A J Burnett No Hitter

Burnett blanks the padres 3 0 in a no hitter that somehow was produced with every opposing batter having gotten on base at least once. Burnett came within four outs of pitching his second career no hitter but gave up a pinch hit single with two outs in the eighth inning to rookie adrian cardenas who was called up earlier that day. On this date in san diego padres history florida pitcher aj.
a j burnett no hitter

Burnett who threw the florida marlins third no hitter in their brief nine year history in 2001.

A j burnett no hitter. Despite walking nine batters aj. Burnett managed the feat after allowing nine walks in 129 pitches including hitting one batter. Drafted by the new york mets in the 8th round of the 1995 mlb june. Burnett walked nine and broke padres second baseman damian jacksons thumb by hitting.

Happy 39th birthday to aj. With one no hitter already under his belt the pirates aj. Burnett is now six outs away from no. He retired the cubs on six pitches in the seventh and is at just 74 pitches after seven innings.

It remains the no hitter with the second most walks allowed in history after jim maloneys in 1965 in which 10 batters earned a free pass. Moving down the list there have been five no hitters with eight walks recorded including nolan ryans from 1974. January 3 1977 in north little rock ar us draft. He improved his record to 133 the first time in his career his pitching record was 10 games above 500 and second best win total of his career.

Burnett making just his second start of the 2001 season overcame nine bases on balls and threw the second no hitter in the major leagues this season as the florida marlins defeated the san diego padres 3 0. Burnett no hitter florida marlins vs san diego padres may 12 2001 box score the box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on may 12 2001 at qualcomm stadium. Right 6 4 230lb 193cm 104kg born. Burnett finished with seven strikeouts and 129 total pitches.

At qualcomm stadium on saturday may 12 2001 burnett no hit the san diego padres for a 3 0 win despite facing 36 padres batters.