Washington Park III
1898 - 1912
Brooklyn, NY
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers |
(1898 - 1912) |
1125 |
No-Hitters
5/1/1906: Johnny Lush, W (3-2)
Philadelphia Phillies (6) vs Brooklyn Superbas (0)
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE | GSc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lush | 9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
28 |
1 |
95 |
Starter Age: 20.205
Rank among 327: 4
Opposing Starter: Mal Eason
Catcher: Red Dooin
Plate Umpire: Hank O'Day
Attendance: N/A
Time of Game: 1:45
Did You Know?
- At 20 years and 205 days old, Johnny Lush is the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter since 1900 and fourth youngest in MLB history.
- Lush's 11 strikeouts marked the first time in the modern era that a pitcher fanned 10 or more batters while tossing a no-hitter. It stood as the high mark until September 5, 1908 when Brooklyn Superbas hurler Nap Rucker fanned 14 Boston Doves at Washington Park III in Brooklyn.
- The Superbas were so bad in this game that not only were they held hitless, but they committed five errors--two by third baseman Doc Casey, and one each by pitcher Mal Eason, catcher Bill Bergen, and pitcher Hub Knolls.
- Opposing starter and losing pitcher Mal Eason tossed a no-hitter of his own less than three months later on July 20 (vs. Cardinals at Robison Field in St. Louis).
9/5/1908: Nap Rucker, W (15-14)
Brooklyn Superbas (6) vs Boston Doves (0)
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE | GSc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nap Rucker | 9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
32 |
32 |
1 |
3 |
101 |
Starter Age: 23.341
Rank among 327: 59
Opposing Starter: Patsy Flaherty
Catcher: Bill Bergen
Plate Umpire: Jim Johnstone
Attendance: 7,000
Time of Game: 1:28
Did You Know?
- Nap Rucker's 14 strikeouts were the most in a modern-era no-hitter until Warren Spahn fanned 15 Phillies on September 16, 1960 at County Stadium in Milwaukee.
- His 101 game score was tied three times, but wasn't topped until Clayton Kershaw posted a 102 in 2014 (vs. Rockies on June 18, 2014 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles).
- Three Boston Doves reached first base on errors by shortstop Phil Lewis, right fielder Harry Lumley, and third baseman Tommy Sheehan, but none made it to second.
- The closest Boston came to a hit was when Bill Sweeney lined a shot to right field in the eighth inning that Lumley got both hands on but dropped for an error.
- Sweeney was also the only Boston batter to not strike out against Rucker.
- Brooklyn's hitting star was first baseman Tim Jordan who had three hits, including a homer, two runs, an RBI and a walk.
- Boston manager Joe Kelley sent three right-handed pinch-hitters to face the left-handed Rucker in the ninth to no avail--Claude Ritchey batted for Patsy Flaherty and grounded out to second baseman Whitey Alpermann; Frank Bowerman batted for George Browne and did the same; and Harry Smith batted for Johnny Bates and struck out.