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MLB has seen over 300 no-hitters, sound some of them were bound to be bad, right? At least bad in relation to typical no-hitters. Here are some examples: the Edwin Jackson no-hitter, the Alec Mills no-hitter, the Dock Ellis no-hitter, and the Ken Johnson no-hitter loss. I’ve always loved bad no-hitters, so I decided to dig up as many as I could possibly fit into a video. Of course, the hook here is the Dock Ellis LSD game. That’s pretty unique story in baseball history.
In this episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production, we’ll talk about games pitched by the likes of Ed Lafitte, Ken Holtzman, and Steve Barber. We’ll focus on some unofficial no-hitters. Remember Hunter Greene’s no hitter loss? Remember the Andy Hawkins no-hitter? The Madison Bumgarner 7-inning no-hitter? They all get mentioned.
We’ll also clarify the difference between an official and unofficial no-hitters. The no-hitter rules were clarified in 1991, with specific requirements for innings and hits allowed. I hope you enjoy this presentation about the worst no-hitters in MLB history.
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Dock Ellis short: • No Mas Presents: Dock ...
No-No trailer: • 'No No: A Dockumentary...
Soundtrack from Maxo:
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waaaaa waaaaaaaa im a little baby
Is this a coincidence that you uploaded this the day after the Astros World Series no hitter?
Another interesting no-hitter was one involving Babe Ruth. He hit the first batter and was ejected after arguing with the home-plate umpire. After coming in relief, Ernie Shore pitched a perfect game the rest of the way, with the one base runner getting caught stealing.
Didn’t he like punch the umpire?
@@calebspangler132 Yep
Yo no shit. That’s crazy, never heard that before 😂😂. Ruth straight up decked the ump??
@@willfowler1027 lmaoo what a crazy story
Rumor has it, Ruth was hung over, badly.
As someone born in San Diego, I’ve given up on the Padres and adopted the 1899 Cleveland Spiders as my favorite baseball team. The Padres not getting a hit off of someone on LSD wouldn’t even surprise me if it happened today.
The Cleveland Spiders haven't allowed a hit in over 100 years, pretty impressive streak.
@@FoolishBaseball That’s so true!
Still, the Fathers did have that nice victory over the 111-win juggernaut Dodgers in the NLDS who, if I’m not mistaken, they couldn’t buy a win from during the regular season.
At least your team accomplished that.
My Cardinals pathetically got swept against the Phillies in the “Wildcard
Round”, giving Albert Pujols an anti-climactic send off to his retirement.
Plus, with Fernando Tatis Jr eligible to return to the lineup now in late April,
that lineup of your Padres is going to be absolutely sick with
Tatis, Machado, & Juan Soto.
Talk about murderer’s row.
That’s the reincarnation
of the ‘27 Yankee lineup😮.
Also the fact that when he mentioned the diamondback pitcher getting a no hitter on his first major league game was against the Padres. If you look up the team who gets no hit the most, the first ones are teams that have been around since the early 1900s, then the Padres
@@FoolishBaseballgod-tier streak bro, lmao 😂
The wildest parts - to me - of the Ellis LSD No-hitter is that ONE. he didn't take the team bus to San Diego and was chilling in LA when he dropped the acid. His friend looked in the paper(how we got news in those days) and told him he was pitching THAT NIGHTs game( a twi-nighter that started at 6pm) in SD.... he got to the park already tripping but everyone thought he was just in his "game zone" and left him alone. He said that pitching that game was easy - "the ball went wherever I wanted". But he said the toughest part was 1. the dugout steps after each inning, once stopping at the top wondering how to get down and 2. Catching the throw back from the catcher - "he said the ball changing size" as it got closer to him . 😂🤣😅
I heard he didn't know he threw a no hitter until a few days later.
I also read catcher Jerry May had tape on his fingers so Ellis could identify what pitch to throw (did it matter?)
@@elliyahugenesove9777 Tape on the fingers and other ways of making them more visible like painting the fingernails with whiteout was commonplace since before then and up until this year (no need because of the comm tech).
Nothing immediately unique about that to the situation.
The LSD joke was almost as good as "Cupine".
