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This day in baseball: Rookie no-hitter

Posted: July 15, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , |Leave a comment

Christy Mathewson became the first rookie in the modern era to throw a no-hitter on July 15, 1901.  Just twenty years old, the right-hander kept the Cardinals hitless as the Giants posted a 5-0 victory at Robison Field in St. Louis.

Robison Field (digitalballparks.com)

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