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May 29, 1875: The first recorded no-hitter: Princeton vs. Yale

July 28, 1875: The first professional no-hitter: Joe Borden

July 15, 1876: Wearin’ of the ‘Grin’: George Bradley’s no-hitter

June 2, 1879: Lee Richmond’s no-hit debut

June 12, 1880: Baseball perfection by Lee Richmond

June 17, 1880: Perfection revisited by John Ward

August 19, 1880: Larry Corcoran throws first career no-hitter

September 11, 1882: Tony Mullane throws the first no-hitter in American Association

September 19, 1882: Guy Hecker throws Louisville’s second no-hitter of season

September 13, 1883: One hand, no hits for Hugh Daily

Pud Galvin

August 4, 1884: Buffalo’s Pud Galvin pitches his second major-league no-hitter

Pretzels Getzien (TRADING CARD DB)

October 1, 1884: Rookie Pretzels Getzien twists opponents in rain-shortened no-hitter

October 4, 1884: Sam Kimber’s one-of-a-kind no-hitter

October 5, 1884: Maroons’ Sweeney, Boyle combine to toss and lose rain-shortened Union Association no-hitter

John Clarkson (Trading Card DB)

July 27, 1885: Chicago’s John Clarkson pitches a no-hitter vs. Providence

May 1, 1886: Al Atkinson throws second career no-hitter

July 24, 1886: Adonis Terry throws a no-hitter for Brooklyn … or does he?

His 513 strikeouts remain the all-time single-season record.

October 6, 1886: Days after strikeout record, rookie Matt Kilroy pitches Orioles’ first no-hitter in American Association

May 27, 1888: Bridegroom Adonis Terry no-hits Louisville on a Sunday in Queens

June 21, 1888: George Van Haltren tosses rain-shortened no-hitter for Chicago

1887-88 photo of Jacob White Eyes as an 18-year-old student of the Educational Home for Boys, by John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

July 30, 1889: Hazleton’s Jacob White Eyes competes in pitchers’ duel in Harrisburg

June 21, 1890: No hits — but no win for Silver King

George Nicol (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

September 23, 1890: Browns teenager George Nicol tosses 7-inning no-hitter in debut

Kid Carsey (June 30, 1894, New York Clipper)

October 12, 1890: Oakland’s Kid Carsey hurls no-hitter in San Francisco

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