@@FlyingDwarfmanother than doc being quoted as saying that’s the only way he was able to see the signs
The timing is uncanny on this one
Uncanny I tells ya
@@kushclarkkent6669 Foolish almost
Wondering if this was gonna be released later, but the timing worked out perfectly for today
Manfred gave me the script
And the players union Didn’t strike?😅
Knock the Alec Mills no hitter all you want, but it is literally the only happy memory I have from the year 2020.
Marlins beating the Cubs in that playoff series was unreal.
The only happy memory from the past couple cub years is that no hitter
@@FoolishBaseball wait which playoff series between the Marlins and Cubs are we talking about here?
That was faker then ant combined no hitter
weird thats one of my worse memories of 2020 baseball (Brewers fan)
Doc Ellis throwing a no hitter on LSD is the most impressive achievement in sports history hands down
He was named perfectly for the event as well.
I think that goes to David Wells' perfect game that he pitched while still drunk from the night before.
LSD while not an enhancement in the traditional sense can produce a flow state (look it up) and that's probably why dude pulled that off. Just zoned in, in a weird way.
@@ferdinandfoch7816 I mean at least he could see the catcher
Babe Ruth hitting 3 HR in a game where he was drunk as hell is equally impressive.
The first ever combined no hitter was thrown by Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore for the Red Sox in 1917. Ruth was ejected for arguing balls and strikes after walking the first batter (who was then caught stealing). Shore entered the game and recorded 26 straight outs so even though he basically threw a perfect game all he got was a combined no hitter.
i thought Shore got 27 straight outs since the caught stealing was after he was brought in
@@declanhearne5784 I think you could phrase it either way since he didn’t face that first batter
@@llamalord98 Ruth was credited with zero innings pitched.
Fun fact: both Korean and Japanese baseball opt for the term “no hit no run” instead of “no-hitter”, meaning giving up runs but not a hit wouldn’t be tallied as an achievement over here.
People call 'em "no-no"s in america occasionally, implying the same thing. It's a lot more uncommon to throw a no-hitter and allow runs, which is usually somewhat of a negative achievement implying either poor control or poor baserunner control if not poor circumstances regardless.
@@antonioreconquistador unless you’re the reds
@@antonioreconquistador I'd always though that "no-no" was just slang for no hitter and didn't realise it meant no runs as well. The more you know
We use no-hitter in Taiwan
@@jarrodbrimble1433 I'm pretty sure that's what most people in America use it to mean, that's how I've always used it as well
The worst no-hitter ever was Armando Galarraga's perfect game where a blown call denied him the final out, the perfect game and then no-hitter. Even as an Cleveland fan, I feel like they should reverse that call and retro-actively give the man his PG.
I'm here for it but idk if that's a box we should open
HOLY. CRAP.
How did I NEVER notice "Ellis, D." until you pointed it out? That is absolutely incredible.
Hah! 😁😁😁
Depending on how much LSD he actually took, it’s arguably one of the most impressive. Last time I took some Christmas lights were detaching from houses and flying into the sky and my brain couldn’t decide if it was amazing or terrifying. The fact that he only hit one batter is just as crazy as the no hitter
Again, can't comment on the substance because I'm terrified to use anything stronger than Tylenol, but it speaks to what Ellis was likely going through on the mound. Just keeping his composure alone, much less performing like an elite athlete, is quite the accomplishment.
@@FoolishBaseball totally understand your viewpoint, just wanted to comment on what I experienced as a dude just walking down the street compared to all the things that would have been happening to him and the crazy shit he would have been seeing on the mound. Love your content as always
Last time I dropped cid I was in my room watching my paintings move. I didn't want to be outside at all. I couldn't imagine peaking on acid with a stadium full of people watching me
From what I've watched, Ellis said that he couldn't really "see" the batters, he could just sort of make out which side of the plate they were standing. He also said that the ball had a trail coming off the end whenever he threw it, like a shooting star or rainbow
Drugs are bad mmmmkay :P
The fact doc ellis was functional on acid is truly remarkable and deserves more credit.
I’ve taken the cid once and it was an amazing life changing experience. Can’t imagine being functional enough to pitch and perform well.
The first time is always life changing. The 30th time is just a cool Saturday afternoon.
@@BeefPapa I hope to get there one day beef papa
One might say that no-hitter was the "high point" in Dock Ellis' career...
har har har
You really drug that joke out, huh?
