Three Rivers Stadium
1970 - 2000
Pittsburgh, PA
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Pirates |
(1970 - 2000) |
2407 |
No-Hitters
8/14/1971: Bob Gibson, W (11-10)
St. Louis Cardinals (11) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (0)
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE | GB | FB | LD | PU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gibson | 9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
31 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
Starter Age: 35.278
Rank among 323: 309
Opposing Starter: Bob Johnson
Catcher: Ted Simmons
Plate Umpire: Harry Wendelstedt
Attendance: 30,678
Time of Game: 2:22
Did You Know?
- The Cardinals' 16 hits tied the record for most hits in a no-hitter (Claude Hendrix and Chicago Whales vs. Pittsburgh Rebels on May 15, 1915 at Exposition Park III in Pittsburgh).
- Pirates starter Bob Johnson lasted only six batters and allowed five runs while recording only one out.
- This was the first of two no-hitters caught by Ted Simmons (Bob Forsch vs. Phillies on April 16, 1978 at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis).
8/9/1976: John Candelaria, W (11-4)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2) vs Los Angeles Dodgers (0)
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE | GB | FB | LD | PU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Candelaria | 9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
30 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
Starter Age: 22.277
Rank among 323: 34
Opposing Starter: Doug Rau
Catcher: Duffy Dyer
Plate Umpire: Nick Colosi
Attendance: 9,860
Time of Game: 1:45
Did You Know?
- Candelaria was the first Pirates pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh since 1907 (Nick Maddox vs. Superbas on September 20, 1907 at Exposition Park III).
- It was thrown on "Candy Night," during which 10,000 candy bars were given to fans.
- When Baltimore's John Means no-hit the Mariners on May 5, 2021 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, he broke a 52-year drought in which no Orioles individual hurler threw a no-hitter (Jim Palmer vs. Athletics on August 13, 1969 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore), leaving the Pirates with the longest drought at 45 years.
7/12/1997: Francisco Cordova/Ricardo Rincon, W (3-4)
Pittsburgh Pirates (3) vs Houston Astros (0)
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE | Pit | Str | Lk | Sw | GB | FB | LD | PU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Cordova | 9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
30 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
121 |
75 |
23 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
| Ricardo Rincon | 1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Starter Age: 25.077
Rank among 323: 93
Opposing Starter: Chris Holt
Catcher: Jason Kendall
Plate Umpire: Tom Hallion
Attendance: 44,119
Time of Game: 2:39
Did You Know?
- This is the only combined extra-inning no-hitter in history.
- Francisco Cordova had thrown a career-high 121 pitches when he was removed from the game.
- Pinch-hitter Mark Smith won the game with a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th, only the second time a no-hitter was capped off by a walk-off home run (Virgil Trucks vs. Senators on May 15, 1952 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit).
- Cordova and Ricardo Rincon are both natives of Mexico and joined Fernando Valenzuela (vs. Cardinals on June 29, 1990 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles) as the only Mexican-born pitchers to throw a no-hitter in MLB history.
- Rincon is the only reliever to record a win in a combined no-hitter where the starter went at least nine innings.
- Rincon is also one of only four relievers to record a win in a combined no-hitter (Ernie Shore, 1917; Brad Lidge, 2003; Stephen Pryor, 2012).