The very 1st PERFECT game was pitched by.....
John Richmond, Worcester Ruby Legs (NL) vs. Cleveland Blues on June 12, 1880 (score 1-0). That same
week John Ward, Providence Grays vs. Buffalo Bisons pitched a Perfect game on June 17, 1880 (score 5-0).
The significance of Jim Bunning's Perfect game is....it took 84 years for another one in the NL to occur. There
have been 16 Perfect games since those events in 1880. The American Lge. leads in this statistic.
For anyone who hasn't seen an uncut sheet of these "phantom" tickets......
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