Because Halladay walked a batter (Jay Bruce) in the fifth inning.
He has thrown one perfect game (against the Rays), but he also has a no hitter (against the Rangers).
a perfect game is a no hitter, but a no hitter is not always a perfect game. do the the fact that a no-hitter can have people get on base by walks and errors, and a perfect game has nobody get on base by any means.
Cy Young. Young's no hitter, a perfect game, came against the Philadelphia Athetics on May 5, 1904.
Randy Johnson's perfect game on May 18th against the Atlanta Braves was the only no-hitter.
dock Ellis. dock Ellis pitched a no hitter in 1970, not a perfect game. he walked 8 batters, loaded the bases twice. a perfect game involves facing 27 batters in 9 innings. doc Ellis did not do this, but he did pitch a no hitter, winning 2 - 0.
He wanted to make a perfect world where everyone was perfect to him.
That was the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988 when Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds threw a perfect game against them on September 16.
It is my understanding that Don Larson's 1956 perfect game was the only no-hitter ever pitched in a World Series game. Don Larsen's perfect game on October 8, 1956 is the only no hitter in the history of the World Series. There has been only one no hitter in World Series history and that was in 1956 when Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
30 seasons ... the last was Len Barker's perfect game against the Blue Jays on May 5, 1981.
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Don Larsen threw the only no hitter AND perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers starting pitcher that day was Sal Maglie.
No, it was a no hitter but not a perfect game ... Verlander retired the first 22 batters before giving up a walk to Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia in the 8th inning.