List of Negro league baseball no-hitters

Due to lack of record-keeping for Negro league baseball games, the exact number of no-hitters thrown is unknown. However, ongoing research by baseball historians has revealed that at least 34 no-hitters were thrown in the Negro leagues. Researchers have had to clarify differences between play from teams and barnstorming, and one of the no-hitters was thrown at a benefit All-Star Game. There are also at least six games that were called before nine innings were completed, due to weather or darkness.

Phil Cockrell, Nip Winters, Satchel Paige (pictured; left to right) and Porter Moss are the only Negro league pitchers known to have thrown multiple no-hitters, with two each.

In 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the addition of seven "Negro Major Leagues" that played from 1920 to 1948 as major leagues, which recognized statistics from over 3,400 players that played in those seasons.^[1] Under MLB rules, at least 25 no-hitters from between 1920 and 1948 could be recognized and eventually be incorporated into official no-hitter records.^[2]

Of the 25 no-hitters, four pitchers threw two: Phil Cockrell, Nip Winters, Satchel Paige, and Porter Moss. Four no-hitters were combined efforts. Leon Day threw a no-hitter on May 5, 1946, to open the season for the Newark Eagles against the Philadelphia Stars, which would be considered the second no-hitter thrown by on Opening Day after Bob Feller did so on April 16, 1940, against the Chicago White Sox. Claude Grier threw a no-hitter in Game 3 of the 1926 Colored World Series against the Chicago American Giants; it was the first no-hitter thrown in a major league postseason game, 30 years before Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.^[3]

Regulation no-hitters

Leagues NNL I Negro National League I ECL Eastern Colored League EWL East–West League NNL II Negro National League II NAL Negro American League Ind. Independent WS Colored/Negro World Series

Key RS Runs scored RA Runs allowed IP Innings pitched † Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame § Indicates game pitched in the postseason

No-hitters

#	Date	Pitcher	Team	RS	Opponent	RA	League	Park	Ref.
1	June 6, 1921	Bill Gatewood	Detroit Stars	4	Cincinnati Cuban Stars	0	NNL I	Mack Park	[4][5]
2	September 5, 1921	Phil Cockrell (1)	Hilldale Club	3	Detroit Stars	0	Ind.	Hilldale Park	[6][7]
3	June 27, 1922	Bill Force	Detroit Stars	3	St. Louis Giants	0	NNL I	Mack Park	[8][9]
4	July 26, 1922	Nip Winters (1)	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	7	Indianapolis ABCs	1	NNL I	Athletic Park (Kokomo, IN)	[10][11]
5	August 19, 1922	Phil Cockrell (2)	Hilldale Club	3	Chicago American Giants	0	Ind.	Schorling Park	[12][13]
6	August 19, 1922	Doc Sykes	Baltimore Black Sox	2	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	0	NNL I	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MA)	[14]
7	August 5, 1923	José Méndez† (5 IP) Bullet Rogan† (4 IP)	Kansas City Monarchs	7	Milwaukee Bears	0	NNL I	Muehlebach Field	[15][16]
8	September 3, 1924	Nip Winters (2)	Hilldale Club	2	Harrisburg Giants	0	ECL	West End Grounds (Harrisburg, PA)	[11]
9	July 13, 1926	Rube Curry	Chicago American Giants	16	Dayton Marcos	0	NNL I	Schorling Park	[17][18]
10	October 3, 1926§	Claude Grier	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	10	Chicago American Giants	0	WS	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MA)	[19][20]
11	May 15, 1927	Laymon Yokely	Baltimore Black Sox	8	Cuban Stars	0	NNL I	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MA)	[21][22]
12	August 4, 1927	Joe Strong (11 IP)	Baltimore Black Sox	2	Hilldale Club	1	ECL	Maryland Park (Baltimore, MA)	[23][24]
13	August 4, 1927	Willie Powell	Chicago American Giants	3	Memphis Red Sox	0	NNL I	Schorling Park	[25][26]
14	June 29, 1929	Alfred Cooper (7⅓ IP) Chet Brewer (1⅔ IP)	Kansas City Monarchs	4	Chicago American Giants	0	NNL I	Schorling Park	[27]
15	September 7, 1931	Paul Carter	Hilldale Club	6	Baltimore Black Sox	0	Ind.	Hilldale Park	[28]
16	July 8, 1932	Satchel Paige† (1)	Pittsburgh Crawfords	6	New York Black Yankees	0	Ind.	Greenlee Field	[29][30]
17	July 4, 1934	Satchel Paige† (2)	Pittsburgh Crawfords	4	Homestead Grays	0	NNL II	Greenlee Field	[31]
18	June 9, 1936	Neck Stanley	New York Cubans	12	Newark Eagles	1	NNL II	Delano-Hitch Recreational Park	[32]
19	May 16, 1937	Hilton Smith†	Kansas City Monarchs	4	Chicago American Giants	0	NAL	Muehlebach Field	[33]
20	June 27, 1941	Gene Smith	St. Louis–New Orleans Stars	6	New York Black Yankees	1	NAL	Belleville Athletic Field (Belleville, IL)	[34]
21	August 28, 1941	Johnny Wright (6 IP) Terris McDuffie (2 IP) J. C. Hamilton (1 IP)	Homestead Grays	19	New York Cubans	0	NNL II	Idora Park	[35]
22	September 27, 1943	Porter Moss (1)	Memphis Red Sox	5	Cincinnati Clowns	0	NAL	Russwood Park	[36]
23	October 10, 1943	Porter Moss (2)	Memphis Red Sox	6	New York Black Yankees	0	NAL	Martin Park (Memphis, TN)	[37]
24	May 5, 1946	Leon Day†	Newark Eagles	2	Philadelphia Stars	0	NNL II	Ruppert Stadium	[38][39]
25	May 25, 1948	Albert Stephens (5 IP) Neck Stanley (4 IP)	New York Black Yankees	4	Newark Eagles	1	NNL II	Red Wing Stadium	[40]

See also

• Lists of no-hitters
• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters