List of Negro league baseball no-hitters

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Phil Cockrell, Nip Winters, Satchel Paige (pictured; left to right) and Porter Moss are the only Negro league pitchers known to have thrown multiple no-hitters, with two each.

Due to lack of record-keeping for Negro league baseball games, the exact number of no-hitters thrown is unknown. However, ongoing research by baseball historians has revealed that at least 34 no-hitters were thrown in the Negro leagues. Researchers have had to clarify differences between play from teams and barnstorming, and one of the no-hitters was thrown at a benefit All-Star Game. There are also at least six games that were called before nine innings were completed, due to weather or darkness.

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In 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the addition of seven "Negro Major Leagues" that played from 1920 to 1948 as major leagues, which recognized statistics from over 3,400 players that played in those seasons. [1] Under MLB rules, at least 25 no-hitters from between 1920 and 1948 could be recognized and eventually be incorporated into official no-hitter records. [2]

Of the 25 no-hitters, four pitchers threw two: Phil Cockrell, Nip Winters, Satchel Paige, and Porter Moss. Four no-hitters were combined efforts. Leon Day threw a no-hitter on May 5, 1946, to open the season for the Newark Eagles against the Philadelphia Stars, which would be considered the second no-hitter thrown by on Opening Day after Bob Feller did so on April 16, 1940, against the Chicago White Sox. Claude Grier threw a no-hitter in Game 3 of the 1926 Colored World Series against the Chicago American Giants; it was the first no-hitter thrown in a major league postseason game, 30 years before Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. [3]

Regulation no-hitters

No-hitters
#DatePitcherTeamRSOpponentRALeagueParkRef.
1June 6, 1921 Bill Gatewood Detroit Stars 4 Cincinnati Cuban Stars 0 NNL I Mack Park [4] [5]
2September 5, 1921 Phil Cockrell (1) Hilldale Club 3 Detroit Stars 0Ind. Hilldale Park [6] [7]
3June 27, 1922 Bill Force Detroit Stars 3 St. Louis Giants 0 NNL I Mack Park [8] [9]
4July 26, 1922 Nip Winters (1) Atlantic City
Bacharach Giants 		7 Indianapolis ABCs 1 NNL I Athletic Park
(Kokomo, IN)		 [10] [11]
5August 19, 1922 Phil Cockrell (2) Hilldale Club 3 Chicago American Giants 0Ind. Schorling Park [12] [13]
6August 19, 1922 Doc Sykes Baltimore Black Sox 2 Atlantic City
Bacharach Giants 		0 NNL I Maryland Park
(Baltimore, MA)		 [14]
7August 5, 1923 José Méndez †(5 IP)
Bullet Rogan †(4 IP)		 Kansas City Monarchs 7 Milwaukee Bears 0 NNL I Muehlebach Field [15] [16]
8September 3, 1924 Nip Winters (2) Hilldale Club 2 Harrisburg Giants 0 ECL West End Grounds
(Harrisburg, PA)		 [11]
9July 13, 1926 Rube Curry Chicago American Giants 16 Dayton Marcos 0 NNL I Schorling Park [17] [18]
10October 3, 1926§ Claude Grier Atlantic City
Bacharach Giants 		10 Chicago American Giants 0 WS Maryland Park
(Baltimore, MA)		 [19] [20]
11May 15, 1927 Laymon Yokely Baltimore Black Sox 8 Cuban Stars 0 NNL I Maryland Park
(Baltimore, MA)		 [21] [22]
12August 4, 1927 Joe Strong (11 IP) Baltimore Black Sox 2 Hilldale Club 1 ECL Maryland Park
(Baltimore, MA)		 [23] [24]
13August 4, 1927 Willie Powell Chicago American Giants 3 Memphis Red Sox 0 NNL I Schorling Park [25] [26]
14June 29, 1929 Alfred Cooper (7⅓ IP)
Chet Brewer (1⅔ IP)		 Kansas City Monarchs 4 Chicago American Giants 0 NNL I Schorling Park [27]
15September 7, 1931 Paul Carter Hilldale Club 6 Baltimore Black Sox 0Ind. Hilldale Park [28]
16July 8, 1932 Satchel Paige † (1) Pittsburgh Crawfords 6 New York Black Yankees 0Ind. Greenlee Field [29] [30]
17July 4, 1934 Satchel Paige † (2) Pittsburgh Crawfords 4 Homestead Grays 0 NNL II Greenlee Field [31]
18June 9, 1936 Neck Stanley New York Cubans 12 Newark Eagles 1 NNL II Delano-Hitch
Recreational Park 		[32]
19May 16, 1937 Hilton Smith † Kansas City Monarchs 4 Chicago American Giants 0 NAL Muehlebach Field [33]
20June 27, 1941 Gene Smith St. Louis–New Orleans Stars 6 New York Black Yankees 1 NAL Belleville Athletic Field
(Belleville, IL)		 [34]
21August 28, 1941 Johnny Wright (6 IP)
Terris McDuffie (2 IP)
J. C. Hamilton (1 IP)		 Homestead Grays 19 New York Cubans 0 NNL II Idora Park [35]
22September 27, 1943 Porter Moss (1) Memphis Red Sox 5 Cincinnati Clowns 0 NAL Russwood Park [36]
23October 10, 1943 Porter Moss (2) Memphis Red Sox 6 New York Black Yankees 0 NAL Martin Park
(Memphis, TN)		 [37]
24May 5, 1946 Leon Day † Newark Eagles 2 Philadelphia Stars 0 NNL II Ruppert Stadium [38] [39]
25May 25, 1948 Albert Stephens (5 IP)
Neck Stanley (4 IP)		 New York Black Yankees 4 Newark Eagles 1 NNL II Red Wing Stadium [40]

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