félix hernández threw the last perfect game in mlb.
félix hernández threw the last perfect game in mlb.
who threw the last perfect game in mlb?
félix hernández
on april 21, 2012, philip humber of the chicago white sox threw the third perfect game in chicago white sox history against the mariners at safeco field in seattle. it was the 21st perfect game in mlb history. mariners starting pitcher kevin millwood and five other pitchers combined to throw the tenth combined no-hitter in mlb history and the first in team history on june 8, 2012. the last combined one occurred in 2003, when six houston astros no-hit the new york yankees in new york. the six pitchers used in a no-hitter is a major league record. félix hernández pitched the first perfect game in team history, shutting down the tampa bay rays 1-0 at safeco field on august 15, 2012. it was the 23rd perfect game in major league baseball history. the mariners became the first team in major league baseball to be involved in a perfect game two times in one season.
seattle mariners
the perfect game came three years to the day after dennis martínez's perfect game, the last perfect game prior to this one, and made rogers the third left-hander to pitch a perfect game, joining sandy koufax in 1965 and tom browning in 1988. it also came 10 years after the angels' mike witt pitched his perfect game against the rangers, that game taking place in the ballpark's predecessor, arlington stadium. as of 2017, the angels and rangers are the only two teams to record perfect games against each other.
kenny rogers' perfect game