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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: The First Perfect Game In MLB History | Pastball Podcast #84
Description: A perfect game is a complete game pitched without a runner reaching base either by hit, base-on-balls, or error. It is one of the rarest feats in baseball and a subset of no-hitters. The first major league perfect game was thrown in 1880 by Lee Richmond. Only five days later, John Ward threw the second one. On June 12, 1880 J. Lee Richmond pitched his way into history when he threw professional baseball’s first perfect game in Worcester.Lee Richmond of the Worcester Worcesters threw a perfect game against the Cleveland Blues at Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds. Richmond joined the Wo...