Pitching a no-hitter is a dream for every major-league pitcher. Fewer than half the pitchers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame have thrown a no-hitter. Many of the biggest names in pitching have never done it. This book focuses on pitchers who threw no-hitters and the no-hitters they threw. Naturally, we couldn't present biographies of everyone who ever threw a no-hitter nor could we present Games Project accounts of all of them. From around 300 no-hitters thrown in the majors (out of over 213,000 games), we have selected 59 no-hitters to include, along with the biographies of the men who threw them. Touching on a variety of matters and spanning the decades from the earlier eras of baseball to more recent years, NO-HITTERS includes the first no-hitter in each league; first no-hitter thrown at 60 feet 6 inches; first in which the losing team scored a run; first pitcher to debut with a no-hitter; first extra-inning no-hitter; and many more. This book represents the collective work of 56 different SABR members as authors and editors. IntroductionJOE BORDEN, Charlie WeatherbyJuly 28, 1875, Casey Tibbitts GEORGE BRADLEY, Brian EngelhardtJuly 15, 1876 18, Parker Bena LEE RICHMONDJune 12, 1880, John R. Husman LARRY CORCORAN, August 19, 1882Bob LeMoine TONY MULLANE, September 11, 1882Ray Birch GUY HECKER, September 19, 1882Bob Bailey SAM KIMBER, October 4, 1884David Nemec AL ATKINSON, May 1, 1886Chris Rainey AMOS RUSIE, Charles F. FaberJuly 31, 1891, Gregory H. Wolf THEODORE BREITENSTEIN, October 4, 1891Steve Rice BILL HAWKE, August 16, 1893Jimmy Keenan NIXEY CALLAHAN, September 20, 1902James E. Elfers EARL HAMILTON, August 30, 1912Paul Hofmann ED LAFITTE, September 19, 1914Jim Leeke FRED TONEY, May 2, 1917Mike Lynch CHARLIE ROBERTSON, April 30, 1922Jacob Pomrenke BOBBY BURKE, August 8, 1931Gregory H. Wolf BILL DIETRICH, June 1, 1937Gregory H. Wolf 38. BOB FELLER, April 16, 1940C. Paul Rogers III ED HEAD, April 23, 1946Lyle Spatz WILLIAM McCAHAN, September 3, 1947David E. Skelton BOBO HOLLOMAN, Len PasculliMay 6, 1953, Joe Schuster DON LARSEN, October 8, 1956Charles F. Faber SANDY KOUFAX: June 30, 1962, Marc Z AaronMay 11, 1963, Marc Z AaronJune 4, 1964, Marc Z AaronSeptember 9, 1965, Mike Huber KEN JOHNSON, April 23, 1964Steve Schmitt BILL STONEMAN, Norm KingApril 17, 1969, Adam J. UlreyOctober 2, 1972, Norm King STEVE BUSBY, April 27, 1973, June 19, 1974John DiFonzo BOB FORSCH, April 16, 1978, September 26, 1983Ben Girard KEN FORSCH, April 7, 1979Chip Greene LEN BARKER, May 15, 1981Joe Wancho DAVID PALMER, April 21, 1984 (second game)Norm King MIKE WITT, September 30, 1984Paul Hensler MIKE SCOTT, Rory CostelloSeptember 25, 1986, Frederick C. Bush TOM BROWNING, September 16, 1988Joe Cox ANDY HAWKINS, July 1, 1990Stew Thornley DAVE STIEB, Joe CoxSeptember 2, 1990, Adrian Fung DENNIS MARTINEZ, July 28, 1991Rory Costello WILSON ALVAREZ, August 11, 1991Leonte Landino MATT YOUNG, April 12, 1992Alan Raylesburg KENNY ROGERS, July 28, 1994Tom Schott HIDEO NOMO, September 17, 1996, April 4, 2001Bill Staples DAVID WELLS, May 17, 1998Norm King DAVID CONE, July 18, 1999Tara Krieger DEREK LOWE, April 27, 2002