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wiki says 18 -- (link)

Posted by zork Jul 23 '09, 13:15

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game (en.wikipedia.org)

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espn said 16 for modern baseball history. - Diva Jul 23, 13:16
16 modern era, 2 from the 1800's. -- nm - TFox Jul 23, 13:15 14
- and? -- nm - zork Jul 23, 13:16 13
  - the first 2 don't really count because they played under different rules then, -- nm - znufrii Jul 23, 13:19 9
    - they changed rules on Jan. 1, 1900? -- nm - zork Jul 23, 13:21 8
      - "During baseball's "modern era", defined by Major League Baseball as beginning in 1900, sixteen more pitchers have thrown perfect games." - TFox Jul 23, 13:24 5
        
        he's questioning why we'd draw the line there. - Reagen Jul 23, 13:27 2
        
        "In 1884, overhand pitching was legalized." That would be one reason why a perfect game in 1880 would be a little different. - TFox Jul 23, 13:29 1
        
        In 1887, they outlawed punching the batter in the face. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 13:32
        
        maybe 18 prefect games by 16 different pitchers? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 23, 13:25 1
        
        18 games, 18 pitchers, but 2 of them were in 1880. MLB refers to that as "prior to the modern era of baseball", which begins in 1900. -- nm - TFox Jul 23, 13:26
      - 1900 was the founding of the American League. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 13:23
      - 1893, if you want to get picky. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 23, 13:22
  - and.... that.... is where the number came from. - TFox Jul 23, 13:16 2
    - i don't get why those two need to be separated. should we be separating numbers from the 2000's too? -- nm - zork Jul 23, 13:19 1
      - I think they will eventually, pre and post drug era -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 13:39

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