perfect game?

[mjrennie]

nasn channel has this trivia time out item. the question was, 'who was the last american league pitcher to throw a perfect game?' the answer was david cone. now, buckholz and verlander threw no hitters last season, so what is the difference? is a prefect game one with no walks and no score where a no hitter is just no hits?

thanks in advance.

[Captain Cold Nose]

nasn channel has this trivia time out item. the question was, 'who was the last american league pitcher to throw a perfect game?' the answer was david cone. now, buckholz and verlander threw no hitters last season, so what is the difference? is a prefect game one with no walks and no score where a no hitter is just no hits?

thanks in advance.

No one reaches base, period, in a perfect game. No hits, no walks, no errors. 27 up, 27 down.

[YankeeFanUK]

love NASN...its the life blood of Euro baseball lovers ( that and mlb.tv )

[KCGHOST]

All perfect games are no-hitters, but not all no-hitters are perfect games.

[mikeymussina35]

All perfect games are no-hitters, but not all no-hitters are perfect games.

yes correct.
I'd also like to tell you not to forget Mark Buerle who also threw a no hitter last season which was in my opinion the most dominant pitching performance of the year.

[Mission 27]

yes correct.
I'd also like to tell you not to forget Mark Buerle who also threw a no hitter last season which was in my opinion the most dominant pitching performance of the year.

How was that more dominant than Buccholz no hitter? lol

[Erik Bedard]

Santana's 17 K/0 BB game or Bedard's 15K/0 BB where he also got two DP's would go ahead of Buehrle's no-hitter IMO.

[mjrennie]

No one reaches base, period, in a perfect game. No hits, no walks, no errors. 27 up, 27 down.

errors seems harsh. so a short stop throws fluffs a pick up and a guy reaches 1st. the other 26 come up and go down. not a pefect game. harsh!

[steve rogers]

errors seems harsh. so a short stop throws fluffs a pick up and a guy reaches 1st. the other 26 come up and go down. not a pefect game. harsh!

Exactly. I got a good one for you. Back in 1917 Babe Ruth was pitching for the Boston Red Sox. The first batter walked and Ruth got into an argument with the umpire who then ejected Ruth from the game. Boston brought in Ernie Shore to pitch. The runner on first tried to steal second and was thrown out by the catcher. Ernie Shore then retired the next 26 men in order with none of them reaching base. According to the official rules of baseball that is not considered an official perfect game.

There have also been 9 perfect games lost to the 27th man up. In 1972 Milt Pappas was 1 strike away with a 3-2 count when home plate umpire Bruce Froeming called a borderline pitch ball 4. The one that hurts me the most is Mike Mussina's game in 2001 when he gave up a single to Carl Everett.

Scott