Minor League Perfect Games??? 38 and counting...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Well, as part of my autograph collection I've been working on perfect gamers, and I'm thinking about expanding to players that have thrown perfect games in the minor leagues as well. I'm having alot of trouble researching minor league perfect games though, it's hard to find any info on the net. Keep in mind, I'm only talking about "9 Inning" perfect games, so none of the seven inning ones. And also only Major league affiliated minor leagues, or legit minor leagues from the old days... I know some of the old guys may be impossible to find anything of signed, but it would be fun to try...

So far I've only been able to gather information on 10 minor league "9 inning perfect games"...Ok, we're up to 33 now(still need to do some homework on a few of these though), plus a few Negro Leaguers, with more to come.

Roy Castleton(8/17?/1905)
Kaiser Wilhelm(7/9/1906)*unsure about length*
Walter Johnson(6/9/1907)*unsure about length*don't know if "Idaho State League" should count*
Chick Evans(7/??/1908)*unsure about length*
Chester Carmichael(8/9/1910)
Jake Northrop(6/14/1911)
Sam Lanford(8/6/1916)*unsure about length*
Ben Tincup(6/6/1917)*unsure about length*
Ed Cole(7/10/1935)
Marlin Stuart(6/37/1950)
Dick Marlowe(8/15/1952)
John Herbert(6/23/1956)
Dennis Ribant(7/2/1961)
Wenty Ford(6/1/1967)*unsure about length*
Ed Phillips(7/17/1968)
Steve Hardin(4/18/1973)
Marc Bombard(6/6/1975)
Marty Bystrom(8/12/1978)
Dave Wilhelmi(5/3/1983)
Rafael Valdez(7/21/1989)
Rick Helling(8/13/1996)
Marcos Castillo(6/14/1999)*unsure of length*
Tomakazo Ohka(6/1/2000)
Scott Dunn(8/3/2000)
John Halama(7/7/2001)
John Wasdin(4/7/2003)
Bronson Arroyo(8/10/2003)
Chris Coughlin(6/30/04)
Keith Ramsey(9/6/2004)
*combined*AJ Murray/Steve Karsay/Scott Feldman(7/28/2005)
Manny Parra(6/7/2007)
Guillermo Moscoso(7/5/2007)
Jeanmar Gomez(5/21/2009)

Negro Leaguers, not necessarily Negro League games.

Dan McClellan(7/17/1903)Cuban X-Giants vs York,Pennsylvania of Tri-State Lg.
Jose Mendez(7/24/1909)*10 inning game
Dick Redding 1912? Exhibition against Eastern League Team
Bob McClure(3/5/1925)Florida Hotel League
John Donaldson(1925) Moose Jaw Optimist Tournament

Any info that would add to this list would be greatly appreciated. I'll gladly update all additions to this list as it becomes available for easier reference just in case anyone else in interested in the subject.

David,
Walter Johnson did throw a 9 inning perfect game on June 9, 1907. This was "Johnson's 2nd consecutive no-hitter and he struck out 18 in a 11-0 Weiser rout of the Emmett Prune Pickers" according to Henry Thomas in his great book about his grandfather Walter entitled "Walter Johnson- Baseball's Big Train" from 1995.

I hope this helps.