List of Seattle Mariners no-hitters

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The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1977, they play in the American League West division. Pitchers for the Mariners have thrown six (6) no-hitters in franchise history. [1] A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only when a pitcher (or pitchers) "allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings." [2] The first perfect game in Mariners' history (a special subcategory of no-hitter in which "no batter reaches any base during the course of the game") [2] [3] was thrown on August 15, 2012 by Félix Hernández, who beat the Tampa Bay Rays in a 1–0 victory with 12 strikeouts. [4] The Félix Hernández perfect game and Hisashi Iwakuma no hitter both took place as Wednesday matinee games that were "Mariners Camp Day" where the team hosted local summer camps. Of the six no-hitters, two were achieved in the Kingdome, three at Safeco Field—now known as T-Mobile Park—and one on the road, at Toronto's Rogers Centre. [5]

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List of no-hitters in Mariners history

  Indicates a perfect game
 £ Pitcher was left-handed
 * Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
#DatePitcher(s)Final scoreBase-
runners		OpponentCatcherPlate umpireManagerNotesRef
1June 2, 1990 Randy Johnson £*2–06 Detroit Tigers Scott Bradley Al Clark Jim Lefebvre
  • First no-hitter in franchise history
  • First Mariners no-hitter at home
  • First left-handed pitcher to throw a no-hitter in franchise history
  • Johnson would pitch his perfect game almost 14 years later with the Diamondbacks
 [6]
2April 22, 1993 Chris Bosio 7–02 Boston Red Sox Dave Valle Vic Voltaggio Lou Piniella
  • First right-handed pitcher to throw a no-hitter in franchise history
  • Largest margin of victory in a Mariners no-hitter
 [7]
3June 8, 2012 Kevin Millwood
(6 IP)
Charlie Furbush £
(2⁄3 IP)
Stephen Pryor
(1⁄3 IP)
Lucas Luetge £
(1⁄3 IP)
Brandon League
(2⁄3 IP)
Tom Wilhelmsen
(1 IP)		1–04 Los Angeles Dodgers Jesús Montero Brian Runge Eric Wedge
  • First combined no-hitter in franchise history
  • First interleague no-hitter in franchise history
  • American League record for most pitchers in a no-hitter
  • Millwood left with an injury before beginning the seventh inning
  • Most pitchers to throw a combined no-hitter in MLB history (tied with Houston Astros)
  • Longest interval between no-hitters in franchise history
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Mariners no-hitter (tie)
  • First Mariners no-hitter thrown at T-Mobile Park (then called Safeco Field)
 [8]
4August 15, 2012 Felix Hernandez 1–00 Tampa Bay Rays John Jaso Rob Drake Eric Wedge
  • First perfect game in franchise history
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Mariners no-hitter (tie)
 [9] [10]
5August 12, 2015 Hisashi Iwakuma 3–03 Baltimore Orioles Jesús Sucre Jeff Nelson Lloyd McClendon
  • First career complete game shutout by Hisashi Iwakuma
  • First complete game by Iwakuma in MLB
  • First no-hitter by a Japanese-born pitcher since Hideo Nomo on April 4, 2001
  • Second Japanese pitcher to throw a Major League no-hitter, after Hideo Nomo
[11]
6May 8, 2018 James Paxton £5–03@ Toronto Blue Jays Mike Zunino James Hoye Scott Servais
  • First road no-hitter in Mariners history
  • Second no-hitter by a Canadian-born pitcher after Dick Fowler on September 9, 1945
  • First Canadian pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his home country
 [12] [13]

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