Almost Perfect Games

[Fish Troll]

Each of the following pitchers was as close to perfection as one could probably get, without actually achieving it. In other words, each pitcher below had a perfect game through eight innings, two outs in the ninth inning, then it came to end:

Almost Perfect

July 4, 1908: Hooks Wiltse
New York Giants (versus the Philadelphia Phillies).
George McQuillan was hit with a pitch, but ended the game with a 10-inning no-hitter.

August 5, 1932: Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers (versus the Washington Nationals).
Dave Harris hit a single.

June 27, 1958: Billy Pierce
Chicago White Sox (versus the Washington Senatos).
Ed Fitz Gerald hit a double.

September 3, 1972: Milt Pappas
Chicago Cubs (versus the San Diego Padres).
Larry Stahl was walked, but Pappas ended the game with a no-hitter.

April 15, 1983: Milt Wilcox
Detroit (at and versus the Chicago White Sox).
Jerry Hairston hit a single.

May 2, 1988: Ron Robinson
Cincinnati (versus the Montreal Expos).
Wallace Johnson hit a single.

August 4, 1989: Dave Stieb
Toronto (versus the New York Yankees).
Roberto Kelly hit a double.

April 20, 1990: Brian Holman
Seattle (versus the Oakland Athletics).
Ken Phelps hit a home run.

September 2, 2001: Mike Mussina
New York Yankees (at and versus the Boston Red Sox).
Carl Everett hit a single.

[guruguru]

August 5, 1932: Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers (versus the Washington Nationals).
Dave Harris hit a single.

Nationals did not exist then ^_^

[seaver41]

Yes they did. From 1905 to 1956 they were called Washinton Nationals. However since they played in the American League and their name was misleading, they became the Washington Senators. In 1960 they moved to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Twins.


I can't believe you forgot this one:

June 3, 1995: Pedro Martinez
Montreal Expos (at San Diego)
Retires first 27 batters. Expos scored in the top of the 10th. Pedro surrenders a hit to the 28th batter. He is relieved by Mel Rojas. The Expos win and Pedro recieves no credit for the perfect game or even the win.

I forget the year, it was either 1985 or 1986. Doc Gooden was pitching a perfect game. The batter hit the ball to Ray Knight. Knight booted it but it was ruled a hit.

[Grady Sizemore]

I remember watching the Mussina one

[#1 Jays Fan]

i remember watching Dave Stieb of toronto on the espn classics