston Braves 1 after 26 innings, game called because of darkness, taking 3 hrs 50 minutes. Both pitchers that started pitched all 26 innings Brooklyn's Leon Cadore and Boston's Joe Oeschger. It remains the longest major league game all time and ended in a tie
NOLAN RYAN WAS EITHER 44 OR 46 WHEN HE PITCHED HIS 7th NO-NO, MY HERO!!!!!
Ryan pitched better games than that. August 1972 vs Boston. Played at twi-light. Shadows at the plate, still bright at the mound and the batters couldn't pick up the ball. He strikes the first 2 out, Yaz gets a double, strikes out the next guy. Then strikes out the side on 9 pitches and strikes out the side in the third. Ends up with a 1 hit, 17 strike out performance that to this day he considers it a very special game.
@@scottodonnell7121 Ryan had another no-hitter with at least 15 k's as well iirc.
@@unkledoda420 1975, I believe
Randy Johnson's perfect game and 20 strike out game should be on here way before half of these. Fact!
I love Gibson's delivery.
When he was at his prime nobody better than Pedro he was aaaawasome.
Tom Seaver’s 19 strikeout (10 in a row) game, or his “imperfect game” against the Cubs in 69
Notable mentions: Sid Fernandez's 7 straight K's in '86 WS; deGrom's 9 straight K's vs Marlins
Far as im concerned they left out the greatest pitching performance of all time that took place in the World Series over a 7 game span....Madison Bumgardner vs Royals....
Jim Bunning's perfect game on Father's Day, threw 90 pitches to 27 batters.
Dave Righetti's no hitter on July 4. One walk, retired on a double play.
Madison Bumgarner 2014 World Series Game 7, Pedro Martinez 1999 ASG, Randy Johnson 20K game against Cincy
Lol, in the Gibson footage, look at all those white shirts and ties. Def a different time.
Uhh, 1968? Oh yeah, I remember that year. On a trip to Los Angeles to see my sister, her boyfriend asked me if I wanted to see a baseball game at Dodger stadium. I had only seem AAA Ball at Bears Stadium (where the Donkeys play now) and I said sure.
Let's see, oh right. Cardinals visiting the Dodgers. Gibson against Drysdale.
I liked it. Dodgers fans were sad. I was in heaven.
Son, what happened with the Galarraga's perfect game of 28 outs? No way
Don Larsen after pitching a perfect game in a WS reacted just another day in the office for him.
I was happy to see that Don Larsen's perfect game in the WS was included. Nowadays, if it didn't happen 2 minutes ago, it never happened.
Buehrle faced the minimum 27 batters in his first no hitter. Walked Sammy Sosa and then proceeded to pick him off.
You didn't show any of the 50 million dollar a year 5 and 6 inning pitchers that we have today. Why not ?
What about TOM SEAVER'S 19 K PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE PADRES IN 1970?.HE NOT ONLY HAD 19 KS, BUT STROKE OUT THE LAST 10 BATTERS IN A ROW. THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
Unfortunately there is no video of the Spahn Marichal game. I dont even think audio. But from this video I'm going with Gibsons game 1 WS 17k game.
A perfect game is the best pitching performance ever. Maybe not the most entertaining, but the best.
May I suggest Kenny Rogers performance for the Texas Rangers at home Arlington Texas
I believe it was a perfect game because the last (perfectly good maybe wonderful stadium) had a 3ft by 4ft plaque on the interior concourse wall.
Would be pretty surprised if it was just no hitter
Kenny Rogers' pitching gem in 1994 was, indeed, a Perfect Game.