shoelessjoelives Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Exactly 70 years ago today baseball witnessed a performance that will probably never be beaten let alone be tied. Lefty Johnny Vander Meer no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers for his second consecutive no-hitter. His first no-no was on June 11th. His second no-no was the first ever game played at night under the lights in Brooklyn. Vander Meer led the majors with a total of 7.07 hits per game during the '38 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJC_fan Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 70 years ... that's a lot of baseball. Yeah, I'd say that this one is unbreakable .... 3 consecutive no-hitters? No way!!!!! The odds are that someone will one day tie it? I'd guess ... "slim and none". I wonder what hits/game average the top pitchers have achieved since 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoelessjoelives Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Since 2000 the following seven pitchers have led those eight years. 2000 - Pedro Martinez...........5.31 hits per game. 2001 - Randy Johnson...........6.52 hpg. 2002 - Pedro Martinez...........6.50 hpg. 2003 - Kerry Wood................6.48 hpg. 2004 - Johan Santana...........6.16 hpg. 2005 - Roger Clemens..........6.43 hpg. 2006 - Chris Young...............6.72 hpg. 2007 - Chris Young...............6.14 hpg. 2008 - Edison Volquez...........6.25 hpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoelessjoelives Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 I doubt we will ever see two in a row again. That is so tough for all the plays to fall your way on consecutive starts. :flowers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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