While your post focused on perfect games, IMHO the greatest game ever pitched occurred on July 2, 1963 when Juan Marichal faced off against Warren Spahn In Candlestick Park. With both starters still pitching, the Giants won 1-0 on a Willie Mays walk-off home run on Spahn’s 201st pitch in the bottom of the 16th inning. By comparison, Marichal had thrown 227 pitches.
And with pitchers rarely doing complete games anymore (and, iirc, Dave Roberts taking out one of his pitcher's who was pitching a perfecto in an early season game no-less a few years ago) it's a feat that will get harder and harder (and, as the kids say, "miss me" with that combined no-hitter/perfect game by committee crap lol).
Tom Glavine threw a 1-hitter in the World Series against a Cleveland team that had a ridiculously loaded offense: Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Eddie Murray, Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome.
The best part of perfect games is that literally any pitcher can do it any game. While there are big names on the list there are others who were unknown before and shortly after. The biggest near miss was the perfecto that wasn’t for Armando Galarraga who took his miss with the grace we all wish we had. The greatest game ever pitched though, while not perfect, was Kerry Wood May 6, 1998, 1 hit(a clean hit that while weakly hit was not the error that many have claimed or wished for) 20 strikeouts and no other baserunners allowed.
I'd put this one on the list, Denis Martinez' perfect game against the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine in 1991. It featured legendary Expos' (and then Marlins') broadcaster exclaiming, "El Presidente, El Perfecto!" with the last out. Awesome stuff.
While your post focused on perfect games, IMHO the greatest game ever pitched occurred on July 2, 1963 when Juan Marichal faced off against Warren Spahn In Candlestick Park. With both starters still pitching, the Giants won 1-0 on a Willie Mays walk-off home run on Spahn’s 201st pitch in the bottom of the 16th inning. By comparison, Marichal had thrown 227 pitches.
Not that I saw this game, but it has to be the greatest pitching duel ever.
And with pitchers rarely doing complete games anymore (and, iirc, Dave Roberts taking out one of his pitcher's who was pitching a perfecto in an early season game no-less a few years ago) it's a feat that will get harder and harder (and, as the kids say, "miss me" with that combined no-hitter/perfect game by committee crap lol).
Tom Glavine threw a 1-hitter in the World Series against a Cleveland team that had a ridiculously loaded offense: Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Eddie Murray, Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome.
And he won the game 1-0.
The best part of perfect games is that literally any pitcher can do it any game. While there are big names on the list there are others who were unknown before and shortly after. The biggest near miss was the perfecto that wasn’t for Armando Galarraga who took his miss with the grace we all wish we had. The greatest game ever pitched though, while not perfect, was Kerry Wood May 6, 1998, 1 hit(a clean hit that while weakly hit was not the error that many have claimed or wished for) 20 strikeouts and no other baserunners allowed.
I'd put this one on the list, Denis Martinez' perfect game against the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine in 1991. It featured legendary Expos' (and then Marlins') broadcaster exclaiming, "El Presidente, El Perfecto!" with the last out. Awesome stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JunDWY50C7U