Trivia - Don’t Cheat

[Mountaineer1999]

The only 10 inning no hitter I know of.. my Pirates beat the Astros in the late 1990s on a combined no hitter. So I will guess Jeff Bagwell.

[bmattioli]

Redsox?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

The only 10 inning no hitter I know of.. my Pirates beat the Astros in the late 1990s on a combined no hitter. So I will guess Jeff Bagwell.

Incorrect

Originally Posted by bmattioli

Redsox?

Was Redsox a cleanup hitter?

[barrysloate]

I have no idea Frank. There haven't been very many 10 inning no hitters, but I'm guessing the pitcher walked quite a few batters.

[frankbmd]

Hint: It was the first game of a double header.

[h2oya311]

Since Frank didn’t specify, it’s possible that the losing team was the one that pitched the 10 inning no hitter. Not sure if that’s happened yet, but a walk, SB, sac bunt, sac fly would get it done. Or WP/pass ball scenario.

[Cliff Bowman]

Ernie Banks? I know Jim Maloney threw a 10 inning no hitter against the Cubs in 1965 at Wrigley Field and the Cubs had a bunch of base runners. ETA, someone beat me to it.

[timn1]

Frank must be at dinner, LOL

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Ernie Banks? I know Jim Maloney threw a 10 inning no hitter against the Cubs in 1965 at Wrigley Field and the Cubs had a bunch of base runners. ETA, someone beat me to it.

[frankbmd]

Banks is correct.

Banks famous oft repeated quote

“Let’s play two”

may have been inspired by this game.

10 walks, 1 HBP, 1 sac bunt, but no errors.

Maloney with 12 Ks and 10 BBs pitched 10 complete innings.

Can’t find a pitch count in 1965, but I would venture a guess that it was the highest pitch count in a no-no as well.

I dare say this type of performance will never be duplicated with today’s game, nor will Marichal and Koufax going head to head for 15 innings without relief.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I dare say this type of performance will never be duplicated with today’s game, nor will Marichal and Koufax going head to head for 15 innings without relief.

Didn't Marichal and Spahn pitch 16 innings against one another in the early '60s?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Sean

Didn't Marichal and Spahn pitch 16 innings against one another in the early '60s?

Indeed, with the following pitch counts

Marichal 227
Spahn 201

That game was not all that remarkable at the time according to Cepeda.

Years later Marichal commented on pitch counts, claiming his arm was strong because he threw a lot of pitches. He also noted and rightly so that far fewer pitchers were on the DL in his era, than there are currently.

Spahn had 382 complete games in 21 years.

[barrysloate]

Something is wrong with the game today, when starting pitchers go five or six innings every fifth day and still end up needing Tommy John surgery.

[timn1]

I think it must be the 10-inning 10-walk no-hitter by the Reds' Jim Maloney in 1965. Losing cleanup hitter would have been - Santo? Banks? B. Williams?

Tim