I've heard 18 and 17. In wikipedia in the link below it says 17, but it doesn't list Randy Johnsons.
2006-09-13 16:40:55 · 7 answers · asked by wizard 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
There have been 17 perfect games pitched in the Major Leagues' history.
16 in the regular season and one in the World Series (Don Larsen, New York Yankees)
The Complete List:
Lee Richmond
06-12-1880--Worcester 1 vs Cleveland 0
John Ward
06-17-1880--Providence 5 vs Buffalo 0
Cy Young
05-05-1904--Boston 3 vs Philadelphia 0
Addie Joss
10-02-1908--Cleveland 1 vs Chicago 0
Charlie Robertson
04-30-1922--Chicago 2 at Detroit 0
Don Larsen (W.S.)
10-08-1956--New York 2 vs Brooklyn 0
Jim Bunning
06-21-1964--Philadelphia 6 at New York 0
Sandy Koufax
09-09-1965--Los Angeles 1 vs Chicago 0
Catfish Hunter
05-08-1968--Oakland 4 vs Minnesota 0
Len Barker
05-15-1981--Cleveland 3 vs Toronto 0
Mike Witt (24)
09-30-1984--California 1 at Texas 0
Tom Browning
09-16-1988--Cincinnati 1 vs Los Angeles 0
Dennis Martinez
07-28-1991--Montreal 2 at Los Angeles 0
Kenny Rogers
07-28-1994--Texas 4 vs California 0
David Wells
05-17-1998--New York 4 vs Minnesota 0
David Cone
07-18-1999--New York 6 vs Montreal 0
Randy Johnson
05-18-2004--Arizona 2 at Atlanta 0
2006-09-13 17:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by Philly Heat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the true sense of the word, there has never been a perfect game thrown in baseball history. A pitcher would have to throw 81 pitches, all strikes, to retire all 27 batters to truly be considered a "perfect" game. Or 27 pitches, all contact putouts by the defense. They are the only two ways a perfect game can be achieved.
2006-09-14 03:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have been 17 "Official"perfect games and 6 -Unofficial" perfect games. An unofficial game would be one in which there was a no-hitter for less than 9 innings and the game was over, or they pitcher threw a perfect game for 9 innings, but the score was tied and it went into extra innings. Harvey Haddix, of the Pittsburgh Pirates had that happen to him. He ended up being the loser of that game.
2006-09-13 16:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by seatony 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something like 15 or 20 I believe.
I know that Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos got one around 1991 or so.
2006-09-13 16:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by Canadian eh? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
97
2006-09-14 02:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know freddy gracia doesnt have one!
2006-09-13 16:45:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no game is perfect
2006-09-13 16:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by Brian S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