At New York’s Citi Field on Friday night, Mets right-hander Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in his team’s history – in their 8,020th game since coming into existence in 1962.
On the other end, it was the first no-no thrown against the Cardinals since 1990, when then-Los Angeles Dodger and later Cardinal Fernando Valenzuela did it.
Santana’s gem was the eighth no-hitter against the Cardinals in their long history, with the first having been in 1919. It was only the sixth to have gone a full nine innings. Among the earlier victors Santana joined are Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Gaylord Perry.
Thanks to researcher Tom Orf, here is the full list.
No-hitters thrown against St. Louis Cardinals, team history
| Player |
Date |
Tm |
Rslt |
App,Dec |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
BF |
AB |
| Johan
Santana |
6/1/2012 |
NYM |
W 8-0 |
SHO9 ,W |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
32 |
27 |
| F.
Valenzuela |
6/29/1990 |
LAD |
W 6-0 |
SHO9 ,W |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
30 |
27 |
| David
Palmer |
1984-04-21
(2) |
MON |
W 4-0 |
SHO5 ,W |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
| Tom
Seaver |
6/16/1978 |
CIN |
W 4-0 |
SHO9 ,W |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
27 |
| Gaylord
Perry |
9/17/1968 |
SFG |
W 1-0 |
SHO9 ,W |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
29 |
27 |
| Don
Cardwell |
1960-05-15
(2) |
CHC |
W 4-0 |
SHO9 ,W |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
27 |
| Sam
Jones |
9/26/1959 |
SFG |
W 4-0 |
SHO7 ,W |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
23 |
20 |
| Hod
Eller |
5/11/1919 |
CIN |
W 6-0 |
|
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
28 |
25 |
When the 32nd batter, third baseman David Freese, struck out swinging for the final out, it was the first time that occurred in these eight no-hitters.
Final outs in no-hitters thrown against St. Louis Cardinals, team history
| Date |
Final
hitter |
Final
out |
|
| 6/1/2012 |
David Freese |
strikeout swinging |
(Thole C) |
| 6/29/1990 |
Pedro Guerrero |
GDP |
(Valenzuela-Samuel-Murray) |
| 4/21/1984-2 |
5th-Mike Ramsey |
groundout |
(Little-Francona) |
| 6/16/1978 |
George Hendrick |
ground out |
(to Driessen) |
| 9/17/1968 |
Curt Flood |
strikeout looking |
(Dietz C) |
| 5/15/1960-2 |
Joe Cunningham |
lineout LF |
(Walt Moryn) |
| 9/26/1959 |
7th-Gino Cimoli |
strikeout looking |
(Schmidt C) |
| 5/11/1919 |
Frank Snyder |
unknown |
|
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