Monday, May 19, 2008

Lester no-no

I was amazed tonight by the Lester performance, and that the last two no-hitters have been thrown by the Sox. It made me wonder immediately who had the record of catching the most no-hitters. This knowing that Varitek had caught Nomo, Lowe, Bucholz and now Lester. ESPN only told me that Varitek was the first catcher to ever catch 4 no-nos from four different pitchers. But I wanted more...so:

Most no-hit games caught, career (nine innings)
4 - Ray Schalk, Chicago AL, 1914 (2), 1917, 1922
4 - Jason Varitek, Boston A.L., 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008
3 - Alan Ashby, Houston, 1979, 1981, 1986
3 - Yogi Berra, New York, 1951 (2), 1956 (WS Perfect Game)
3 - Roy Campanella, Brooklyn, 1952, 1956 (2)
3 - Bill Carrigan, Boston A.L., 1911, 1916 (2)
3 - Del Crandall, Milwaukee N.L., 1954, 1960 (2)
3 - Lou Criger, Boston A.L. 1904, 1908, NY A.L. 1910
3 - Johnny Edwards, Cincinnati, 1965 (2), St. Louis 1968
3 - Silver Flint, Chicago N.L., 1880, 1882, 1885
3 - Jim Hegan, Cleveland, 1947, 1948, 1951
3 - Charles Johnson, Florida N.L. 1996, 1997, 2001
3 - Ed McFarland, Phila N.L. 1898, Chicago A.L. 1902, 1905
3 - Val Picinich, Phila A.L., 1916, Wash A.L., 1920, Boston A.L., 1923
3 - Luke Sewell, Cleveland A.L., 1931, Chicago A.L., 1935, 1937
3 - Jeff Torborg, Los Angeles N.L., 1965, 1970, California A.L., 1973
2 - ***forty-two catchers1 - ###one-hundred-thirty-one catchers

A great night. :)

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