I think the high point is that time he went against the Reds and just went out there and threw at every batter in every chance he had
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I appreciate the accidental timing as a Phillies fan on copium
Same :sob:
Okay but if they get no-hit and then win the series it will be hilarious
@@FoolishBaseball That's where the real content lies
@@FoolishBaseball the dream of them sweeping at home is dead which was the most likely way they’d win so that’s a hard sell but ya know what if they pull it off I’m down to celebrate
or at the very least watch the other Houston team get blown out by the other Philly one today
@@smoov22_sonic well, relish in the fact that the Eagles are gonna blow the Texans out 🤣 Texans are hot dog water man, but at least they'll look good while being blown out 🤣
How did this happen? Does FB have a bunch of videos ready to go and when something is trending, let's say a world series no hitter, he uploads a video related to the trending topic? That's genius. I love you Bailey.
Haddix’s nearly perfect game ended in weirder fashion than advertised: Joe Adcock hit a walk off home run but passed Hank Aaron while rounding the bases so it was ruled a double.
I once made 10 three pointers in a row while tripping hardcore on acid late at night. I was like 17 years old and hanging out with my best friend and we wanted to go outside for a walk to look at the stars. We stopped at the neighborhood park and kind of migrated towards the basketball court. When I started to shoot some baskets I realized that my focus was %100 laser sharp on wanting to shoot the ball with a perfect form. I quickly got into a rhythm and started to make shot after shot. The more baskets I made in row the more it was blowing me and my friends minds. After that night I gained unlimited confidence whenever I stepped onto the court.
The correlation between these recent weird no hitters and the shift seems very direct. Nice ball in play... we got a man there.
I was a Twins fan in college who could only get the Chicago broadcast with Hawk Harrelson when Liriano threw his no hitter. That's still probably my favorite game I've ever watched. Listening to Hawk be so incredibly annoyed was glorious
The Doc Ellis story is awesome. LSD is pretty incredible stuff
3:53 you mention Mikolas throwing 122 pitches as the most thrown by a pitcher in 2022 but failed to also point out that Miles had a no-no going through 8 2/3 innings. The clip you show is him getting pulled in the 9th with 2 outs after having just given up the first and only hit of the game. It was so brutally painful to see as a Cardinals fan, really feel for the guy.
I witnessed Liriano no-hit the White Sox for the Twins in 2011 and remember ESPN reporting that based on the game's stats it had about a 1-in-3000 chance of being a no-no. I thought for sure it would make your list. :)
From Wiki: "On May 3, 2011, Liriano pitched his first career complete game, a 1-0 no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The no-hitter featured 6 walks, a high (although not record-high) number for a no-hit game. He struck out 2 of the 30 batters he faced and threw 123 pitches, 66 of which were strikes."
I'm late watching here but the "Ellis, D" subheading at 0:56 is absolutely genius
I'm surprised you didn't mention AJ Burnett's no-no. Nine walks and a HBP. Every batter in the Padres starting lineup reached base
13:34 THAT BAT FLIP LMFAOOOOOOOOO😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
rip this man's account
I’ve taken LSD. The next day is actually a pretty easy thing to deal with. You’re in a state called afterglow and it’s usually mildly Euphoric and somewhat pleasant.
My uncle has a wild story about Ken Holtzman. When my uncle was a kid he’d hang around the bullpen at Forbes field and talked to a lot of the players. He’d often pass through baseball cards of these players and get them signed. Cubs came to town and Ken Holtzman was having one of his best seasons. My uncle chatted him up and asked him to sign one of his baseball cards. Ken took the card and proceeded to put a big X on the card and gave It back of my uncle. My uncle proceeded to put jinx on Ken Holtzman, did a little dance and said he wouldn’t win a game for the rest of the year. I’ve done some research and I believe this game was the 6-18-1969 game, and after that game Ken did significantly worse and this was also the year the cubs choked down the stretch and the amazing Mets won the World Series.
'Ellis D.' has got to be one the most fitting word plays I've seen in a while
Dock Ellis’s no hitter on acid has to be in the top 3 of all time best no hitters. That is so insane to even fathom really. I tripped and always saw some whack shit so I wonder what he was hearing and seeing, was probably wild to say the least
I was at Angel stadium in 2008 when the Dodgers beat the Angels 1-0 with no hits. That was my Father’s Day gift from my daughters. I tried to explain how great and crazy the game was but they only thought it was boring.
