Ebbets Field

1913 - 1957

Brooklyn, NY
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(1913 - 1957)
3447
No-Hitters

9/13/1925: Dazzy Vance, (22-8)

Brooklyn Robins (10) vs Philadelphia Phillies (1)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Dazzy Vance
9.0
0
1
0
1
9
0
2
29
27
0
0
1
93

Starter Age: 34.193
Rank among 327: 301
Opposing Starter: Clarence Mitchell
Catcher: Hank DeBerry
Plate Umpire: Cy Pfirman
Attendance: 20,000
Time of Game: 1:45
Did You Know?
  • The Robins knocked losing pitcher Clarence Mitchell from the game after only three batters--Johnny Mitchell doubled to right to start the game and went to third on Jimmie Wilson's passed ball; Milt Stock singled to left to score Mitchell; Jimmy Johnston tripled to left to score Stock--and Art Decatur allowed a run-scoring double to Dick Cox that gave Mitchell three earned runs in 0 innings.
  • The Phillies scored an unearned run in the top of the second thanks to two errors by left fielder Jimmy Johnston, who was filling in for an ill Zack Wheat; a passed ball by catcher Hank DeBerry; and a sacrifice fly by Bernie Friberg.
  • Johnston, who played only 77 of 1,278 career games in left, dropped Chicken Hawk's fly ball and Hawks went to second on Johnston's throwing error.
  • Heinie Sand walked to start the game, but Vance retired 27 of the next 28, Hawks being the exception, including 24 straight following Johnston's errors.
  • Through 2019, Mitchell's outing is the shortest by a losing starter in a no-hitter.

9/21/1934: Paul Dean, W (18-9)

St. Louis Cardinals (3) vs Brooklyn Dodgers (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Paul Dean
9.0
0
0
0
1
6
0
1
28
27
0
0
0
10
11
1
1
92

Starter Age: 22.038
Rank among 327: 24
Opposing Starter: Ray Benge
Catcher: Bill DeLancey
Plate Umpire: Bill Klem
Attendance: 18,000
Time of Game: 1:38
Did You Know?
  • Paul's no-hitter came in the second game of a doubleheader against the Dodgers made necessary by a rainout on September 7.
  • His older brother Dizzy started the first game and threw 7 1/3 hitless innings before Buzz Boyle beat out a slow roller to short to end Dizzy's no-hit bid.
  • Paul walked Len Koenecke with two outs in the first, then retired the final 25 batters to complete his no-hitter.
  • He scored the first run of the game in the top of the sixth when he doubled to center with one out and came home on Pepper Martin's double to left.
  • The only well-hit ball by the Dodgers came with two outs in the seventh when Sam Leslie drove a ball to deep left-center field, but Joe Medwick ran it down and made a nice catch to end the inning.
  • The final out came on a bang-bang play at first when shortstop Leo Durocher fumbled Buzz Boyle's grounder, recovered, and threw him out.
  • Dean was a rookie making only his 24th career start and 36th appearance.
  • His no-hitter capped a four-game stretch in which he went 4-0 with a 0.44 ERA and allowed only 16 hits in 41 innings.
  • This no-hitter ended a three-year Major League drought (Bobby Burke vs. Red Sox on August 8, 1931 at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C.) and five-year National League drought (Carl Hubbell vs. Pirates on May 8, 1929 at Polo Grounds V in New York).

6/15/1938: Johnny Vander Meer, W (7-2)

Cincinnati Reds (6) vs Brooklyn Dodgers (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Johnny Vander Meer
9.0
0
0
0
8
7
0
8
35
27
0
0
0
13
7
0
0
86

Starter Age: 23.225
Rank among 327: 50
Opposing Starter: Max Butcher
Catcher: Ernie Lombardi
Plate Umpire: Bill Stewart
Attendance: 38,748
Time of Game: 2:23
Did You Know?
  • This was the second of two consecutive no-hitters thrown by Johnny Vander Meer (vs. Bees on June 11, 1938 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati) and it came in the first night game ever played at Ebbets Field.
  • Vander Meer was the first pitcher to throw more than one no-hitter in the same season.
  • The game was played on "Vander Meer Night" in front of a crowd of almost 39,000, including at least 750 fans who traveled from Midland Park, New Jersey where Vander Meer grew up. Before the game, he was presented with a Swiss watch and a gift certificate for a fresh water fishing outfit.
  • The first person to congratulate Vander Meer was his boyhood idol, Brooklyn coach Babe Ruth.
  • Among no-hit pitchers, Vander Meer's eight walks eclipsed the previous high of seven (Amos Rusie vs. Grooms on July 31, 1891 at Polo Grounds IV in New York; Ed Lafitte vs. Packers on September 19, 1914 at Washington Park IV in Brooklyn) and wasn't topped until Jim Maloney walked 10 Cubs on August, 19, 1965 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
  • Five of Vander Meer's walks came in the last three innings, including three in the ninth when he loaded the bases with one out, but he retired Ernie Koy on a groundout and Leo Durocher on a fly out to end the game.
  • This was the second of two no-hitters caught by Ernie Lombardi (Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bees on June 11, 1938 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati).

