Lost in the Ninth
No-Hitters Broken Up in the Ninth Inning Since 1961

No-Hitters Broken Up in the Ninth Inning, 1871-1960

By Stew Thornley

No-hitters are memorable events, and baseball fans get excited when they see one in the making. Some perk up as early as the fourth inning, although most wait until a pitcher gets into the sixth or seventh inning before getting too worked up. They know that, even at this point, the odds of the pitcher completing the no-hitter are still against him.

At what point do the odds of a no-hitter favor the pitcher? A look at games played since 1961, the beginning of the expansion era, indicates that not until a pitcher keeps his no-hitter into the ninth inning does it become more likely than not that he’ll complete his no-hitter—at least through the nine innings. (This study looks at no-hitters that survive the ninth inning. For most, that is the end of the no-hitter; however, some are carried into and broken up in extra innings. Although these are not considered official no-hitters, they will be counted as no-hitters here for purposes of comparison. Since 1961, Jim Maloney and Mark Gardner had no-hitters broken up in extra innings in 1965 and 1991, respectively, and Pedro Martinez had a perfect game broken up by a hit in extra innings in 1995. Four Milwaukee pitchers had a no-hitter for 10-1/3 innings in 2023. No-hitters of fewer than nine innings—including the eight-inning no-hitters by Andy Hawkins in 1990, Matt Young in 1992, Jeff Weaver-Jose Arredondo in 2008, and Hunter Greene-Art Warren in 2022—are not counted, nor are the seven-inning no-hitters of 2021 on April 25 [Game 2] by Madison Bumgarner and the combined no-hitter on July 7 [Game 2] by Collin McHugh, Josh Fleming, Diego Castillo, Matt Wisler, and Pete Fairbanks. One no-hitter of a scheduled seven-inning game was broken up in the seventh: In the second game of a Toronto at Baltimore game on September 11, 2021, Keegan Akin of Baltimore had a no-hitter until Vladimir Guerrero singled to start the top of the seventh. Toronto ended up with 11 hits off Akin and two other Baltimore pitchers. For informational purposes, the no-hitters by Bumgarner and McHugh et al. are listed under 2021 but are not included in the overall summaries.)

Since 1961, approximately 50 percent of no-hitters carried into the ninth made it through the ninth. After the first out of the ninth is recorded, the percentage increases to between 60 and 65 percent. And no-hitters that are still alive with two out in the ninth have a survival rate of nearly 80 percent.

Below is a list of no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning since 1961, along with the name of the spoiler and the number of outs when the first hit occurred as well as the total number of hits the previously no-hit team finished the game with. (When more than one pitcher is listed, it means the last pitcher is the one who gave up the first hit. Relief pitchers who entered a game after it was broken up are not included in the list.)

# Perfect game broken up
*Indicates that the game was tied entering the inning and would not have been over even with a hitless/scoreless inning

Pitchers who had a no-hitter through nine innings are listed; italics indicate a perfect game.

All hits to break up the no-hitter are singles unless otherwise indicated.

1961      1 no-hitter kept through 9 innings (Warren Spahn); 2 broken up in the ninth
9/25 (2nd game), Bob Shaw, Kansas City vs. Detroit, Bubba Morton (0 out-3 hits total)
9/27, Al Schroll, Minnesota vs. Cleveland, Don Dillard (0 out-2 hits total)

1962      5 no-hitters (Bo Belinsky, Earl Wilson, Sandy Koufax, Bill Monbouquette, Jack Kralick); 2 broken up in the ninth
5/1, Bill Stafford/Roland Sheldon, New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox, Nellie Fox (0 out-2 hits total)
5/22, Whitey Ford/Jim Coates, New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels, Bob Rodgers (1 out-1 hit total in 12 innings)

1963      3 no-hitters (Sandy Koufax, Don Nottebart, Juan Marichal); 4 broken up in the ninth
5/11, Ted Bowsfield, Kansas City at Minnesota, Vic Power (0 out-2 hits total)
7/29, Joel Horlen, Chicago White Sox at Washington, Chuck Hinton (1 out-2 hits total)
8/27 (1st game), Jim Bouton, New York Yankees vs. Boston, Russ Nixon, (0 out-2 hits total)
8/4, Johnny Podres, Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston, Johnny Temple (0 out-1 hit total)

1964      3 no-hitters (Ken Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Jim Bunning); 2 broken up in the ninth
4/18, Jim Maloney/John Tsitouris, Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank Howard (2 out-1 hit total)
6/26 (first game), Gerry Arrigo, Minnesota vs. Chicago White Sox, Mike Hershberger (0 out-1 hit total)

1965      4 no-hitters through at least nine innings (Jim Maloney-10 innings before allowing hit in 11th, Jim Maloney-10 innings, Sandy Koufax, Dave Morehead); 0 broken up in the ninth

1966      1 no-hitter (Sonny Siebert); 2 broken up in the ninth
9/25, Ken Holtzman, Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Dick Schofield (0 out-2 hits total)
#*9/30, Larry Dierker, Houston at New York Mets, Ed Bressoud-2B (0 out-2 hits total)

1967      4 no-hitters (Steve Barber/Stu Miller, Don Wilson, Dean Chance, Joel Horlen); 2 broken up in the ninth
4/14, Billy Rohr, Boston at New York Yankees, Elston Howard (2 out-1 hit total)
4/16 (2nd game), Steve Barber, Baltimore at California, Jim Fregosi-2B (1 out-1 hit total)

