Hey, did you hear? Lucas Giolito threw a no-hitter on Tuesday night! Rare are the opportunities that I get to celebrate such an accomplishment with a Sporcle (read: never, unless we're looking back at specific no-hitters of the past), so here we are on Sporcle Saturday doing just that.
Today's Sporcle is actually a two-for-one: since there have "only" been 18 solo no-hitters by White Sox pitchers in franchise history (I'm not counting the July 28, 1976 combined no-hitter thrown by Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios), that's not really long enough for a Sporcle on its own. Thus, the main Sporcle for today asks you to name the 76 solo no-hitters thrown since 1990. Then, if you want to test your knowledge on White Sox-specific no-hitters, you can try for the other 14 that came for the franchise prior to 1990. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- For hints, I've provided the date of the game and (for the White Sox-centric Sporcle) the opponent or (for all of MLB) the team the player pitched for.
- I've allotted 10 minutes for the White Sox Sporcle and 15 minutes for the MLB Sporcle.
- To reiterate, only solo no-hitters are included on both lists.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Just one team has not been no-hit over the period of 1990-present: the New York Yankees. The last time they were no-hit was 1958 by Hoyt Wilhelm! While the Washington Nationals haven't been no-hit in their current iteration, they were no-hit twice in the '90s as the Montreal Expos.
- Four teams tie for being victimized by a no-hitter the most: the Padres, Giants, Rays, and Blue Jays have each been no-hit five times since 1990.
- Five teams have not had a pitcher throw a solo no-hitter since 1990 (parentheses indicate the last year they did, and who the pitcher was): the Padres (never), Pirates (1976, John Candelaria), Baltimore (1969, Jim Palmer), Cleveland (1981, Len Barker), Milwaukee (1987, Juan Nieves).
Link to White Sox-only no-hitter
All data from stathead.com
(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire)
