<P> The latest regular - season no - hitter by calendar date in the modern era is October 3, achieved by Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals in 2015 . </P> <P> The Houston Astros' Mike Scott no - hit the San Francisco Giants on September 25, 1986, a victory that also clinched the National League West title for the Astros; this is the only such occurrence in Major League history to date . In the first game of a doubleheader on September 28, 1951, Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees pitched a no - hitter against the Boston Red Sox which clinched a tie for the American League pennant (the pennant was clinched outright in the doubleheader's second game). </P> <P> There have been two postseason no - hitters in MLB history, one by a pitcher from each league . For the AL, on October 8, 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game in Game 5 of that year's World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers . The feat had nearly been accomplished nine years earlier by the Yankees' Bill Bevens, who came within one out of a no - hitter (though not a perfect game) against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series, only to lose the game on a pinch - hit double by Cookie Lavagetto . There have been other one - hitters in the World Series, with the lone hit coming earlier in the game than in Bevens' effort . On October 6, 2010, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies, in the first postseason appearance of his career, threw the second no - hitter in postseason history, and first in the NL, in Game 1 of the Phillies' NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds . </P> <P> Twenty - two MLB rookies have pitched a no - hitter since 1901 . Three pitchers have thrown a no - hitter in their first major league starts; two others have done it in their second major league starts . </P>

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