Pitchers Included in the Analysis Data Set of No-Hitter Pitchers and Matched Controls Year No-Hitter Pitcher Matched Controls (Who Did Not Throw a No-Hitter) 1960 Don Cardwell Larry Jackson, Bob Friend, Don Drysdale, Glen Hobbie 1960 Lew Burdette Frank Lary, Jim Perry, Pedro Ramos, Bud Daley 1960 Warren Spahn Vern Law, Early Wynn, Mike McCormick, Jack Sanford 1962 Bo Belinsky Johnny Podres, Art Mahaffey, Billy O’Dell, Ralph Terry 1962 Sandy Koufax Whitey Ford, Joey Jay, Bob Purkey, Ray Herbert 1962 Earl Wilson Jim Kaat, Ed Rakow, Dick Donovan, Jay Hook 1962 Bill Monbouquette Jim O’Toole, Gene Conley, Roger Craig, Dick Ellsworth 1962 Jack Kralick Chuck Estrada, Al Jackson, Camilo Pascual, Bill Stafford 1963 Don Nottebart Steve Barber, Ken McBride, Ernie Broglio, Robin Roberts 1963 Juan Marichal Bob Buhl, Dave Wickersham, Hank Aguirre, Orlando Pena 1964 Ken Johnson Bob Veale, Jim Bouton, Claude Osteen, Gary Peters 1964 Jim Bunning Al Downing, Denny Lemaster, Diego Segui, Tony Cloninger 1965 Jim Maloney Chris Short, Sammy Ellis, Mudcat Grant, Mickey Lolich 1965 Dave Morehead Mel Stottlemyre, Wade Blasingame, Jack Fisher, Fred Newman 1966 Sonny Siebert Denny McLain, Gary Bell, Don Sutton, Bobby Bolin 1967 Don Wilson Jim Lonborg, Fergie Jenkins, George Brunet, Sam McDowell 1967 Dean Chance Joe Sparma, Jim Nash, Phil Ortega, Dave Giusti 1967 Joe Horlen Dave Boswell, Mike Cuellar, Gary Nolan, Tommie Sisk 1968 Tom Phoebus Ray Sadecki, Jim Hardin, Dave McNally, Stan Bahnsen 1968 Catfish Hunter Chuck Dobson, Bill Hands, Pat Jarvis, Jerry Koosman 1968 George Culver Jim Merritt, Nelson Briles, Steve Carlton, Joe Coleman 1968 Gaylord Perry Woodie Fryman, Jim McGlothlin, Luis Tiant, Gerry Arrigo 1968 Ray Washburn Steve Blass, Blue Moon Odom, Ray Culp, Joe Niekro 1969 Bill Stoneman Fritz Peterson, Gary Gentry, Grant Jackson, Clay Kirby 1969 Jim Palmer Tom Murphy, Tommy John, Andy Messersmith, Ron Reed 1969 Ken Holtzman Wally Bunker, Tom Griffin, Al Santorini, Gene Brabender 1969 Bob Moose Bill Butler, Roger Nelson, Jim Hannan, Mike Nagy 1970 Dock Ellis Carl Morton, Jerry Janeski, Lew Krausse, Pat Dobson 1970 Clyde Wright Dick Drago, Rudy May, Alan Foster, Steve Renko 1970 Bill Singer Casey Cox, George Stone, Les Cain, Marty Pattin 1970 Vida Blue Jim Rooker, Mike Torrez, Danny Coombs, Jim McAndrew 1971 Rick Wise Wilbur Wood, Tom Bradley, Bill Parsons, Steve Arlin 1971 Bob Gibson Reggie Cleveland, Dave Roberts, Jack Billingham, Skip Lockwood 1972 Burt Hooton Dick Woodson, Dick Tidrow, Paul Splittorff, Steve Kline 1972 Milt Pappas Jon Matlack, Ron Bryant, Ross Grimsley, Rich Hand 1973 Steve Busby Jim Slaton, Rick Reuschel, Fred Norman, Jim Barr 1973 Nolan Ryan Bill Lee, Doc Medich, Balor Moore, Bill Greif 1973 Jim Bibby John Curtis, Don Gullett, Wayne Twitchell, Doyle Alexander 1973 Phil Niekro Jerry Bell, Ken Brett, Joe Decker, Ernie McAnally 1974 Dick Bosman Steve Rogers, Bill Bonham, John D’Acquisto, Doug Rau 1975 Ed Halicki Randy Jones, Ray Burris, Al Fitzmorris, Tom Underwood 1976 Larry Dierker J.R. Richard, Dick Ruthven, Dave Goltz, Ed Figueroa 1976 John Candelaria Dennis Leonard, Frank Tanana, Bill Travers, Brent Strom 1976 John Montefusco Pete Falcone, Bart Johnson, Lynn McGlothen, Vern Ruhle 1977 Jim Colborn Wayne Garland, Paul Thormodsgard, Bob Shirley, Glenn Abbott 1977 Dennis Eckersley Larry Christenson, Jerry Garvin, Dave Lemanczyk, Eric Rasmussen 1977 Bert Blyleven Jerry Augustine, Mike Flanagan, Jesse Jefferson, Mike Krukow 1978 Bob Forsch Roger Erickson, Dennis Lamp, Lary Sorensen, Ron Guidry 1978 Tom Seaver Bob