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Sunday, December 19, 2004

To date, there have been seventeen perfect game pitches (27 batters up and 27 batters down). They are:

American League

Pitcher Date Result
David Cone 07-18-1999 New York 6, Montreal 0
David Wells 05-17-1998 New York 4, Minnesota 0
Mike Witt 09-30-1984 California 1, Texas 0
Kenny Rogers 07-28-1994 Texas 4, California 0
Len Barker 05-15-1981 Cleveland 3, Toronto 0
Catfish Hunter 05-08-1968 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
* Game 5, 1956 World Series

National League

Pitcher Date Result
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 09-09-1965 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

Information from Major League Baseball.