4/23/1946: Ed Head, W (1-0)

Brooklyn Dodgers (5) vs Boston Braves (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Ed Head
9.0
0
0
0
3
1
0
4
29
25
0
1
1
19
6
2
0
85

Starter Age: 28.088
Rank among 327: 178
Opposing Starter: Mort Cooper
Catcher: Ferrell Anderson
Plate Umpire: Babe Pinelli
Attendance: 26,787
Time of Game: 1:45
Did You Know?
  • Ed Head was born left-handed and threw left-handed until a bus accident in high school mangled his left arm and nearly resulted in amputation. His arm was saved, but he taught himself to throw with his right arm while his left healed and continued throwing right-handed for the rest of his career.
  • His no-hitter came in his first start after missing a full year while serving in the army during World War II and a day after his wife gave birth to their son, Rickey.
  • For no-hitters in which ground ball/fly ball data is available (1931-present), Head's 19 ground ball outs is the modern-era record and his 70.4 groundball percentage is the highest among all pitchers who contributed to a no-hitter.

6/19/1952: Carl Erskine, W (6-1)

Brooklyn Dodgers (5) vs Chicago Cubs (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Carl Erskine
9.0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
28
27
0
0
0
18
8
1
0
87

Starter Age: 25.189
Rank among 327: 100
Opposing Starter: Warren Hacker
Catcher: Roy Campanella
Plate Umpire: Jocko Conlan
Attendance: 7,732
Time of Game: 1:48
Did You Know?
  • This was the first of two career no-hitters thrown by Carl Erskine (vs. Giants on May 12, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn) made even more impressive by the fact he pitched around a thunderstorm that delayed the game 44 minutes.
  • Erskine's only blemish was a walk to pitcher Willie Ramsdell in the third inning, one of only eight walks Ramsdell drew in his five year career. After the game, Erskine admitted he rushed his pitches to speed up the game and make sure they got five innings in so it would be official.
  • Opposing pitcher Warren Hacker faced only eight Dodgers and allowed four runs on three homers to Roy Campanella and Carl Furillo in the first, and Andy Pafko in the second before he was removed from the game.
  • After Erskine tossed his no-hitter he was given a new contract that included a $500 raise.
  • This was the first of three no-hitters caught by Roy Campanella (Carl Erskine vs. Giants on May 12, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; Sal Maglie vs. Phillies on September 25, 1956 at Ebbets Field).

9/25/1956: Sal Maglie, W (12-5)

Brooklyn Dodgers (5) vs Philadelphia Phillies (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Sal Maglie
9.0
0
0
0
2
3
1
3
29
26
0
1
0
14
9
2
0
88

Starter Age: 39.153
Rank among 327: 319
Opposing Starter: Jack Meyer
Catcher: Roy Campanella
Plate Umpire: Hal Dixon
Attendance: 15,205
Time of Game: 2:07
Did You Know?
  • Maglie threw his no-hitter at the age of 39 years and 153 days, making him the oldest National League pitcher at the time to toss a no-hitter.
  • Only Warren Spahn (40 years and five days old vs. Giants on April 28, 1961 at County Stadium in Milwaukee) and Randy Johnson (40 years and 251 days vs. Braves on May 18, 2004 at Turner Field in Atlanta) were older among NL no-hit pitchers.
  • The previous NL record was held by Hugh Daily, who was 36 years and 58 days old when he threw a no-hitter against the Phillies on September 13, 1883 at Recreation Park in Philadelphis.
  • This was the third of three no-hitters caught by Roy Campanella (Carl Erskine vs. Cubs on June 19, 1952 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; Carl Erskine vs. Giants on May 12, 1956 at Ebbets Field).

5/12/1956: Carl Erskine, W (2-2)

Brooklyn Dodgers (3) vs New York Giants (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Carl Erskine
9.0
0
0
0
2
3
0
2
29
27
0
0
0
10
14
2
0
88

Starter Age: 29.151
Rank among 327: 217
Opposing Starter: Al Worthington
Catcher: Roy Campanella
Plate Umpire: Augie Donatelli
Attendance: 17,395
Time of Game: 2:10
Did You Know?
  • This was Carl Erskine's second career no-hitter (vs. Cubs on June 19, 1952) and the first to be televised nationally.
  • After the game, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley gave Erskine a $500 bonus. |Erskine's no-hitter came exactly a year after Sam Jones held the Pirates hitless on May 12, 1955 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
  • This was the second of three no-hitters caught by Roy Campanella (Carl Erskine vs. Cubs on June 19, 1952; Sal Maglie vs. Phillies on September 25, 1956).