On May 13, 1952, Bristol Twins right-hander Ron Necciai delivered a nine-inning no-hitter unlike any other, striking out all 27 outs in a 7-0 Appalachian League victory over Welch. The performance remains the professional record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game.

🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:

  • The five runners who somehow reached base.

  • How Necciai helped his own cause on offense.

  • Just how overpowering his season had become.

🕵️ Replay Today: July 20, 1966

Travel back 60 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:

  • on team’s trio tops NL hitters

  • AL top 10 has 4 below .300

  • team physician: “just suffering from throwing too hard”

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Box scores, standings, stories, and the original sports writing exactly as fans saw it the next day.

See The Newspaper Pages

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  • Daily access to original baseball newspaper pages
  • Box scores, standings, and vintage sportswriting

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