1968      5 no-hitters (Tom Phoebus, Jim “Catfish” Hunter, George Culver, Gaylord Perry, Ray Washburn); 2 broken up in the ninth
*6/1, Dean Chance, Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, Bill Voss (1 out-3 hits total)
6/7 (1st game), Blue Moon Odom, Oakland vs. Baltimore, Dave Johnson (2 out-1 hit total)

1969      6 no-hitters (Bill Stoneman, Jim Maloney, Don Wilson, Jim Palmer, Ken Holtzman, Bob Moose); 5 broken up in the ninth
5/15, Dave McNally, Baltimore at Minnesota, Cesar Tovar (1 out-1 hit total)
5/31, Joe Sparma, Detroit at Seattle, Don Mincher-2B (1 out-1 hit total)
#7/9, Tom Seaver, New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, Jim Qualls (1 out-1 hit total)
8/10, Mike Cuellar, Baltimore vs. Minnesota, Cesar Tovar (0 out-1 hit total)
*9/13, Larry Dierker, Houston at Atlanta, Felix Millan-2B (2 out-7 hits total in 13 innings)

1970      4 no-hitters (Dock Ellis, Clyde Wright, Bill Singer, Vida Blue); 4 broken up in the ninth
6/4, Jim Rooker, Kansas City at New York Yankees, Horace Clarke (0 out-6 hits total in 12 innings)
6/19, Sonny Siebert, Boston vs. New York Yankees, Horace Clarke (0 out-4 hits total)
7/2, Joe Niekro, Detroit at New York Yankees, Horace Clarke (1 out-1 hit total)
7/21, Clay Kirby/Jack Baldschun, San Diego vs. New York Mets, Bud Harrelson, (0 out-3 hits total)

1971      3 no-hitters (Ken Holtzman, Rick Wise, Bob Gibson); 2 broken up in the ninth
4/16, Juan Marichal, San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs, Ken Rudolph (0 out-2 hits total)
7/18 (2nd game), Luke Walker, Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles, Joe Ferguson-HR (0 out-1 hit total)

1972      3 no-hitters (Burt Hooton, Milt Pappas, Bill Stoneman); 4 broken up in the ninth
6/18, Jerry Reuss, Houston vs. Philadelphia, Larry Bowa-2B (0 out-1 hit total)
7/4 (1st game), Tom Seaver, New York Mets vs. San Diego, Leron Lee (1 out-1 hit total)
7/11, Marty Pattin, Boston at Oakland, Reggie Jackson (1 out-1 hit total)
7/18, Steve Arlin, San Diego vs. Philadelphia, Denny Doyle (2 out-2 hits total)

1973      5 no-hitters (Steve Busby, Nolan Ryan, Nolan Ryan, Jim Bibby, Phil Niekro); 4 broken up in the ninth
6/13, Rick Wise, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Joe Morgan (1 out-1 hit total)
#6/16, Jim Palmer, Baltimore vs. Texas, Ken Suarez (1 out-2 hits total)
7/6, Ron Schueler, Atlanta at New York Mets, Ron Hodges (0 out-2 hits total)
8/21, Stan Bahnsen, Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, Walt Williams (2 out-1 hit total)

1974      3 no-hitters (Steve Busby, Dick Bosman, Nolan Ryan); 5 broken up in the ninth
#5/27 (1st game), Ken Brett, Pittsburgh vs. San Diego, Fred Kendall (0 out-2 hits total)
7/15, Wayne Garland, Baltimore vs. Oakland, Dick Green (0 out-4 hits total)
7/20, Doc Medich, New York Yankees vs. Kansas City, Fran Healy (0 out-2 hits total)
8/7, Nolan Ryan, California at Chicago White Sox, Dick Allen (1 out-3 hits total)
9/4, Don Wilson/Mike Cosgrove, Houston vs. Cincinnati, Tony Perez (0 out-1 hit total)

1975      3 no-hitters (Nolan Ryan, Ed Halicki, Vida Blue/Glenn Abbott/Paul Lindblad/Roland Fingers); 3 broken up in the ninth
6/8, Ken Holtzman, Oakland at Detroit, Tom Veryzer-2B (2 out-1 hit total)
7/2 (1st game), Rick Wise, Boston at Milwaukee, George Scott-HR (2 out-2 hits total)
*9/24, Tom Seaver, New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, Joe Wallis (2 out-4 hits total in 11 innings)

1976      4 no-hitters (Larry Dierker, John “Blue Moon” Odom/Francisco Barrios, John Candelaria, John Montefusco; 7 broken up in the ninth
5/2, Rudy May, New York Yankees at Kansas City, Amos Otis-2B (0 out-3 hits total in 11 innings)
*5/26, Ken Brett, Chicago White Sox at California, Jerry Remy (2 out-2 hits total in 11 innings)
6/4, Andy Messersmith, Atlanta at Montreal, Pepe Mangual (1 out-1 hit total)
7/23, Doyle Alexander, New York Yankees vs. Boston, Rick Burleson (0 out-3 hits total)
8/7, Steve Luebber, Minnesota at Texas, Roy Howell (2 out-2 hits total)
8/28, Vida Blue, Oakland vs. Detroit, Mickey Stanley-HR (1 out-1 hit total)
10/2, Phil Niekro, Atlanta at Cincinnati, Cesar Geronimo-2B (1 out-1 hit total)

1977      3 no-hitters (Jim Colborn, Dennis Eckersley, Bert Blyleven); 0 broken up in the ninth

1978      2 no-hitters (Bob Forsch, Tom Seaver); 1 broken up in the ninth
9/26, Mike Flanagan, Baltimore vs. Cleveland, Gary Alexander-HR (2 out-3 hits total)

