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20 Official Perfect Games; 18 in the Modern Era, 2 in the 19th Century
19th Century
Lee Richmond (WOR)
June 12, 1880
John Montgomery Ward (PROV)
June 17, 1880
Modern Era
Cy Young (BOS)
37 RHP, 8 K, May 5, 1904
Addie Joss (CLE)
74 pitches, 3 K, October 2, 1908
Charlie Robertson (CHW)
90 pitches, 6 K, April 30, 1922
Don Larson (NYY)
97 pitches, 7 K, October 8, 1956
(Game 5 of the World Series)
Jim Bunning (PHI)
90 pitches, 10 K, June 21, 1964
Sandy Koufax (LAD)
113 pitches, 14 K, September 9, 1965
Catfish Hunter (OAK)
107 pitches, 11 K, May 8, 1968
Len Barker (CLE)
103 pitches, 11 K, May 15, 1981
Mike Witt (CAL)
94 pitches, 10 K, September 30, 1984
Tom Browning (CIN)
102 pitches, 7K, September 16, 1988
Dennis Martinez (MON)
95 pitches, 5 K, July 28, 1991
Kenny Rogers (TEX)
98 pitches, 8 K, July 28, 1994
David Wells (NYY)
120 pitches, 11 K, May 17, 1998
David Cone (NYY)
88 pitches, 10 K, July 18, 1999
Randy Johnson (ARI)
117 pitches, 13 K, May 18, 2004
Mark Buehrele (CHW)
116 pitches, 6 K, July 23, 2009
Dallas Braden (OAK)
109 pitches, 6 K, May 9, 2010
Roy Halladay (PHI)
115 pitches, 11 K, May 29, 2010
Unofficial Perfect Game
Armando Galarraga (DET)
Bad call, June 2, 2010
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SteveOnly one perfect game has been thrown in the postseason, done by Don Larsen in 1956 postseason against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
There have been only two no-hitters tossed on playoff history, with one of them being Don Larsen's perfect game. The other was by Roy Halladay (the 2010 postseason against the Cincinnati Reds).
In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been only 23 perfect games in which a pitcher faced a minimum of 27 batters and got them all out. The last one was on August 15, 2012, when Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 in Seattle.
One. Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in the World Series. It was on October 8, 1956 in game 5 versus the Brooklyn Dodgers.
As of now (April 23, 2012) there have been 21 perfect games thrown. Most recently was April 21, 2012 by Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox against the Seattle Mariners.
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What major league baseball team has the most perfect games pitched against?
Yabkees
How did Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay succeed in throwing 20 perfect games in Major League Baseball?
He only pitched one perfect game, It was the 20th perfect game ever pitched in MLB history.
Who has the most perfect games pitched?
Alex Bragan, the storied pitcher, pitched a record 14 perfect games in his career.
Who was don laresen playing when he pitched A Perfect game?
Larsen's perfect game was pitched in the fifth game of the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series 4 games to 3.
Which 2 New York Yankees went to the same high school and both pitched perfect games for the Yankees?
Don Larsen and David Wells both attended Point Loma High School in San Diego, California. Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history in 1956. Wells pitched a perfect game for the Yankees in 1998.
