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Originally Posted by ojoe
In 1964, Ken Johnson of the Colt .45s lost 1-0 to Cincinnati, at home:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...96404230.shtml
And in 1967, Steve Barber and Stu Miller of the Orioles combined to hold the Tigers hitless in Baltimore, but lost 2-1:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...96704301.shtml
Both games are still officially recognized as no-hitters. The games that were removed from the list were either winning pitchers who played in games that, for whatever reason, did not go a full 9 innings, or losing pitchers who only pitched 8 innings because they were on the visiting team and so there was no bottom of the 9th.
They may also have removed games where no-hitters were complete through 9, but then lost in extra innings - like the Harvey Haddix game from 1959. |
Correct. If I recall correctly, the rule change was made in 1991 as a response to Andy Hawkins lost no-hitter from the year before. He was stripped of his no-hitter because he only pitched 8 innings because the home team (White Sox) were leading in the ninth.