1979      1 no-hitter (Ken Forsch); 2 broken up in the ninth
7/13, Nolan Ryan, California vs. New York Yankees, Reggie Jackson (1 out-1 hit total)
7/13, Steve Renko, Boston at Oakland, Rickey Henderson (1 out-1 hit total)

1980      1 no-hitter (Jerry Reuss); 2 broken up in the ninth
4/23, Bruce Kison, California at Minnesota, Ken Landreaux-2B (1 out-1 hit total)
8/20, Dan Spillner, Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox, Leo Sutherland (1 out-1 hit total)

1981      3 no-hitters (Charlie Lea, Len Barker, Nolan Ryan; 4 broken up in the ninth
5/6, Bert Blyleven, Cleveland at Toronto, Lloyd Moseby-2B (0 out-2 hits total)
8/25, Dennis Lamp, Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, Robin Yount-2B (0 out-1 hit total)
9/5, Jim Slaton, Milwaukee at Minnesota, Sal Butera (0 out-3 hits total)
9/12, Bob Ojeda, Boston at New York Yankees, Rick Cerone-2B (0 out-2 hits total)

1982      0 no-hitters; 1 broken up in the ninth
#9/28 (1st game), Jim Clancy, Toronto vs. Minnesota, Randy Bush (0 out-1 hit total)

1983      3 no-hitters (Dave Righetti, Bob Forsch, Mike Warren); 5 broken up in the ninth
#4/15, Milt Wilcox, Detroit at Chicago White Sox, Jerry Hairston (2 out-1 hit total)
6/26, Storm Davis, Baltimore vs. Detroit, Rick Leach-HR (0 out-2 hits total)
7/20, Charles Hudson, Philadelphia vs. Houston (1 out-3 hits total)
*7/31 (2nd game), Jose DeLeon, Pittsburgh at New York Mets, Hubie Brooks (1 out-3 hits total in 12 innings)
8/24, Chuck Rainey, Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati, Eddie Milner (2 out-1 hit total)

1984      2 no-hitters (Jack Morris, Mike Witt); 1 broken up in the ninth
5/12, Mario Soto, Cincinnati vs. St. Louis, George Hendrick-HR (2 out-1 hit total)

1985      0 no-hitters; 3 broken up in the ninth
5/8, Mike Moore, Seattle at Milwaukee, Robin Yount (0 out-4 hits total)
*6/6, Jimmy Key, Toronto vs. Detroit, Tom Brookens (0 out-4 hits in 12 innings)
8/24, Dave Stieb, Toronto at Chicago White Sox, Rudy Law-HR (0 out-5 hits total)

1986      2 no-hitters (Joe Cowley, Mike Scott); 4 broken up in the ninth
6/16, Charlie Hough, Texas vs. California, Wally Joyner (1 out-1 hit total)
8/20, Walt Terrell, Detroit vs. California, Wally Joyner-2B (2 out-1 hit total)
#*8/20, Don Carman, Philadelphia at San Francisco, Bob Brenly-2B (0 out-1 hit total in 10 innings)
10/1, Danny Jackson, Kansas City vs. California, Dick Schofield (0 out-2 hits total)

1987      1 no-hitter (Juan Nieves); 3 broken up in the ninth
4/13, Jamie Moyer, Chicago at Philadelphia, Juan Samuel (0 out-3 hits total)
5/5, Eric Bell, Baltimore at Minnesota, Tom Nieto (0 out-5 hits total)
6/7, Mike Jackson, Philadelphia vs. Montreal, Tim Raines-2B (0 out-2 hits total)

1988      1 no-hitter (Tom Browning); 8 broken up in the ninth
4/27, Nolan Ryan, Houston vs. Philadelphia, Mike Schmidt (1 out-2 hits total in 10 innings)
#5/2, Ron Robinson, Cincinnati vs. Montreal, Wallace Johnson (2 out-2 hits total)
5/8, Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh vs. San Diego, Randy Ready (0 out-2 hits total)
5/28, Odell Jones, Milwaukee at Cleveland, Ron Washington (1 out-2 hits total)
6/6, Tom Browning, Cincinnati at San Diego, Tony Gwynn (1 out-1 hit total)
6/12, Mike Scott, Houston vs. Atlanta, Ken Oberkfell (2 out-1 hit total)
9/24, Dave Stieb, Toronto at Cleveland, Julio Franco (2 out-1 hit total)
9/30, Dave Stieb, Toronto vs. Baltimore, Jim Traber (2 out-1 hit total)

1989      0 no-hitters; 6 broken up in the ninth
4/23, Nolan Ryan, Texas at Toronto, Nelson Liriano-3B (1 out-1 hit total)
4/28, Kirk McCaskill, California vs. Toronto, Nelson Liriano-2B (0 out-1 hit total)
5/4, John Farrell, Cleveland vs. Kansas City, Kevin Seitzer (0 out-1 hit total)
#7/4, Tom Browning, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Dickie Thon-2B (0 out-2 hits total)
#8/4, Dave Stieb, Toronto vs. New York Yankees, Roberto Kelly-2B (2 out-2 hits total)
8/10, Nolan Ryan, Texas vs. Detroit, Dave Bergman (1 out-2 hits total)

1990      7 no-hitters (Mark Langston/Mike Witt, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Dave Stewart, Fernando Valenzuela, Terry Mulholland, Dave Stieb); 5 broken up in the ninth
#4/20, Brian Holman, Seattle at Oakland, Ken Phelps-HR (2 out-1 hit total)
5/27, John Smoltz, Atlanta at Philadelphia, Lenny Dykstra-2B (1 out-2 hits total)
6/13, Trevor Wilson, San Francisco at San Diego, Mike Pagliarulo (0 out-1 hit total)
7/29, Scott Garrelts, San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, Paul O’Neill (2 out-1 hit total)
8/3, Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Sil Campusano (2 out-1 hit total)

