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unusual facts about Perfect Game



Armando Galarraga

On June 2, 2010, while playing for the Tigers, he was deprived of a perfect game by an incorrect call made by umpire Jim Joyce in the top of the ninth inning with two outs.

By Saam

Despite having never called a pennant or division winner in Philadelphia, Saam did call 13 no-hitters, including Jim Bunning's perfect game in 1964.

Dave Downs

Downs threw four pitches: a standard four-seam fastball, a changeup, a curveball, and a slider, whose development he credited to his Spartanburg manager—Hall of Famer, Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame member, and perfect game pitcher Jim Bunning.

Dave Van Horne

He is well known for his "El Presidente, El Perfecto!" call when Expos pitcher Dennis Martínez threw his perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 28, 1991.

David Wells' perfect game

David Wells of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins by retiring all 27 batters he faced on Sunday, May 17, 1998.

Huntington Avenue Grounds

The stadium was the site of the first World Series game between the modern American and National leagues in 1903, and also saw the first perfect game in the modern era, thrown by Cy Young on May 5, 1904.

Jim Gilliam

In the 1956 World Series, he walked with one out in the tenth inning of Game 6 and scored on a single by Robinson to give the Dodgers a 1–0 victory, tying the Series; in Game 5 he had struck out and grounded out twice in the perfect game pitched by the Yankees' Don Larsen.

Mike Muchlinski

Muchlinski was the first base umpire on June 13, 2012 when Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the Houston Astros.

Mike Witt's perfect game

On September 30, 1984, Mike Witt of the California Angels threw a perfect game against the Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium.

Paul Moor

Moor was the first bowler to roll a Perfect Game on Live TV in the UK, achieving the historic feat in the first game of the 2006 Weber Cup tournament, against Jason Couch.

Yankeeography

Pitcher Perfect; dedicated to the 3 perfect games pitched by former Yankees Don Larsen, David Wells, and David Cone.


see also

1956 World Series

Sports cartoonist Willard Mullin drew an illustration of a happy Larsen painting a canvas titled The Perfect Game, observed by Mullin's classic "Brooklyn Bum."

Armando Galarraga

Rookie Jason Donald hit a ground ball to first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who tossed to Galarraga—who was covering first base—but first base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly called Donald safe on a close play, ending the perfect game and no-hitter.

Austin Jackson

The perfect game eventually ended with two outs in the ninth after a blown call by umpire Jim Joyce.

David Wells' perfect game

David Cone would add a third perfect game breaking the record when he befuddled the Montreal Expos in July 1999.

Hitoki Iwase

In the 2007 Japan Series, he saved a perfect game with eight innings thrown by Daisuke Yamai.

Kenshin Kawakami

A video game version of Kawakami helped Wade McGilberry from Mobile, Alabama win $1 million as part of the Major League Baseball 2K10 Perfect Game Challenge.

McGilberry used Kawakami to pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10, and won the contest by being the first person to do so in accordance with the contest rules.

LaTroy Hawkins

He was the opposing starting pitcher during the perfect game by Yankees pitcher David Wells on May 17, 1998.

LSU Tigers baseball

:Aaron Nola (p) - NCBWA, Baseball America, Perfect Game, ABCA

Moisés Arias

He participated in the Guadalajara Film Festival (2009) during the presentation of the movie The Perfect Game with Eva Longoria.

New York Yankees Museum

The centerpiece of the museum is a tribute to Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, with a commemorative home plate in the floor and statues of Larsen pitching to Yogi Berra.

Tom Sturdivant

He was a sixteen-game winner in each of the next two campaigns, starting a World Series game in each year, and pitching a complete game to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 of the 1956 World Series (the game before Don Larsen's perfect game).

Weber Cup

On Day 1, in the 5th match, Tommy Jones rolled the 2nd ever perfect game in the tournament's history, against Team Europe captain Tomas Leandersson, and at close of play on day one, the scores were tied at 4 matches apiece.