Another in a Long Line…
June 11th, 2010 by slangon
…of one hitters.
Jon Niese pitched a brilliant game for the Mets last night to split the double header and take the series from the Padres. He thew 108 pitches over 9 innings, allowing 1 hit and no walks while striking out 6. In the 2 games since his return from the DL for a tweaked hamstring, he’s gone 2-0, giving up 1 run in 16 innings. Very impressive.
I think it’s common knowledge that in the Mets 48+ year history, no one has ever thrown a no-hitter. You look at the names of some of the guys who’ve pitched for them and it’s a little unbelievable that no one has done it in over 48 years. Seaver, Gooden, Koosman, Glavine, Pedro, Cone, Viola, Santana, Ryan. A bunch of those guys have thrown no-no’s, just not while wearing the blue and orange.
Although no Met has ever thrown a no-hitter, Jon is in some pretty good company with his one-hit game. Thirty four times in franchise history there’s been a one-hitter, with 24 of those being of the complete game variety.
| Pitcher | Date | Score | Broken Up By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jackson | June 22, 1962 | .45’s 0, NYM 2 | Joey Amalfitano Single in 1st |
| Jack Hamilton | May 4, 1966 | NYM 8, STL 0 | Ray Sadecki Bunt Single in 4th |
| Tom Seaver | July 9, 1969 | CHC 0 , NYM 4 | Jimmy Qualls Single in 9th (1 out) |
| Nolan Ryan | April 18, 1970 | PHI 0, NYM 7 | Denny Doyle Single in 1st |
| Gary Gentry | May 13, 1970 | NYM 4, CHC 0 | Ernie Banks Single in 8th |
| Tom Seaver | May 15, 1970 | NYM 4, PHI 0 | Mike Compton Single in 3rd |
| Gary Gentry | April 18, 1971 | PIT 2, NYM 5 | Roberto Clemente Triple in 6th |
| Tom Seaver | September 26, 1971 | PIT 1, NYM 3 | Vic Davalillo Single in 7th |
| Tom Seaver | July 4, 1972 | SDP 0, NYM 2 | Leron Lee Single in 9th (1 out) |
| Jon Matlack | July 10, 1973 | HOU 0, NYM 1 | Tommy Helms Double in 6th |
| Jon Matlack | June 29, 1974 | STL 0, NYM 6 | John Curtis Double in 3rd |
| Tom Seaver | April 17, 1977 | CHC 0, NYM 6 | Steve Ontiveros Single in 5th |
| Terry Leach | October 1, 1982 | NYM 1, PHI 0 (in 10) | Luis Aguayo Triple in 5th |
| Dwight Gooden | September 7, 1984 | CHC 0, NYM 10 | Keith Moreland Single in 5th |
| David Cone | August 29, 1988 | SDP 0, NYM 6 | Tony Gwynn Double in 4th |
| Pete Schourek | September 10, 1991 | MON 0, NYM 9 | Kenny Williams Single in 5th |
| David Cone | September 20, 1991 | NYM 1, STL 0 | Felix Jose Double in 8th |
| Bobby J. Jones | October 8, 2000 (NLDS) | SFG 0, NYM 4 | Jeff Kent Double in 5th |
| Shawn Estes | April 26, 2002 | MIL 0, NYM 1 | Eric Young Single in 7th |
| Steve Trachsel | June 15, 2003 | NYM 8, ANA 0 | David Eckstein Double in 6th |
| Steve Trachsel | August 18, 2003 | COL 0, NYM 8 | Chin-Hui Tsao Double in 6th |
| Tom Glavine | May 23, 2004 | COL 0, NYM 4 | Kit Pellow Double in 8th |
| Aaron Heilman | April 15, 2005 | FLA 0, NYM 4 | Luis Castillo Single in 4th |
| Jonathon Niese | June 10, 2010 | SDP 0, NYM 3 | Chris Denordia Double in 2nd |
In addition to these complete game, one pitcher one-hitters, the Mets have thrown 6 combined one-hitters in which the Mets won, 2 combined one-hitters in which the Mets lost, and 2 rain-shortened one-hitters.
Nice post, it reminded me of the Armando Galaragga game and how the Tigers have never had a official perfect game pitched…well, 28 up, 28 down is pretty good…the Mets will have a no-hitter one day, just keep the faith.