Knepper, Geoff Zahn, Mike Caldwell, John Denny 1979 Ken Forsch Steve Comer, Ken Kravec, Randy Lerch, Craig Swan 1980 Jerry Reuss Steve Stone, Larry Gura, Scott McGregor, Jim Clancy 1981 Charlie Lea Mario Soto, Tommy Boggs, Richard Dotson, Juan Eichelberger 1981 Len Barker Rick Langford, Milt Wilcox, Pat Zachry, Britt Burns 1983 Dave Righetti Dan Petry, La Marr Hoyt, Luis Leal, Craig McMurtry 1983 Mike Warren Larry McWilliams, Rick Rhoden, Rick Sutcliffe, Joaquin Andujar 1984 Jack Morris Charlie Hough, Mike Smithson, Bud Black, Frank Viola 1984 Mike Witt Mike Boddicker, John Butcher, Neal Heaton, Bill Laskey 1986 Joe Cowley Rick Mahler, Bill Gullickson, Mike Moore, Mark Langston 1986 Mike Scott Andy Hawkins, Orel Hershiser, Jimmy Key, David Palmer 1987 Juan Nieves Roger Clemens, Shane Rawley, Zane Smith, Don Carman 1988 Tom Browning Bob Welch, Mark Gubicza, Danny Jackson, Charlie Leibrandt 1990 Randy Johnson Greg Maddux, Melido Perez, Jim Deshaies, Scott Sanderson 1990 Dave Stewart John Smoltz, Greg Swindell, Doug Drabek, Tom Glavine 1990 Fernando Valenzuela Erik Hanson, Greg Hibbard, Bruce Hurst, Jack McDowell 1990 Terry Mulholland Mike Morgan, Todd Stottlemyre, Matt Young, John Burkett 1990 Dave Stieb Jose De Leon, Chuck Finley, Tom Gordon, Mark Portugal 1991 Tommy Greene Steve Avery, Tom Candiotti, Jaime Navarro, Kevin Tapani 1991 Dennis Martínez Tim Belcher, Andy Benes, Pete Harnisch, Charles Nagy 1991 Wilson Alvarez Walt Terrell, Alex Fernandez, John Smiley, Kevin Appier 1991 Bret Saberhagen Rich Delucia, Bob Ojeda, Bryn Smith, Ken Hill 1992 Kevin Gross Ben McDonald, Bill Wegman, Kirk McCaskill, Frank Castillo 1993 Chris Bosio Cal Eldred, Jose Rijo, Greg Harris, Danny Darwin 1993 Jim Abbott Curt Schilling, Bill Swift, Jack Armstrong, Juan Guzman 1993 Darryl Kile Jose Mesa, Bobby Witt, Steve Cooke, Chris Hammond 1994 Kent Mercker Ron Darling, Andy Ashby, Jason Bere, Ricky Bones 1994 Scott Erickson Pat Hentgen, Bobby J. Jones, Mike Mussina, Denny Neagle 1994 Kenny Rogers Bob Tewksbury, David Weathers, Pedro Astacio, Willie Banks 1995 Ramón Martínez Esteban Loaiza, Roger Pavlik, Jeff Fassero, Joey Hamilton 1996 Al Leiter Chris Haney, Sterling Hitchcock, Brad Radke, Shane Reynolds 1996 Dwight Gooden Kevin Ritz, Mark Leiter, Andy Pettitte, Dave Burba 1996 Hideo Nomo Pedro Martinez, Frankie Rodríguez, Ismael Valdez, Alan Benes 1997 Kevin Brown Mike Hampton, Steve Trachsel, Allen Watson, Matt Morris 1997 Francisco Cordova Jose Rosado, Aaron Sele, James Baldwin, Jason Dickson 1998 David Wells Jamie Moyer, Chan Ho Park, Carlos Perez, Justin Thompson 1999 José Jiménez Rick Helling, Jose Lima, Dustin Hermanson, Brian Bohanon 1999 David Cone Freddy Garcia, LaTroy Hawkins, Gil Heredia, Orlando Hernandez 1999 Eric Milton Scott Karl, Russ Ortiz, Kirk Rueter, Jason Schmidt 2001 A.J. Burnett Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, Jimmy Anderson, Tony Armas 2001 Bud Smith Chris Carpenter, Bartolo Colon, Ryan Dempster, Elmer Dessens 2002 Derek Lowe Roy Halladay, Jimmy Haynes, Roy Oswalt, Glendon Rusch 2003 Kevin Millwood John Thomson, Wayne Franklin, Tomo Ohka, Ben Sheets 2006 Aníbal Sánchez Bronson Arroyo, Aaron Harang, Jeremy Bonderman, Chris Capuano 2007 Mark Buehrle Dontrelle Willis, Joe Blanton, Daniel Cabrera, Jeff Francis 2007 Justin Verlander Chad Gaudin, Dan Haren, Scott Kazmir, Ted Lilly 2007 Clay Buchholz Gil Meche, Jake Peavy, C.C. Sabathia, Jeff Suppan 2008 Jon Lester Matt Cain, Ubaldo Jiménez, Oliver Perez, Johan Santana 2008 Carlos Zambrano Brandon Webb, Nick Blackburn, John Danks, Gavin Floyd