San Francisco pitcher Matt Cain pitched a one-hitter last night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving up a sixth-inning single to James McDonald.
Had Cain tossed a no-hitter against the Pirates, it would have ended the second-longest active timeframe since a team has been no-hit. The last time the Pirates were held hitless in a game was on Aug. 14, 1971, when they were no-hit by St. Louis’ Bob Gibson.
Following is the last time each MLB team was no-hit.
National League, last time team was no-hit (pitcher)
Chicago Cubs… 9-9-1965 (Sandy Koufax, LA Dodgers)
Pittsburgh… 8-14-1971 (Bob Gibson, St. Louis)
Philadelphia… 4-16-1978 (Bob Forsch, St. Louis)
St. Louis… 6-29-1990 (Fernando Valenzuela, LA Dodgers)
NY Mets… 9-8-1993 (Darryl Kile, Houston)
LA Dodgers… 4-8-1994 (Kent Mercker, Atlanta)
Colorado… 9-17-1996 (Hideo Nomo, LA Dodgers)
Washington (as Montreal Expos)… 7-18-1999 (David Cone, NY Yankees)
San Francisco… 4-27-2003 (Kevin Millwood, Philadelphia)
Arizona… 9-6-2006 (Anibal Sanchez, Florida)
Milwaukee… 6-12-2007 (Justin Verlander, Detroit)
Houston… 9-14-2008 (Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs)
San Diego… 7-10-2009 (Jonathan Sanchez, San Francisco)
Atlanta… 4-17-2010 (Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado)
Miami (as Florida Marlins)… 5-29-2010 (Roy Halladay, Philadelphia)
Cincinnati… 10-6-2010 (Roy Halladay, Philadelphia)
American League, last time team was no-hit (pitcher)
Oakland… 7-13-1991 (four different Baltimore pitchers)
Boston… 4-22-1993 (Chris Bosio, Seattle)
Seattle… 5-14-1996 (Dwight Gooden, NY Yankees)
Minnesota… 5-7-1998 (David Wells, NY Yankees)
LA Angels… 9-11-1999 (Eric Milton, Minnesota)
NY Yankees… 6-11-2003 (six different Houston pitchers)
Texas… 4-18-2007 (Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox)
Baltimore… 9-1-2007 (Clay Buchholz, Boston)
Kansas City… 5-19-2008 (Jon Lester, Boston)
Tampa Bay… 6-25-2010 (Edwin Jackson, Arizona)
Detroit… 7-26-2010 (Matt Garza, Tampa Bay)
Chicago White Sox… 5-3-2011 (Francisco Liriano, Minnesota)
Toronto… 5-7-2011 (Justin Verlander, Detroit)
Cleveland… 7-27-2011 (Ervin Santana, LA Angels)
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