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    Two Perfect Games in the Same Season:

    1880

    June 12 - Lee Richmond, Worcester Ruby Legs defeated the Cleveland Blues, 1-0

    June 17 - John Montgomery Ward, Providence Grays defeated Buffalo Bisons, 5-0

    2010

    May 9 - Dallas Braden, Oakland A’s defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-0

    May 29 - Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Florida Marlins, 1-0

    2012

    April 21 - Phil Humber, Chicago White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners, 4-0

    June 13 - Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros, 10-0

    Notes:

    * Lee Richmond threw the first perfect game in baseball history.

    * The umpire in Richmond’s game was “Foghorn” Bradley. Just saying.

    * I would support a new franchise being placed in Worcester, MA if they would be called the Ruby Legs.

    * John Montgomery (“Monte”) Ward was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. He founded the Players’ League which lasted only one season (1890).

    * In each season one perfect game was thrown at home (Richmond, Braden, Cain) and one on the road (Ward, Halladay, Humber).

    * Umpire Brian Runge was on the crew for both Humber’s and Cain’s perfectos.

    Sources: baseball-reference.com and wikipedia.org

    Images:

    • Top left, Lee Richmond, courtesy of bleacherreport.com
    • Top right, John Montgomery Ward, courtesy of baseball.wikia.com
    • Center left, Dallas Braden, courtesy of Baseball by the Bay
    • Center right, Roy Halladay, courtesy of wikimedia.org
    • Bottom left, Phil Humber, courtesy of seattlepi.com
    • Bottom right, Matt Cain, courtesy of sportsillustrated.cnn.com







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