How does a perfect game in baseball work?
The right person to ask about perfect games is a pitcher. Here is the pitcher’s view of perfection: A perfect game occurs when a pitcher faces 27 batters and none of them get on base. They all strike out, fly out or are tagged out while getting to first base. Sixteen major league perfect games have been pitched in the entire history of baseball: • Lee Richmond, Worchester vs. Cleveland, 1880 • Monte Ward, Providence vs. Boston, 1880 • Cy Young, Boston vs. Philadelphia, 1904 • Addie Joss, Cleveland vs. Chicago, 1908 • Charlie Robertson, Chicago vs. Detroit, 1922 • Don Larsen, New York vs. Brooklyn, 1956 • Jim Bunning, Philadelphia vs. New York, 1964 • Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles vs. Chicago, 1965 • Catfish Hunter, Oakland vs. Minnesota, 1968 • Len Barker, Cleveland vs. Toronto, 1981 • Mike Witt, California vs. Texas, 1984 • Tom Browning, Cinncinati. v