1991      8 no-hitters through nine innings (Nolan Ryan, Tommy Greene, Bob Milacki/Mike Flanagan/Mark Williamson/Gregg Olson, Mark Gardner-9 innings before allowing hit in 10th, Dennis Martinez, Wilson Alvarez, Bret Saberhagen, Kent Mercker/Mark Wohlers/Alejandro Pena); 3 broken up in the ninth
4/10, Scott Sanderson, New York Yankees at Detroit, Tony Phillips-2B (0 out-1 hit total)
*4/24, Darryl Kile/Al Osuna/Curt Schilling, Houston vs. Cincinnati, Bill Doran (0 out-3 hits total in 13 innings)
8/14, Randy Johnson, Seattle vs. Oakland, Mike Gallego (0 out-1 hit total)

1992      1 no-hitter (Kevin Gross); 2 broken up in the ninth
9/13, Bob Welch/Kelly Downs, Oakland vs. Seattle, Harold Reynolds (1 out-2 hits total)
9/30, Frank Viola, Boston at Toronto, Devon White (0 out-1 hit total)

1993      3 no-hitters (Chris Bosio, Jim Abbott, Darryl Kile); 3 broken up in the ninth
4/6, Jose Guzman, Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta, Otis Nixon (2 out-1 hit total)
5/16, Randy Johnson, Seattle at Oakland, Lance Blankenship (1 out-1 hit total)
9/29, Tim Pugh, Cincinnati at San Diego, Billy Bean (1 out-1 hit total)

1994      3 no-hitters (Kent Mercker, Scott Erickson, Kenny Rogers); 3 broken up in the ninth
4/13, Pedro Martinez, Montreal vs. Cincinnati, Brian Dorsett (0 out-2 hits total)
5/29, David West/Heathcliff Slocumb, Philadelphia vs. Houston, Steve Finley (0 out-3 hits total)
6/13 Jeff Fassero, Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, Carlos Garcia (2 out-3 hits total)

1995      2 no-hitters through nine innings (Pedro Martinez-9 perfect innings before allowing hit in 10th, Ramon Martinez); 4 broken up in the ninth
6/17, David Cone, Toronto vs. Texas, Benji Gil (1 out-3 hits total)
7/3, Mike Morgan, St. Louis vs. Montreal, Wil Cordero (1 out-1 hit total)
8/29, Paul Wagner, Pittsburgh vs. Colorado, Andres Galarraga (2 out-1 hit total)
9/25, Frank Castillo, Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis, Bernard Gilkey-3B (2 out-1 hit total)

1996      3 no-hitters (Al Leiter, Dwight Gooden, Hideo Nomo); 1 broken up in the the ninth
9/2, David Cone/Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees at Oakland, Jose Herrera (1 out-1 hit total)

1997      2 no-hitters (Kevin Brown, Francisco Cordova/Ricardo Rincon-10 innings); 4 broken up in the ninth
4/10, Alex Fernandez, Florida at Chicago Cubs, Dave Hansen (1 out-1 hit total)
*5/16, Alan Benes, St. Louis at Atlanta, Michael Tucker-2B (2 out-7 hits total in 13 innings)
#5/30, Mike Mussina, Baltimore vs. Cleveland, Sandy Alomar (1 out-1 hit total)
9/5, Andy Ashby, San Diego vs. Atlanta, Kenny Lofton (0 out-2 hits total)

1998      1 no-hitter (David Wells); 2 broken up in the ninth
9/13, Andy Benes, Arizona at Cincinnati, Sean Casey (1 out-1 hit total)
9/27, Roy Halladay, Toronto vs. Detroit, Bobby Higginson-HR (2 out-1 hit total)

1999      3 no-hitters (Jose Jimenez, David Cone, Eric Milton); 0 broken up in the ninth

2000      0 no-hitters; 1 broken up in the ninth
8/29, Pedro Martinez, Boston at Tampa Bay, John Flaherty (0 out-1 hit total)

2001      3 no-hitters (Hideo Nomo, A. J. Burnett, Bud Smith); 3 broken up in the ninth
6/19, Tim Wakefield, Boston at Tampa Bay, Randy Winn (0 out-3 hits total)
*7/13, Todd Ritchie, Pittsburgh vs. Kansas City, Luis Alicea (1 out-1 hit total)
#9/2, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees at Boston, Carl Everett (2 out-1 hit total)

2002      1 no-hitter (Derek Lowe); 1 broken up in the ninth
9/3, Aaron Myette (ejected before retiring a batter), Todd Van Poppel, Joaquin Benoit, Texas at Baltimore, Jerry Hairston, Jr. (0 out-1 hit total)

2003      2 no-hitters (Kevin Millwood, Roy Oswalt/Peter Munro/Kirk Saarloos/Brad Lidge/Octavio Dotel/Billy Wagner); 0 broken up in the ninth

2004      1 no-hitter (Randy Johnson); 1 broken up in the ninth
7/25, Eric Milton, Philadelphia vs. Chicago Cubs, Michael Barrett-2B (0 out-3 hits total)

2005      0 no-hitters; 0 broken up in the ninth

2006      1 no-hitter (Anibal Sanchez); 3 broken up in the ninth
9/4, Ramon Ortiz, Washington vs. St. Louis, Aaron Miles (0 out-2 hits total)
9/22, Chris Young, San Diego vs. Pittsburgh, Joe Randa-HR (1 out-1 hit total)
9/28, Daniel Cabrera, Baltimore at New York, Robinson Cano (1 out-1 hit total)

2007      3 no-hitters (Mark Buehrle, Justin Verlander, Clay Buchholz); 3 broken up in the ninth
6/7, Curt Schilling, Boston at Oakland, Shannon Stewart (2 out-1 hit total)
6/24, Dustin McGowan, Toronto vs. Colorado, Jeff Baker (0 out-1 hit total)
#8/31 (2nd game), Scott Baker, Minnesota vs. Kansas City, Mike Sweeney (1 out-1 hit total) [The one-out hit by Sweeney broke up the no-hitter, but the perfect game was broken up by a leadoff walk by John Buck.]

