When They Lost It: Near-Perfectos and the Inning They Were Broken Up

By Adam Darowski for Beyond the Box Score

These are the pitchers since 1950 who missed a perfect game by allowing a single hit. The players are sorted by how far they got before losing their perfect game. Hover over a circle (or square, if you use a lousy browser) to see the player’s name and the date of the game.

0.0: Woodie Fryman 07/01/66; John Lackey 07/07/06; Jerry Reuss 06/11/82; Jim Bibby 05/19/81; Robin Roberts 05/13/54; Curt Simmons 05/16/53

0.1: Jack Morris 07/06/90; Ken Hill 05/03/96

0.2

1.0: Chris Knapp 09/03/78

1.1: John Smiley 04/17/91

1.2: Dave Giusti 08/13/66; Von McDaniel 07/28/57

2.0: Jonathon Niese 06/10/10; Billy Traber 07/08/03

2.1

2.2: Floyd Bannister 09/13/87; Jimmy Jones 09/21/86; Jim Beattie 09/27/83; Gary Peters 07/15/63; Ralph Terry 08/22/58

3.0: Dennis Rasmussen 09/29/92; Hideo Nomo 05/25/01; John Smiley 09/22/96; Don Carman 09/29/87; Luis Tiant 07/08/79

3.1: Bob Welch 05/29/80; Don Newcombe 05/10/55; Tom Kramer 05/24/93; Dave Stieb 05/31/88; Warren Spahn 08/01/53

3.2: Jarrod Washburn 07/06/09

4.0

4.1

4.2: Roger Pavlik 05/04/96

5.0: Mat Latos 05/13/10

5.1: Reggie Cleveland 09/27/73; Bobby Witt 06/23/94; Mike Moore 08/23/93

5.2: Hipolito Pichardo 07/21/92

6.0: Odalis Perez 04/26/02; Jim Palmer 05/12/67; Larry Jackson 06/30/64

6.1: Gaylord Perry 08/26/68

6.2: LaMarr Hoyt 05/02/84; Curt Young 10/05/86; Nelson Briles 08/22/72

7.0: Hiroki Kuroda 07/07/08; Mark Mulder 07/06/01; Ismael Valdez 06/27/98; Bob Tewksbury 08/17/90; Bob Lemon 05/29/51

7.1

7.2

8.0

8.1: Mike Mussina 05/30/97; Tom Seaver 07/09/69

8.2: Armando Galarraga 06/02/10; Mike Mussina 09/02/01; Brian Holman 04/20/90; Milt Wilcox 04/15/83; Billy Pierce 06/27/58