I was visiting a friend that day and we happened to tell his wife about the Andy Hawkins no hitter. She looked it up bc she didn't believe someone could throw a no hitter and lose. Then a few hours later...
Always a good day when a new baseball bits drops
thank you!
The Doc Ellis-on-acid no hitter is one of my all time FAVORITE baseball stats!! And I LOVE that you referred to it as “the way his name would appear on the score card”, lol!! Elis, D. Too funny!!!
im afraid baseball bits has become my comfort series. Just hearing the music at the beginning put a goofy ass smile on my face. Keep it up Bailey
Really puts to perspective how crazy Jim Abbott's no hitter was. 5Ks, 2 errors, 119 pitches, one hand.
Love me my Dbacks! They have such a bizarre history for being the youngest team in MLB. Gilbert has only started like 4-5 games since he threw that no hitter.
I was hoping you'd cover Andy Hawkins with this one. I remember watching his career in horror as a child, literally hoping he'd be traded to ANY other team.
I remember him and remember Anthony Young on an awful Mets team, where Young lost 27 straight decisions over multiple seasons. That was not a good time for NY baseball.
Two interesting DBacks notes for this video. 1. Another thing making the Tyler Gilbert No-No more interesting is that the catcher for that game was Daulton Varsho. Daulton Varsho was just the runner up and arguably snubbed for a gold glove… in RIGHT FIELD! And 2. Is that the first half of the double-header in Atlanta was a 1-hit shutout by Zac Gallen. So the DBacks had 2 pitchers combine for 14 innings of 1-hit baseball
I have been waiting for a video like this. I really want to see the "best" no hitters and perfect games based on opponent strength
"Combined no hitters are not provocative, they don't get the people going." Fucking died at this line.
1:29 was an excellent bit of writing! Nice work
I swear on my life I do not want to see or hear anything about no hitters at all today. As a Phillies fan, I'm still hurting from last night. I just stared at my hoagie all night and never got to take a bite. I will watch this video but only because it's quality content by my favorite sports youtuber. And just know, I've ignored every other video ESPN/Sportscenter/NBC Recap and I've even avoided the local radio stations today.
On June 28, 2008, The Angels lost to the Dodgers despite Jered Weaver and Jose Arredono combining to allow zero hits. However, the Dodgers were able to go up 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th due to a walk and an unfortunate series of errors. Because the Dodgers were the home team, they did not go up to bat in the bottom of the 9th. Because of this, it technically doesn't even count as a no-hitter.
Props on the last second voiceover to acknowledge yesterday's game!
That was recorded late last night as you can imagine
In 2001 AJ Burnett also threw a no hitter, with 9 walks and 7 ks. Only reason I remember is because he dislikes it lol
The wife and I listened to your JV baseball bits last night. Not that you were bad, but you've definitely learned to deliver these better.
Foolish baseball is the only thing that gets me through school
The 1967 AL season is arguably my favorite single season of baseball to study and, yes, that no-hitter was part of it.
5:28 I think you'll find that the worst, and only, single-handed performance in a no-hitter was Jim Abbott's
Wow, unbelievable timing on this one! Can Foolish see the future?
If I could, I would've said I liked Cristian Javier this year.
A no-hitter, on my birthday, from my favorite team, with a dude who was on my favorite drug. What could get better than that.
The timing on this is insane. I put off watching it until now because I expected it to be a lower effort video about the WS no hitter we just saw. Wow.
kinda how fun baseball culture is: I was watching the Jackson bit and noticed Mel Stottlemyre Jr calling to the pen which I only remembered immediately bc I groundscored a bunch of older baseball cards and it had a Mel Jr Rookie card
Damn u made that video quick after last night’s no-hitter
I work fast
One of the greatest content creators on the the platform. Puts a huge smile on my face everytime
Another one: Ronel Blanco throws one on his 8th career start, and his only one to ever go past 6 innings
When I was in 5th grade, our teacher, Mr McCully was called by the national guard for service, and he was sent to a Viet Nam war riot at LSU in 1970.
We were asked by the substitute teacher to send him a letter for encouragement, and I drew a bunch of soldiers stoned on LSD at LSU (true story).
