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Perfect game - Major League Baseball perfect games

Perfect game - 19th century

• Cleveland Blues, 0 at Worcester Worcesters, 1
• Venue: Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds

• Providence Grays, 5 vs. Buffalo Bisons, 0

Perfect game - Modern era

• Philadelphia A's, 0 at Boston Americans, 3
• Venue: Huntington Avenue Grounds, day game
• Attendance: 10267, Time: 1:23

• Chicago White Sox, 0 at Cleveland Naps, 1
• Venue: League Park, day game
• Attendance: 10598, Time: 1:29

• Chicago White Sox, 2 at Detroit Tigers, 0
• Venue: Navin Field, day game
• Attendance: 25000, Time: 1:55

• Brooklyn Dodgers, 0 at New York Yankees, 2
• Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game (Game 5 of the World Series)
• Attendance: 64519, Time: 2:06

• Philadelphia Phillies, 6 at New York Mets, 0
• Venue: Shea Stadium, day game
• Attendance: 32026, Time: 2:19

• Chicago Cubs, 0 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 1
• Venue: Dodger Stadium, night game
• Attendance: 29139, Time: 1:43

• Minnesota Twins, 0 at Oakland A's, 4
• Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, night game
• Attendance: 6298, Time: 2:28

• Toronto Blue Jays, 0 at Cleveland Indians, 3
• Venue: Cleveland Stadium, night game
• Attendance: 7290, Time: 2:09

• California Angels, 1 at Texas Rangers, 0
• Venue: Arlington Stadium, day game
• Attendance: 8375, Time: 1:49

• Los Angeles Dodgers, 0 at Cincinnati Reds, 1
• Venue: Riverfront Stadium, night game
• Attendance: 16591, Time: 1:51

• Montreal Expos, 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 0
• Venue: Dodger Stadium, day game
• Attendance: 45560, Time: 2:14

• California Angels, 0 at Texas Rangers, 4
• Venue: The Ballpark in Arlington, night game
• Attendance: 46581, Time: 2:08

• Minnesota Twins, 0 at New York Yankees, 4
• Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game
• Attendance: 49820, Time: 2:40

• Montreal Expos, 0 at New York Yankees, 6
• Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game
• Attendance: 41930, Time: 2:16

• Arizona Diamondbacks, 2 at Atlanta Braves, 0
• Venue: Turner Field, night game
• Attendance: 23381, Time: 2:13

Notes:

1. The first two perfect games occurred when pitching was underhanded (the hand could not rise above the belt), from 45 feet away from home plate, 8 balls were required for a walk, hitters could direct a high or low ball, and so on. They were fundamentally different than the rest of those listed and their place in this list is widely debated; changes in the rules since Cy Young's perfect game have been of much less significance.
2. Cy Young's perfect game was part of a hitless innings streak (24 straight and still a record) and a scoreless innings streak (45 straight, no longer a record).
3. Larsen pitched the first and only post-season perfect game (also the only post-season no-hitter) in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
4. In Koufax's perfect game, the Cubs pitcher, Bob Hendley, gave up only one hit, a bloop double in the seventh inning, and stranded the runner on second base. The Dodgers scored their only run in the fifth inning. The winning run reached first on a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, attempted a steal of third, and scored when the Cubs catcher overthrew third base.
5. Cone's perfect game was held on Yogi Berra Day with the original players of the 1956 World Series perfect game in attendance. Don Larsen, the pitcher of that game, threw out the first pitch to Yogi Berra, who had been his catcher.
6. The Boston Americans (or Pilgrims or any of several other names used by sportwriters) became the Red Sox when John I. Taylor chose the name after the Boston Nationals dropped the red stockings from their uniforms; the Huntington Avenue Grounds became the home of the Boston Braves and the Red Sox moved to Fenway Park when it was finished in 1912. The Cleveland Naps (so-called after they acquired Nap Lajoie) finally settled on 'Indians' for a name.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Major League Baseball perfect games", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki