[Alberta's Child]

Question for serious baseball fans:

115 1 Vander Meer Johnny 1 Lombardi Ernie 6/11/1938 Cin NL vs. Bos NL 3-0
116 2 Vander Meer Johnny 2 Lombardi Ernie 6/15/1938 Cin NL @ Bro NL 6-0

Does anyone think these two consecutive no-hitters will ever be matched? Will they ever be exceeded?

[Pharmboy]

We wouldn't ever live long enough to see back-to-back no-hitters. Unbelievable.

Here's the last NH against the Yanks:

149 Wilhelm Hoyt 1 Triandos Gus 9/20/1958 Bal AL vs. NY AL 1-0

My sister lived in Baltimore back then and they used to call the catcher "Gus Tremendous."

[F16Fighter]

"Does anyone think these two consecutive no-hitters will ever be matched? Will they ever be exceeded?"

The odds of merely two consecutive complete games these days is an anomaly.

[pupdog]

Does anyone think these two consecutive no-hitters will ever be matched? Will they ever be exceeded?

Whenever a discussion of records that will never be broken come up, this one is usually mentioned. I could see it being matched, but the odds of breaking it go right through the roof.

[speedy]

Almost impossible. But Nolan Ryan came close at least once. One of the great historical flukes of baseball, especially since Vander Meer had a losing record for his career. Still, more likely that someone will do that -- after all, several have pitched two no-hitters in the same season -- than that someone will ever top Cy Young's 511 career wins or break DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. In fact Young's record is not even approachable given the way the game is played, and no one has seriously approached Joe D's streak either. Even Rose at 44 was still a long way off.

[capitan_refugio]

It might be matched, but it will never be exceeded.

The game against the Dodgers was the first night game in the major leagues.