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Perfect game pitchers

Bill Sullivan
July 23, 2009

When Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox retired all 27 batters he faced against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 23, he became only the 18th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to pitch a perfect game.

No one has done it more than once.

Here’s the list:

American League

Mark Buehrle (07-23-2009):  Chicago 5, Tampa Bay 0
David Cone (07-18-1999): New York Yankees 6, Montreal 0
David Wells (05-17-1998): New York 4, Minnesota 0
Kenny Rogers (7-28-1994): Texas 4, California 0
Mike Witt (09-30-1984): California 1, Texas 0
Len Barker (05-15-1981): Cleveland 3, Toronto 0
Catfish Hunter (5-08-1968): Oakland 4, Minnesota 0
Don Larsen (10-08-1956): New York 2, Brooklyn 0*
Charlie Robertson (04-30-1922): Chicago 2, Detroit 0
Addie Joss (10-02-1908): Cleveland 1, Chicago 0
Cy Young (05-05-1904): Boston 3, Philadelphia 0

* World Series

National League

Randy Johnson (05-18-2004): Arizona 2, Atlanta 0
Dennis Martinez (07-28-1991): Montreal 2, Los Angeles 0
Tom Browning (09-16-1988): Cincinnati 1, Los Angeles 0
Sandy Koufax (9-09-1965): Los Angeles 1, Chicago 0
Jim Bunning (06-21-1964): Philadelphia 6, New York 0
Monte Ward (06-17-1880): Providence 5, Buffalo 0
Lee Richmond (06-12-1880): Worcester 1, Cleveland 0

Source: mlb.com

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