Twenty-Seven Up and Twenty-Seven Down: The Two Perfect Games of 1880

Clo posted 5/3/2008 from seamheads.com [flag]

On Fathers' Day 1964, Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning struck out Mets pinch-hitter John Stephenson to cap off a perfect game in a 5-0 Phillies win. Not only was it Bunning's first career perfect game, it was the first perfect game the National League saw in over eighty years, not since John Ward's perfect game in 1880 capped off an unbelievable week in the senior circuit that saw two perfect ... [link]

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