Posted on by Sandlapper Spike

I couldn’t quite fit this into a Tweet, but then I remembered I have a blog…

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On Tuesday night, Francisco Liriano of the Twins threw a no-hitter against the White Sox. It was not only Liriano’s first career no-no, it was his first career shutout and complete game as well.

As no-hitters go, it wasn’t exactly a masterpiece, not that Liriano will care.

I was curious about other “ugly” no-hitters. I’m defining this particular brand of ugly as walking six or more batters while allowing more free passes than strikeouts. Since 1919, it appears there have been 10 such no-hitters. Some of them are noteworthy.

It’s still a no-hitter, though. That’s all anyone will remember (barring any suggestions that LSD might have been involved).

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Filed under: Baseball | Tagged: A.J. Burnett, Cliff Chambers, Dock Ellis, Don Black, Dwight Gooden, Edwin Jackson, Francisco Liriano, Johnny Vander Meer, Minnesota Twins, no-hitter, Sam Jones, Steve Busby |