1904 – Cy Young pitches first perfect game

on May 5th 1904 against the philadelphia
a’s saiyaan pitched the first perfect
game of modern baseball it was in the
midst of a streak that gave him the
records for most consecutive scoreless
innings and most consecutive no-hit
innings which was 24 that second record
still stands to this day the perfect
game is considered both a no-hitter and
a shadow for the pitcher it happened so
rarely that on average it occurs only
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