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A '''perfect game''' is a [[baseball]] game in which not a single batter from the losing team ever gets on base. It requires that every one of the 27 batters be retired with an out.  Unlike a "no-hitter", in which batters can get on base (and even win the game) due to a walk or an error, in a perfect game no batter can get on base for any reason.
 
  
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As of 2013, there have been only 23 perfect games in [[major league baseball]] history, out of hundreds of thousands of games.  At least two of those games (including the only [[World Series]] perfect game) have ended on questionable calls by the home plate umpire.  And although several pitchers have pitched multiple no-hitters ([[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Great Conservative Sports Star]] Nolan Ryan leads with seven), no pitcher has ever pitched more than one perfect game in Major League Baseball.
 
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Phil Humber pitched the 21st perfect game in major league baseball history in April 2012, but he threw 6 more pitches than [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Great Conservative Sports Star]] [[Jim Bunning]] did in his 90-pitch perfect game four decades ago.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/04/phil-humber-pitches-perfect-game-for-white-sox/1</ref>
 
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The first perfect game was thrown on June 12, 1880, by Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs in a 1-0 defeat of the Cleveland Blues.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/06121880.shtml Baseball almanac]</ref>  The most recent such game was thrown by Seattle Mariners Felix Hernandez to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays on August 15, 2012.
 
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|+<big>List of 23 Perfect Games</big><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=perfect_game|language=English|work=Major League Baseball|accessdate=May 31, 2010|title=Rare Feats}}</ref>
 
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|Lee Richmond (Worcester Ruby Legs)||Cleveland Blues||1-0||06-12-1880
 
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|Monte Ward (Providence Grays)||Buffalo Bisons||5-0||06-17-1880
 
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|[[Cy Young]] (Boston Americans)||[[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia A's]]||3-0||05-05-1904
 
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|Addie Joss (Cleveland Naps)||[[Chicago White Sox]]||1-0||10-02-1908
 
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|Charlie Robertson ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Detroit Tigers]]||2-0||04-30-1922
 
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|[[Don Larsen]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Brooklyn Dodgers]]||2-0||10-08-1956
 
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|[[Jim Bunning]] ([[Philadelphia Phillies]])||[[New York Mets]]||6-0||06-21-1964
 
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|[[Sandy Koufax]] ([[Los Angeles Dodgers]])||[[Chicago Cubs]]||1-0||09-09-1965
 
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|Catfish Hunter ([[Oakland Athletics]])||[[Minnesota Twins]]||4-0||05-08-1968
 
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|Len Barker ([[Cleveland Indians]])||[[Toronto Blue Jays]]||3-0||05-15-1981
 
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|Mike Witt ([[California Angels]])||[[Texas Rangers]]||1-0||09-30-1984
 
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|Tom Browning ([[Cincinnati Reds]])||[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]||1-0||09-16-1988
 
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|Dennis Martinez ([[Montreal Expos]])||[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]||2-0||07-28-1991
 
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|Kenny Rogers ([[Texas Rangers]])||[[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]||4-0||07-28-1994
 
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|[[David Wells]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Minnesota Twins]]||4-0||05-17-1998
 
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|[[David Cone]] ([[New York Yankees]])||[[Montreal Expos]]||6-0||07-18-1999
 
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|[[Randy Johnson]] ([[Arizona Diamondbacks]])||[[Atlanta Braves]]||2-0||05-18-2004
 
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|[[Mark Buehrle]] ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||5-0||07-23-2009
 
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|[[Dallas Braden]] ([[Oakland Athletics]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||4-0||05-09-2010
 
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|[[Roy Halladay]] ([[Philadelphia Phillies]])||[[Florida Marlins]]||1-0||05-29-2010
 
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|Philip Humber ([[Chicago White Sox]])||[[Seattle Mariners]]||4-0||04-21-2012
 
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|Matt Cain ([[San Francisco Giants]])||[[Houston Astros]]||10-0||06-13-2012
 
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|Félix Hernández ([[Seattle Mariners]])||[[Tampa Bay Rays]]||1-0||08-15-2012
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[https://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2012/04/perfect-games-baseball ''Economist'' article on perfect games as a measure of excellence]
 
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*[[bias in sports]]
 
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== References ==
 
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