2008      2 no-hitters (Jon Lester, Carlos Zambrano); 2 broken up in the ninth
5/6, Gavin Floyd, Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota, Joe Mauer-2B (1 out-1 hit total)
7/29, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels at Boston, Dustin Pedroia (1 out-2 hits total)

2009      2 no-hitters (Jonathan Sanchez, Mark Buehrle); 0 broken up in the ninth

2010      6 no-hitters (Ubaldo Jimenez, Dallas Braden, Roy Halladay, Edwin Jackson, Matt Garza, Roy Halladay-playoffs); 5 broken up in the ninth
#6/2, Armando Galarraga, Detroit vs. Cleveland, Jason Donald (2 out-1 hit total)
6/13, Ted Lilly, Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, Juan Pierre (0 out-1 hit total)
#*7/10, Travis Wood, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Carlos Ruiz-2B (0 out-4 hits total in 11 innings)
8/8, Brandon Morrow, Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, Evan Longoria (2 out-1 hit total)
8/23, Rich Harden/Matt Harrison/Darren O’Day/Neftali Feliz, Texas vs. Minnesota, Joe Mauer (1 out-1 hit total)

2011      3 no-hitters (Francisco Liriano, Justin Verlander, Ervin Santana); 2 broken up in the ninth
4/22, Anibal Sanchez, Florida vs. Colorado, Dexter Fowler (0 out-1 hit total)
*7/9, Aaron Harang/Josh Spence/Chad Qualls/Mike Adams/Luke Gregerson, San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, Juan Uribe-2B (2 out-2 hits total)

2012      7 no-hitters (Philip Humber, Jered Weaver, Johan Santana, Kevin Millwood/Charlie Furbush/Stephen Pryor/Lucas Luetge/Brandon League/Tom Wilhelmsen, Matt Cain, Felix Hernandez, Homer Bailey); 1 broken up in the ninth
5/18, Justin Verlander, Detroit vs. Pittsburgh, Josh Harrison (1 out-1 hit total)

2013      3 no-hitters (Homer Bailey, Tim Lincecum, Henderson Alvarez); 5 broken up in the ninth (including post-season)
#4/2, Yu Darvish, Texas at Houston, Marwin Gonzalez (2 out-2 hits total)
5/24, Anibal Sanchez, Detroit vs. Minnesota, Joe Mauer (1 out-1 hit total)
#9/6, Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco vs. Arizona, Eric Chavez (2 out-1 hit total)
9/24, Michael Wacha, St. Louis vs. Washington, Ryan Zimmerman (2 out-1 hit total)
10/12, Anibal Sanchez/Al Alburquerque/Jose Veras/Drew Smyly/Joaquin Benoit, Detroit at Boston, Daniel Nava (1 out-1 hit total) - playoffs

2014      5 no-hitters (Josh Beckett, Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum, Cole Hamels/Jake Diekman/Ken Giles/Jonathan Papelbon, Jordan Zimmermann); 0 broken up in the ninth

On May 9 Yu Darvish of Texas had a no-hitter until David Ortiz of Boston singled with two out in the ninth; however, Ortiz was later credited with another hit, in the seventh inning, when a scoring decision was changed from an error to a hit. In the game, Ortiz broke up the no-hitter in the ninth, but retroactively, his single in the ninth was the second hit off Darvish.

2015      7 no-hitters (Chris Heston, Max Scherzer, Cole Hamels, Hisashi Iwakuma, Mike Fiers, Jake Arrieta, Max Scherzer); 5 broken up in the ninth
4/9, Trevor Bauer/Kyle Crockett/Scott Atchison/Nick Hagadone, Cleveland at Houston, Jed Lowrie-HR (1 out-1 hit total)
5/17, Shelby Miller, Atlanta at Miami, Justin Bour (2 out-2 hits total)
7/1, Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland at Tampa Bay, Joey Butler (2 out-1 hit total)
8/26, Justin Verlander, Detroit vs. Los Angeles Angels, Chris Iannetta-2B (0 out-1 hit total)
9/22, Daniel Norris/Buck Farmer/Ian Krol/Drew VerHagen/Neftali Feliz, Detroit vs. Chicago White Sox, Tyler Saladino-3B (1 out-2 hits total in 10 innings)

2016      1 no-hitter (Jake Arrieta); 4 broken up in the ninth
4/29, Adam Conley/Jose Urena, Miami at Milwaukee, Jonathan Lucroy (1 out-4 hits total)
6/16, Colby Lewis, Texas at Oakland, Max Muncy-2B (0 out-2 hits total)
8/25, Matt Moore, San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers, Corey Seager (2 out-1 hit total)
9/12, Kyle Hendricks, Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, Jeremy Hazelbaker-HR (0 out-1 hit total)

2017      2 no-hitters through nine innings (Edinson Volquez, Rich Hill); 5 broken up in the ninth
4/18, Wei-Yin Chen/Brad Ziegler/Kyle Barraclough, Miami at Seattle, Mitch Haniger-2B (1 out-1 hit total)
6/30, Mike Foltynewicz, Atlanta at Oakland, Matt Olson-HR (0 out-2 hits total)
7/9, Kyle Freeland, Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox, Melky Cabrera (1 out-1 hit total)
7/31, Gio Gonzalez, Washington at Miami, Dee Gordon (0 out-2 hits total)
9/17, Matthew Boyd, Detroit vs. Chicago White Sox, Tim Anderson-2B (2 out-1 hit total)

2018      3 no-hitters through nine innings (Sean Manaea, Walker Buehler/Tony Cingrani/Yimi Garcia/Adam Liberatore, James Paxton); 3 broken up in the ninth
6/3, Michael Wacha, St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh, Colin Moran (0 out-2 hits total)
7/29, Sean Newcomb, Atlanta vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Chris Taylor (2 out-2 hits total)
#9/8, Jorge Lopez, Kansas City at Minnesota, Robbie Grossman (0 out-1 hit total) [The hit by Grossman broke up the no-hitter, but the perfect game was broken up by a leadoff walk by Max Kepler.]

2019      4 no-hitters through nine innings (Mike Fiers, Taylor Cole/Felix Pena, Aaron Sanchez/Will Harris/Joe Biagini/Chris Devenski, Justin Verlander); 4 broken up in the ninth
4/4, Trevor Bauer/Jon Edwards/Brad Hand, Cleveland vs. Toronto, Freddy Galvis (0 out-3 hits total)
#7/14, Ryne Stanek/Ryan Yarbrough, Tampa Bay at Baltimore, Hanser Alberto (0 out-3 hits total)
#7/19, Mike Leake, Seattle vs. Los Angeles Angels, Luis Rengifo (0 out-1 hit total)
9/25, Zack Greinke, Houston at Seattle, Austin Nola (1 out-2 hits total)

2020      2 no-hitters (Lucas Giolito, Alec Mills); 1 broken up in the ninth
8/18, Kenta Maeda, Minnesota vs. Milwaukee, Eric Sogard (0 out-4 hits total in 12 innings)

2021      9 no-hitters (Joe Musgrove, Carlos Rodon, John Means, Wade Miley, Spencer Turnbull, Corey Kluber, Zach Davies/Ryan Tepera/Andrew Chafin/Craig Kimbrel, Tyler Gilbert, Corbin Burnes/Josh Hader); 2 broken up in the ninth
6/29, German Marquez, Pittsburgh at Colorado, Ka’ai Tom (0 out-1 hit total)
7/24, Patrick Sandoval, Los Angeles Angels at Minnesota, Brent Rooker (1 out-2 hits total)

Scheduled seven-inning games—2 no-hitters (Madison Bumgarner and Collin McHugh/Josh Fleming/Diego Castillo/Matt Wisler/Pete Fairbanks); 1 broken up in the seventh.
9/11 (2nd game), Keegan Akin, Baltimore vs. Toronto, Vladimir Guerrero (0 out-11 hits total)
Note: The seven-inning games are not included in the summaries below.

2022      5 no-hitters through nine innings (J. P. Feyereisen/Javy Guerra/Jeffrey Springs/Jason Adam/Ryan Thompson/Andrew Kittredge through 9 innings, Tylor Megill/Drew Smith/Joely Rodriguez/Seth Lugo/Edwin Diaz, Reid Detmers, Cristian Javier/Hector Neris/Ryan Pressly, Cristian Javier/Bryan Abreu/Rafael Montero/Ryan Pressly-World Series); 5 broken up in the ninth
6/14 (2nd game), Miles Mikolas, St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh, Cal Mitchell (2 out-1 hit total)
#8/14, Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore, Jorge Mateo (0 out, 1 hit total)
9/3, Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota, Luis Arraez (2 out, 1 hit total)
9/13, Joe Ryan/Jovani Moran, Minnesota vs. Kansas City, Bobby Witt (1 out, 2 hits total)
10/4, Justin Verlander/Hunter Brown/Hector Neris/Will Smith, Houston vs. Philadelphia, Garrett Stubbs (0 out, 3 hits total)

On June 15 Tyler Anderson of the Dodgers had a no-hitter until Shohei Ohtani of the Angels singled with one out in the ninth; however, Jared Walsh of the Angels was later credited with another hit, in the seventh inning, when a scoring decision was changed from an error to a hit. In the game, Ohtani broke up the no-hitter in the ninth, but retroactively, his single in the ninth was the second hit off Anderson.

2023      5 no-hitters (Domingo German, Matt Manning/Jason Foley/Alex Lange, Framber Valdez, Michael Lorenzen, Corbin Burnes/Devin Williams/Abner Uribe/Joel Payamps-10-1/3 innings before allowing hit in 11th); 4 broken up in the ninth
8/29, Alex Cobb, San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, Spencer Steer (2 out, 1 hit total)
9/13, Hunter Brown/Rafael Montero/Hector Neris/Bryan Abreu/Ryan Pressly, Houston vs. Oakland, Ryan Noda (1 out, 2 hits total)
9/15, Chase Anderson/Justin Lawrence/Nick Mears, Colorado vs. San Francisco, J. D. Davis (0 out, 2 hits total)
9/19, Blake Snell/Robert Suarez/Josh Hader, San Diego vs. Colorado, Brendan Rogers (O out, 2 hits total)

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Summary
1961-1970: 36 no-hitters; 25 broken up in the ninth—59.0% survived through the ninth inning
    13 broken up with 0 out
     8 broken up with 1 out (75% survived)
     4 broken up with 2 out (90% survived)

1971-1980: 28 no-hitters; 30 broken up in the ninth—48.3% survived through the ninth inning
    10 broken up with 0 out
    12 broken up with 1 out (58.3% survived)
     8 broken up with 2 out (77.8% survived)

1981-1990: 19 no-hitters; 40 broken up in the ninth—32.2% survived through the ninth inning
    19 broken up with 0 out
     9 broken up with 1 out (47.5% survived)
    12 broken up with 2 out (61.3% survived)

1991-2000: 26 no-hitters; 23 broken up in the ninth—53.1% survived through the ninth inning
     8 broken up with 0 out
     9 broken up with 1 out (63.4% survived)
     6 broken up with 2 out (81.3% survived)

2001-2010: 23 no-hitters; 18 broken up in the ninth—56.1% survived through the ninth inning
     7 broken up with 0 out
     7 broken up with 1 out (67.6% survived)
     4 broken up with 2 out (85.2% survived)

2011-2020: 36 no-hitters; 30 broken up in the ninth—54.5% survived through the ninth inning
     12 broken up with 0 out
     9 broken up with 1 out (66.7% survived)
     9 broken up with 2 out (80.0% survived)

2021-2022: 14 no-hitters; 7 broken up in the ninth—66.7% survived through the ninth inning
     3 broken up with 0 out
     2 broken up with 1 out (77.8% survived)
     2 broken up with 2 out (87.5% survived)

1961-2022: 182 no-hitters; 173 broken up in ninth—51.3% survived through the ninth inning
    72 broken up with 0 out
    56 broken up with 1 out (64.3% survived)
    45 broken up with 2 out (80.2% survived)

#Perfect Game until ninth. From 1961 into 2023, 22 pitchers, including a combination of two pitchers in one game (Dierker, Seaver, Palmer, Brett, Clancy, Wilcox, Carman, Robinson, Browning, Stieb, Holman, Mussina, Baker, Galarraga, Wood, Darvish, Petit, Lopez, Stanek/Yarbrough, Leake, Rodon, and Rasmussen), who brought perfect games into the ninth finished with neither a perfect game nor a no-hitter (for a total of 23 such games since Mike Mussina twice had perfect games broken up in the ninth). In addition, Jack Kralick, Milt Pappas, Max Scherzer, Rich Hill, and Carlos Rodon lost perfect games (Scherzer and Rodon on hit batters, Hill on an error, the others on walks) but maintained no-hitters through 9 innings while two pitchers, Scott Baker in 2007 and Jorge Lopez in 2018, lost their perfect game with a walk and then their no-hitter in the ninth. During this period, there have been 19 perfect games (Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter, Len Barker, Mike Witt, Tom Browning, Dennis Martinez, Kenny Rogers, Pedro Martinez, David Wells, David Cone, Randy Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Dallas Braden, Roy Halladay, Philip Humber, Matt Cain, Felix Hernandez, and Domingo German) pitched through nine innings (Pedro Martinez lost his perfect game and no-hitter in the 10th inning).

All Perfect Games Broken Up with Two Out in the Ninth (with single unless otherwise noted)
7/4/1908—George Wiltse, NY Giants vs. Philadelphia Phillies, (hit George McQuillen with pitch; Wiltse finished with a 10-inning no-hitter)
8/5/1932—Tommy Bridges, Detroit vs. Washington, Dave Harris
6/27/1958—Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox vs. Washington, Ed Fitz Gerald (2B)
9/2/1972—Milt Pappas, Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego, (walked Larry Stahl; Pappas finished with a no-hitter)
4/15/1983—Milt Wilcox, Detroit at Chicago White Sox, Jerry Hairston
5/2/1988—Ron Robinson, Cincinnati vs. Montreal, Wallace Johnson
8/4/1989—Dave Stieb, Toronto vs. New York Yankees, Roberto Kelly (2B)
4/20/1990—Brian Holman, Seattle vs. Oakland, Ken Phelps (HR)
9/2/2001—Mike Mussina, New York Yankees at Boston, Carl Everett
6/2/2010—Armando Galarraga, Detroit vs. Cleveland, Jason Donald
4/2/2013—Yu Darvish, Texas at Houston, Marwin Gonzalez
9/6/2013—Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco vs. Arizona, Eric Chavez
6/20/2015—Max Scherzer, Washington vs. Pittsburgh (hit Jose Tabata with pitch; Scherzer completed the no-hitter)

Into 2018, 25 perfect games have been completed through nine innings. This includes Don Larsen’s in the World Series as well as games by Harvey Haddix and Pedro Martinez in which the perfect game and no-hitter were lost in extra innings. Of the 38 games in which there was a perfect game through 8-2/3 innings, 25 (65.8 percent) survived as perfect games through the ninth; 28 of the 38 (73.7 percent) survived as no-hitters through the ninth inning.

All Other No-Hitters Broken Up with Two Out in the Ninth (with single unless otherwise noted)
7/9/1890—George Meakim, Louisville vs. Philadelphia, George “Orator” Shafer
10/5/1890—Frank Knauss vs. Louisville, Chicken Wolf
5/26/1892—John Clarkson, Boston vs. Louisville, Hugh Jennings
7/23/1896—Cy Young, Cleveland vs. Philadelphia, Ed Delahanty
9/9/1899—Doc McJames, Brooklyn vs. Boston, Hugh Duffy
9/27/1904—Bob “Dusty” Rhoads, Cleveland vs. Boston Somersets, Chick Stahl
9/27/1905—Carl Lundgren, Chicago vs. Brooklyn, Jimmy Sheckard
7/31/1909—Bill Burns, Chicago White Sox at Washington, Otis Clymer
7/22/1911—Nap Rucker, Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati, Bob Bescher
5/16/1914—Jeff Tesreau, NY Giants at Pittsburgh, Joe Kelly
4/14/1915—Herb Pennock, Philadelphia Athletics at Boston Red Sox, Harry Hooper
6/5/1915—Grover Cleveland Alexander, Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals, Arthur Butler
5/6/1918—Dan Griner, Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Phillies, Cliff “Gavy” Cravath
6/17/1923—Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn at Cincinnati, Sammy Bohne
9/19/1925—Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox at Washington, Bobby Veach
6/13/1933—Whitlow Wyatt, Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Browns, Ted Gullic
*8/11/1942—Al Milnar, Cleveland vs. Detroit, Doc Cramer
7/8/1943—Orval Grove, Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees, Joe Gordon (2B)
10/3/1947—Floyd “Bill” Bevens, New York at Brooklyn Dodgers, Cookie Lavagetto (2B), World Series
4/26/1952—Art Houtteman, Detroit vs. Cleveland, Harry Simpson
7/4/1954—Mike Garcia/Ray Narleski/Early Wynn, Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox, Minnie Minoso
4/18/1964—Jim Maloney/John Tsitouris, Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank Howard
4/14/1967—Billy Rohr, Boston at New York Yankees, Elston Howard
6/7/1968—Blue Moon Odom, Oakland vs. Baltimore, Dave Johnson
*9/13/1969—Larry Dierker, Houston at Atlanta, Felix Millan
7/18/1972—Steve Arlin, San Diego vs. Philadelphia, Denny Doyle
8/21/1973—Stan Bahnsen, Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, Walt Williams
6/8/1975—Ken Holtzman, Oakland at Detroit, Tom Veryzer
7/2/1975—Rick Wise, Boston at Milwaukee, George Scott (HR)
*9/24/1975—Tom Seaver, New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, Joe Wallis
*5/26/1976—Ken Brett, Chicago White Sox at California, Jerry Remy
8/7/1976—Steve Luebber, Minnesota at Texas, Roy Howell
9/26/1978—Mike Flanagan, Baltimore vs. Cleveland, Gary Alexander (HR)
9/23/1983—Chuck Rainey, Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati, Eddie Milner
5/12/1984—Mario Soto, Cincinnati vs. St. Louis, George Hendrick (HR)
8/20/1986—Walt Terrell, Detroit vs. California, Wally Joyner
6/12/1988—Mike Scott, Houston vs. Atlanta, Ken Oberkfell
9/24/1988—Dave Stieb, Toronto at Cleveland, Julio Franco
9/30/1988—Dave Stieb, Toronto vs. Baltimore, Jim Traber
7/29/1990—Scott Garrelts, San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, Paul O’Neill
8/3/1990—Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Sil Campusano
4/6/1993—Jose Guzman, Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta, Otis Nixon
6/13/1994—Jeff Fassero, Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, Carlos Garcia
8/29/1995—Paul Wagner, Pittsburgh vs. Colorado, Andres Galarraga
9/25/1995—Frank Castillo, Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis, Bernard Gilkey (3B)
*5/16/1997—Alan Benes, St. Louis at Atlanta, Michael Tucker (2B)
9/27/1998—Roy Halladay, Toronto vs. Detroit, Bobby Higginson (HR)
6/7/2007—Curt Schilling, Boston at Oakland, Shannon Stewart
8/8/2010—Brandon Morrow, Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, Evan Longoria
*7/9/2011—Aaron Harang/Josh Spence/Chad Qualls/Mike Adams/Luke Gregerson, San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, Juan Uribe (2B)
9/24/2013—Michael Wacha, St. Louis vs. Washington, Ryan Zimmerman
5/17/2015—Shelby Miller, Atlanta at Miami, Justin Bour
7/1/2015—Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland at Tampa Bay, Joey Butler
8/25/2016—Matt Moore, San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers, Corey Seager
9/17/2017—Matthew Boyd, Detroit vs. Chicago White Sox, Tim Anderson (2B)
7/29/2018—Sean Newcomb, Atlanta vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Chris Taylor
6/24/2022 (2nd game)—Miles Mikolas, St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh, Cal Mitchell (2B)
9/3/2022—Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota, Luis Arraez
8/29/20238—Alex Cobb, San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, Spencer Steer (2B)

(As noted above, on May 9, 2014 Yu Darvish of Texas had a no-hitter until David Ortiz singled with two out in the ninth; however, Ortiz was later credited with another hit, in the seventh inning, when a scoring decision was changed from an error to a hit. In the game, Ortiz broke up the no-hitter in the ninth, but retroactively, his single in the ninth was the second hit off Darvish.)

*Indicates the game was scoreless and the no-hitter would not have been completed at this point even if the batter had been retired. (In the case of Frank Knauss on October 5, 1890, he would have completed the no-hitter even though the game was scoreless because the game was stopped after nine innings.)

On May 25, 1908, Bill Burns of Washington gave up a two-out, ninth-inning single to Germany Schaefer of Detroit. It appears that originally this was the first hit of the game for Detroit. The Washington Post has it as the only hit and says that the only other two baserunners for Detroit—Fred Payne and Jerry Downs—reached base on errors in the third inning. However, the Detroit Free Press and New York Times note those plays as hits for Payne and Downs. It is possible that they were originally scored as errors but changed to hits after the game.

The late William Ruiz, the late Keith Sutton, and the not-yet-late Steve Boren and Scott Johnson, past and present members of the Society for American Baseball Research, along with Noah Guyette were helpful in assembling the list of no-hitters broken up with two out in the ninth. Other contributors include Dirk Lammers and Richard Mann.

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