I wonder if he got a laugh out of it!
The fact that Doc Elllis' name is Ellis, D. Is hilarious to me
I had to pause and rewind the video after that Ellis D. joke. I honestly laughed for a good forty seconds.
You must’ve put in overtime to throw this together so quickly. Thank you as always.
Upon further review, seems it is just a ridiculous coincidence. You’re start to scare me bro.
hell yeah, it's a good day when foolish baseball uploads :)
good day for me too!
6:44 thank you for the blades of glory reference Bailey
I was at that Edwin Jackson no hitter, not a fan of either team, just kept wanting him to stop pitching because of how ugly it was for him
I'm a little surprised it took you this long to do this. This is an ICONIC story, and one of my favorites😂
I was at the Chris Heston no hitter. Wish I'd been at the other game where the Mets got no hit that year, when Scherzer punched out 17.
Tremendous amount of thorough research by you. Kudos and thank you.
The “Ellis, D” double entendre gave me a good laugh 😂😂
You are truly worth the wait another banger of a video
Surprised you didn’t mention the no-hitter that Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost due to first base umpire Jim Joyce’s blown base running call in 2010. I remember Joyce admitting that he missed the call and feeling terrible about it.
Been talked about enough
So has the Harvey Haddix game, but it was included.
Bailey you forgot to talk about Dave Stieb and all of his misfortunes regarding no hitters
What's perfect about this video is the timing.
You make the best baseball videos on TH-cam, Bailey.
The Pirates’ presence in the history of odd no-hitters is glorious
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Good stuff man, love your videos, keep up the good work!
Dudeeee I'm so happy you covered this
I swear around the same time every month I think “dang has foolish baseball been removed from my algorithm?” then bailey drops a banger🔥
I’m telling you foolish baseball is 99% of why I like baseball I luv u bailey
"Ellis, D."
...My God, how has nobody put the pieces together on that one before!?
Pretty sure the videos he mentioned about the no-hitter have the actual boxscores in them.
Dock Ellis' perspective: "The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes, I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me." (From Wiki)
Great video! Thanks for this one. I've always been a fan of weird no-hitters.
The Dock Ellis graphic with the colored eyes is an amazing touch.
The timing of this video is... *chefs kiss*
The Ellis, D title is so witty and I love it
I was at both of those Pirates games where the opposing pitcher nearly had a no-no. We didn't even realize Rich HIll was perfect until like the 6th inning
I have this DS game that I’ll play every now and then to reminisce and once about last year I got no-hit and won 2-0. Lead off man walked then stole second. I bunted him over to third then he scored on a sac fly. Second run was from two straight walks, a productive out, and another sac fly. Still won and I am still in awe that this happened
Now we need a full L + Ratio Bits. Best stats in a losing effort
I’ve watched this video multiple times and I still greatly dislike the “has to be 9 innings” rule, so they make it almost impossible for a no hitter to happen on a dominant team if it’s an away game
I imagine Bailey was sitting in his home last night thinking "wouldn't it be awful if the Astros threw a no-hitter in the World Series game tonight and I had to redo my No-hitter video."
It's nice that you picture me in a home instead of a series of cardboard boxes with chicken wire tunnels between them.
@@FoolishBaseball Anything's a home if you view it as such.
Awesome Timing! Great video as usual.
LMAOOO you breaking down the doc ellis story was hilarious.
Edwin Jackson was on the Nationals with Gio Gonzalez when Gio took a no-no into the 9th against Miami on what would have his friend Jose Fernandez's birthday. After the game , Edwin went to Gio and said "hey want to hear the story of how I threw the worst no-hitter in baseball history?"
i’ve been waiting for u to upload 🎉🎉
Doc Ellis LSD no-hitter was also the subject of the first verse of Steely Dan’s Glamour Profession
Another fun fact about the Haddix no-hitter is that the Joe Adcock hit that ended the game actually cleared the fence. Adcock passed another runner on the bases and was called out between second and third.
Colt 45 two zigzags baby that’s all we need
Foolish comin through with a banger. That's why I fuck with you Foolish Baseball
Fully deserved like for the "the committee for statistical accuracy" bit.
LUETGE APPEARANCE!!! Made my morning hahahah