According to a posting by the Baseball Almanac editor on the Baseball
Trivia message board, "Baseball Fever"
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?s=4d88df28db322b96a0515c02b9edbbf6&threadid=9017&highlight=no+hitter
only one MLB "almost" no-hitter was spoiled with a homerun. It was not
a grand slam. On April 20, 1990 Oakland Athletics batter Ken Phelps
hit a home run to spoil a no-hitter by Seattle pitcher Brian Holman.
The entire message follows. You'd probably also enjoy the rest of the
discussion also.
"Each of the following pitchers was as close to perfection as one
could probably get, without actually achieving it. In other words,
each pitcher below had a perfect game through eight innings, two outs
in the ninth inning, then it came to end:
Almost Perfect
July 4, 1908: Hooks Wiltse
New York Giants (versus the Philadelphia Phillies).
George McQuillan was hit with a pitch, but ended the game with a
10-inning no-hitter.
August 5, 1932: Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers (versus the Washington Nationals).
Dave Harris hit a single.
June 27, 1958: Billy Pierce
Chicago White Sox (versus the Washington Senatos).
Ed Fitz Gerald hit a double.
September 3, 1972: Milt Pappas
Chicago Cubs (versus the San Diego Padres).
Larry Stahl was walked, but Pappas ended the game with a no-hitter.
April 15, 1983: Milt Wilcox
Detroit (at and versus the Chicago White Sox).
Jerry Hairston hit a single.
May 2, 1988: Ron Robinson
Cincinnati (versus the Montreal Expos).
Wallace Johnson hit a single.
August 4, 1989: Dave Stieb
Toronto (versus the New York Yankees).
Roberto Kelly hit a double.
April 20, 1990: Brian Holman
Seattle (versus the Oakland Athletics).
Ken Phelps hit a home run.
September 2, 2001: Mike Mussina
New York Yankees (at and versus the Boston Red Sox).
Carl Everett hit a single. "
Search strategy: no-hitter spoiled homerun, no-hitter "home run"
A search of Baseball Almanac lead to Trivia message board searched
that for no-hitter
Nellie Bly
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