List of Nippon Professional Baseball no-hitters
In baseball, throwing a no-hitter is a pitching accomplishment in which one or more pitchers does not yield a hit in the course of one game. A no-hitter is rare in NPB, occurring 66 times since Fumio Fujimura's first cycle during the single league era in 1948.[clarification needed] In terms of frequency, the cycle is roughly as common as a no-hitter (101 occurrences in NPB history based on the more recognised international definition, which is not to be confused with the NPB definition, counting combined no-hitters and those where runs were scored by the losing team, which may occur with players advancing on base without hits).
Unlike in Major League Baseball (MLB), combined no-hitters are not considered as official no-hitters by Nippon Professional Baseball.
Nippon Professional Baseball no-hitters[edit]
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Inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
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*
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Denotes a perfect game |
(x)
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Number of no-hitters recorded to that point (if the player recorded more than one) |
No-hitters with complete game shutout win[edit]
Combined no-hitters[edit]
Daisuke Yamai (left) and Hitoki Iwase combined to pitch a perfect game no-hitter in game 5 of the 2007 Japan Series to win the series.
| Players | Date | Team | League | Opponent | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miyoshi Nakagawa† Shigezo Ishihara |
June 22, 1941 | Kurowashi Baseball Club | Japanese Baseball League | Nagoya Baseball Club | [2] |
| Takashi Eda Kotaro Mori |
August 2, 1941 | Hankyu Baseball Club | Japanese Baseball League | Nagoya Baseball Club | [2] |
| Tomoya Yagi Hisashi Takeda Michael Nakamura |
April 15, 2006 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | Pacific League | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | [3] |
| Daisuke Yamai* Hitoki Iwase* |
November 1, 2007 | Chunichi Dragons | 2007 Japan Series | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | [4] |
No-hitters when the opposing team scores[edit]
| Players | Date | Team | League | Opponent | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshikichi Miyaguchi Shotaro Hirano |
May 6, 1939 | Nankai Baseball Club | Japanese Baseball League | Hankyu Baseball Club | |
| Tadashi Kameda | August 3, 1939 | Eagles | Japanese Baseball League | Nagoya Kinko Baseball Club | |
| Minoru Murayama† | May 21, 1959 | Osaka Tigers | Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |
| Noboru Makino Shigemasa Yamamoto |
May 13, 1964 | Kintetsu Buffaloes | Pacific League | Nankai Hawks |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- General
- 無安打無得点試合 （ノーヒットノーラン） [Scoreless, No-Hit Games(No-Hitter)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- "List of Hall of Famers". The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- Inline citations
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- ^ a b 日本での継投によるノーヒットノーランは３度 [A no-hitter has occurred three times after relieving the starting pitcher in Japan]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Corporation. June 10, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ 【４月15日】2006年(平18) 残念…八木智哉 それでも史上初の延長無安打無得点リレー [(April 15, 2006) Bad luck, Tomoya Yagi, but it's still the first extra innings scoreless combined no-hitter in history]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Corporation. April 15, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ Coskrey, Jason (November 2, 2007). "Dragons clinch Japan Series". The Japan Times. Retrieved July 2, 2014.